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Overland Park, KS

Kansas And Missouri

Overland Park, KS

Embracing an entrepreneurial opportunity to run my own business, I acquired a Cookies by Design franchise and built it from the ground up, creating the vision and strategic plans, managing all operations, and holding full P&L accountability, as well as eventually negotiating the successful sale of the business.SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS:➤ Recruited and supervised.

Mission, KS

In this role, I assisted the Controller with accounting and financial reporting to ensure accurate and appropriate financial statements and accounting transactions, as well as managing close-out of monthly, quarterly, and yearly financials and external audits in adherence with Sarbanes Oxley requirements and internal policies. SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS:➤.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Reporting directly to the Vice President of Finance, I performed financial analysis, FTE reporting, audits, journal entries, account reconciliations, and special assignments as needed.

Wichita, Kansas Area

Over the course of my 20+-year career with the Wichita Eagle-Beacon Publishing Company, I rose through the ranks, ultimately serving as the liaison between the Accounting and Advertising departments. In this role, I managed the financial reporting for the advertising, online, and commercial print revenue areas representing more than 80% of total company.

Wichita, Kansas Area

In this leadership role within the billing department at this Kansas-based newspaper publishing company, I managed 10 staff members, including advertising billing, accounts receivable, cashiers, and front counter customer service representatives. I was instrumental in bringing a custom accounts receivable system online, working with programmers to design.