Danielle Baldwin Email & Phone Number

Traverse City, Michigan, United States

• Responsible for employing GAAP and Library best practices in the development and implementation of financial and human resources functions and for establishing effective relationships with community groups and other agencies related to administrative duties of the Library.• Responsible for the Main and Branch libraries’ financial transactions, including accounts payables, accounts receivables, and payroll• Conducts annual budgeting process in collaboration with the Library Director and Leadership Team.• Liaison for banking, pension, and benefits coordinators, and other related associations.• Oversees annual audit.• Ensures compliance with governmental accounting rules.• Ensures compliance with state and federal labor laws.• Coordinates hiring and onboarding procedures including recruitment, interviewing and orientation, as well as evaluation and termination processes.• Selects, trains, monitors and appraises Accounting and Substitute staff.• Participates in disciplinary actions.• Works with vendors to coordinate benefit plans.• Maintains employee manual and other employee documents.• Upholds union negotiated terms and assists in union negotiations.

-Processing of biweekly payroll (80 employees)-Processing of biweekly accounts payable (average of 200 invoices totaling $90,000 per check run)-Reconciling agency credit cards and Amazon line of credit-Grants management, including monitoring activities/finances and grant reporting-Generation of annual tax documents: W-2’s, 1099’s, and 1095-C’s-Prepare journal entries, make adjustments or corrections to general ledger as necessary-Human Resources tasks including on boarding, benefits administration, and retirement plan administration

Traverse City, Michigan, United States

• Leadership, daily operations and coordination of the accounting department: accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, MI Choice Waiver accounting, and consumer billing (five staff)• Review accounting staffs work for accuracy and adherence to policy then authorize an average of: $900,000 weekly in accounts payable vouchers; $350,000 each pay period in payroll; and $1,150,000 weekly in accounts receivable• Monitoring of bank accounts to ensure adequate cash flow, anticipating possible adjustment to procedures/etc to keep organization's financials healthy• Extensive analysis in Excel requiring complicated formulas; reporting, financials statements• Staffing – interviewing, hiring, training, and identifying individual staff areas in which to improve• Establish and monitor measurable performance standards and identify necessary competencies for accounting staff while adhering to human resources policies, procedures, laws, regulations, and union contract requirements. Create and edit job descriptions.• Annual vendor 1099's and employee W2's• Audit preparation and participation – annual single audit and multiple grant audits throughout each fiscal year• Reconciliation of multi-million dollar monthly bank statements• Prepare journal entries, make adjustments or corrections to general ledger as necessary• Designated Project Director for State and Federal grants totaling $1,000,000+ annually• Develop and monitor budgets for state and federal grant programs• Grant reporting, monthly and quarterly invoicing to fiscal authorities• Contract administration, development, and implementation

Petoskey, Michigan, United States

-Team leader of staff including delegation and project coordination, orientation of new staff-Database administration, optimization and SQL query report writing-Accounting, information technology, statistical reporting

Whitehall, Michigan, United States

-Auditing internal financial records to ensure compliance with state and federal grant regulations-Budgeting for entire $5 million Community Education consortium with state and federal programs including Michigan Works, GSRP, Head Start, Adult Education and Childcare programs-Monthly and quarterly invoicing/financial reporting to fiscal authorities-Other accounting duties including: journal entries, quarterly/annual closings, cost allocation plan and audits