Responsible for full spectrum of accounting and human capital management functions for a rapidly-growing software company.• Provide monthly GAAP financial statements as well as reports for investor communications• Responsible for information security and risk managementKey accomplishments:• Coordinated/provided all documentation and controls for a SOC 2 Type 2 certification

Responsible for full spectrum of accounting and human capital management functions for a rapidly-growing software company. • Provide monthly GAAP financial statements as well as various KPI results for department heads• Responsible for budgeting, forecasting, and cash managementKey accomplishments:• Coordinated/provided all due diligence for both Series A investment (2014) and acquisition by private equity firm (2018)

Responsible for supporting 31 plants across the country with accounting functions such as bad debt calculation, monthly accruals, and reconciliations, as well being a resource for the Corporate office.

Responsible for all accounting processes, financial statement preparation and analysis for each property, which were made available to upper management and investors.Implemented new accounting system and migrated all processes and data for six properties.

Responsible for all accounting processes, preparation of financial statements, bank reconciliations, payroll, benefit management, and cash flow.Completed accounting system migration from MAS90 to Quickbooks, begun five months previous to my hire (and the company did not have an accounting professional on staff during that time)Coordinated completion of all requirements for an Iowa economic development applicationImplemented 401K plan as a new benefit for employees

Directed the accounting, reporting, and analysis functions of the Corporate Financial Services department. Managed four staff: two financial analysts, one project coordinator, and one supervisor, who managed four clerical staff.Directed the preparation of financial statements on both GAAP and statutory bases in a timely and accurate manner.Coordinated, compiled, and completed all regulatory filings for state and federal insurance reporting.Provided analytical narrative and support for all financial statements.Developed the audited GAAP consolidated financial statements and coordinated the annual audit.Devised and implemented steady improvements in the statutory-to-GAAP process; GAAP reporting was implemented at year-end 2001.Helped develop and implement line-of-business reports for both statutory and GAAP bases of accounting.Revised accounting procedures to bring department practices up to acceptable levels of documentation.

Directed the Administration Division of the IT department, managing an eight-person team consisting of three analysts, one AP processor, two purchasing agents, one HR associate, and one grant writer.

Provided consulting and accounting support to 23 internal departments. Managed three teams: financial analysis, benefit reconciliations, and accounts payable, total of 11 people managed.Supported departments in the following functions: budgeting, expense calculation and forecasting, variance explanations, purchase analyses, and outsourcing analysesMajor focus of activity was to implement the accounting systems and programs required to change the company's traditional allocation of overhead costs to a new transfer pricing system where company units billed each other for services consumed, and revenues as well as expenses were tracked by service.Assisted departments in developing marketable services, identifying costs per service, and implementing pricing that drove desirable activity.Identified services which didn't fit the chargeback model, and developed better allocation bases to spread those costs to the rest of the company in a meaningful manner.Work resulted in invitations to speak at several Shared Services conferences on recognized success at implementation of shared services concept.

Oversaw all accounting functions for a new subsidiary with $400K in annual revenues

Directed all accounting functions for this engineering subsidiary generating $12 million in annual revenues

Formerly known as Norwest Financial, I managed 17 clerical employees in their functions of branch bank reconciliations, account analyses, and journal entries for over 600 branches nation-wide.

Worked as an audit assistant on several audits, prepared personal tax returns during tax season, and special projects.