Shari T. Email & Phone Number

As VP of Finance & CFO, I oversee financial stewardship of the organization, ensuring fiscal responsibility and alignment with organizational goals as relates to operational and financial accounting and reporting, as well as integrity of internal controls.I have a proven track record of developing and implementing internal controls, compliance processes, and financial reporting systems for nonprofit and corporate entities. I have led projects to streamline and automate accounting reconciliations, improve expense reporting programs, and trained employees on enterprise-wide controls and best practices.

• Reviewed audit and controls documentation to ensure accuracy and compliance with standards, and provided valuable feedback.• Developed annual audit plans by meetings with management and other key personnel. Periodically communicated audit results to senior leadership.• Supported professional development of audit staff by creating and presenting CPE-qualified materials at professional conferences.• Acted as liaison with external auditors, coordinating and preparing reports requested by external auditors.• Created process improvement template to facilitate interdepartmental collaboration.

• Reviewing, assessing, and developing internal controls framework for organizational processes. • Leading project to develop new card program, and to train employees on using and reporting purchasecard expenses.• Streamlined and Excel-automated reconciliations of grant subledgers to general ledger, reducingreconciliation process time by 66%.• Successfully cultivated relationships with funding agencies.

Greater Omaha Area

• Completed monthly, quarterly, and periodic close-out accounting/financial reports, expense tracking, and budgets for 45 grant programs funded by federal, state, and private agencies.• Streamlined, and automated using Excel, reconciliations of grant subledgers to general ledger, reducing reconciliation process time by 66%.• Prepared monthly journal entries for grant program revenue, and developed ad hoc, detailed grant revenue/expense tracking analyses for management.• Successfully cultivated relationships with funding agencies.

• Conducted accounting, financial reporting, and budget processes; oversaw accounting staff. • Oversaw and assisted in processing 150+ payables and 300+ receivables monthly.• Prepared monthly and quarterly financial statements for management and board members.• Led ad hoc employee team that successfully collected over 25% of customer accounts aged 360+ days• Developed and conducted RFP that successfully awarded external audit services contract. • Prepared over 100 client schedules for annual external audit.• Prepared federal, state and local tax returns, including forms 990, 1099, and sales/use tax returns.

Omaha, Nebraska

• Solely conducted all general accounting, financial reporting, budget, and payroll processes.• Processed 200+ payables and 100+ receivables monthly.• Prepared monthly and quarterly financial statements.• Assessed employee benefits, developed proposal, and secured new provider, increasing benefit coverage options by 300% while reducing employer and employee costs by 20%.• Initiated and successfully transitioned manually distributed payroll to ACH, streamlining payroll process while providing employees with immediate access to payroll funds and wage reporting documents. • Prepared federal, state and local tax returns, including forms 990, 1099, and sales/use tax returns.

Omaha Ne

• Solely developed and conducted all aspects of UNO's internal audit function–while tasked with maintaining audit productivity levels to match those of fully-staffed audit departments on other campuses in the Nebraska University system.• Developed and conducted the university's first audit of student fees revenue, and recommended improved controls over revenue collection and distribution.• Conducted the university's first audit of the international travel program, and successfully recommended an executive-sponsored committee to implement international travel best practices.• Presented audit results to chancellor's council and audit committee.

Omaha Ne

• Solely conducted internal audits of accounting, financial reporting, payroll, and operations/inventory processes.• Prepared quarterly financial statements and budget forecasts.• Prepared over 400 client schedules for annual external audits of financial statements and of pension plans.• Revised cycle count process, increasing count accuracy by 5%, and increasing timely updates to accounting records.• Increased visibility of internal audit function by fostering relationships with process owners company-wide.

Omaha Ne

• Built company’s first audit department, eventually overseeing SOX compliant audits of accounting, financial, operational, and information technology processes.• Developed recommendation that reduced receivables processing time by 60%.• Recommended renegotiation of contract terms, which reduced information technology service costs by 70%.• Reviewed 10K, 10Q, and other informational filings, ensuring compliance with GAAP and SEC regulations.

Omaha

• Developed annual audit plan, and executed internal audits of insurance sales, claims, and commercial property management, and accuracy/integrity of legacy accounting system.• Worked closely with external auditors in coordination and preparation of PBC’s for annual financial audits.• Active in process improvement team that increased order completion efficiency 30% for $1.2B life insurance operations, by eliminating redundancies in internal controls and time-motion.

Omaha Ne; Houston Tx

• Developed and conducted accounting, financial, operational, and information technology audits.• Led internal and consulting team that developed and implemented SOX‐compliant internal audit framework.• Facilitated external audits and worked closely with external auditors.• Supervised staff and consulting teams performing accounting and operational audits.

Bachelor’S Degree, Accounting

Education record

Mathematics

Co-Valedictorian of graduating class