Provided strategic insight into industry, accounting and finance. Managed accounting systems, including detailed job costing in addition to overseeing A/R, A/P and payroll, ensuring transactions were appropriately authorized and coded to correct accounts. Supervised general ledger transaction entries to ensure accuracy.• Streamlined processes through automation, creating spreadsheets to manage multiple financial segments.• Maintained all financial accounts, delivered advanced problem solving for accounting functions, reviewed and reconciled bank and treasury account statements.• Implemented, maintained and enforced internal controls and processes to support the accuracy of financial records, reporting and accounting standards, assisted within special projects, and supervised one full-time A/P specialist, one payroll specialist, two A/R specialists and one collections specialist.• Created monthly journal entries, reconciled all A/P, A/R and GL accounts, created and reviewed financial statements, monitored and analyzed monthly operating results against cash flow forecasts, prepared and remitted all applicable taxes, and audited client, vendor, payroll and associated accounts.• Served as the liaison between firm management, owners and CPAs, and between managerial staff and bank representatives.• Insurance renewals.

Provided strategic insight into industry, accounting and finance. Managed accounting systems, including detailed job costing in addition to overseeing A/R, A/P and payroll, ensuring transactions were appropriately authorized and coded to correct accounts. Supervised general ledger transaction entries to ensure accuracy.• Streamlined processes through automation, creating spreadsheets to manage multiple financial segments.• Maintained all financial accounts, delivered advanced problem solving for accounting functions, reviewed and reconciled bank and treasury account statements.• Implemented, maintained and enforced internal controls and processes to support the accuracy of financial records, reporting and accounting standards, assisted within special projects, and supervised one full-time A/P specialist, one payroll specialist, two A/R specialists and one collections specialist.• Created monthly journal entries, reconciled all A/P, A/R and GL accounts, created and reviewed financial statements, monitored and analyzed monthly operating results against cash flow forecasts, prepared and remitted all applicable taxes, and audited client, vendor, payroll and associated accounts.• Served as the liaison between firm management, owners and CPAs, and between managerial staff and bank representatives.• Insurance renewals.

Promoted into the Chief Financial Officer role in 2010, continuing to oversee all Controller tasks alongside a team member in the role since 2013, and performing all human resource tasks until hiring an HR Manager in 2016 in collaboration with the CEO to serve 150+ staff at the $38MM+ private equity owned, national firm providing pipeline surveys, drafting and right-of-way acquisition. Directly supervise one controller, one A/P and payroll specialist, and one junior accountant. Perform CPA, bank, insurance and tax audits in addition to researching requirements for all other states in which the company conducts business to determine legalities such as taxability for the corporation and staff, and setting up information with the proper Secretary of State and Department of Revenue offices in each state. Direct and oversee billing, collections and reporting, construct and monitor reliable control systems for accounting activities, communicate with customers to investigate and resolve queries, ensure internal controls are properly in place, maintain regulatory compliance, and perform extensive financial analysis.Consistently maintain awareness of new regulations, participate in educational opportunities, and work on special projects.Played a critical role in increasing benefits provided to employees, implementing dental and vision plans with multiple options in addition to short-term and long-term disability and life insurance.Managed professional liability claims until 2017.Introduced budgeting, collaborating with department managers to create budgets based on future forecasting, advertising, promotion and capital expenditures, and designed a headcount analysis detailing each billable staff member capable of being altered with utilization rates to obtain accurate forecasting data.

Managed all accounting systems, including detailed job costing in addition to overseeing A/R, A/P and payroll, ensuring transactions were appropriately authorized and coded to correct accounts. Supervised general ledger transaction entries to ensure accuracy.Initially joined the $3.9MM company with 30 employees and made changes in financial operations to increase efficiency.Replaced the A/R clerk, taking over duties, and then brought payroll inhouse, slowly pulling back tasks from an external CPA firm and saving up to $40K per year in contractor expenses.Streamlined processes through automation, creating spreadsheets to manage multiple financial segments, and converting the company from DOS to a Windows operating system at the end of 1999.Assumed accountability for human resource processes, hiring and onboarding staff, serving as a liaison with attorneys during EEOC/harassment and hostile work environment claims, overseeing worker’s compensation and FLMA issues, and terminating underperforming staff, handling all potential conflict.Managed unemployment claims in addition to garnishments and levies.Directed benefits administration, including open enrollment, selection of providers, and collaboration with the CEO to select the best options for staff in addition to managing the commercial insurance policy and handling renewals and audits.Engaged in legal reviews of contracts and purchasing operations, creating legal documents and POs from scratch, setting terms/conditions, and forwarding to the corporate attorney for review.Maintained all financial accounts, delivered advanced problem solving for accounting functions, reviewed and reconciled bank and treasury account statements, and followed-up on overdue collections.