Oversees and enhances the financial management of the college, including resource allocations, financial strategy, capital plans, debt management, cash flow optimization, and financial information systems. Responsibilities encompass treasury, investment, budgets, accounting systems, audit, and accounting oversight of the endowment. A key advisor to the President on financial and non-financial strategic issues.This chief role and responsibility provides the facts, analyses, and observers the function of the institution and provides the unvarnished truth, in short, to be the data guru. A proponent of sound ethical practices, a guardian of resources and the like, one who will facilitate fiscally sound and prudent business decisions.The Change Leader of the College and those that are fundamental, affecting basic values and assumptions, and pervasive, affecting the entire institution.

The Chief Financial Officer / Vice President of Finance responsible for most non-academic functions relating to the operations of the University. These functions include: budget development & control, financial accounting, purchasing, inventory control, property & facilities management, risk management, monitoring of investments, bookstore, vending, mail room, payroll, planning, capital projects, and community and college relations.Plan, organize, coordinate, and control all financial and business operations of the University.Provide financial information to campus administrators for planning and decision-making; and reporting the financial condition of the institution to the President, the Board of Trustees, and State Officials.

The Chief Operating Officer / Vice President of Administration and Auxiliary Services is responsible for most non-academic functions relating to the operations of the College. These functions include: budget development & control, financial accounting, purchasing, inventory control, property & facilities management, risk management, monitoring of investments, bookstore, vending, management information services, mail room, payroll, personnel, planning, capital projects, and community and college relations.Plan, organize, coordinate, and control all financial and business operations at the College.Provide financial information to campus administrators for planning and decision-making; and reporting the financial condition of the institution to the President, the Board of Trustees, and State Officials.Coordinate the College’s human resources management activities including employee recruitment.Coordinate the institutional technology planning activities of the College.Coordinate the facilities planning and construction activities of the College.Serve as treasurer of the Mitchell Community College Endowment for Excellence (MCCEE).

Onsite fiscal officer managing the day-to-day administration of accounting, cash management, investment, and financial reporting for Ohio’s seventh largest school district, assuring proper allocation of the District’s $250 Million 2010-11 budgets on behalf of a staff of 2,100 and more than 18,500 students: Supervise 17 accountants and oversee financial analysis, financial audits, G/L, A/R, A/P and fixed-asset accounting in accordance with GAAP standards. Develop and manage external financial relationships (e.g., banks, insurers, auditors) and constantly look for ways to strengthen overall financial performance. Budgeting service activities are concerned with supervising budget planning, formulation, control and analysis. Auditing service activities are concerned with verifying the accounting records. It includes evaluation the adequacy of the internal control system, verifying and safeguarding assets, reviewing the reliability of the accounting and reporting systems, and ascertaining compliance with statutes, established policies and procedures. Financial accounting is responsible for maintaining records of the financial operations and transactions of the school system. Activities included are accounting and interpreting financial transactions and related records.

Developed a finance office that maintains approximately 95% of its requirements in house, with a reduced staff and without the use of outside vendors. Formulated a 20 year operating budget and priority schedule to anticipate costs based on the last ten years of history with expected inflationary increases for new condensed facility campuses.Created Excel spreadsheets with graphs for tracking expenditures per pupil and by departments by the month at each location to intercept any fluctuations in normal expenditures and make necessary corrections to maintain lower than 4% growth in expenditures for the last four (4) years. Manage budgetary, accounting, and reporting requirements for grant restricted funds from state, federal, or outside agencies; ensures strict compliance with regulations and documentation requirements; function as Fiscal Agent for restricted fund agencies as appropriate. Provide leadership, technical assistance, and administrative responsibility for the Payroll function; ensure proper tax recording and payment; ensure proper retirement system and benefit plan recording and payment; advise senior management on possible enhancements to Pay Plan and Benefit programs for 252 full-time employees. Coordinate and respond to the State independent financial audits. Participate on state-wide committees; maintain personal contacts with appropriate State Administrators.Created and selected volunteers for a community based Finance Review Committee. This committee is comprised of seven local citizens with experience in business operations, finance or accounting. Leverage this group to unify the community in light of a formal anti-tax, anti-public school political action committee. Our Finance Review committee format and bylaws have been adopted by several other school districts in the area.