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Tucson, AZ, US

Tucson, Arizona, US

Oversight of all financial functions, including AP, AR, payroll, audits, month-end closing and treasury, for 30 restaurants Oversight of appropriate menu changes to ensure proper reporting Execute all treasury functions Prepare all board/investor reports/pro formats Calculate pricing for new menu items/changing menu items Budget preparation

• Oversight of tax return preparation for multiple entities, both profit and non-profit. Oversight of yearly external audit and multiple internal audits.
• Oversight of multi-entity month end closing processes and financial reporting.
• Oversight of corporate accounts payable and yearly return filings.
• Oversight of corporate payroll processing of multiple entities and monthly/quarterly/yearly federal and multi-state filings. Oversight of muti-entity budgeting for a total yearly $1B budget. Review/approve terms and.

Douglas, Arizona, US

• Manage all general accounting functions of eight staff, including accounts payable, grant accounting, payroll, and all financial statement closing processes.
• Oversight of yearly audits in cooperation with outside audit firms.
• Oversight and compilation of $60M+ annual budget, including design of financial statements for accurate reporting.

St. Louis, MO, US

• Managed all general accounting functions of twelve staff, including journal entry approval, balance sheet reconciliation review and monthly/quarterly/annual financial statement close/review/ preparation for corporate.
• Assisted with budgeting.
• Communicated with internal and external auditors.
• Prepared and presented financial statement information to executive leadership

Oversaw Finance/Accounting, Patient Financial Services (Business Office), Health Information Management, Procurement, Case Management and Nutritional Services/Dietary.

Irving, TX, US

• Managed all aspects of budgeting process, including volumes, expenses, capital, balance sheet and cash flow
• Reviewed/analyzed/composed/presented financials to staff and Board member
• Negotiated capital equipment purchases

St. Louis, MO, US

• Oversight of general accounting, financial reporting, statistical reporting, treasury, capital, full budgeting, audits and tax preparation
• Responsible for hiring, training and evaluating staff of 13

St. Louis, MO, US

• In addition to the duties of Accounting Manager,
• Worked collaboratively and transparently with regulatory agencies, audit teams, peers and leadership regarding financial issues and potential issues
• Provided guidance and direction of procedures and systems necessary to maintain proper records within accounting as well as network accounting guidance and system controls to ensure proper departmental reporting and.
• Improved department operations through development and implementation of short and long-term strategic accountability goals and growth of staff, leading to reduction in turnover.
• Implemented asset tagging system with materials management, including the process and procedures for all depatment which ensured integrity of financial asset reporting
• Maintained zero audit adjustments

St. Louis, MO, US

• Managed staff of 15
• Oversaw monthly closing process and presentation of financials to executive leadership
• Completed fieldwork requests of both internal and external audit

St. Louis, MO, US

• Provided analytics, expense analysis, reports and reconciliations for two hospitals
• Prepared inventory analytics/reporting for all four network hospitals
• Presented monthly financial analysis to CFO, Controller, and other financial team members
• Completed mapping of old GL accounts to new software GL system