Gregory Couch Email & Phone Number

Carrollton, Texas, US

Carrollton, Texas, US

• Coordinate period and year-end operations of the Accounting department (General Ledger close activity)
• Prepare period accruals, amortization of prepaid expenses, and adjusting and reclassification entries
• Perform balance sheet analysis and reconciliations, including bank statements, fixed assets, employer’s benefit costs, accruals and prepaids
• Prepare financial reports such as financial statements, budget performance etc.
• Maintain fixed assets and associated depreciation schedules
• Oversee the processing of payroll

• Prepared the fiscal year budget and work closely with the CFO and corporate for any change request necessary.
• Provided team support for all reporting and analysis to hospital staff along with upper management. Work closely with the CEO, CFO, CNO, CMO of the hospital by providing them with timely metrics to support decisions.
• Provided ongoing budget vs. actual revenue and expense variance analysis. Suggest journal entry reclasses as needed and prepare and send journal entries to the accounting team.
• Developed and produce Management Reports needed for Corporate.
• Served as liaison between the assigned area and Decision Support Services and other finance areas of BSWH.

• Contracted to assist in the conversion of the OLS reporting system to Hyperion along with the monthly FP&A duties.
• Built multiple financial reports linking to Hyperion. This consisted of Balance Sheets, P/L’s, Cashflow Statements and other ad-hoc reporting needed by upper management.
• Performed analytical review of the newly linked Hyperion financials giving validation to prior period reporting.
• Reviewed financial results and assisted in the monthly Power Point deck for various entities which is presented to the Board.
• Assisted the accounting department in reconciling and proposing prior period correcting entries that were causing an entity/contract mismatch within Hyperion along with other clean-up needed within Hyperion.
• Analyzed the GL each month for expenses that need to be reclassed. This allowed for a smooth expense run rate.

Atlanta, Georgia, US

• Effectively managed a $200M book of business at NCR. Managed the business by cutting cost and increasing revenue which in return increased profit margin. Tracked and kept a manageable headcount, billable expenses to.
• Worked with the A/R team to get the outstanding open A/R down to a manageable level. Reduced ratio of outstanding >90 days balance for Hospitality division of 36% down to under 2%.
• Finance lead on the weekly commit calls for Revenue/Funnel/Orders. Participated on weekly cadence calls to get insight on new store deals in the funnel including orders expected and revenue forecast.
• Prepared Bridge analysis from previous outlook to current outlook and provided liable backup on the gaps.
• Built and presented to senior leadership a weekly power point deck consisting of multiple business metrics. This allowed the team to see the progress from week to week and the positive impact being made.

• ►T-Systems- Dallas, TX (7/12-9/12) Contracted to design, build and prepare 2012 budget and incorporate newly acquired companies into the model. Effectively built out the budget to incorporate the newly acquired.
• Assisted with populating forecast schedules using current budget along with actuals. Incorporated strong understanding of the business into the working budget model for year 2012. This provided checks and balances.
• Assisted with automating all aspects of the budget and incorporated best practices. Automating the budget allowed making changes to the assumptions or adding additional assumptions easier and faster.

Englewood, CO, US

• Managed the revenue share group for Dish Network’s Blockbuster division. Effectively managed a staff of three and all the revenue share models which consisted of many Excel models and Access.
• Automated many areas of the operations by creating mass-allocations to run in Oracle Financials which reduced errors by letting the system run the calculations. This also contributed to a huge time savings for.
• Reviewed reconciliations to check for reasonableness and made sure they tied back to general ledger
• Reviewed month-end financials ensuring results tied back to month-end schedules
• Trained staff on financial systems and other areas of reporting necessary to improve skills and knowledge

• ►Manager Financial Reporting, Budgeting & Analysis - (2007- 2010)►Supervisor Financial Reporting – (2003 -2007)Took ownership for the recording and analysis of the company’s financial information while ensuring.
• Prepared company’s annual budget using a hybrid of the ZBB method along with yearly trends and seasonality as well as building and managing forecast schedules and gap analysis. This allowed for a clean solid budget.
• Provided extensive financial analysis to management each month-end which included various actual vs. budget analysis, e.g. (expenses, revenue and losses), along with forecast schedules and monthly comments. This gave.
• Prepared and presented information to external auditors and internal management teams as well as state examiners. Go to person for outside agencies or internal auditors for their questions.
• Managed fixed assets by booking into G/L and tracking on a monthly basis in Oracle Financials. Made for an easy presentation to auditors.

Chicago, IL, US