• Accountable for Financial Analysis, Month End Closing Process, Accounts Payable, Compliance and Licensing.• Manage a team of 8 accountants.Accomplishments• Spearheaded the implementation of software packages from Concur and GCPay, resulting in a 35% increase in Accounts Payable productivity.• Facilitated a monthly meeting to review the forecast and bidding strategy for the upcoming months. To help guide the meeting I developed an Excel workbook to improve the financial visibility to key decision makers.• Wrote Crystal Reports that connected to data from our ERP system. Prior to writing these reports operational employees spent several hours every month updating excel spreadsheets.• Became a certified facilitator for 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and trained over 100 employees. • Streamlined the Month End Close process by utilizing Microsoft Query SQL, Pivot Tables, Vlookups, and Sumif formulas which reduced report generation by 10 hours per month.• Presented financial performance to the Board of Directors on a quarterly basis.

•Develop and oversaw the execution of the group strategy of the hotel, which represents 70% of the hotel revenue. •Set prices for the hotel and approved group business•Worked closely with Sales to analyze the optimal location for each groupAccomplishments• Developed a process which reduced the amount of time necessary to update reservation system by 80%. I utilized my Excel and problem-solving skills to create an Excel Tool that balanced the house 80-90% faster than the previous process. • Led the systems audit of the manual Sales database conversion from Gaylord to Marriott systems. I was able to use my experience with data queries and Excel to identify entry errors and correct them efficiently and effectively.

•Facilitated the annual strategic planning process, which includes the development of key strategic themes•Identified new and creative ways to assess business performance to improve efficiencies and enhance profitability•Provided training to property managers on financial tools and processes•Performed analysis and provide recommendations to Senior Leaders on potential capital investments and third party vendor relationshipsAccomplishments•Created a financial model and corresponding internal rate of return analysis to justify the building of a $19 million resort pool. I utilized Excel, PowerPoint and Word to present to the CEO and CFO of Gaylord Entertainment the expected rate of return a resort pool would generate for the company. The performance of the pool project exceeded the pro forma the first 3 years of operations.•Worked directly with 20 operations managers and directors to compile revenue and expense budgets for the hotel. Presented the budget to the General Manager and hotel leadership and provided written explanations monthly regarding the performance of the hotel against those budgets.

-Assist in the preparation of yearly budgets and monthly forecasts-Using Excel, Access and Crystal Reports, I generate and analyze reports to assess property performance by department.-Assist in the writing of the monthly MD&A report

-Worked with the Revenue Manager to assist with yield management-Produced the 14-day and assisted in the completion of the 30-60-90 Rooms forecast for the hotel.-Using Excel, Access and Crystal Reports, I generated and analyzed reports to assess Rooms performance.