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Shafter, Ca, Us

Owatonna, Minnesota, Us

-Provide on-site guidance and oversight related to the facility’s key Financial and operating transactions.-Review exception reports, identify the root cause of the exception and with facility and/or corporate leadership to resolve. -Daily analysis of shipping, invoice, inventory adjustments, production batches, and costing transactions to ensure completeness and accuracy. -Review and maintain the bill of material, production steps, and related costs are appropriately reflected within the Crop Management and financial systems.-Ongoing analysis of variance accounts, with responsibility for reporting reasons for variances.-Oversee the Facility inventory process, ensuring all required steps are completed, including organization of initial count, selection and completion of test counts, as well as review of results and completion of necessary adjustments.-Responsible for completion of annual budgets and quarterly forecasting.-Responsible for the Monthly Business Review and financial commentary on the results. -Monitor and analyze financial data to identify trends and recommend solutions to improve financial performance.-Implemented monthly account reconciliations related to the various inventory accounts.

Bakersfield, California, Us

-Responsible for developing and implementing policy and procedures, accounting controls, and oversee key controls for Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Payroll functions.-Successfully transitioned payroll platforms, while implementing proper SOX controls.-Implemented monthly account reconciliations related to Cash Processing, Credit card processing, Travel and Expense Processing, and Petty Cash Processing. -Responsible for multiple elements of the overall monthly close process.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Worked on a project to facilitate the transition of financial systems, particularly the Accounts Payable and Asset Management platforms.

Bakersfield, Ca, Us

-Manage the overall financial operations which includes development of internal controls, financial processes, management of cashflow, and conduct comprehensive approach to short and long-term business decisions.-Successfully implemented a Fleet Management software platform, which allowed accurate parts inventory processing, integration of standard cost accounting measures, and asset level cost allocations as well as integration into the General Ledger platform.-Provide Monthly analysis of the facility’s operating results, including Ad Hoc reporting of various internal Business Segments.-Identification, Implementation, and monitoring of key performance drivers.-Facilitation of the annual tax returns and independent review of the financial statements, including the coordination with the bank and outside accounting firm.-Implementation of the annual budget and planning process as well as ongoing forecasting.-Responsible for creating and maintaining the fixed asset register; Adding & retiring of assets, conducting periodic physical counts, and reconciliation of the assets register.-Responsible for conducting monthly/quarterly/annual presentation of facility operating results to ownership, including recommendation for directional adjustments.-Responsible for overseeing the monthly close process, ensuring accuracy of the company Financials

Boca Raton, Florida, Us

-Oversee daily operations within the Administrative, Business, Food Service, Maintenance, and IT areas within a federally contracted immigration detention facility.-Prepare monthly detailed analysis of the facilities’ operating results; including periodic adjustments to revenue and expense forecast, expense analysis, capital spending and other key metrics.-Coordinate the annual budget and planning process.-Responsible for implementation of new processes and procedures as well as financial controls throughout the facility.-Ensure compliance with various regulatory agencies, such as American Correction Association, Office of Detention Oversight for several areas within the facility.

Plano, Texas, Us

-Prepare monthly detailed analysis of division operating results; including preparation of monthly revenue forecasting, expense analysis, examination of time and dollar utilization, capital spending and other key metrics.-Responsible for approving and (SOX) certifying the quarterly divisional financial statements.-Serve as the division coordinator for the annual budget and planning process.-Implementation of new procedures and controls at branches in order to increase reliability of financials dependent upon decentralized operations. -Conduct physical inventory counts of fixed assets and all serialized equipment within the division.-Monthly trend analysis of branch and division income statements.

Bloomington, Illinois, Us

Led a team of accounting professionals in processing all aspects of the accounting function including Payroll, Banking, A/P, A/R, financial planning and analysis efforts for California. Expert level of the Accounting process, business acumen and personnel management was critical.- Manage day-to-day operations within the department, coordinating business functions including payroll, accounts payable and receivable, and inventory management, budget and banking functions.- Supervise staff of accounting professionals, determining workflow and responsibilities, providing mentoring and direction in daily activities and career development through the delivery of effective individual annual performance reviews and consistent feedback. - Oversee a $700 million annual budget, including variance and trend analyses, business metrics, compliance monitoring, strategic planning.- Provide consultative, liaison and support to clients and employees, interpreting legal regulations and business practices.- Manage month end reporting.- Oversight of the annual risk assessment, prepare the annual plan, and year-end management report for regional and corporate executives.- Served as treasurer for the Employees Activities Association, a registered non-profit entity funded by State Farm to provide leisure activities for employees and family members. Responsible for all accounting functions within the SFEAA, including management of an annual budget in excess of $30,000, complete monthly and annual ledger, create income statements and file annual tax returns.- Serve as the State Financial Reporting Controls (FRC) coordinator, an external reporting process to ensure the effectiveness of controls pertinent to financial reporting.