Acts as fiscal liaison between Operations, Digital Strategies, IT, Accounting, Office of General Counsel, and Program Delivery units. Utilizes strong interpersonal skills to understand complex business workflow processes required to draft and maintain budgets for $50M+. Holds "the whole" across forecasting, accounting and operations indictors to make strategic decisions that are informed and equitable.Supports the COO/CFO in decision-making and provides oversight in core areas such as administration, facilities, budgeting, logistics, and human resources. Presents financial information to all-staff, Board of Directors and Executive audiences. Supervises a team of five direct reports. Regularly mentors 10+ staff and provides budget leadership training across organization-wide functions. Partners collaboratively with stakeholders to develop processes and controls that promote efficiency and facilitate expense savings. Engages with staff through a servant-leadership management approach that's based on initiative, empathy and active listening. Regularly processes journal entries in excess of $300K in accordance with GAAP controls & procedures. Supports month-end close processes in collaboration with Controller. Maintains prepaid and amortization balance sheet schedules. Participates in annual PBC and field audit.Acts as subject matter expert in tracking and digitizing forecasts across delivery systems. Develops, financial compliance workflows across multiple c(4) and c(3) funding streams in collaboration with fiscal sponsor to ensure systems fall within regulatory and fiscal guidelines. Acts as lead strategist in operationalizing organization-wide processes to the Jemez principles of equity, inclusion and justice. Embodies an all-hands-on-deck mentality and a willingness to take on tasks with a common sense, no task is too small, approach. Meets colleagues where they are to build trust and encourage transparency in budget decision making.

One of nine executive steering committee members charged with implementing restorative accountability initiatives, aligning organizational values with culture, changing decision making structures using Jemez Principles (~ 850 staff), implementing equitable policies, and managing operationalization of the 2021 budget. Act as lead budget committee member, charged with the successful implementation of the annual organizational budget ($150M) in collaboration with the CFO and COO. Initiated scaled budget input from staff through technological systems. Directed and administered $5M dedicated to enhancing BIPOC equity.Key Responsibilities:Partnered with the COO, creating and executing a cross departmental budget ($163M) process during an election cycle while addressing economic impacts of the COVID pandemic. Assessed and reported on qualitative and quantitative equity and inclusion initiatives across various restricted and unrestricted funding streams, departments and fiscal cycles ($7M+).Participated and lead presentations and strategic working-groups with Board of Director, Executive Committee, Finance Committee, and union leadership.Drafted and present transparency protocols in relation to the budget decisions. Created, operationalized and implemented democratic decision making systems and processes in stewardship of BIPOC equity fund. Identifies critical programmatic needs and opportunities for expense reductions against an operating deficit.Helped analyze, present and operationalize investments and implementation of critical org-wide infrastructure initiatives such as expansion of the Human Resources, People & Culture, Finance and Operations departments. Continued to hold responsibilities of non-interim role of Associate Director, Operations.

Directed the day-to-day financial, accounting and procurement operations for $30M. Managed a team of three staff who were responsible for quarterly variance reporting and the annual budget development across multiple restricted and unrestricted funding streams. Directed respective annual budget guidelines, quarterly reporting and year-end summary of operations activities. Met with field auditors as necessary. Analyzed and ensured accuracy of variance reports. Developed and implemented compliance driven workflows for organization-wide data management, distributed organizing and text broadcast software for political reporting requirements. Acted as lead contract manager for program-critical software and support vendors. Oversaw general accounting procedures for multiple departments, prior to submission to Finance, including accruals, allocation schedules, prepaid expenses and, journal entries ($350K+). Met with auditors as needed to respond to PBC requests. Maintained accounting controls by adhering to GAAP, Federal and organization-wide accounting policies and procedures. Managed personnel activity for multiple departments across three CBAs. Responsible for salary determination and termination processes in compliance with CA labor laws. Successfully restructured three departments (150 staff) in response to changing priorities and budget availability resulting in reduced program and staff expenses in accordance with CBA requirements

Acted as fiscal liaison between Operations, Digital Strategies & the Finance Department. Utilized strong interpersonal skills to understand complex business operations and workflows required to develop budgets, maintain cash flow forecasts and provide financial guidance to Sr. Management. Processed, journal entries in accordance with internal controls & procedures according to GAAP. Acted as subject matter expert for workflow and business practices related to forecasting and variance reporting.Key Responsibilities:Provided day-to-day transactional services including oversight of general ledger, A/P, A/R analysis, and monthly journal entries for accrual adjustments in accordance with GAAP.Provided & interpreted trend analysis for annual multi-platform revenue budget: $6M.Provided & interpreted trend analysis for annual multi-platform expense budget: $10M.Developed, maintained & reported variances against monthly budget snapshots for all digital units, minimizing quarterly ($300K+) variance swings.Coordinated with HR and payroll on hiring and separation activity for forecasting purposes, successfully revamping department-wide job description and benefits tracking procedures for 70+ staff.Managed year-end marketing platform true-up and accrual processes ($300K- $400K).Ensured systems used for political initiatives met local/state/federal reporting guidelines. Acted as lead terms and services consultant to Office of General Counsel for all digital related contracts.Instituted company-wide compliance procedures and financial reporting for distributed and broadcast text services, political website content tracking, proprietary data sharing systems and cross-departmental password management services.

Lead and executed an agile CRM database conversion from Team Approach (Blackbaud) to Salesforce.org. Managed external consulting team of four and internal launch team of twenty individuals. Oversaw and communicated scope and scope-change with key senior team members. Maintained project deliverables/assets, managing team expectations against milestones and deadlines. Identified blockers; reporting regression testing results and errors as needed. Translated business requirements across various system platforms (SAP, Ceridian, Navision), developing and testing workflow and end-user training. Maintained status reporting for multiple business units. Successfully utilized prior financial management role to develop, test, and deploy financial reports that met GAAP requirements. Key Responsibilities: Hands-on implementation of a Team Approach-to-Salesforce project, for revenue generators $50M+ Developed pledge, inventory, general ledger and forecasting reports required by Accounting and Finance departments for month-end and year-end close. Performed end-user training for Development, Membership and Finance/Accounting staff as needed.Launched corporate sponsorship division migration to Salesforce platform while incorporating data.com lead generation system validation efforts $14M+.Deployed case management architecture to mitigate support needs of end-users. Acted as, “the fixer,” for outside sub-projects to bring teams back on-track (i.e. Implementation of mass email-to-roundCause synchronization with the set purpose of efficiently consolidating donor interactions/communications).Designed, tested and implemented input/export dataloader.io templates with the ability to perform high volume data validation, testing and training for end-users. Resolved migration errors as they occurred via dataloder.io.

Provided day-today transactional services including oversight of general ledger, A/P, A/R, analysis, payroll processing, and monthly journal entries including accrual adjustments in compliance with GAAP.Provided & interpreted trend analysis for annual multi-platform revenue budget: $49MProvided & interpreted trend analysis for annual multi-platform expense budget: $23MDeveloped, maintained & reported variances against monthly budget snapshots for 10+ business units.Utilize advanced Excel functions to develop complex modeling schedules.Ensured forecasts reflected operational activities within SAP accounting software. Worked directly with line managers to strategize and amend forecasts based on run and burn rates.Coordinated with HR and Payroll on hiring and separation activity for forecasting purposes for 60+ staff.Supervised Financial Services Associate and worked as a team to provide support services to assigned portfolio of departments/projects.Partnered with Director & VP level staff to create a 3-year rolling budget for all clientele & projects, establishing revenue/expense recognition protocols as well as cost allocation methodologies. Partnered with IT department to develop and improve reporting systems.Provided recommendations to Sr. Management & prepares presentations as needed.Ensured compliance with GAAP, government contracts, and local/state/federal reporting guidelines. Reported regularly to CFO on the financial status of all restricted grants. Coordinated with appropriate staff to ensure accuracy of grant-reporting.Instituted company-wide control procedures for the processing of monthly accruals(Journal range: $50K - $450K monthly). Managed end-of-calendar-year direct mail revenue accruals ($300K- $400K). Established internal control procedures to improve the maintenance of highly confidential commission schedule for Corporate Support team & provided monthly analysis against budget forecasts.

Reconciled balance sheet accounts & complex revenue recognition schedules. Prepared tax filings including Form 990, Form 425 and 1099s. Oversaw state payroll tax filings-Forms (1096/1098/1099/W2). Established CAlpers Spring-Fed pool compliance & application process for (STD 813) certification (Small Business Certification). Maintained Federal SAM CCR ORCA registration (Federal Contractor Registry). Performed day-to-day transactions in compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley 404/302/401 & FASB statements 93/116/117. Assisted CFO with the preparation/distribution of schedule K1 (1065) worksheets.Performed monthly bank reconciliations for ten agencies, daily A/R and A/P transactions and agreement compliance. Maintained purchase order issuance. Booked cash receipts & prepared daily deposits. Maintained online merchant card accounting & annual PCI audit. Performed monthly report on pass-through fund agreements. Maintained fixed asset depreciation schedule. Responded to Limited Partner requests as well as audit confirmations. Generated quarterly management fee invoicing. Prepared partner portfolio summary reporting. Performed fund investment transactions, dividend payments and inter-company billing. Amended annual “draw-down” report of investment portfolio. Maintained restricted fund schedule & annual “released from temporarily restricted fund,” report. Managed fund compliance including the allocation of employee salaries.Managed onboarding and termination of staff. Maintained benefit accounts (Anthem, Dental, FSA, Vision, 401k). Performed employee intake procedures. Maintained employee benefits enrollment & processed change forms. Managed monthly PTO accrual & processed semi-weekly payroll journals.Facilitated semi-monthly staff meetings, prepared & distributed Board materials, oversaw IT administration, facilities, and event logistics including annual fund meetings, limited partner calls, and annual non-profit fundraising events.