Project Sponsor / Subject Matter Expert for a Chrome River implementation replacing a manual Accounts Payable process. Provides paperless workflow, single point of entry, automated compliance, routing, approvals and voucher creation. Innovated a budgeting tool in Microsoft Excel to provide flexible budgeting and management reporting. Monthly management reporting includes budget versus actuals as well as vendor or account summaries. Each budget owner’s template integrates with the overall firm budget and creates an import template for the firm’s financial system.Designed compensation master files which are loaded as tables in the financial system to enable combined reporting of timekeeper statistical and compensation information, eliminating risk of errors and greatly increasing efficiency. Master files facilitate profitability reporting eliminating a dependency on Excel spreadsheets and formulas.Credited with designing streamlined reporting for the Business Development team enabling nimble response to inquiries by Practice Leaders, Department Heads, and Firm Leadership using filtered pivot tables overlaying current year expense details and budget data.Recognized for a continual focus on process improvement through evaluation, collaboration, creative solution design and application of technology while driving toward simplification and standardization. - Slashed the cycle for one client’s monthly e-billing accruals from over 15 hours to less than 2 - Recaptured 15 hours per month by automating payroll deductions for employee personal charges - Recouped 2 ½ days per month of time to enter one invoice in accounts payable - Designed/enhanced reporting by downloading data into Excel and applying formulas/pivots eliminating manual data entryServed as Project Sponsor and team member in the procurement/implementation of an HCM solution going live in Q3 2020 and as Project Sponsor for a new time entry solution scheduled to go live in Q1 2021.

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Served as the team leader for general ledger and system setups for an Elite Enterprise 3.6 to 3E conversion; within that project, redefined general ledger segments, renumbered general ledger accounts, and migrated from non-billable matter masking to charging directly to the general ledger by office, department, and timekeeper, enabling single-source reporting for Practice Group Leaders and Firm leadership.Orchestrated and executed the implementation of Chrome River and led the redesign for the 3E integration. Authored routing and compliance rules for the Chrome River expense and invoice applications, and served as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert for configurations, rules, and functionality.Contributed to a payroll system conversion from Ceridian to UltiPro, partnering with Human Resources to support general ledger integration and reconciliation and required treasury management services.Recognized for developing the firm’s globally consolidated monthly financial statements including the allocation of retained earnings and paid in capital by partner.Delivered process improvements in Accounts Payable that include employee reimbursement via payroll, distributed rush check printers, and the processing of sales and use taxes.

Managed the transactional accounting, budgeting, and financial statement reporting for a 200+ lawyer Firm.

Managed all accounting functions, budgeting, forecasting, financial statement reporting and tax compliance. Focused on process improvement, simplification, and standardization. Biggest accomplishment was converting the Firm from decentralized, type-written billing to centralized, system-generated billing.