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Portland, Or, Us

Vancouver, Washington, United States

Manage financial planning and budgeting for organization with revenue over $25 Million. Responsible for organization’s fiscal policies and procedures, internal controls, grant compliance, budgeting, cash liquidity, and financial reporting. Strengthen general ledger data structure and standards to improve fiscal reporting and forecasting. Partner with senior management on business strategy, growth and operational improvement initiatives. Manage staff of seven responsible for grants management, payables, receivables, reconciliations, and payroll. Oversee annual fiscal audit as well as ad hoc audits from government or private agencies. Direct the preparation of quarterly and annual payroll and tax reports and returns. Prepare and present financial statements to Board Finance Committee and Board of Directors.

Renton, Washington, United States

Manage finance and operations dashboard development. Collaborate with strategic partners to understand reporting and data requirements, and propose additions to and revisions of existing content in Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition platform. Coordinate creation and validation of new data with stakeholders. Develop and maintain artifacts (release notes, user guides, glossary) and training material for system users. Lead training and user focus groups.

Portland, Oregon

Managed and mentored global team of developers and testers responsible for creating new data and building cost and financial dashboards. Served as project manager for system software upgrade. Developed test cases, performed system integration testing (SIT), user acceptance testing (UAT), and created and led training. Maintained and prioritized current sprint and backlog in JIRA. Elicited business requirements, designed specifications, and assigned tasks to team members. Facilitated daily cross-functional scrum call to track progress and resolve roadblocks. Focused on continuous process improvement to reduce waste and increase productivity. Monthly average project completion rate increased from 62% to 89% during my tenure.

Portland, Oregon Area

Responsible for financial and operations analysis for Women’s, Brain & Spine, and Behavioral Health Programs in Health System’s physician clinic division with emphasis on operational efficiency, sustainable growth, physician and staff engagement, and patient satisfaction. Collaborated with business partners to model return on investment of proposed multi-million dollar growth packages and business initiatives, and identified cross-functional impacts. Relied upon by executives to anticipate operational roadblocks and design actionable reporting. Analyzed and presented financial performance to budget and operational results to executives. Supported Brain & Spine service line in performing favorably to budget for three consecutive years. Served as the catalyst for standardized financial reports and dashboard development, and educated technical and non-technical staff on utilization. Co-led a Six Sigma cross-functional team focused on reducing staff turnover that resulted in annual savings of $234 Thousand. Supported roll-out of new platform for reducing manual work. Evaluated service profitability and impact of reimbursement, volume, referral and pharmacy drug pricing changes.

Beaverton, Or

Managed an audit across eight regions with ten auditors. Designed tools for providing a more efficient method of documenting, trending and reporting results. Completed independent risk based internal audits that examined business risks in all areas, including finance, compliance and operations. Worked collaboratively with clients in developing recommendations that reduced risk exposure, eliminated waste and met their business needs. Performed Model Audit Rule (MAR) revenue, underwriting, and governance control testing for Providence Health Plan. Similar to SOX testing, I evaluated controls alignment with financial reporting regulations applicable to insurance companies.

Portland, Or

Coordinated contract reporting, rates development, negotiations, and compliance for Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) and hospice contracts. Performed cost-benefit analysis for a multi-million contract bid.

Portland, Oregon Area

Analyzed business processes to identify operational improvement opportunities, presented findings to management, and recommended best practices. Developed and maintained individual, team, and department-level quality improvement plans and reports.

I established new processes and modified existing procedures, beyond the scope of the position, to improve department efficiency in an environment characterized by high volume and demanding customer expectations.

Managed billing and revenue recognition for company's annual conference.