Denise Johnson Email & Phone Number

United States

Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), guide the strategic direction and leadership of the CHN finance team and manages CHN’s overall fiscal management strategy. Set the overall direction of the Finance department by managing the development and implementation of finance policies and procedures, managing the Finance team members, and.

• Serve as Corporate Controller for a startup Nonprofit Managed Services Organization (MSO) providing back-office support for medical clinics in underserved areas.
• Lead the build out of Finance and Accounting Services Pillar including staffing and system (WorkDay) design, implementation, policy, and procedures while ensuring a strong internal control environment from the start.
• Coordinate accounting transformation of member affiliates to new centralized MSO model.
• Drive the standardization and optimization of accounting processes for 14 member affiliates including:o Record to Reporto Procure to Payo Accounts Receivableo Treasuryo Payroll

• Responsible for risk assessment, scoping, planning and execution of a Fortune 500 Company’sGlobal S-Ox Program.
• Implement internal controls over financial reporting and information technology general controlsover financial reporting-impacting applications and update all financial compliance policies.
• Track and monitor progress toward remediation of internal control gaps and identify mitigatingcontrols.
• Create S-Ox Readiness Assessment process for newly in-scope entities and implement global“plug and play” control framework for all business units.
• Recommend and support implementation of control enhancements in cases where controlweaknesses are detected.
• Assess changes to business processes to determine impact on controls environment andwhether changes to controls design are warranted, including automation and RPA.

Deerfield, Illinois

* Responsible for the scoping, planning and project management of Baxter's Global SOx Program. * Serve as an Internal Controls resource by continually assessing opportunities to deploy more efficient and effective internal controls through improved control design, automation or standardization. * Maintain an effective and comprehensive understanding of.

Deerfield, Illinois, US

• Leading the US state and federal transparency reporting team from its inception at Baxter Healthcare.
• Consulting to other regions interpreting and implementing data collection and reporting for global transparency reporting requirements.
• Partnering with Ethics and Compliance by identifying and forwarding information related to potential non-compliance with Baxter Interactions Policy.
• Creating and delivering training for both Commercial and Clinical teams on policy and laws relating to interactions with HCPs and HCOs.
• Developing and implementing a global master data management plan for records related to HCPs and HCOs.
• Partnering with Purchasing Supplier Management to expand their Preferred Vendor Program to include Third Party vendors that interact on Baxter’s behalf with HCPs and HCOs; requiring compliance with Baxter’s data.

Deerfield, Illinois

Developed and documented project level budget and forecasting processes, created monthly reporting and analysis for Baxter’s Research and Development function

• Managed all aspects of daily accounting processes for an international company with sales in excess of $20 million and subsidiaries in 4 countries
• Designed and operationalized accounting and finance portion of expansion into Canada including tax registration, employment laws, banking
• Managed upgrades and integration of additional modules of Great Plains software
• Reduced Days Sales Outstanding by 60% by conducting Cash Gap Analysis and revamping credit and collections processes and policies

• Reported directly to President as top financial manager and managed all aspects of daily accounting processes for two companies with combined sales of over $15 million.
• Designed accounting and finance department, hired team and operationalized the function
• Selected, planned and installed new financial software package for spun off companies. Created training documentation and trained staff
• Designed pricing structure and built template for existing and new services used for contracting and sales estimates
• Managed first audit of financial statements and passed with no comments, allowing 5280 Solutions to secure additional funding and a larger line of credit

Bs, Accounting And Finance

Pre-Law Studies

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