Chris Michaelis Email & Phone Number

Niles, Mi, Us

United States

Responsible for leading and developing a team of 3 Implementation Partners. Special projects management, including quoting and overseeing all billable work. Cross-collaboration with Customer Support, Sales, Engagement & Product Development to ensure an exceptional customer experience. Customer Operations team lead for Fundriver software upgrades. This included testing, customer feedback sessions & early adopter training, updating the knowledge base for new product launches.

United States

Customer-facing lead for successful implementations of Fundriver software and associated features/modules. Lead all customer meetings for the project, advised on industry best practices, set up databases to operate to customer specifications, trained customers on the software, assisted with reconciliation of endowed funds, documented customer set-up. Expert user of FreshDesk, Rocketlane project management tool, Zoom/Teams/Google Meets, Excel. Special project requests (software customizations, custom reports, etc.). Identified supplemental services or modules to assist the customer in reporting on their endowments.

United States

Customer-facing lead for successful implementations of Fundriver software and associated features/modules. Lead all customer meetings for the project, advised on industry best practices, set up databases to operate to customer specifications, trained customers on the software, assisted with reconciliation of endowed funds, documented customer set-up. Expert user of FreshDesk, Rocketlane project management tool, Zoom/Teams/Google Meets, Excel. Special project requests (software customizations, custom reports, etc.). Identified supplemental services or modules to assist the customer in reporting on their endowments.

United States

Provided high-level customer support for endowment accounting and software related issues. Advised on best practices, discussed pros/cons, and shared experience. Fundriver and Endowment Accounting Subject Matter Expert. Worked efficiently to troubleshoot issues, met with customers via Zoom/Teams/Google Meets, collaborated with IT to solve issues, identified supplemental services or modules to assist the customer in reporting on their endowments.

Batavia, Illinois

Financial analyst for Fermilab’s Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) project. Responsible for the preparation and distribution of monthly and ad-hoc financial reports including the consolidation of data from multiple laboratories; summarizing specific cost categories; review of costs, obligations, and hours for assigned segments of the budget; present reports for review and discussion. Usage of standard tools to obtain financial information from Fermilab financial systems, preparation and review of weekly labor reports to ensure compliance. Other financial and accounting duties related to the business activities, including but not limited to; project accounting task maintenance, service accruals and cost transfers.

Aurora, Il

Lead project controller for the telecommunications business unit of a large utility construction company. Facilitated support of the project team through monitoring financial information related to projects/programs. Responsible for the setup of projects, weekly reviews with project team, monthly budget revisions, and job closeout. Collected, monitored and analyzed project budgets and cost allocations through earned value reporting. Performed financial analysis and prepares various status and assessment reports, charts and tables on a recurrent basis. Supported the project team by collecting, tracking and reviewing financial information related to cost measurement, customer billings, accounts payable, payroll entries, and fleet and equipment utilization. Monitored compliance with external customer contract terms as well as internal company policies, procedures, and administrative guidelines.

Elgin, Illinois, United States

Supervise and direct the daily operations of the Student Accounts Office. Oversee the collection of all College revenue, and reconciliation of all related general ledger accounts, billing of financial aid awards to the applicable federal, state or local agency and the reconciliation of each award to the general ledger, ensuring compliance with College, State and Federal regulations and standard accounting procedures.

Elgin, Illinois, United States

I was responsible for compiling, interpreting, and disseminating financial documentation regarding the College’s grant programs and the ECC Foundation to others in a fiscally responsible manner. I prepared all of the documentation to submit for grant reimbursements in accordance with federal and state guidelines. Also assisted in compiling month end financial statements and supplemental information for the ECC Foundation Finance Committee and ECC Foundation Board of Directors. This includes assembling and inputting necessary investment journal entries as securities are purchased and sold.