Experienced Accounting Management Professional• Detail oriented financial management professional, with over 16+ years of combined work experience, and a solid academic background in accounting. Master’s degree in professional accounting attained from Colorado State University.• Extensive 13+ years supervisory experience in leading a talented team of accounting professionals with diverse levels of expertise, at John Adams Academy, FriendFinder Networks, Inc., and Zonare Medical Systems, Inc. Highlights of Accounting Management Skills: • Advise the senior management team on financial planning, cash flow management, and providing accurate financial information to support decision making.• Contribute to the development of organization's strategic goals and objectives by implementing and maintaining internal controls to safeguard organizational assets and ensuring compliance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and reporting standards. • Manage the monthly, quarterly and year end close process and preparation of financial statements by continuously assessing and suggesting process re-engineering to streamline the close process.• Plan and execute the annual budget process.• Coordinate, and work directly with external auditors for annual financial audits by ensuring timely delivery of items requested under “Prepared by Client” (PBC) list and subsequent expenses.Software Proficiency:• Software proficiencies include Sage Intacct, Blackbaud Education Edge, Microsoft Dynamics (Great Plains), ADP Concur/Workforce, QuickBooks, NetSuite, FloQast, Edstruments, Salesforce, Zuora, AvidXchange, Vroozi, Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Outlook, and Power Point.
Listed skills include General Ledger, Accounting, Account Reconciliation, Accounts Payable, and 33 others.