Kelley Cole Email & Phone Number

Cedar Rapids, Ia, Us

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States

Gia’s Italian Kitchen creates memories with friends, family & coworkers through Italian food. I connect people who love Italian food to authentic roots & traditions, who love to spend fun quality time with their friends & family, and want to create delicious food together from the most amazing Italian recipes of Northern Italy.....through my personalized private group cooking experiences and awesome employee teambuilding events....without having to guess at internet recipes, rewind TV shows, or spend a fortune at restaurants. Mangia!

Cedar Rapids, Iowa Area

Body Pump, RPM Cycling and Body Flow

Cedar Rapids, Iowa Area

• Led and managed budgeting and forecasting of $57m in Gross Revenue. > Redesigned the budget process, including a conversion to Budget Maestro budgeting software, July 2018 to create a more streamlined and efficient process.• Successful acquisition of a $10m competitor in April 2019, including due diligence and post-close earnouts.• Spearheaded the implementation team for the company-wide CRM operating system conversion, May 2018 to ConnectWise software. • Identified and tracked monthly KPI’s (Key Performance Indicators) and OKR’s (Objectives with Key Results) to reach our financial goals with measurable results.• Drove cost reduction for operational expense & SG&A by almost 5% through expense policies and vendor pricing negotiations• Analyzed financial & sales reporting for a complex multi-faceted company with 8 location offices across 3 states• Prepared & presented quarterly financials and slide deck to the Board of Advisors• Led and developed my team of 17 Finance & Purchasing professionals, using Predictive Index to assist• Developed annual strategic plan, together with other members of the Executive Leadership Team• Managed capital budget of over $.5m annually• Determined and prioritized (with IT) system enhancements to result in simpler and more efficient processes

Cedar Rapids, Iowa Area

• Oversaw accounting for and prepared financials for seven entities, including the Orchestra School, Opus Concert Cafe, Orchestra Iowa Foundation, and 3 historical tax credit entities.• Managed intense Cash Flow demands, daily and ongoing debt relationship, 14 bank accounts• Prepared annual and quarterly operational budget for consolidated $5m company. > Presented to the Finance Committee, Executive Committee and Board of Directors.• Managed the Paramount Theatre ticket office operations and staff of 10. > Reporting & troubleshooting in Tessitura ticketing & donation CRM database. > Led the staff to financial and procedural accountability. • Prepared artistic settlement statements and reconciliations for event productions.• Actively participated in two CBA negotiations with continuous compliance to Collective Bargaining Agreements • Managed 3rd party payroll processing and employee benefits for 120 staff.• Developed internal controls & wrote procedures for accounting, auditing, budgeting, purchasing, inventories, payroll, and administrative services / office functions.• Managed complex tax credit system of closeouts for FEMA after the Floods of 2008 for our historic building and its contents.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Fundraising chair through the Floods of 2008 and volunteer board member

BUSINESS ANALYSIS MANAGER, FINANCIAL CONTROL – HSBC (FKA HOUSEHOLD INTERNATIONAL)Prospect Heights, IL Pricing & Profitability Analysis for new High Cost state legislation. Financial Analysis of new product lines, Purchase Money & Credit Keeper. Financial maintenance of electronic connection between 3rd party vendor (IREP, Integrated RE Processing) and Household’s 1400 national sales branches, including troubleshooting, financial implications & technical solutions. Monthly financial reporting on Household and 3rd party vendor (IREP), for Consumer Lending mortgages. CPP #14, Project Owner for the Financial Control group – Independent Loan Closer (ILC) required for every Real Estate loan closed in the United States. The project took over one year to release.o Financial modeling & forecasting by state – cost analysis & cost recuperation and product varieties

Boise, Idaho Area

Accountability for 5 entities: Lot Development, Homebuilding, Sewer Company, TownAssociation & General Store Demanding Cash Management, Budgeting, Forecasting, Financial Reporting, AP, AR Contract Administration for Lot Development and Homebuilding subcontractors Lot Development and Homebuilding monthly loan draws from lenders, up to $15M Management of Real Estate Trust Accts & Sales Forecasting, title companies & lenders Contributions to Marketing programs and events Accounting software conversion from QuickBooks to BudgeTrac for the Homebuilding Company Local Human Resources & Teambuilding for 24 employees (corporate headquarters in Phoenix, AZ) Direct management of 5 employees, including training, hiring & firing

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Accounting

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Finance & Spanish

International Business

Business Administration