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Greater Salt Lake City Area

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Directed GAAP and SOX compliance for 11 markets for one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies in the country. Acted as advisor and subject matter expert for business managers in 11 markets. Managed performance improvement and coaching, as well as day-to-day human resources matters. Prepared/ reviewed all balance sheet and income statement reconciliations and general ledger journal entries during month-end close process. Assisted with preparation of annual budgets and quarterly forecasts.• Managed $250 million budget for 11 markets in Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah and Texas.• Reduced audit exceptions 60% in 2 years by leading initiatives to implement and enforce procedures and processes leading to greater accuracy.• Managed 22 direct reports in 5 states, building culture of accuracy and compliance; instituted monthly business managers’ conference call to collectively resolve issues and share best practices.• Oversaw payroll and commission reporting and conducted quarterly commissions process audits to eliminate deviations from business plan.• Fortified training for new employees and improved ongoing mentoring to business managers.• Assisted outside audit firm and internal audit department with annual audits of region offices and individual markets.

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Managed accounting operations and analyzed financial operations for multiple business units with annual revenues of over $30M for Fortune 500 publicly held global business process solutions company with more than 50K employees worldwide. Prepared annual budget and quarterly re-forecasts. Established corporate accounting policies in accordance with Sarbanes-Oxley. Managed the Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable.• Enabled company to grow revenue and bring on new clients during period of major industry flux by providing financial modeling and business operations analysis of potential new contracts.• Reduced projection-to-actual variances by working closely with business managers to refine financial planning and analysis and tighten projections.• Acted as financial adviser to business unit Vice President.• Identified erroneous accounting practices and misstatements on A/P; presented correcting entry to balances to restore correct reporting.

Directed accounting functions for not-for-profit organization, including monthly financial reporting to Executive Board, audit management, financial statement preparation, and GL maintenance.• Cut $5K in annual labor costs by sourcing and implementing more efficient payroll processing solution.• Prepared annual budget in cooperation with Chief Scout Executive. Responsible for all accounting functions with a hands on approach including:Monthly financial reporting to the council Executive BoardAnnual budget preparation in cooperation with the Chief Scout ExecutiveMonthly financial statement preparationGeneral ledger maintenance and reconciliation including bank account reconciliationsFixed asset managementAnnual audit management with outside auditorsPayroll processing including quarterly and annual reportingAssisted the office manager with many Human Resource functionsSoon after being hired by the council I initiated the search for a more efficient payroll processing solution which, when implemented, saved the council over $5,000 annually in decreased labor costs.

Greater Salt Lake City Area

• Managed all accounting functions and accounting personnel and for 3 insurance agencies. • Prepared and presented financial summary reports to Board of Directors.• Performed due diligence to support acquisition that increased revenue and scope. Managed the accounting department personnel and all accounting functions for three insurance agencies including: Preparation of quarterly and annual Board of Directors financial summary reportsPresentation of financial summaries to the Board in the quarterly board meetingsRecorded and filed board meeting minutes to Zions Bancorp managementPerformed general ledger reconciliations and controlMonthly financial report preparation including adjusting journal entries and information upload to the holding company financials using Oracle accounting softwareWorked with the Zions Bancorp controller in performing due diligence work prior to the purchase of a large local insurance agency which increased the revenue and scope of Zions Insurance Agency.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Accounting