Melissa Mitchell, Cpa Email & Phone Number

Cape Coral, Fl, Us

Cape Coral, Florida, United States

Denver, Co

• Integral member of executive leadership team, overseeing 17 direct and 4 indirect reports while providing continuous process improvements to simplify reporting, drive operational efficiency, and deliver financial excellence for $250M organization• Leverage expertise to coordinate the financial functions spanning 6 locations, establishing consistency and timely financial presentation of forecasts, budgets, and monthly statements• Recognized the need to redevelop and realign the Finance team, achieving optimum service levels and a 15% cost savings• Re-established the entire corporate finance department from the ground up, establishing processes and procedures that minimized overall operational redundancy while driving top performance• Function as the Corporate Controller and oversee anything that is financially driven, including financial statements, budgets, and forecasts, reporting directly to the CFO• Provide strategic support to assist the organization through Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), directing the integration of acquired properties into the existing ERP, policies, and procedures• Utilize a passion for people management to mentor, train, and develop resources, providing the needed tools to ensure individual and organizational success• Established an initiative on standardization, taking 6 markets performing autonomously and slowly standardizing staffing and reporting to achieve consistency• Identified the need to launch the use of purchase orders in the organization, coordinating with cross-functional teams concerning standardization, coding, processes, and advance approval• Responsible for centralizing OTA scheduling department, working together to obtain plan agreements from each market, hiring a leader to oversee process, reducing workforce in some areas and adding to others, delivering an efficient and cost saving department as well as providing a significantly improved work-life balance for employees with zero turnover in 3 years

Denver, Co

• Recognized for continuous top performance and promoted to Vice President, Corporate Controller, providing operational influence and valuable insights to corporate management to support strategic decision making• Oversaw 4 markets and led the end-to-end financial operations for the $100M subsidiary of Fortune 200 Lincoln National Corporation, leveraging expertise to formulate and deliver critical progress and reported directly to the CFO• Analyzed various financial statements to ensure informed decision-making as well as formulated annual budget packages and numerous reports, presenting all information to the CEO and Senior Executive team for approval• Responsible for structuring and deploying budget, sales, and operating models, providing the ability to track outcomes to be reviewed by various levels of management• Utilized subject matter expertise and discovered strategic ways to use Excel sheets to achieve efficiency before automation• Completed Sales Training course with the Sales department, securing a complete understanding of the process the sales team follows, leveraging the information and insights to develop reports to analyze critical data• Collaborated with software companies to build custom reports for the automation of sales reports, customizing the CRM to deliver data accurately and timely and make it actionable by the sales team

Denver, Co

• Hired to perform as Market Controller supporting the financial operations for the $25M division of Lincoln Financial Media• Oversaw the project relocating the office and 5 radio stations from an owned location to a 30K sq. ft. leased site, coordinating all construction and directing the highly technical transition• Responsible for market Account Payable, Credit and Collections, and OTA scheduling departments, preparing monthly financial forecasts and collaborating with department managers to consolidate

Denver, Co

• Successfully divested business operations from 1 owner to 4 and integrated remaining operation to CBS strategiesSome of the achievements of my previous experience include: Senior Manager, Strategic Planning at Footlocker, Inc., Camp Hill, PA • Developed and monitored budgets for CFO organization Manager, PeopleSoft Analysis, Reporting, Training & Admin at Footlocker, Inc., Camp Hill, PA • System Administrator for Y2K conversion to PeopleSoft Financials Assistant Corporate Controller at Chancellor Broadcasting Company, Dallas, TX • Integrated acquired properties of VC company into standardized GL for consolidation and reporting (M&A) Manager of Finance, SBC, Inc. (now AT&T), Voice Processing Division, Dallas, TX;  Manager of Accounting, Leprino Foods, Denver, CO; Began career as a Staff Accountant-Audit at Arthur Andersen & Company, Denver, CO