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Christiansted, Vi

Provide economic strategy, treasury control and management of the accounting and financial activities of ten entities. Additionally, responsible for the administrative oversight of management personnel at Strategic Link Consulting.

• Collaborated with other members of the executive team in formulating operational objectives and key strategies, including analysis of acquisition candidates.• Implemented and applied GAAP accounting policies and procedures, including revenue deferral, expense accrual, & software capitalization• Restated prior year financials for formal review and led the company through their first audits, as well as rounds of due diligence and business valuations.• Developed a detailed five-year forecasting model and provided on-going variance analysis.• Managed all aspects of the company’s relocation to a much larger facility, including resource management and lease and contractor negotiations.• Designed and implemented various Human Resource initiatives, including employee benefits enhancements, policies and procedures rewrites and incentive compensation programs.

• Designed and implemented administrative policies and procedures.• Instituted accounting policies and controls where inadequate or non-existent.• Established a month-end close checklist and calendar.• Leveraged and re-organized existing resources (labor, capital and relationships) for more effective and efficient processes.• Corrected and restated 2003 financials and reporting and led the company through their first audit.• Full responsibility for implementation of GAAP accounting practices and controls with focus on formal best practices accounting procedures.• Upgraded MAS 90 accounting modules as they relate to inventory controls, AP, AR, General Ledger, Payroll, and monthly compilations.• Enhanced costing, budgeting and forecasting models as they relate to continued national growth.

• Developed budgeting and forecasting tools for multiple departments, including detailed expense and staffing analyses and deferred/earned revenue projections.• Implemented a formal financial review process with senior management, including a comprehensive monthly financial package, enhancing variance analysis and strengthening managerial accountability, as well as improving costs management. • Coordinated the post-acquisition financial consolidation of three disparate business entities. Integrated three unique accounting and legacy systems into a single billing module with an Oracle Financials interface.• Collaborated with the senior management team on enterprise projects and initiatives, including the creation and implementation of an enterprise system, which integrated billing with contract and account management and operational workflows.

Mba, B.I.S./Accounting

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting