Supervised the reorganization, consolidation, and downsizing of three newspaper business offices into one regional financial organization.• Transferred collection operations of three offices in CT to one credit operation.• Directed staff of 10 in Accounts Receivable/Payable, Collections, and Circulation Accounting.• Improved cash receipts process of checks and balances.• Streamlined closing process from 10 to 5 days.• Performed month-end reporting including variance analysis vs. last year and budget.• Improved collection process, reduced DSO and bad debt reserve requirements.

Responsible for monthly close including all reconciliations; preparation of financial reports for Controller; all sales and use tax filings, all Property Tax filings in various states, and fixed asset reporting. • Managed monthly close process for this $250MM multi-divisional company.• Maintained all Feed and Tonnage state reporting; created database file for report tracking. • Worked with external audit team auditing Canadian subsidiary divisions.• Within short term of six months, brought all outstanding tax files, feed / tonnage reports and reconciliations up to date.

Directed all accounting and finance operations for this $15 MM publication of Gannet including P&L, annual budget, reporting, forecasting, financial models and inventory control.• Streamlined monthly closing process from 7 to 4 days.• Deconsolidated operations in Westchester and reclaimed A/P, PO processing, lockbox and circulation data entry and all reconciliations.• Coordinated move of payroll processing from Westchester to Corporate Office in VA.• Improved weekly revenue reporting process to better forecast monthly results.• Implemented NIMS, a newsprint tracking software, that optimized inventory, decreased waste and saved $50,000 annually.• Created revenue forecast tool for budget process.• Implemented Sarbanes Oxley procedure enhancements as needed.