Melissa Simmons Email & Phone Number

Sumner, Washington

Renton, Washington

Renton, Wa

Providence Health and Services is the third largest not-for-profit health system in the United States, employing over 85,000 employees across Alaska, California, Montana, Oregon and Washington. In addition to the care facilities established, my role has been in serving six to ten of the twenty-eight foundations established to support programs and communities.· Prepare, analyze and report financial statements for six Oregon foundations with over $250M in Net Assets· Created training material and presentations for all twenty-eight foundations on coding conversion· Support team of twelve through accounting transition by researching processes and implementing solutions to increase efficiencies· Perform month and year end close including adjusting entries, accruals, reconciliations, and reporting· Partner with foundation Executive Directors to manage distributions of donor funds· Manage accurate reporting of split-interest agreements related to Trusts, Charitable Gift Annuities, and Land interests· Provide support to gift shops for ensuring appropriate internal controls are implemented across Oregon region· Facilitate investment purchases and sells related to donor endowments and cash flow management· Responsible for external consolidate audit for ten Oregon foundations – work papers, footnotes and responses

Renton, Wa

Auburn, Wa

My role as Financial Analyst II is to provide timely and transparent reporting for our management teams in support of our stragetic goals. In addition to monthly financial reporting, I provide operational reports for new sales, backlog, benchmarking analysis, asset management, collections management, compliance research, and leadership within our department.- Perform monthly reconciliations, adjusting entries and accruals- Prepare monthend financial statements and divisional gross margin financial reporting- Update monthly graphs and prepare presentation for offices- Provide financial anlysis for financial benchmarking; Marketing; Fleet management; Bonus programs; Staff utilization; Unit Pricing; and ad hoc requests- Research IRS, GAAP and FAR requirements as requested- Collect and report weekly backlog and utilization for management- Maintain fixed assets acquisitions and disposals, depreciation, and update schedules- Assist Controller through internal audits and annual budgeting- Mentor and supervise direct staff- Manage General and Professional liability insurance including renewals, claims and audit- Demonstrated sucess with cross-departmental communication in partnering with IT to enhance efficiencies by automating reporting for divisional financials, monthly marketing sales reports, and weekly backlog reports resulting in over 40 hours a month of time saved.

Sumner, Wa

As Collection Manager, my role consists of analyzing both WIP and AR to idenitify strategies that increase our share value through collecting for our services. Working with all levels of the organization, over seven offices in five states, I research and provide assistance in billing, collections, and client negotiaions to maximize our recovery.- Demonstrate sensitivity to deligate topics with both clients and Project Managers- Escalate and report to Controller, CFO, and Executive Committee- Provide audit workpapers for revenue, WIP, AR, and bad debt allowance- Research and analyize project status to identify potential risk- Provide necessary documentation and communication logs- Contract reviews, process lien release, and directly work with legal council as needed- Credit analysis via D&B or financial statement review- Facilitate and manage bankruptcies- Analyze project clients to idenity payment cycles, processes, and sub consultant payments- Created automated monthly report to use count-back method for measuring DSO- Developed reporting to consolidate criteria that supports anaysis and streamline efforts- Mediated client meetings with successful negotiations to satisify all parties- Provided presentations and education to all offices to escalate awareness of cash flow management- Successfully increase cash flow resulting in a reduction of our DSO by 25 days, an equivalent of $6M

Sumner, Wa

My role as Finance Assistant and Accounting Specialist consisted of preparing payroll, billing, and assisting accounts payable. Additional responsibilities included bank reconciliations, collections, and providing reporting for accounting managers and Director of Finance.- Assisted Director in preparing annual valuation, reporting expenses and PowerPoint presentations- Prepared reporting for financial surveys, marketing surveys, and census reporting- Review timesheets, process payroll via ADP, set up new employees and transmit Fidelity- Reconciled monthly bank statements- Provide monthly reporting of Contracted Sales by office, division and individual- Prepare, verify and distribute weekly backlog reporting for operational management

Greater Seattle Area

As Office manager, my role consisted of providing education and exceptional customer service to all of our clients, managing store employees, inventory, merchandising, purchasing, coordinating with vendors, systems management, processing website orders, and full charge bookkeeping utilizing Quickbooks.- Reconciled, recorded, and deposited daily receipts- Corresponded with bank for fund transfers, stop payments, ACH, and credit card payments- Perfomed monthly bank reconciliations - Maintained fixed asset records- Facilitated and performed annual physical invenotry, reconciled and applied appropriate journal entries- Posted monthly journal entries- Analyized trends to accurately project purchasing levels and idenity new merchandise for clients- Managed all billing, collections and payables- Processed excise tax reporting, 941 deposits, 1099s and W2s - Coordinated customer focused events and promotional material- Trained and supervised staff, prioritized duties and delegated responsibilities- Completed procedural manual upon leaving