Linnea Latimer, Mis Email & Phone Number

United States

Responsible for planning, managing and coordinating all administrative, financial and operational functions in the Community Development Department. Responsible for the fiscal, budgetary and administrative operations within all divisions of the Community Development Department including, but not limited to, general management and policy/procedure implementation, budgeting and accounting management, report preparation and analysis. Work with Department Director and Management team to facilitate information, coordinate service delivery requests, perform technical implementations, lead joint RFPs, serve as a liaison to Board, Committee and/or Commission and perform special projects/assignments.

Evanston, Illinois

Consult with junior analysts, end users and peers to document and analyze functional requirements, identify gaps and alternative approaches to meet requirements, and ensure all deliverables are complete. Consult with functional users, technical and reporting staff to determine best approaches; ensuring that approved solutions are implemented in a timely and correct fashion. Contribute to defining methodology and documentation standards. Writes test scripts and performs detailed testing for complex use cases to ensure that the implemented software functions correctly. Facilitate iterative feedback processes among users, developers, and analysts to ensure software functionality aligns with requirements. Act as a subject matter expert, reviewing and verifying that documentation of training materials, procedure and system/application configuration is accurate. Coordinate project resources to ensure that tasks are complete on schedule. Identify and escalate risks/variances in a timely manner. Provide work direction and/or supervises staff such as subordinates, contractors, vendors, students, etc. Coach and mentor junior staff. Evaluate software and enter complex configurations to meet user needs. Facilitate troubleshooting with technical, reporting and application resources to analyze and resolve production issues. Identify root causes based on prior system knowledge and advanced analytical skills.

Facilitate daily stand-ups with the development team to discuss estimation of current and future production issues. Facilitate bi-weekly grooming sessions with the business to discuss needs and requirements. Document production issues by revising the description written by the user or by creating a new user story. Regularly communicate with the user to ensure the development team has a clear story. Breakdown user stories to obtainable tasks, estimate work, and assign developers. Successfully lead issues through the entire lifecycle of development in a timely manner using Agile methodology. Create and manage time boxes. Act as a liaison between the business and developers. Document and review current workflows and processes. Generate monthly reports to reflect the team’s velocity, burn down and sprint.

Prepare journal entries for revenue and expenses. Assist closing processes by preparing accrual journal entries and reconciling ledger and bank statements. Provide status update of workflow and projects, as well as financial reports. Resolve bank-reconciling items on wires and unclaimed property. Maintain and prepare multi-state tax returns and related schedules such as state and local sales & uses tax, occupancy tax, telecommunications tax, and other applicable tax returns. Analyze records to determine accuracy and completeness of entries. Review, prepare, and enter all invoices, credit memos, purchase orders and receipts. Coordinate weekly activities for office managers, which may include vendor, file clean up and maintenance, accounts payable research, assistance in internal audits, and other special projects. Audit vendor contracts to ensure accuracy of terms and billing. Prepare 1099s for subcontract employees and vendors. Verify, allocate, and post details of business transactions to subsidiary account journals. Post payments and balance accounts.

Bachelor, Accounting

Master'S Degree, Management Information Systems, General

I completed the Information Systems program cum laude.