Oversee the accounting functions for 50+ retail locations across Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.

Oversee the Accounting Department and prepare monthly financial report packages. Maintain open lines of communication with C-Suite, department managers and financial teams with common ownership companies to monitor the company's financial well-being, and ensure variances from financial expectations are identified, and explained. Establish, monitor and enforce policies to ensure internal controls are adequately mitigating risk.• Supervised the implementation of new accounting software… Show more Oversee the Accounting Department and prepare monthly financial report packages. Maintain open lines of communication with C-Suite, department managers and financial teams with common ownership companies to monitor the company's financial well-being, and ensure variances from financial expectations are identified, and explained. Establish, monitor and enforce policies to ensure internal controls are adequately mitigating risk.• Supervised the implementation of new accounting software. Completed the project on time and under-budget.• Produce monthly financial statements with analyses for use by C-Suite and Owners.• Coordinate yearly audits, filings and reports.• Redesigned the General Ledger to improve visibility into the company’s performance.• Maintained the employee headcount while decreasing overtime and increasing productivity by mentoring staff on ways to boost efficiencies in their processes. Show less

Successfully performed all back office operations in the beginning stages of the company including all financial responsibilities, Human Resources functions, Office Manager duties and IT tasks. Oversee the expansion of the company and refine financial systems by including additional personnel and optimizing financial processes to handle the increasing workload.• Prepare and analyze financial data for use in strategic planning.• Ensure that payroll and other financial systems are… Show more Successfully performed all back office operations in the beginning stages of the company including all financial responsibilities, Human Resources functions, Office Manager duties and IT tasks. Oversee the expansion of the company and refine financial systems by including additional personnel and optimizing financial processes to handle the increasing workload.• Prepare and analyze financial data for use in strategic planning.• Ensure that payroll and other financial systems are scaled up as necessary as the group has expands.• Ensure the companies remain within legal compliance as work is performed in different states.• Maintain open lines of communication with vendors and clients to ensure efficient and on-time billing and payment processes and remedy any issues that arise. Show less

Analyzed and reconciled financial data to bring it up-to-date with all billing that had been performed before I was hired. Redesigned the accounting system and its processes to accurately track day-to-day operations on an accrual basis. Discovered ways to refine current processes to increase productivity throughout the program.• Database management and data validation for 500,000+ job sites.• Selected for the team that was tasked with implementing the company’s ERP… Show more Analyzed and reconciled financial data to bring it up-to-date with all billing that had been performed before I was hired. Redesigned the accounting system and its processes to accurately track day-to-day operations on an accrual basis. Discovered ways to refine current processes to increase productivity throughout the program.• Database management and data validation for 500,000+ job sites.• Selected for the team that was tasked with implementing the company’s ERP system.• Creation of a master financial spreadsheet that bridged the gap between the client’s financial system and the company’s database and finances with a high degree of precision.• Creation of financial reports for use by upper management and the Head of the Finance Department.• Regular verbal and written communication with clients and Project Managers.• Tracked revenue and expenses for use by Operational Managers.• Performed all invoicing for the $30 million program. Show less