Lead a team of five to ten Analyst level to Senior level accountants in Business Operations ranging from Payroll processing, Quarterly Payroll Tax filing, Excise/B&O tax filing, Financial Statement preparation, and Consulting. Worked in a team environment to improve processes and standardization across all Central Washington Locations. Participate as a seasoned member of the Leadership Team for Central Washington focusing on Agribusiness and Healthcare/Life Sciences. Selected Contributions: • Team management• Management Reporting and Analysis• Collaborated with a team of other Controllers and Senior Level Accountants in an effort to standardized procedures across Central Washington in an effort to allow staff to work remotely using the same processes as co-workers in other locations.

Support of the Controller in this position co-managing the activities of four direct reports. Because of the limited size of this group, this position is one of a more hands on position. I am heavily involved in the budgeting process communicating with all North American department heads including travel, capital projects, and normal office requirements. I interact with the auditors and provide documentation as requested. The other tasks assigned include invoice review and submission to the bank for payment, Commission calculation and payment, bank account reconciliation, filing of compliance reporting for state and local as well as Canadian reporting.Selected Contributions: • Tasked with observing processes and making process improvement suggestions.• Quickly adapted to an International Retail environment after eight years in Higher Education• Collaborate with the Controller to develop a more clear and concise operating procedure for company Travel & Entertainment policy drawing on Best Practices and Corporate policy to define what is acceptable for employees.

o Supervise five (5) finance staff o Responsible for the supervision of the financial aid programs, ensuring compliance with Federal, State, and Department of Education regulations. Supervise the management of the Perkins Loan and student accounts.o Responsible for the financial management and accounting of the endowment and temporarily restricted funds. o Supervise the management of the general ledger functions of the organization. o Supervise the month-end closing of the accounting software and manage the reconciling of the subsidiary ledgers and modules to the general ledger. o Supervise the preparation and ensure the accuracy of all of the necessary monthly, annual, and audit financial reports. o Preparation of the executive financial statements for the Cabinet and Board of Trustees of Bastyr University.o Manage the federal portion of work study, SEOG, Pell, and Perkins and reconcile with Financial Aid. o Oversee the accounts payable function for the University, including reviewing and approving all suitable invoices for payment. o Supervise the preparation of all miscellaneous and tax reports as required. o Responsible for financial section of the annual IPEDS report and all other government timely reporting for both Washington and California.o Responsible supervising the data submission required for the annual 990 report, coordinating with the auditors and organizing all data to be uploaded to the auditor portal.

o Responsible for the maintenance and management of the general ledger system for Bastyr University: responsible to monitor and manage month-end and year-end closing procedures, to ensure all general journal entries are prepared and booked, to review trial balances for all funds, enter final adjustments, and close the general ledger. o Record all incoming revenue for Bastyr University to the general ledger. Review all deposits, ensuring the correct account numbers, reconciling the deposits, and correcting as necessary. o Manage the accounts receivable modules for Development, Continuing Education, Simkin Center, Conference Services, and other department receivables. Extensive communication and reconciliation process with the Development department, entering of pledges, invoices, and payments, printing aging reports, and reconciling to the General Ledger. Determine the correct recording of pledges under revised UPMIFA rules. o Perform the review of monthly reconciliations and reports from the Bastyr Clinic for Natural Health. Such review includes inquiring of differences with the Clinic accountant, understanding general trends, and identifying potential accounting issues.o Responsible for backup and assistance of Clinic accounting, and also backup of cash management, PPE, and bank reconciliation functions. With new requirements from US Bank, the position is responsible for providing the Controller with information pertained to bank covenant calculation and cash flow analysis. o Responsible for financial statement, statement of activities and functional expense allocation reports preparation. o Provide assistance in problem solving pertaining to the accounts payable function. Leading role in the preparation for the yearly audit.

Provide advanced accounting assistance and direction for all areas of the business office and university as needed. Actively participate in month-end closing, financial statement preparation and the annual audit process. Verify accuracy of data for Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and Payroll. Perform complex accounting reconciliations as assigned and within prescribed deadlines. Prepare statements and reports as needed for Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Payroll, and General Ledger. Review and approve invoices and expense reports, following up with applicable departments to clarify discrepancies and ensure coding accuracy.

Create and post journal entries from subsidiary ledgers. Create and post manual journal entries Analyze and reconcile asset, liability, income and expense accounts. Reconcile daily cash reports and bank accounts.Manage daily, weekly and monthly cash flow, and provide related reports to management.Perform timely month-end and year-end close of accounting records.

I was responsible for the reconciliation of 16-30+ general ledger income accounts. Prepared analytical reports for upper-management and some board reports. Assisted in the preparation of the delinquency reporting for 30, 60, & 90 day delinquent loans. Completed problem resolution tasks. Entry of Journal Entries into the PeopleSoft system. Responsible for coordination of OTS-Thrift Report preparation and the submission to the Office of Thrift Supervision. Supervision and training of temporary employees as required. I performed basic administrative tasks for a Vice President such as answering calls, some proofreading, fielding requests from other people within the organization. I interacted with all levels of senior management including the CFO, Vice President, and President. As well as any other ad-hoc projects as assigned.

Efficiently reconciled various general ledger accounts, balanced 40 bank accounts, created corporate deposits, performed data entry, and completed problem resolution tasks.

Negotiated the repurchase or sale of problem loans to various Mortgage Insurance Companies or other Mortgage Companies. This was achieved by the writing of letters, emails, and phone calls and involved much organization and follow-up.

Coding, Data Entry, Batch Processing, and Mailing.