Michelle Daggett Short, Cpa Email & Phone Number

San Juan Capistrano, Ca

• Supervise, evaluate, and set goals and objectives for three Finance Division staff• Deliver professional support to the Chief Financial Officer/City Treasurer and Assistant Finance Director by preparing staff reports, requests for proposals, contracts, the comprehensive annual financial report, audit coordination, and supervising additional staff as needed• Plan, organize, review and approve bi-weekly payroll• Prepare and manage citywide personnel budget• Monitor and reconcile investment portfolios for the City and Housing Authority• Initiated regular communications between payroll and Human Resources (HR) and improved processing of new hires, terminations, and changes in employee pay or benefits• Influenced the decision-making process for acquiring new financial and HR software• Redesigned and improved worksheets for calculating and entering personnel budgets and monitoring salary and benefits budgets throughout the year• Designed and implemented spreadsheets to calculate FLSA regular rate of pay• Spearheaded new procedures for accounts payable (AP) check requests to reduce processing time across all departments and reduce paper use by 30% while maintaining internal controls

Laguna Niguel, Ca

• Processed AP, prepared warrants and warrant register• Reconciled bank statements and prepared investment reports• Performed analytical review of the budget to actual revenues and expenses, analyzed accounting transactions and drafted necessary journal entries• Prepared year-end detail schedules, Annual Street Report, M2 Expenditure Report, State Controller’s Compensation Report, and assisted with annual audits• Assisted in implementing Unit 4 Agresso Business Systems software (GL, AR, AP)• Maintained financial system software by activating or updating users, adding accounts, editing report specifications, monitoring workflow, and assisting users• Designed customized financial reports and schedules• Established AP procedures and trained new accounting personnel• Increased efficiency by converting utility bill data from Paradox to Excel

Glendale, Ca