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Accounting Manager or Controller Resume
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| Desired Industry: Accounting/Bookkeeping |
SpiderID: 28662 |
| Desired Job Location: San Jose, California |
Date Posted: 9/13/2009 |
| Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent |
Availability Date: 9/12/09 |
| Desired Wage: 100,000.00 |
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U.S. Work Authorization: Yes |
| Job Level: Management (Manager, Director) |
Willing to Travel: Yes, Less Than 25% |
| Highest Degree Attained: Bachelors |
Willing to Relocate: No |
Objective:
Creative, profit-minded achiever with extensive, hands on experience in all facets of accounting, including Treasury, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) 302 and 404, internal controls, Fixed Assets, and staff management. Able to develop or revise business plans to reduce cost and increase profitability. Able to modify functions and utilize data processing to enhance reporting. A dedicated, loyal individual, with the capacity to utilize experience, capabilities and knowledge in a management environment. I am searching for a Accounting Manager or Controller position where I can use my extensive experience to make a positive difference in the work place.
Experience:
DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING/FINANCE : CALIFORNIA EAR INSTITUTE 11/06 12/ 02/08
Set up remote and lockbox deposit systems and trained all staff on same. Instituted Investment Financial reserve accounts and funded same as operation provided funds. Daily cash flow analysis and monthly reconciliations to AR.
Worked with owner to establish Internal Controls for Cash, Payroll and other areas.
Worked with owner to collect old AR claims and establish Clean Claims Initiative with Physicians and Billing and Collection Department .
Established Foundation with assistance of CPA firm as a Public Foundation and identified and researched UBIT issues.
Set up Foundations books on an accrual basis with formats in accordance with AICPA and FASB regulations.
Assured that Financial Statement with Footnotes were appropriately allocated and presented to Owner and Board in an accurate and timely fashion.
Reorganized accounting department staffing to improve overall skill set at a lower cost of operations in nine months. Improved Cash Flow and Investment Income from a deficient position to a positive position within 3 months.
Provided operational forecasts and Profoma financial statements as needed by the Owner and Board of Directors.
Instituted first Budget for Owner and Management staff with Presentation of How to Prepare a Budget/Forecast .
Provided training for department managers to establish performance budgets and assisted with variance analysis of same
monthly.
CONTROLLER: GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL 1/99 - 8/06
Prepared Monthly and Quarterly Financial Statements with budget variance and trend analysis for $318M publicly held corporation.
Streamlined review process that reduced preparation time of final closing balances to 8 days.
Responsible for staff of five direct-report persons, inclusive of evaluations, hiring/firing, mentoring, training and staff development.
Responsible for general ledger, Accounts Payable, Balance Sheet Accounts, Payroll and AR reconciliations.
Managed all accounting and internal control policies and procedures. Interacted daily with business unit directors regarding expenses, budget variances, contract agreements, etc.
3+ years experience for responsibility for SOX 302 and 404 compliance, documentation, testing and auditing under COSO framework for all business units including Information Services.
Prepared work papers for Federal and State Tax filings, Sales Tax filings, Property Tax filings and SEC 10K and 10Q filings saving consulting costs of approximately $100k annually.
Reviewed and recorded third party and bad debt reserves, reimbursements and settlements, enabling accurate projection of cash flow.
Evaluated and recorded managed care insurance contract transactions and risk pool receivables.
Responsible for accurate recording, tracking and depreciation of Fixed Assets; up to $164M .
Provided training and mentoring for Department Directors and key employees for migration to shared services. Worked closely with Supply Chain management on inventories and transition.
Administered the transactions, payments, audits, 1099 preparation of physician guarantees and contracts.
MANAGER, FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING: VALLEYCARE HEALTH SYS. 06/95 - 01/99
Responsible for six direct- report persons and the management of the accounting and accounts payable functions.
Responsible for all month end closings and reporting for the independent and consolidated financial statements of the hospitals.
Responsible for all informational tax filings for the two hospitals, consolidated, non-profit corporations. Responsible for Charitable Trust filings and Grant requests for the Foundation.
Responsible for all Sales Tax, Property Tax, ERISA and all payroll deduction payments.
Responsible for all audit PBC work papers for external auditors and all other audits: State and Federal Tax Auditors, Sales Tax Auditors, Property Tax Auditors, etc.
Responsible for the successful conversion of Accounts Payable and Materials Management systems to J.D. Edwards software.
Prepared Due Diligence work papers for the successful construction of a new Emergency Department and Acute Care Center.
MANAGER, FINANCIAL REPORTING AND ACCTING: OCONNOR HOSPTIAL 10/80 - 03/95
Directed staff of 12 persons, including 2 supervisors, 2 senior analysts, 3 staff accountants, and 5 clerks. Performed all managerial duties, including hiring, staff cross-training , evaluations and firing as needed. Responsible for departmental budget of $500,000 annually.
Responsible for the accounting, AP and Payroll functions and all external reporting and financial general ledger transactions and reconciliations for same. Responsible for all internal and external audit preparation.
Initiated and assisted in developing job duties handbook for each employee. Composed
detailed job procedures to orient temporary or new staff to positions.
Composed or revised all departmental policies and procedures instituting strong internal
controls to assure the protection of the corporation assets.
Provided orientation and assistance to non-financial department directors in understanding
monthly financial reports, assisting with plans to improve efficiency and reduce costs.
Invested approximately $20M of hospital funds from operations in C.D.s. Prepared daily cash flow projections, monitored and controlled timing of cash disbursements.
Established Payroll impress bank account and invested excess funds in short term investments earning $26K in interest per year.
Responsible for all banking customer relations and assessed feasibility and assisted with cross-over refunding of $48M of bond issues to reduce corporate interest expense by 4%.
Calculated entries and documented three bond issues exceeding $76M to fund the construction of the hospital.
Converted general ledger, accounts payable, payroll from Gerber Brehm IFAS software on Hewlett Packard platform to GTE software on IBM AS400 platform with timely and
accurate conversion.
Established profile matrix and tested interfaces for Accounts Receivable and Materials
Inventory systems on GTE within established deadline.
Converted Fixed Assets from outside vendors computer file to GTE software improving
accuracy of depreciation expense and capital asset balances in general ledger.
Directed or assisted with various upgrade installs and testing to GTE software balances and detail. Assisted with installation of A/P to Materials Inventory upgrades reducing manual work by having system match invoices to purchase orders and receivers, thus reducing overall staffing by 1.5 FTEs.
Education:
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
B.S. degree in Business Administration -Concentration in Accounting
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA.
Awarded Dean's List citation on 4/19/04 due to having all grades at 3.7 standing.
Affiliations:
Partners in Reading - Teaching adults to read English.
Skills:
Very experienced in GAAP., forensic accounting and auditing, personnel management and mentoring. I,also, have excellent verbal and written communication skills as English is my native language. I have solid skills in Microsoft office in Excel, Outlook, Word and Power Point. I have experience and hands on skills with ERP software programs, such as JD Edwards, AS400 and also, QuickBooks Premium and Pro. I have excellent and well developed public presentation skills and have delivered reports to Board of Directors. I have had positive results from mentoring 2-13 direct reports at any given time.
Additional Information:
I enjoy community volunteer involvement and have taught special needs children to use a computer. I have, also, taught basic math and personal bookkeeping to special need teens. I have volunteered for Second Harvest Food Bank and Blanket Drives for the Homeless.
Reference:
Available upon request.
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