* Responsible for overall leadership and supervision of the Finance and Administrative Services Department of 9 employees. Serve as key member of City's management team and act as key resource to City Manager, City Council, stakeholder groups, other governmental agencies and the general public. The City provides Police, Court, Planning and Community Development, as well as Public Works services and maintains a "Aaa" Moody's bond rating.* Responsible for all Accounting and Audit, Budget and Operations, citywide Financial Planning and treasury/ financing functions for $32+ million operating budget and $75 million 6 year capital budget.

Promote excellence in governmental finance through leadership, education and communication for the public benefit

* Reporting to the Elected Mayor, responsible for the overall leadership and supervision of the financial services department for a first-class home rule charter City that provides a broad range of services including police, fire, municipal court, water, wastewater, stormwater, street maintenance, capital projects, parks and recreation, planning and zoning and other general government services to a population of over 41,000 residents* Oversee the development of the City’s $164 million annual budget and monitor on-going compliance throughout the year; the City has approximately 364 employees and 4 union contracts* Supervise 22 employees in 3 divisions including finance and budgeting, Kitsap Access Television (BKAT) and information services (IT)* Responsible for filing the City’s Comprehensive Annual Financial report (CAFR) that is subject to annual audit, all treasury functions, issuance and payment of public debt (bonds) and financial planning* Interact with and meet regularly with City Council; deliver presentations, solicit and receive feedback and implement policy and code changes. Frequently engage with the community including citizens, business leaders, non-profit organizations and federal representatives from the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard* Monitor legislative and economic changes as well as financial best practices to identify items that could affect the financial condition of the City* Manage the parking system operations including all metered on-street parking, 3 city garages, 8 lots and an external parking enforcement contract with a budget of over $1.8 million and citations over 13,000 per year* Administer $2 million Kitsap Conference Center contract – includes operations, facility management and maintenance* Develop financial goals and policies that provide a framework for decision making and are scrutinized by public, municipal

* Responsible for all financial planning, budgeting, procurement, grant and accounting operations of $160M annual budget with 1,000 employees serving 546,000 unincorporated and city residents. * Directed team that manages $85M police contracting program covering 12 Puget Sound cities and 32 other municipal governments. Key customers include Cities of Shoreline, Burien, SeaTac, Kenmore, Maple Valley, Woodinville, Newcastle, Covington, Muckleshoot Tribe, Skykomish, King County Metro and the King County International Airport* Managed 15 employees covering 8 financial disciplines including payroll, procurement, federal and state grants, budgeting, accounts receivable, financial analysis/reporting, cashiering and internal and external audits* Guided Sheriff and Executive leadership in identifying over $30 million in targeted budget cuts covering 210 positions and 15 layoffs since 2008. Facilitated difficult discussions with integrity, honesty and fairness* Oversaw the development, review, and approval of all contract financial rate models for intergovernmental contracts with cities and other entities* Worked effectively with external stakeholders including Finance Directors, City Managers and Administrators, Chiefs of Staff as well as the King County Council, Deputy Executive and County Budget Director* Was responsible for evaluating and quantifying impacts of policy related decisions. This included, but not limited to: annexations, internal reorganizations, labor agreement modifications and changes to internal governmental contracts * Directed annual external audit preparation including Federal, State, County compliance* Testified in labor bargaining agreement arbitration as the Sheriff’s Office subject matter expert

* Supervised department's accounting operations of a $250M+ budget covering 7 divisions Responsibilities included accounts payable, payroll, accounts receivable, general ledger, grant reporting, internal auditing and external audit management* Managed 4 supervisors and 19 staff* Spearheaded an aggressive campaign of accounts receivable collections and billings. Helped reduce a $10 million cash deficit in in early 2005 to a positive balance in 2006* Developed and maintained appropriate systems, procedures, and policies for assuring GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) and Federal OMB grant compliance* Established and maintained appropriate systems, internal controls, policies and procedures for assuring financial stewardship and legal compliance* Directed payroll interpretation and implementation of department's 11 union contracts; authorized payroll and benefit generation of approximately 2,000 employees

* Managed field work and up to 6 professional staff on numerous large and small government audits* Selected as team Fraud Specialist. Investigated fraud and compiled case files for local police and prosecutors. Successfully completed 9 cases involving more than $240,000 in public monies* Recognized formally by team manager with an outstanding team achievement award* Mentored and trained new staff for audit assignments; Increased team efficiency and cohesion, improved performance, and resolved conflicts* Audited numerous federal grants for compliance with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-133 and Circular A-87 standards* Handled politically sensitive audit issues; Met frequently with elected officials* Performed risk analysis and wrote audit plans involving thousands of transactions and millions of dollars using complex Microsoft Access queries and Excel data manipulation

• Focused on audits independent consulting projects and tax preparation. Client list included: AT&T Wireless, Optiva (now Philips Inc.), Amazon.com and Deloitte and Touche• Assisted in multibillion dollar national internal audit of AT&T Wireless equipment fixed asset balances• Served as financial adviser to tax and business clients

Startup telecommunications company. Responsible for all financial statements and forecasting.

Responsible for all budgeting, cash flow, accounts receivable, payable and financial statement for $25M prosthetic manufacturing company

CPA firm with audit, compilation, tax and review services