Experienced professional in inventory and procurement management with a proven track record of optimizing processes, improving efficiency, and enhancing accuracy. Currently focused on advising and implementing best practices for inventory control and procurement at Thorntree Slate & Fine Porcelain. Committed to driving operational excellence and supporting the purchasing team in order placement and inventory management.

Passionate promoter of design and procurement with a focus on elevating hospitality spaces to provide exceptional experiences. Overseeing Design & Procurement processes at Berg Hospitality, I help our team to create design solutions and streamline procurement workflows on time and within budget. Committed to delivering exceptional guest experiences through thoughtful design and efficient sourcing. #DesignLeadership #ProcurementExcellence #HospitalityInnovation

SUPPORTING THE CREATIVE PROCESS: Responsible for assisting Founder and Sensory Director to plan and implement business strategy for an award-winning interior architecture and design firm. • Assist with client development, marketing, social media, and advertising• Manage financial accounts, payrolls, budgets, cash receipts, and financial assets• Prepare cash flow forecasting and maintain budgets and schedules• Manage company financials, transactions, debts, and purchases• Prepare and review client contracts and project proposals• Manage contracts with independent contractors and process payments

Managed the finances and accounting to support a dynamic group of branding, graphic design, marketing, and corporate communications creatives. • Maintained company financials, banking and investment, monthly client project and retainer billing, accounts receivable, collections, accounts payable, check runs, credit card, and expense report activity, GL reconciliation, sales tax analysis reporting, and payment. • Assisted leadership to adapt process and procedures to meet challenges as the company grew and added services• Increased revenues by 23% to between 5 and 8 million annually and maintained abundant cash flow throughout my 13 years with the company.• Prepared and managed project and campaign billing, managed client retainers, kept AR current through collections activity, and monitored client profitability.• Implemented sales tax policy for services and deliverables. Worked with the audit team to recover sales tax overpayment for refunds to the client. • Performed month-end, quarterly, and year-end close activity and reporting• Acted as system vendor master and managed contract terms, media insertions, purchase orders, and 1099 reporting to contractors.

Managed accounting teams responsible for reconciliation of portfolios of trust accounts held by hundreds of Service Corporation International locations. • Team lead for Houston and Bangalore Trust accountants tasked with reconciling account activity and resolving compliance issues.• Conducted transition of account data into company database platform, identified reconciling items, conducted research, and obtained supporting documentation from hundreds of client locations.• Improved team performance by 83% to verify system activity quickly and accurately and then accurately resolve and document reconciling items. • Improved relationship with client field managers and internal departments to ensure compliance with policies and procedures. • Brought company into compliance with the Texas Department of Banking trust laws and acted as liaison representing SCI Accounting during the bi-annual State Texas Department of Banking audits.

Managed transition of home loan portfolio data between outside home lenders and Aegis’ accounting platforms. Ensured integrity of the information during sales and acquisitions and performed reconciliation of loan activity until bundles of portfolios were resold to investors. • Accurately maintained activity within ‘Escrow Disbursement’, ‘Tax & Insurance’, Principal & Interest’ for hundreds of loans within portfolios. • Identified and resolved reconciling items within individual accounts acquired from other lenders so they could be evaluated, packaged within portfolios, and later re-sold to investors. • Reconciled daily activity in Payoff and Lockbox clearing accounts. Identified unclaimed funds and ensured proper escheatment. • Utilized research skills to quickly remedy backlog of reconciling items holding up transfers and sales• Improved department performance by 48% through automation and macros in Excel and Access.• Provided monthly reporting to Cash Management, Loan Transfer, and Investor Reporting departments.

Team lead in charge of reviewing, approving, and executing daily funding transfer requests for the four regional mortgage accounting centers of the WAMU Home Mortgage Division managed by the San Antonio Bank Reconciliation Department. • Part of transition team integrating merger of Homeside Mortgage Lending loans into WAMU Mortgage portfolios• Accurately processed Home Mortgage wire requests, funds transfers, and journal entries that averaged almost one billion (USD) daily. • Automated processes and streamlined procedure to verify and approve documentation to improve funding timeliness by 33%. • Reconciled and validated “Paid in Full” mortgage accounts before releasing for title transfer or resale. • Improved time to research and clear aged reconciling items by 72% through better research and automation tools• Traveled to WAMU regional accounting centers to document department procedures, improve performance, and streamline processes.

Provided system monitoring support for Cyberlog/Legacy Communications telecommunication and database systems. Transitioned ‘AFCX Calling Card’ services to our platform and developed a customer service support call center. • Developed customer service training manual and operator training for “Armed Forces Connection” international calling card service.• Provided customer support to inbound call center operations. Assembled call-log data files to generate customer billing. Processed payments and maintained system files. • Monitored CLEC telecommunications servers and quickly resolved system issues to prevent service outages on systems for several large telecom providers using Cyberlog’s networks.• Utilized Lotus Notes, Microsoft Office (especially Excel and Access), and several telecom specific programming packages.

(Accounting for BP Oil client)Supported BP Service Station client with effective accounting and business process management solutions that automated tasks and reduced costs and improved profitability. • Able to combine a variety of roles and responsibilities to streamline and automate interconnected processes• Developed methods to reduce time taken for general ledger account reconciliation and processing of correcting journal entries. • Provided daily, weekly, and monthly reporting data to oversight and client management teams. • Maintained and system balanced several Oil & Gas/Energy databases. • Supervised BP AP vendor accounts. Processed accounts payable payments for vendors supplying 9,438 BP/Amoco service stations. • Acted as ‘Accounting HelpLine Operator’ assisting store managers with daily system balancing and close issues. • Utilized Microsoft Office, Reflection, Business Objects, Oracle, and various accounting-related software packages.