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Cherry Hill, NJ 08034

• Directly supervises all revenue accounting activities and staff, the analysis of financial data, and the preparation of revenue accounting reports in accordance with established general accounting policies and.
• Reviews, monitors and analyzes data for the development of interim and annual cost reports as required by New Jersey State Department of Education, New Jersey State Division of Developmental Disabilities and various.
• Obtained $100K plus in start-up funds for new group homes.

• Prepare individual Federal, multi State and Local income tax returns.
• Diagnose tax problems and develop solutions.
• Provide accounting and bookkeeping services.

Community-based Human Services Agency

• Supported financial reporting and analysis functions.
• Calculated quarterly indirect allocation revisions, analysis and transactions.
• Prepared program budgeting and contract billing.
• Administered financial report enhancements for reporting cycle improvements and efficiencies.
• Engineered special projects as requested by senior leadership.

Health Department Of One Of Pennsylvania's Leading Counties

• Managed all financial operations of the Health Department, including financial statement preparation and analysis, budgeting / forecasting, cash management, payroll and state and federal grant compliance.
• Recouped $160K during 2006 Office of Management & Budget (OMB) A-133 Compliance Audit.
• Served as the Health Department’s primary liaison regarding financial issues with the County’s leadership team and the State’s Health Department in Harrisburg.
• Re-engineered department’s accounting structure to enable system tracking of multiple grant funding and expenditures.
• Using Six Sigma’s process management tools, re-engineered department’s prison cost tracking system in order to facilitate secured funding from the State in excess of $700K on an annual recurring basis.
• Served as Board Member on the Prison Inmate Medical Cost Containment Program (PIMCC), a service of the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania (CCAP).

Division Of Unitedhealth Group

• Managed annual budget process and quarterly re-projection process.
• Monitored departmental compliance of budget plans, policies and procedures.
• Developed numerous cost tracking and savings schedules; reduced annual travel budget by 20% ($150K) by communicating guidelines and budget variance data to department heads.
• Provided financial analysis of new projects by partnering with interdependent internal and external business units through Six Sigma; saved $300K annually for two business divisions through re-engineering of vendor.

Physician Practice Plan With Major Healthcare System In North Philadelphia

• Established financial performance analysis of physicians through the use of key performance indicators, revenue cycle trends and physician coding patterns.
• Kick started creation of dashboard reporting for profitability analysis and practice site comparison.
• Provided physician practice site pro formas for system leadership’s acquisition decision-making process.
• Facilitated litigation research involving physician contractual obligations.

The Nation's First Hospital

• Managed all developmental aspects of fiscal budget process for hospital and psychiatric facility.
• Administered maintenance of two budget modeling systems, and mainframe system interfaces.
• Served on hospital’s re-engineering project and Service and Quality Targets Committee.

Major Healthcare System In The Delaware Valley ($1 Billion In Gross revenues)

• Directed a team of 10 accounting professionals in the preparation and analysis of the annual operating plan and monthly variance reporting.
• Provided oversight with the monthly financial reporting process, accounting for variances using key performance indicators.
• Designed and implemented standard pro forma for program evaluations.
• Performed financial due diligence procedures on various acquisitions.

Mba, Business Management

B.A., Accounting