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Novato, California, United States

San Francisco, California, United States

Managed payroll, certified payroll, A/P, and A/R team for an LBE construction company subcontracting on government projects. Used Foundation construction GL to perform monthly accounting close, reconciliations, journal entries, financial reporting and analysis, budgeting and revenue forecasting, banking and cash management, liability insurance renewals, employee benefits, audits, fixed asset tracking, tax submissions, contracts management, certifications, rate analysis.Key Accomplishments:• Designed and built CMC’s first financial reporting and analysis system. Cleaned up GL data and processes to support reporting and analysis needs. Provided revenue data analysis to support 25% revenue growth.• Implemented Assignar software to handle crew dispatch, timesheet and work order submissions, replacing paper and text message-based system.• Designed new process for weekly payroll and certified payroll, adding checks and balances to eliminate entry errors, reduce payroll adjustments, and improve processing time by one third.• Implemented process improvements for billing, eliminating unbilled labor and rentals. Transformed a billing system from paper based with months long billing delays to regular weekly invoicing with tracking to ensure nothing is missed.

Directed the day to day financial operations of the company including month-end close, accruals and reconciliations, journal entries, accounts receivable and payable, financial and revenue month-end and annual reporting, annual plans and quarterly forecasts, payroll, billing, commissions and bonuses, sales/use/income taxes, 1099 filings, health and liability insurance, retirement plans, vendor management, cash flow, and banking.Key Accomplishments:• Provided strategic analysis of existing financial systems and evaluated and implemented business and operational process improvements including implementing multiple cloud-based systems which improved efficiencies, streamlined processes, and decreased expenses by reducing processing time.• Designed and developed modeling strategies to provide consistent reporting on revenue, financial statements, resource analysis, project performance, and cash flow forecasts resulting in usable statistics to assist executives in their decision-making processes and increasing average realization from 75% to 95%.• Analyzed and provided modeling of employer and employee costs of benefits from various healthcare providers and their plans ensuring cost-effective benefits with reliable providers.• Directed relationship management, contracts, renewals for health insurance, banking, retirement plans, insurance, and taxes which led to significant reductions in expenses as well as better terms and contract conditions within the individual areas such as taxes where outside accounting spend was reduced by 25%.• Executed a strategic analysis on departmental budgets and implemented cost reductions that improved margins 10% company-wide.

San Francisco Bay Area

Directed the strategic process improvements in project management, field operations, and related systems resulting in streamlined operations, improved methodology, and expense reductions.Key Accomplishments:• Conceived, implemented, and launched the SharePoint Website significantly improving communications and relationships within the company.• Created and rolled-out a project estimation tool/system that re-defined the way projects were estimated providing significantly more accurate estimates than were available previously and reducing estimation times by 50%. • Spearheaded vendor selection process for PSA and CRM software ensuring that prospective vendors were properly vetted as well as ensuring quality assurance and dependability of their products.

San Francisco Bay Area

Developed and executed financial strategies as well as systems planning and implementation for various industries including banking, health-care, technology, manufacturing, and government entities. Key Accomplishments:• Consulted and provided project management services for the development and implementation of business and financial systems such as Hyperion/Oracle HFM, Planning, PBCS, Essbase, Enterprise, Pillar, FDM and other database and reporting products that improved client efficiencies, streamlined processes, and saved money.• Managed various data integration projects including project requirements, system design/build, testing, data management, and training.• Project phases included requirements gathering, design, build, testing, data integration, reporting, training, documentation, and support.• Client industries included banking, technology, health care, manufacturing, telecom, government.

San Jose, Ca

Implemented financial systems utilizing Hyperion Enterprise, Essbase, and Pillar. Consulted for technology companies from start-ups to global operations.

San Francisco Bay Area

Worked as part of a team in Global Financial Systems to roll out Hyperion Enterprise worldwide. Provided administration, system maintenance, documentation, and global support for consolidations. Created automation programs to assist with data integration. Managed Hyperion Pillar project to implement sales planning and forecasting system.

San Jose, Ca

Designed and built budget model and allocations in Excel, later migrating to Hyperion Pillar. Designed and implemented financial reporting system using Hyperion Enterprise. Provided end user training and support for system roll-outs. Integrated Hyperion applications with SAP. Used SAP to analyze sales and operating expenses, allocations, and budgets. Worked with department leads to prepare and track budgets. Prepared ad-hoc and monthly financial reporting packages and presentations of actuals, plans, and forecasts.

San Francisco Bay Area

Mba

Ba, Business Economics

European Community Certificate Course, Business