Mandy Armenta Email & Phone Number

Tucson, Arizona

• Manages a team of 20 staff members with a wide variety of experience and skill sets.• Presents financial information to Regional Wastewater Reclamation Advisory Committee.• Supervises, trains, assigns work priorities, and evaluates staff performance.• Creates opportunities for cross-training and professional growth for team members.• Oversees the creation of multiple department’s budgets.• Meets regularly with department directors and county administration to discuss department’s fiscal position.• Communicates policies to staff and makes recommended improvements to management.• Implements opportunities for professional growth.• Oversees the monthly forecasting of multiple department’s.• Implements divisions performance measures • Works closely with department directors and county administration on special projects.• Presents financial information to county administration in the annual budget highlights meetings.

• Supervises a staff with a high skill set in system maintenance and administration.• Supervises, trains, assigns work priorities, and evaluates staff performance.• Assesses, reviews, and implements new division policy and procedures.• Responsible for new chart of account elements in the ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system.• Responsible for setting up and maintaining workflows and approval routes in the accounting system.• Creates and tests new SQL statements for end users to use in transaction and financial analysis.• Creates and tests new budget forms in the planning and budgeting system.• System administrator for planning and budgeting system.• Responsible for maintaining tables in the accounting system

• Supervised a staff with a wide variety of educational backgrounds and skill sets.• Supervised, trained, assigned work priorities, and evaluated staff performance.• Supervised and reviewed grant budgets for multiple departments to ensure accuracy and completeness of the recommended budget in the ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system.• Met with ten different departments to discuss compliance with grant awards and budgets from federal, state, and private grants.• Established and maintained positive working relationships with county departments.• Reviewed and approved accounting transactions in financial system to ensure the accuracy of the county’s financial management system.• Reconciled balance sheet accounts applicable to each grant award.• Ensured compliance with the grantor requirements and federal Office of Management and Budget circulars A-87 and A-133.• Implemented new budgeting forms and procedures in the planning and budgeting system.• Processed monthly draw downs through the federal website and ensures the grant draw downs are in compliance with the allowable expenditures for the grant.• Ensured timely collection of accounts receivable and ensures appropriate collection efforts are made.• Took initiative to create and implement more efficient monthly processes to improve the overall processes.• Assisted and prepared financial analysis to ensure an accurate reporting of the Schedule of Federal Expenditures.

Prepares cash flow statements for multiple departments using operations and maintenance budgets and capital budgets along with department projections to calculate current and future cash needs Meets with departments to discuss the results of trend analysis, future projections, and the effect those trends and projections have on their fund balance, cash balance, and net incomeProcesses monthly journal entries to fund capital project deficits using GO Bond, Sewer Obligation, Transportation Bond, and Flood Control Tax Levy funds. Processes monthly drawdown memos and submits to the Treasurers office for Local Government Investment Pool transfers to cash accountsReviews and makes recommendations on how much cash to invest in the Pool 500 Local Government Investment PoolTracks grant revenue per grant program and processes requests to transfer funds from the grant program to the capital project programPrepares detailed flow charts to document current accounting operating procedures and future accounting operating proceduresReviews activity in the financial management system and created reports and pivot tables from the data to be used for financial analysisParticipates in the testing and validating the new debt management software for Pima CountyCreates monthly Financial Management and Audit projections for the Deputy Director of Finance which included Debt Service and Capital Improvement Program projectionsExplains variances between projected and budgeted amounts for the Debt Service and Capital Improvement Program to the Budget Division of FinanceCreates and maintains procedures for cash flow and financial analysis Appointed as the Subject Matter Expert for the new Pima County Treasury module for cash accounts, wrote policy and procedures for the new system, and created a training program

Tax Preparer Tax Seasons 2010 and 2011Continued education by taking computer based and instructor lead classes to meet the minimum CPE requirements for rehirePrepared federal and state tax returns for individuals and small businessesReviewed Internal Revenue Service Tax code to decipher complex tax issuesProvided customer service to clients and ensured a positive experience in order to retain the client

Created and reviewed monthly financial statements for a retirement community and a home owners association.Entered month-end accrual journal entries for both entities.Reconciled bank statements and balance sheet accounts.Participated in monthly financial conference calls with the HOA finance committee to review and discuss financial statements.Reviewed and explained variances between budget and actual revenue and expenses to the Regional Accounting ManagerMaintained a mapping database between 2 software programs that allowed for proper interface.Reviewed payroll and census reconciliations that ensured SOX requirements were metCreated a monthly A/R aging spreadsheet that enabled the formulation of the amount of bad debt expense required to meet company policy

Interviewed, hired, and trained managers to ensure their success in operating a storeReviewed weekly schedules created by General Managers or Managers to ensure each location had an adequate level of staff for all hours of operationPrepared financial analysis based on historical sales information, interim financial statements, and production reports for multiple locations on a monthly basisTrained employees on the financial management system and point of sale systemEstablished goals and work priorities for managers and general managersReviewed employee productivity and worked with the employee to set goals for tracking his or her successEvaluated staff performance to ensure they met company standards and documented performance or disciplinary actionOversaw the production, sales, staff levels, and maintenance needs for 18 Supercuts and Procuts locationsPlanned and attended grand opening events in Oklahoma and Arkansas and scheduled airtime with radio stations for store promotionsUsed approved marketing print ads and radio ads to advertise for any location with slow salesMet with staff to assess the overall maintenance of stores and scheduled required maintenance issuesCreated month-end financial reports for the owners review and explained any variances or deficienciesUsed QuickBooks software to reconcile bank statements for all locations and main financial systemReviewed invoices for accounts payable staffOrdered product inventory and maintained budgets for 18 locationsMonitored daily reports and addressed any production deficiencies with the store managerReconciled and maintained 6 advertising funds with an approximate annual budget of $250,000

Master Of Public Administration - Mpa, Public Administration

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Accounting