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Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Glendale, Az

Tempe, Az

Initially hired as a Senior Cost Accountant, I was promoted to Accounting Manager and played a pivotal role in Harvest’s $230M IPO in Q4, 2018. Simultaneously working on reconciling several months of financial data within 10 distinct legal entities, I managed $1M/week in AP including many complex payments for real estate, business acquisitions, construction projects, consultants, expansion efforts and completely validated GL coding, fixed assets, and intercompany transactions. Additional contributions included bringing in Dataccuity to improve financial reporting, software conversion from QuickBooks to Microsoft NAV, due diligence document preparation, and accounting for potential business acquisitions.

Tempe, Az

Moving up from Controller to Director of Finance, I led a team of 4 accounting, HR, and IT staff at Rebath Corporate – parent franchiser of 100+ franchisees. Implementing a new focus on quality and timeliness, I dramatically increased employee productivity and was able to:✅ Decrease the month-end close process by 1 week✅ Increase the quality of AP, AR, GL, forecasting, and financial report preparation✅ Negotiate favorable terms with a new payroll provider that saved $100K and new healthcare broker that saved another $30K✅ Streamline filing tax returns✅ Create a new reporting standard which provided unparalleled visibility

Phoenix, Az

As the 2nd Controller in company history, I addressed a major cash flow problem by negotiating new terms with vendors and implemented Oracle JDE ERP as well as personally oversaw the transition of all vendors to the new system.

Scottsdale, Az

After being promoted to Director of Finance after just 3 weeks, I drove a full 180° turnaround complete with controlled AR and AP, and a new FP&A program that was instrumental in future planning and decision making at the executive level. Accomplishments also included saving $258K.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

I began as an Accountant and earned 3 progressive promotions up to Plant Controller of this publicly traded, $100M company. Over 7 years, I led a number of large-scale initiatives which included deploying Oracle, coordinating the RIF of 1.2K employees, decreasing personal property taxes 25%, and recovering $250K after a sales and use tax audit.

Manage Standard Costs in Oracle, Cost Accounting, Inventory Reporting, GL accounting

Mba

Bachelors Of Science, Accounting