Volunteered in children’s Special Needs ministry on the Peoria campus for 6 + years. Provide support and care each week to children with special needs while parents attend services or other community events. Also serve, as needed, at various other Church special events, such as annual car show. Still lead and host a neighborhood small group on Monday nights.

President and Virtual Assistant providing various administrative and accounting services to clients from my home office. Duties include supplying full charge accounting, bookkeeping, payroll services, human resource support, word processing, desktop publishing, clerical office support, data entry, spreadsheet creation and maintenance, transcription, form creation, research, website creation and maintenance, event planning, customer support, contact management, calendar maintenance, and email monitoring. Communicate with clients by utilizing advanced technology, including the internet, social media, instant messaging, email, facsimile, web conferencing, online calendars, online file folders, and overnight couriers.

As a volunteer for this Christian Non-Profit Organization, I donate my time to their Community Programs to benefit homeless children in the valley. I provide administrative and accounting support, function as a counselor during summer camp, and volunteer at events to raise funds to support their community outreach programs. Sports Kidz takes approximately 75 homeless children from the valley to a summer camp in Prescott each year. During camp we spend time with the children providing support and hope to encourage them to one day break the cycle of homelessness.

Controller / Payroll Administrator for one of the leading Technology Recruiting firms in Phoenix Arizona, IMPACT Technology Recruiting. As the Controller / Payroll Administrator I lead the accounting, payroll, Human Resources , financial and back-office operations of the company including managing A/R, A/P, invoicing, expense reports, commissions, check preparation, banking, journal entries, reconciliations, and monthly and yearend reporting. Conduct detailed financial analysis of the company to accurately prepare financial statements. Oversaw company’s cash flow and monitored all activities to provide accurate and timely payment of invoices, payroll, and taxes. As the Payroll Administrator, I processed all payroll for multi-state consultants, IC’s, and subcontractors. Responsible for multi-state compliance and reporting for both payroll and HR departments. Utilized Quickbooks and Paychex when starting with the company. In the first year I moved the company’s payroll in-house. Set up and administered the new customized ERP system for the staffing / PEO industry. This system, based on MS Dynamics, encompassed both financial and payroll functions in one system. Developed and implemented an online onboarding process and streamlined other internal processes. Manage a team of professionals to aid in Human Resources , payroll, A/R, A/P, and general administrative functions. Instrumental in positioning the company for tremendous growth over the last five years. Additionally, I prepared all yearend payroll reports including W2’s, 1099’s, 1095’s, and 5500’s. I also handled all employment verifications, unemployment reporting, EEO-1 reporting, and a variety of other Human Resources functions.

Controller for a Scottsdale based Land Developer that develops raw land and builds single-family attached product. I returned to Catclar in August of 2018, at the request of the owner, to reinstitute policies and procedures and clean-up the accounting department. I was responsible for a busy office managing the day-to-day accounting, financial, and operational functions for multiple construction projects (including owners personal finances). Day to day accounting focuses on full charge bookkeeping and controller functions encompassing A/R (including managing HOA for one project), intensive A/P, payroll, expenses, vendor coordination, lien waiver tracking, tax reporting (including speculative builders’ tax), and bank reconciliations. Furthermore, I prepared all yearend documents for tax preparations and generating annual reporting, including 1099’s and W-2’s. I regularly interacted with financial institutions regarding construction financing, both at the initial phases in working to secure financing, and on a regular basis with construction draws. Part of this process included creating and maintaining project budgets, proformas, and other required financial reporting. Additionally, I managed the office operations, HR, marketing, and IT. I reviewed and advised on contracts, managed insurance requirements, and assisted with entitling new land. I coordinated all unit closings with builder’s escrow/title agent, buyers, and buyers mortgage institution. A subset of unit closing duties included working with unit buyers, in conjunction with Catclar’s vendors, in the selection process of unit finishes, including pricing and sign-off by end user/buyer.

Controller for Scottsdale based Real Estate Investment and Vacation Rental organization. Client’s companies raise capital through private lenders and Private Placement Memorandums, own several multimillion-dollar investment properties, and marketed several of their properties as Luxury Vacation Rentals. New ventures included setting up a new Luxury Vehicle Rental division. As Controller responsibilities included all aspects of accounting, operations, and finance. Advised client in all financial matters and maintained day to day accounting functions. Client had multiple corporate entities, each with their own set of bank accounts that required separate tracking and reporting. Preformed all accounting functions for each entity including A/R, A/P, payroll, expense reports, check preparation and signing, vendor setup and maintenance, financial reporting, tax reporting, 1099’s and W-2’s, daily bank reconciliation, corporate financing, banking point of contact, and online payment gateway setup, administration, and maintenance. In addition to financial responsibilities, managed daily office operations, performed all HR duties, and acted as onsite IT department.

Director of Finance and Operation / Full Charge Bookkeeper working onsite at client’s corporate office in Scottsdale Arizona. Catclar Investment is a local Land Developer that develops raw land into single-family attached product, live/work communities, and assisted living facilities. Managed and maintained the corporate books and payroll for all corporate entities including the owner’s personal account. The company maintained separate single purpose entities (SPE’s) for each project, all with their own set of books. Function as the full charge bookkeeper on all accounts, including tracking receipts, processing A/R, A/P and payroll, maintaining and submitting monthly tax reporting, reconciliations of bank accounts and credit cards, and preparing draws to submit to various banks for construction debt financing. I researched and was the liaison with financial institutions and investors to provide project funding and processed construction draws with General Contractors. In addition to financial duties, I oversaw operations and marketing. I was the main vendor liaison and would review and advise on all vendors/clients/banks contracts, manage staff, create and maintain all materials provided to individual purchasers of units in each project community, coordinate with sales agents, and review and advise on all marketing materials including, prior to hiring an in-house graphic designer, creating marketing materials and coordinated with advertising vendors. Point of contact for community sales and coordination with escrow on individual unit closing. Assisted with due diligence and entitlements for new acquisitions and coordinated with city departments and selling entities on land purchases. Also functioned as technical support for all in-house electronics and software.

President and Operator involved in all day-to-day operations of this Arizona based Professional Employer Organization (“PEO”) until I closed the business in December of 2007 due to personal health issues. This organization provided complete payroll and human resource outsourcing to an Arizona based clientele. As a PEO, enabled clients to cost-efficiently outsource the management of Human Resources , employee benefits, payroll and workers' compensation. As President and Operator, I was responsible for all accounting aspects of the company including payroll processing, A/R, A/P, taxes, quarterly reports, bookkeeping, collections, and financial statements. Participated in all aspects of the business including, but not limited to, Human Resources , payroll, workers compensation, benefits, customer services, sales and marketing, supervision of all staff, vendor selection, computer maintenance, and general office maintenance. Built, installed and maintained all computer systems, software and other technical equipment, including installing and maintaining all aspects of the network. Monitored all customer accounts and handled escalated customer service and customer collections. Created, maintained, enforced and disseminated all company policies and procedures. Ensured that corporate site and all client sites remained in compliance with local, state and federal employment laws. Interviewed, hired and terminated all staff as needed. Reviewed and administered all benefit plans and workers compensation programs. Computed and established billrates and workers compensation codes for all new customers. Reviewed all client accounts for possible rate increases, corrections or terminations. Constructed and maintained the company website. Created and maintained all company forms, advertisements, newsletters and marketing materials.

Branch Manager of a full-service employment agency which provided personnel and payroll services to local businesses. In one year built up the office, which was new to Arizona, from zero income to a growth of over $30,000 in weekly billings. Duties encompassed comprehensive management of all aspects of operations, including weekly payroll processing, general accounting, advertising, recruiting, interviewing, employee relations, workers comp administration, research and implementation of an in-house drug testing program, benefits administration, creating and implementing marketing plans, sales of new clients, forms and proposal creation, researching and setting of client bill rates, extensive computer usage, along with all other aspects involved in running a successful employment agency.