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Bradenton, Florida, United States

Chief Operating Officer for one of the premier country clubs in the Sarasota-Bradenton area. This private, member-owned community includes a championship golf course, fine dining, pool, fitness center, and racquet courts. Responsibilities include attending Board Meetings as licensed CAM, engaging with committees to promote club improvement. Supervises all sales and transfers of Club memberships. Coordinates development of annual budget, collaborating with department managers and Board of Directors. Enforces Club mission, policies, rules, by-laws, and applicable state statutes for the 1,023 residences within the community. Responsible for payroll, employee benefits, and personnel counseling for the 80-person staff. Administers 401k plan. Manages the care and maintenance of all Club physical assets and facilities.

Bradenton, Florida, United States

Originally hired as the Finance and Accounting leader and 2nd in command in Operations to the General Manager. Responsibilities included financial reporting, club accounting, operation and reserve budgeting, cash forecasting, and human resources. Assisted the General Manager in member relations, Board of Directors' and Committee monthly meetings, insurance and risk management, information technology, building maintenance and repairs and personnel management.

Bradenton, Florida, United States

Executive Officer responsible for Financial Reporting, Risk Management, Cash Management, Budgeting, Grant Reporting, Accounting and Audit functions. I lead the Human Resources, Facilities Operations and Technology departments for this local charitable organization.

Anna Maria, Fl

Finance and accounting executive for this premier Gulf Coast and Central American yacht dealer. I created operational dashboard to report weekly results and sales projections for owners and management. Initiated multi-million-dollar bank wires for yacht deals and manufacturer payments. I coordinated floor plan inventory loans and pay-offs. Supervised closing coordinators at multiple offices, ensuring a superior quality control process for yacht sales contracts and deal closing documents. Supervised centralized accounting team, redistributing and down-sizing during Great Recession and expanding and empowering team in the ensuing years. Implemented purchasing card program and negotiated annual rebate based on spend which generated funds to cover the salary of an accounting team member.

Naples, Florida

Accounting and financial executive for this independent Hunter Douglas window covering fabricator. I professionalized the annual financial package to include GAAP based financial statements and footnote disclosures, financial ratios, timely filed corporate tax return and President's Letter. Negotiated equipment financing and an additional line-of-credit with the primary banking lender. Executive member of safety committee, introducing visual reminders of safety on production floor. I served as Executive liaison and facilitator for lean-manufacturing kaizen events, which reduced production cycle times by half on certain production runs, increasing on-time deliveries by one-third.

Naples, Florida

Relocated by this security alarm system monitoring, installation and service firm to help expand and upgrade the administrative and accounting teams during a planned phase of significant growth. Firm grew from 5,000 customers in 1996 to over 70,000 by 2002. Purchased by Adelphia Communications in 2002. Reduced the financial statement preparation cycle from one month to two weeks while improving the accuracy of monthly sales cut-offs. Created and implemented internal control policies for branch cash checking and deposits, parts inventory, customer credits, employee sales and employee expense reimbursements. Managed branch office managers and administration through vertical reporting structure producing annualized savings of $110,000. In charge of special customer contract review audit that exposed systematic monitoring and billing errors. Subsequently added responsibility of customer service operations. Assisted in acquisition and assimilation of a competitor that increased the number of customers by 50%.

Omaha, Nebraska And St. Louis, Missouri

Accounting, financial and information systems executive for Jiffy Lube franchise with 74 stores. Formed from merger of five existing Midwestern franchisees. Instituted daily store sales audit and cash reconcilement process. This exposed a district manager and three store managers who had been stealing for three years in Lincoln, Nebraska, prior to the merger, thusly preventing future losses to the combined entity. Drafted, implemented and administered Company Alcohol & Drug Abuse Policy. Resolved customer complaints and coordinated major customer vehicle repairs resulting from internal mistakes. Assisted in the development of the Safety & Health Policy. Investigated and prescribed corrective action for workers' compensation claims. Initiated joint employee/management Safety Committee.

St. Louis, Missouri

Serviced medium sized businesses for the third largest one-office public accounting firm in the nation. Planned, executed, supervised and reviewed all facets of the audit engagement on new and established clients. 90% realization rate of chargeable to total hours versus 85% firm average. Performed in-depth operational audits on internal controls and standard operational procedures. On one engagement confirmed suspicion of owner that employee was skimming funds. Compiled evidence for charges to be filed.