Budget Administrator for the College of Technology, College of Music and College of Business.

Manage the Accounting Department for both the Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo and the Toledo Jewish Community Foundation. Coordinate 2 audits with a lean accounting department.Manage multiple legal entity reporting, including 990's , internal financial statements, and donor statements for the Foundation. Present performance financial statements to the Finance Committee and prepare materials for board meetings.Redesign the financial aspects of the Annual Report.Training and hiring of new employees due to growth within the organization.Establish new credit card relationship with a local bank to improve & streamline our credit card process.Managing insurance of multiple properties and legal entities.Change banking processes to add additional security features. Education of budget process and present a balanced budget with detailed department allocations.

Responsibilities:• Manage the accounting department for a non-profit organization that provides long term housing for the disabled and mentally ill community which is funded through a multitude of financial resources.• Preparation of yearly budget with consideration of all grant funds and fund allocation accounting.• Manage and prepare for the Compliance Audit and Financial Audit for a federally funded organization and responsible for all agency reporting. • Collaborate a team building environment within the accounting department and help the organization grow with regards to financial stability and transparency.Accomplishments:• Revamp the corporate budget providing more clarity of the revenue streams and which programs were profitable or unprofitable. • Navigate the PPP process and receiving full loan forgiveness.• Improve the benefits of the organization by restructuring the 401(k) plan, updating health care vendors. • Present monthly financial statements to the leadership team, and the board members with detailed financial analysis, comparison to budget, occupancy reports and trends• Provide financial information that led to the reorganization of the company structure, where we decided to close some operations due to financial performance, saving $150,000 annually. • Successfully negotiate new bank loan terms creating short term and long-term savings.• Streamline the reporting of multiple grants that support the organization.

Responsibilities:• Manage the accounting for a manufacturing company with multiple product line types• Responsible for onboarding and other HR tasks and IT functions.• Monthly financial close for multiple companies and present to the board members every other month.Accomplishments:• Implement a safety program that includes a safety team, a reward recognition program and updated procedures. Increase compliance of safety and enrolling in cost saving strategies related to the BWC.• Evaluate the benefits and comparing to the market. Presenting recommendations to the owners and improving benefits such as the 401(k) plan, and other benefits to attract and retain current employees. • Evaluate the current method of valuing the inventory and educate and work with other employees to have the software correctly value inventory instead of the manual process that was being used.• Implement Office 365 throughout the office and change IT providers to have more access to programs remotely.• Review of pricing and quoting process and assist in the adjustment of current pricing• Implement improvements within software for improved asset valuation.

Accounting Manager for a growing environmental company. Implementation of percentage of completion revenue recognition for long term contracts within the company. Complete budget to actual analysis on long term contracts on large projects. Create company budget to actual and break even analysis. Strong cash management skills and improve accounting processes. Documentation of Accounting procedures and cross training. Develop internal procedures for billing, job costing. Analytical review and presentation of financial statements. Manage new hire process for the company and manage the accounting department. Research of multistate tax issues.

Implementation of a lean Accounting Department that was previously an outsourced department of the business. Create a cross functional budget to allow for planning, forecasting and comparison to actual. Creating process structure, changing CPA firms, and managing tax related issues. Restructure the collection of A/R and DSO improvement from 30+ days to 21 days. Improve cash flow by suggesting and implementation of ideas from accounting to operations. Establish new business line of credit and improve banking relationships by providing accurate, timely financial statements. Hands on Controller managing cash flow, vendor payments, payroll, tax returns and issues, year-end audit and tax review. Increase credit rating by management of the cash flow and A/R along with communication between parties.

Preparation of monthly and yearly close for a small business that is continuously evolving. Present analytical review of financials and work closely with the owners regarding the budget to actual process. Manage the cash flow, improving the collection and credit process. Improve internal control processes within the accounting department. Work closely with CPA firm for tax planning for both the corporation and owners' personal financial statements.

Manage the daily operations within the Accounting Department. Train and develop 4 employees. Project work included improving internal processes within the shipping department, working in a team to develop a custom website for a health care client, and working with our largest client to import directly into their A/P system. Responsibilities include treasury management, employee benefits, employee relations, oversee A/P and A/R. Experience with many IT and HR functions. Prepare monthly and yearly financial statements, budgets and work with outside CPA firms.

Controller for a Construction Company of Residential Homes. Maintained the financial records for several legal entities related to Waterside Monclova and Waterside Sylvania. Created a new server structure and implemented internal controls regarding file usage. Worked as a team with the owner regarding private investing, loan refinancing, forecasting, and budgeting. Trained accounting staff, worked on loan draws, A/P, A/R, payroll and cash management.