Helped establish accounting policies and procedures for the accounting and finance department at the corporate level, along with implementing them across 22 departments of the companyMade an immediate impact by aggressively collecting outstanding accounts receivable, collecting $2M within my first 90 days, and mentoring the staff accountant by teaching them tips and tricks to collecting effectively, which led to doubling cash on hand in less than two yearsSupervised monthly accounting close activities, which shortened month-end close time from 15+ days to 5 days, and presented key financial performance indicators on a monthly basis to the CFOParticipated in monthly duties including account reconciliation review, accounts receivable aging reviews, and cash forecasting, along with handling numerous ad hoc requestsSuccessfully completed several major projects to improve the department, including implementing new accounting software, cleaning up the chart of accounts and income statement, streamlining the payroll process, and bringing stability to a previously precarious environmentSupervised seven employees that included one accounting manager, one senior accountant, one senior financial analyst, two staff accountants, one financial analyst, and an IT Analyst

Helped establish accounting policies and procedures for the accounting and finance department at the corporate level, along with implementing them across 8 divisions of the companySupervised monthly accounting close activities including Financial Statement analysis, presenting key financial performance indicators on a quarterly basis to the ownerParticipated in monthly duties including account reconciliation review, accounts receivable aging reviews, and cash forecasting, along with handling numerous ad hoc requests among the divisionsPrepared annual budgets and quarterly forecasts with the 8 different facility managers to the satisfaction of the ownerCreated a dashboard to give facility managers a tool to use to manage their divisionSuccessfully completed several major projects to improve the company, including cleaning up the chart of accounts and income statement, streamlining the payroll process, and bringing stability to the billing deptSupervised six employees that included one staff accountant, a payroll coordinator, and four billers

Helped establish accounting policies and procedures for the accounting and finance department at the corporate level, along with implementing them across 14 divisions of the company.Supervised monthly accounting close activities including Financial Statement analysis, presenting key financial performance indicators on a quarterly basis to our wholly owned subsidiaries.Participated in monthly duties including account reconciliation review, accounts receivable aging reviews, and cash forecasting, along with handling numerous ad hoc requests among the divisions.Prepared annual budgets and quarterly forecasts with the 14 different facility managers to the satisfaction of the CFO and CEO for presentation to the Board of Directors.Managed various other companywide programs, including corporate credit cards, business license renewals, and insurance certificate issuance to additional insureds.Successfully completed several major projects to improve the company, including consolidating all 401k plans, outsourcing IT to improve efficiency, negotiating a new contract to reduce phone system costs, and implementing new accounting software.Supervised four employees that included two staff accountants, a payroll coordinator, and an IT analyst.

Led transition of shared services from an outsourced facility to in house employees, including cash application, cutting of checks, fixed assets, and tax.Participated in successfully securing line of credit from new bank and transitioning all accounts to that bank, which included numerous weekly and monthly reports to the satisfaction of the bank.Performed various tasks with direct reports to improve DSO and DPO, along with making policies and procedures more efficient to the satisfaction of the new private equity owners.Continued to lead monthly accounting close activities including Financial Statement analysis, accounts receivable aging reviews, and account reconciliations.Supervised three employees that included all aspects of accounting and finance duties along with a dotted line report of five employees from the billing department.

Helped establish accounting policies and procedures for the newly created accounting and finance department at the corporate level, along with implementing them across ten divisions of the company.Performed monthly accounting close activities including Financial Statement analysis, presenting key financial performance indicators on a quarterly basis to our wholly owned subsidiaries.Participated in monthly duties including account reconciliations, accounts receivable aging reviews, and cash recognition, along with handling numerous ad hoc requests among the divisionsPrepared annual budgets and quarterly forecasts with the ten different facility managers to the satisfaction of the VP of Finance and CEO.Supervised two employees that included accounts payable, accounts receivable, and financial analyst duties along with a dotted line report of four employees from the billing department.

FP&A Group, 2008 - 2009Participated in quarterly forecast and annual budgeting processes for several owned and operated and joint venture businesses.Performed monthly and quarterly accounting close activities and consolidated monthly P&L’s.Prepared and presented key financial performance indicators on a monthly and quarterly basis to company leadership.Controllership Group, 2004 - 2008Performed monthly and quarterly accounting close activities, including analyzing Balance Sheet activity and presenting it to senior leadership.Prepared monthly and quarterly journal entries to reconcile all balance sheet and income statement accounts.Performed monthly and quarterly account reconciliations to conform to parent company’s guidelines.

Prepared budgets and monthly financial statements to the satisfaction of the controller.Participated in preparing adjusting and accrual journal entries to reconcile all income statement and balance sheet accounts.Worked with affiliate to reconcile intercompany accounts along with solving tax issues and financial analysis.

Prepared intercompany reconciliations for numerous divisions of the company.Participated in preparing adjusting and accrual journal entries to reconcile payroll accounts.Worked with co-workers in preparing reconciliations for US citizens working abroad.

Participated in preparing budgets, monthly forecasts, and monthly close of financial statements for several divisions of the company.Worked with manager in preparing adjusting and accrual journal entries to reconcile accounts.Interacted with various clients in preparing invoices and assuring the all accounts were up to date in payables and receivables.

Participated in preparing account reconciliations, financial statements, audits, and tax returns of various clients.Interacted with co-workers and clients in preparing closure of quarterly and yearly statements.Worked with partners to assure completion of work was correct and acceptable to the client’s standards.