Tammy Cobos Email & Phone Number

Phoenix, Az, Us

Tolleson, Arizona

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Facilitate the creation, review and submission of the bi-annual business plans.• Meet with department heads to determine their budget needs, providing budgeting assistance and advice, including tools to simplify the process.• Assist the Controller in creating and reviewing budgets.• Perform consolidation of group business plan.• Monitor monthly activity and variances to budget, investigating variances.• Prepare monthly financing requests and related reporting for financial institutions and land bankers.• Reviewed and updated the group SOX manual.• Create and present weekly and monthly reporting for Presidents, Controllers and Department Heads.

Phoenix, Az

• Perform budget formulation, justification and execution duties for nine organizations, utilizing various fund types.• Provide history, analysis and recommendations for budget formulation and funds management.• Analyze budget to ensure that they conform to requirements.• Analyze opportunities for improvement, identify significant factors, gather pertinent data and recognize possible solutions.• Prepare monthly execution reports for management team.• Provide policy guidance, ensure policy adherence and internal controls are followed, creation of policy documents and procedural instructions.• Prepare and present budgets and ten year plans, justifications and execution information to two external customer groups.• Member of computer software upgrade/testing teams.• Performed cash flow duties, ensuring that sufficient funds were available for operational, purchase power and capital needs.

Tolleson, Az

• Directed financial management functions including preparation of monthly/quarterly financial statements; coordination for internal and external audits; implementing internal controls; long and short term financial forecasts; execution of budgets. • Oversee accounting team, including accounts receivable, accounts payable, account reconciliation, in-house payroll, inventory accountant, general ledger accountants, job cost accountants and cash management. • Administer all financial management systems, evaluating and integrating new applications. • Planned and implemented a software system conversion. • Oversaw preparation of annual operating/capital budgets, plus five year plan. • Provide analysis and history for use by senior management for budget formulation and managing execution. • Regularly interacted with the Department Directors and President concerning financial forecasts, budgeting, execution, reports and business plans and advice.• Reduced monthly closing cycle by five days to five working days, with identification and recommendation of enhanced closing procedures.

Tempe, Az

• Prepared financial reports, developed budgets, and performed variance analysis in accordance with business plan. • Compiled periodic financial reporting packages for senior management. • Carried out internal audits to ensure regulatory compliance (SOX) and operational efficiency/accuracy. • Performed contract review, ensured contract compliance, managed insurance compliance, responsible for records retention. • Created, implemented and updated staff training programs, policies and procedures and budget preparation training programs. • Built and led four distinct teams – finance, sales contract, closings and change orders.• Recognized as division with best internal controls and process documentation, many of our processes were included in the newly created SOX program for the company.• Developed personnel who were slated for Controller positions in start-up divisions.

Scottsdale, Az

• Prepared monthly financial statements and audit reports. • Reviewed monthly account reconciliations and monitored general ledger transactions. • Worked in collaboration with controller to ensure accuracy and integrity of financial information in support of overall business objectives.• Performed contract review and ensured contract compliance. • Created, implemented and updated staff training programs and policies and procedures. • Spearheaded computer conversion to JD Edwards, including the verification of financial data, for all financial data.

Bs, Accountancy, 3.56

Activities and Societies: Beta Alpha Psi, Golden Key Honor Society

Transfer Credits, Business, 3.95

Activities and Societies: Phi Theta Kappa - President