Oversee financial operations, including annual budget, forecasting, accounting functions and grant budgets for non-profit organization.• Partnered with the Chief Financial Officer to review and enhance the budgeting and reporting capabilities of the organization.• Established guidelines to improve the development of budgets for all requests for proposals submitted to both government and private funding sources.• Developed monthly reporting of revenue and expense trends versus original budget assumptions for dissemination and review with senior staff improving financial awareness and control.• Implemented expense reporting monitoring procedures to assure accuracy and timeliness of reported expenses. • Provided training and coaching to program staff and senior management to build their knowledge and improve their budgeting skills.

Oversee financial statements;perform divisional reporting, analysis, forecasting and budgeting.•Partner with the Director of Financial Reporting and Systems to design and implement management reporting highlighting key cost drivers of variance versus budget.•Support divisional strategic planning efforts through budget development activities.

Managed month-end/year-end close and financial statement preparation. Analyzed balance sheets, P&L, cash flows, and budget variances. Guided operational management positively affecting positively variance resolution. Ensured compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley Act and internal control standards. Provided subject matter expertise in the user community for technical personnel, department heads and management. Managed staff of five with a $2 million budget.•Key team-member in implementation of SAP corporate accounting system. Led the team in the role of change management coordinator. •Managed P & L risks and opportunities, ensuring senior executives were well informed and partnered with senior managers to develop, present and implement recommendations.•Partnered with Human Resources Director to establish monthly headcount tracking and reporting, ensuring headcount targets were achieved.•Interacted with department heads to provide timely and comprehensive financial support.

•Established accounting and financial infrastructure for new corporation. Developed policies and procedures for budgeting, financial analysis and reporting which provided executive team and senior operating management with meaningful financial data.•Interacted with department heads to provide timely and comprehensive financial support. •Conceptualized and introduced improved financial closing procedures which reduced monthly closing time from 10 days to 5 days.•Developed departmental spending reporting to inform department management of actual versus budget spending on monthly and year-to-date basis improving financial awareness and control.•Automated manual processes and instituted financial controls which resulted in $200 thousand cost savings.•Developed and implemented improvements to bank and inter-company reconciliations which resulted in improved accuracy and tighter controls, combined with a 25% reduction in completion time.

Managed annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, five year plan, capital project evaluations, comparative financial information of competitors and key financial ratios.•Initiated use of integrated spreadsheets that reduced budget preparation time by 50%.•Created corporate general and administrative expense trend report which provided management with information required to control expenses and adopted for company-wide study of general & administrative expenses.•Conceived and implemented an equitable method of assessing headquarters expenses to operating companies which provided a more accurate presentation to management of each operating unit contribution to consolidated earnings.

Prepared and analyzed consolidated financial statements, SEC and management reporting in compliance with accounting principles and standards.•Created and maintained computerized consolidation and reporting system which resulted in a faster, more efficient and flexible method of financial reporting and provided management with timely information necessary for decision making. Implementation reduced monthly closing time by 25%.

Prepared and analyzed financial statements, annual budgets, quarterly forecasts and cash flows. Managed accounts receivable and bank reconciliations.

Managed accounting staff, analyzed general ledger accounts, preparation of budgets and bank reconciliations.