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Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

• Collaborated with CEO on all operational issues, such as staffing supply hours, productivity, efficiency, and profitability. • Cleaned up and managed the company’s balance sheet, instituting monthly verification of same via support schedules. • Generated a weekly cash flow dashboard to accurately forecast cash, revenue and expenses, providing visibility “around the corner” for CEO and company owners. • Re-engineered hiring process with tools (Workbright and BreezyHR) to expedite hiring pipeline of most urgently needed workers, such as those with call center experience.

Launched consulting firm to help clients rethink, streamline, and automate their financial and operational systems. • As contract CFO for non-profit, worked with client to setup standalone accounting system and to identify allocation of reserves – ultimately identifying an additional $400,000 in unrestricted funds. • Consulted for FP1’s finance team, providing training and steady presence over the course of two CFO hires.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Chief financial and operations officer for multi-entity public affairs and advertising firm with 7 partners and 70 employees. Modernized and streamlined systems in all areas of responsibility with a collaborative and engaging approach, ultimately increasing employee morale, efficiency, and ownership. • Led implementation of Intacct with zero downtime, providing consolidated financial reporting. • Revamped and consolidated charts of accounts for all three entities. • Balanced all inter-company accounts.• Introduced Concur firm-wide, streamlining the coding of over $2.5M in transactions.• Implemented new timekeeping, applicant tracking, and HR information systems, allowing firm to hire and onboard over 100 new employees and interns – all without an HR department.• Increased the speed and transparency of payroll, contract, AP, and AR processes by introducing shared email inboxes and Slack channels.

Washington, Dc, Us

Chief financial and operations officer for public policy institute with $20M annual budget and 120+ employees. • Implemented new accounting, timekeeping, and payroll systems – all within first 6 months.• Led transition from manual cost allocation among 15 programs to automatic allocation among 70 grants. • Slashed turnaround for payables from 3+ weeks to maximum of 1 week and instituted reimbursements via ACH.• Managed office relocation process from inception to execution of 50,000 square foot lease.

Washington, Dc, Us

Implemented, directed, and managed internal financial and operational processes for CRFB in the course of its spin-off from New America, its establishment as a separate 501(c)(3) entity, and its creation of 501(c)(4) entity for purposes of conducting the Campaign to Fix the Debt, a $42M national campaign.

United States, Us

Represented employers in broad range of litigation, such as employment discrimination and contract disputes.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

• Led the daily risk management activities for client’s $7 billion commercial real estate portfolio.• Developed and maintained model allocating $15M in annual insurance premium among portfolio properties based on individual property risks such as value, location, and size.

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Bba, Finance And Marketing