David A. Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, CA, US

San Francisco, California, United States

• As Controller of the Christensen Fund, I lead in areas of financial management and report, accounting, internal controls, treasury management, and financial audit management.
• Acted as lead in fiscal audits, resulting in unmodified opinions by auditors
• Provides day-to-day treasury management and monitoring
• Accounts for organizational investments including both private and public equities
• Monitors and maintain controls on staff spending
• Assists in budgeting, projections, and FP&A

San Francisco, California

• I serve the organization with the management of daily operations in the areas of financial leadership, human resources, compliancy, and campus safety and facilities. I work with the Board of Directors and Principal to.
• Streamlined A/P process, eliminating interest fees and late penalties
• Introduced cost-saving maneuvers to reduce expenses by $250,000 below projections within a single fiscal year without eliminating positions or laying off-staff
• In-housed work processes reducing annual organizational expenses by $55,000.
• Professionalized human resources by increasing employee education, creating a first-time employee handbook, and streamlining onboarding
• Decreased organizational exposure and student and staff safety through modernizing trainings in campus safety, human resource management, and employee policies and procedures

Emeryville, CA

• Managed day-to-day operations and strategic direction in finance, accounting, human resource, development, and grants reporting. Acted as primary point of contact for all vendors. Oversaw A/P and A/R for over $1.7M+.
• Realigned accounting practices back within parameters of nonprofit GAAP
• Increased cash donations to the organization from individuals by 58%, collaborated on three successful foundation gifts
• Developed methodology to reconcile donor CRM reports with accounting reports
• Renegotiated contracts with vendors to save organization $65,000 annually
• Reduced organizational risk and exposure by reforming human resource practices

Columbus, Ohio

• Transitioned into Board of Director position to continue to help lead and grown organization.
• Worked closely with the Executive Director to maintain federal awards
• Built and maintained systems to protect organizational assets
• Advised on human resource matters
• Insured compliance with all federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and ordinances

Columbus, Ohio

• Worked closely with the Board of Directors to transition organization into charitable focus. Launched a summer literacy and civil rights education program.
• Awarded Federal Funding through TANF and SNAP
• Onboarded senior management team, lead in the hiring process of team of over twenty
• Assisted to Board of Directors in search and transition process for permanent Executive Director
• Lead individual giving and foundation ask campaigns that generated over a 40% increase in cash receipts in two years

Delaware, Ohio

- Increased annual enrollment by an average of 10% — expanding pipeline by approximately 15% — by engaging in awareness-generating campaigns, and partnering with Marketing and Communications teams to improve branding.

Master Of Divinity - Mdiv

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba