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Montreal, Quebec, Ca

Grand Rapids, Michigan, Us

• Provided daily leadership for 3 staff members during transition period between permanent Accounting Managers. Four days of on boarding prior to full responsibility.• Prepared complex financial statements in accordance with GAAP within a 12 person finance team. Consolidated gross revenue of $250M with reporting units in the U.S., U.K., China, Germany, France and Italy. Consolidation includes foreign currency translation and intercompany elimination entries. • Prepared footnotes to the financial statements that support the annual audit of the global organization. • Developed a 5-day closing process and rolled out during first week of contract period. • Reviewed and posted all journal entries as part of the monthly close process. • Reviewed and provided review comments on general ledger account reconciliations to ensure accuracy and completeness of financial records. • Created business process documentation in preparation of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance program.

Frisco, Texas, Us

• Acted as principal financial executive (CFO) and advisor throughout an 8 month equity sale process. Process included business presentation to multiple parties and resulted in closing a $108M sale/purchase transaction.• Prepared and presented monthly and quarterly financial results and analysis to Executive Management and BOD.• Architected, implemented and communicated annual sales compensation plan for regional and national sales teams.• Managed all tax compliance requirements, including preparation of income tax liability reconciliations, for multiple company filings in 20+ states.• Prepared detailed financial plans for cost management and forecasting.• Managed the accounting department of 8 staff members which support gross revenue of $25M.

Frisco, Texas, Us

• Prepared account reconciliations and financial work papers for the annual audit of 8+ dairy farms• Prepared monthly financial statements for 3 dairy farms in accordance with GAAP within a 12 person finance team • Prepared and posted journal entries as a part of the monthly close process. • Prepared general ledger account reconciliations• Completed special projects and written documentation as directed by CFO.

Grand Rapids, Mi, Us

• Provided daily leadership for 2 internal audit staff members while permanent Audit Manager was on family medical leave. Two weeks of on boarding prior to FMLA period.• Managed the annual financial audit process for 90+ charter schools.• Managed the relationship with external audit firm and all internal audit support resources.• Reviewed 150+ internally developed audit reports which met the reporting requirements for educational organization receiving federal and state funding.• Performed monthly income tax liability reconciliations as part of the monthly financial close process.• Reviewed general ledger account reconciliations completed by staff.

Grand Rapids, Mi, Us

• Provided daily leadership for accounting department of 5 staff members while permanent Controller was on family medical leave. Two weeks of on boarding prior to FMLA period.• Prepared monthly financial statements in accordance with GAAP. • Reviewed and approved journal entries making inquiries to ensure accuracy and completeness of financial records.• Reviewed all general ledger account reconciliations and provided review notes and corrections. • Created written financial communication to Executive Management.

Rockford, Mi, Us

• Developed and executed the Sarbanes-Oxley compliance program for a $1.2B global corporation with operational locations in 5 countries.• Issued written financial and audit reports to Executive Management and the Audit Committee.• Published written business process documentation for all significant processes across the global environment.• Provided internal control testing documentation in support of the annual financial statement audit performed by an external firm.• Presented various internal audit topics at the Annual Finance Department Summit. • Contributed to the development and implementation of an Enterprise Risk Management process • Developed and executed risk-based internal audit programs across the global organization. Created written documentation of audit plans, results and operational recommendations with an emphasis on cost savings and efficiency.• Conducted interviews and compiled financial support for an initial year research and development tax credit that resulted in a multi-year, multi-million dollar tax savings.• Trained and supervised 2 departmental employees and managed a multi-departmental compliance team of 40+ employees.

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Master Of Arts (M.A.), Mental Health Counseling/Counselor

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Accounting