Served as a consultant to drive the achievement of business and financial objectives; analyzed financial information, gathering, monitoring, and evaluating data to implement solutions that improved the financial status. Reviewed financial operations to monitor trends including labor costs, revenues, expenses, and financial ratios; prepared and presented narrative, quantitative, and statistical data in budget forms, schedules, and reports. Key Contributions: Analyzed financial information to expose unauthorized deductions in cash accounts prior to PosPay approval; prevented theft of funds. Reconciled general ledger accounts including cash, assets, loan balances, and prepaid insurance, taxes, and inventory; maintained accuracy and established audit trails. Partnered with the bookkeeper to provide support concerning QuickBooks memorized transactions and automatic entries; improved efficiency, saving both time and money.  Prepared and filed income tax, franchise tax, and business personal property tax returns.

Oversaw the integrity of accounting functions through recording, verifying, consolidating and monitoring financial transactions; oversaw reconciliations and financial reporting and acted as the point of contact for external auditors, providing documentation and spreadsheets. Managed all accounting functions, maintaining compliance with standard accounting practices and company policies. Key Contributions: Increased cash flow in excess of $10K, identifying product shipped but not invoiced (prior to employment); analyzed, investigated, and updated inventory levels.  Located paid vendor invoices for rental equipment that had been returned, generating a $1K refund; cancelled duplicate vendors for same service resulting in additional savings.  Monitored and verified all accounts payable invoices and accounts receivable billings; collected unrecorded receivables exceeding $5K.  Oversaw the training and development of junior staff members, implementing cross training initiatives that increased the flexibility and depth of the workforce.  Reconciled general ledger accounts for multiple entities (intercompany, cash, inventory, receivables, and payables); generated a sales tax refund of more than $3K.

Provided hands on, strategic leadership to deliver substantial company growth and optimize processes; maintained control over diverse business functions including financial management, inventory management, human resources, and general administration. Directed and provided oversight of the finance department; maintained control over complex accounting functions, financial reporting and consolidation functions.Key Contribution: Managed and reviewed monthly financials with explanations of variances to expose cost issues; and evaluated department budgets to explain variances. Completed monthly reconciliation of all account balances, including cash, inter-company, all asset and liability accounts; maintained accuracy and established audit trails. Ensured the successful management and execution of contracts; drafting and reviewing information to ensure accuracy and compliance with guidelines. Lowered labor costs by 4% and increased efficiency by 10%; streamlined processes and instituted best practices to improve team performance.  Increased inventory turns by more than 50% by creating custom reports for sales and inventory analysis; coordinated purchasing / production planning to minimize inventory-carrying costs.