Shelly Gower Cpa Cgma Email & Phone Number

Prosper, Tx, Us

Dallas, Texas, Us

 Led team of 50+ (managers, accountants) to execute month-end close, GL balancing, reporting, cash analysis, intercompany transactions, SOX compliance, and financial statement reviews for 1500+ practices. Directed Payroll and Accounts Payable (A/P), coaching teams and deploying process improvements to generate time and cost savings; ran due diligence on unclaimed property (uncashed checks) for escheatment.  Revamped guidance on Credit Losses, Leases, and Revenue Recognition, ensuring compliance with accounting standards; optimized end-to-end capital accounting (e.g., capex, leases, asset management, depreciation). Partnered with IT to enact paperless solutions, easing GL journal entries, invoice processing, and audit support while generating significant time and cost savings (thousands-of-dollars per month). Streamlined 1,500 monthly balance sheet account reconciliations (BSAR) utilizing Pega and OpenText; automated data tracking/storage, with BSAR system being adopted company-wide.  Consulted cross-functional leaders on budgets, forecasts, and planning; distilled complexity of accounting issues for non-accounting personnel, including teams advising physicians on P&L results and action plans.

Dallas, Texas, Us

 Drove process improvements and evolved internal controls to transform Corporate Accounting into a highly efficient, automated operation with full GAAP compliance; improved accuracy and timeliness of accounting deliverables and enabling $500K cost reduction on annual budget while heading long-term planning.  Managed teams and coached on best practices for general ledger management, monthly close, financial reporting, account reconciliations, overhead expense allocation, intercompany analysis, and recurring payments. Took on additional oversight of Capital Assets program, delivering hands-on leadership to close out 70% of overdue project lines in first year; coordinated outsourced 3-year physical asset inventories.  Collaborated across facilities on escheatment and unclaimed property filings alongside responding to state audit requests; ensured proper documentation.  Bridged gaps between Accounting and IT to align technology solutions with business and user needs; improved accuracy and efficiency via digital data management.

Dallas, Texas, Us

Managed group of Financial Systems Analysts responsible for the hands on, ground up design and implementation of Hyperion financial consolidation and reporting database. Utilized both DOS (MicroControl) and Windows (Hyperion) based tools in system design and implementation. Directed the conversion process from existing financial systems in newly acquired facilities to corporate standard systems, including chart of account crosswalks and financial reporting. As liaison between management and outsourced data processing, effectively communicated management needs and reporting requirements to the external firm, resulting in rapid turnaround of changes and enhancements. Experience included extensive exposure to PC based hospital budgeting systems. Trained hospital CFO’s and staff in budgeting software and supported the forecast and budget planning processes. Successfully supported and trained on both PC and mainframe financial systems for all hospitals.

Education record

Bachelor'S Of Business Administration, Accounting