Randy Downs Email & Phone Number

I am a finance leader motivated to establish and execute on a determined strategy. I do this by being strategic and enabling my team to work together as trusted partners delivering results. I have diverse experiences across multiple areas of accounting and finance. My reputation for relationship building allows collaborative and consultative efforts to drive operational and financial efficiencies or changes throughout the organization.Financial Planning & Analysis: • Oversaw the implementation of automated projection model improving forecast accuracy by 7%.• Delivered on operational efforts to comply with vendor contract terms previously out of compliance for 16 consecutive months decreasing aged invoices from 29% to 3%.Internal Audit:• Contributed to development and alignment of the annualized audit strategy and alignment to the overall long-term audit vision.• Formalized reporting dashboards for segment managers enabling review of real-time assessments of their audit program status, decreasing overdue assignments by 10%.• Redesigned the company’s hospital division audit program incorporating testing procedures for high- risk areas not previously tested and created efficiencies in existing audit testing.Corporate Accounting:• Chaired project using imaging technology to streamline the remit posting processes, saving $106K annually.• Created automated journal entry (JE) reversal process to eliminate previous manual process resulting in elimination of errors and removal of 8 hours from JE close process.Areas of expertise: Internal Auditing Sarbanes Oxley Controls Public Accounting & Consulting Problem Resolution and Process Improvement Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) Financial Analysis Budgeting Talent Management & Development

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  Gatton College Of Business And Economics

  Accounting