DIRECTOR OF FINANCE Summary Financial Statement Reporting Analysis Budgeting Forecasting SOX Compliance Accounts Payable/Receivable Sales Use Tax Returns SEC Reporting Problem Identification Resolution Internal External Audit I.T. Support Payroll H/R Management Process Improvements Data Extraction Analysis Highlights Omega, Oracle, JDEdwards, MAS90, Essbase, Hyperion, Brio/BI, Quickbooks, FFIS, SAP, Microsoft (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, Visio), FOCUS®, ADP (Pay eXpert, PC Payroll, Workforce Now), Monarch, Choice Builder System various proprietary software systems Experience Director Finance April 2010 Current Company Name － City State Promoted Controller Director Finance January 2015 Responsible monthly financial statements, annual budget, tax reporting compliance, accounts payable, cash applications, collections, payroll, financial analysis Firm. Provide leadership development staff nine ensure peak efficiencies full utilization accounting staff. Manage external annual review/audit Create compile wide variety special reports requested Managing Partners Chief Executive Officer. Accountant/Senior Financial Analyst March 2009 April 2010 Company Name － City State Member Accounting Payments Team within Financial Management Division Marketing Regulatory Program Business Services Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). Certifying Officer responsible reviewing approving various types foreign domestic payments three different Federal Agencies accordance Appropriation Law, Program Directives, Agency Policy. Provided leadership design, implementation, maintenance automated systems related financial, accounting, budgetary functions; Agency Accounts Payable Subject Matter Expert (SME) SAP computer conversion. Reviewed payment processes ensure correct efficient methods used. Responsible administering domestic international reimbursable cooperative trust fund accounts, monitoring transactions ensure cooperator's budgets exceeded, served point contact full range operational matters, researched resolved problems. Developed new process reconciling cooperative trust accounts resulted minimum savings ten hours per month. Dramatically increased monthly percentage reconciled 10% 95%. Controller January 1998 March 2009 Company Name － City State Hands-on manager responsible financial reporting analysis, SOX compliance, budgeting, quarterly forecasts, sales use tax returns, month-end close. Managed accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, human resources. Shortly starting position, discovered design flaw computer program. Took initiative created advanced data extraction template gather data evaluate materiality. Amended monthly sales use tax returns three year period MN WI recovered $200,000. Chosen Corporate Controller special project acted Regional Controller four years. Traveled monthly Omaha location management consultant General Manager location Controller. Designed new computer reporting systems improve efficiency, accuracy timeliness sales use tax reporting. Reduced sales tax liability 15%. Developed new procedures purchasing accounts payable, strengthened internal controls provided better visibility variances. Improved month-end close processes; shortened close 1 day. Consistently exceeded reporting expectations completing month-end close third business day; locations closed 5th business day. Team member computer conversion MAS90 JDEdwards. Supervise staff four (Billing Manager, H/R Manager, Credit Manager, Payroll Administrator). Recognized problem solver trouble-shooter. Sought first point contact computer software issues. Controller January 1991 January 1998 Company Name － City State Promoted Assistant Controller Controller May 1993 Promoted Controller Manager Information Reporting Systems October 1996 Responsible consolidated financial statements annual budgeting process nine divisions. Prepared reviewed 10Q 10K SEC reports. Supervised staff seven (Accounts Payable, Human Resources, Payroll, Accounting). Implemented cost tracking scheduling system Land Development Department. Involved process re-engineering; suggested new processes resulting cost savings. Team member two computer conversions. Assisted development testing proprietary software. Involved data extraction migration, testing, training end users. Developed Accounting Policy Procedures Training Manual. Education M.B.A Management University St. Thomas － City State GPA: GPA: 3.9 Management GPA: 3.9 Bachelor Arts Accounting Computer Science St. Mary's University Minnesota － City State GPA: GPA: 3.9 Accounting Computer Science GPA: 3.9 Certified Public Accountant, State Minnesota (1988), License number 11547 Affiliations ALA- Association Legal Administrators ALAMN Minnesota Chapter Association Legal Administrators American Institute Certified Public Accountants AICPA Minnesota Society Certified Public Accountants MNCPA Skills Accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, ADP, Agency, Billing, Brio, budgeting, budgets, budget, BI, Controller, conversion, Certified Public Accountant, Credit, Essbase, Finance, financial, financial analysis, Financial Management, financial reporting, financial statements, General Manager, Human Resources, Hyperion, JDEdwards, leadership, leadership development, Law, Director, Managing, management consultant, Marketing, MAS90, Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, migration, Monarch, Oracle, Payroll, peak, problem solver, process re-engineering, processes, purchasing, Quickbooks, reconciling, reporting, sales, SAP, scheduling, tax, Visio