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Bakersfield, Ca, Us

Bakersfield, California, United States

Bakersfield, California Area

Responsible for the financial and operational performance for a 39,000 student community college offering a variety of programs on both ground (multiple locations) and distance education platforms, with direct supervision of maintenance and operations, budget office, food services, construction and college safety.

Alhambra, Ca

Responsible for the day-to-day management of all campus site operations managing a team of over 75 with 8 remotely, including the control and utilization of its physical assets, the recruitment, training and direction of staff, leadership in all areas of management, and oversight of admissions, career services, financial aid and academic functions. Implement checks and balances to ensure compliance with State, National, Federal and programmatic accreditors. Successfully launched new programs and developed growth within the distance education operations. Improved operational efficiency by recruiting and developing effective employees; resulting in increases in student, faculty and employee satisfaction rates.

Seattle, Wa And Pasadena, Ca

Responsible for the educational, financial and operational performance for a culinary arts college with multiple operating locations managing a team of over 115 with 15 remotely. This included the control and utilization of its physical assets, the recruitment, training and direction of staff, leadership in all areas of management, and oversight of admissions, career services, financial aid, purchasing and academic functions. Implement checks and balances to ensure compliance with State, National, Federal and programmatic accreditors. Improved operational efficiency by recruiting and developing effective employees; resulting in increases in student, faculty and employee satisfaction rates.

Puyallup, Wa

Responsible for financial well-being and operational excellence for a $28 million water works wholesale supply company.• Streamlined invoicing and collections reducing DSO by 25% and percentage of accounts receivable greater than 60 days past due by 45%;• Negotiated discounts for suppliers resulting in annualized savings of $90,000;• Returned the company into financial compliance with all bank covenants.

Bellevue, Wa

Responsible for external dealer, Sarbanes-Oxley, and internal operational performance audits for a lending portfolio of $4.4 billion.• Performed internal audits to ensure operational effectiveness and within Policies and Guidelines. • Prepared reports of findings and suggestions to PFC Internal Controls Committee as well as PACCAR, Inc. management;• Restructured audit schedule to ensure all dealers are audited in a five year rotation resulting in 58% more audits done with only 25% more staff hours.

Portland, Or

Responsible for the financial and operational performance for a $28 million multi-location college, with direct supervision of Accounting, Facilities, IT, Human Resources, Purchasing and Student Finance.• Decreased Bad Debt from 2.8% to 1.2% and DSO from 28 days to 13 days within 13 months;• Responsible for two major build out’s, one a 65,000 sq ft space with a $5 million budget and the second a 15,000 sq ft addition to the space with a $1.2 million budget. Both projects completed on time and under budget;• Developed and executed strategies to move 850 students and 150 employees from a compliment of four uneconomical buildings into one operationally efficient space; • Effectively worked with all departments to assist with generating ideas on how to improve productivity, increase moral and develop a greater sense of teamwork amongst the different departments;• Developed best practice on how to track the financing of students’ tuition from the time of enrollment, resulting in reduced time from enrollment to an ISIR received and increasing the percentage of students who attend school;• Served as trainer for two fellow Vice Presidents of Finance;• Reduced the number and significance of findings in compliance audits both internal and external by 10%; including best results of all schools within the CEC system for the recently performed Sarbanes-Oxley audits.

Vancouver, Wa

Responsible for the accounting operations and SEC Reporting for this $250 million telecommunications company.

Sacramento, Ca

San Francisco, Ca

Bachelor’S Degree, Business Administration, Accounting Option

Mba, Business Administration

Certified Public Accountant (Cpa)