Financial Controller
Vita Living In
Total years of experience :12 years, 10 Months
- Manage and control all financial record keeping functions, leading, and supervising the finance department and making key personnel decisions.
- Perform variance analysis on company's results of operations, preparing financial statements and other reports for presentation to the CEO and the board.
- Secure funding for organizational operations by applying for state and federal grants, providing financial information for grant requests, and filing required grant usage reports to achieve established goals.
- Increase efficiency by implementing a new HR and payroll system resulting in annual savings of over $125, 000
- Manage year-end financial audit, and accounting/audit of 403b plan.
- Oversee and assist with bi-weekly payroll and AP while monitoring cash position ensuring timely billing and collections for Medicaid.
- Reconcile GL accounts, manage CYMA accounting software & other software.
- Provide data as needed to assist CPA firm with preparation of IRS form 990.
- Prepare financial reports, and oversee and supervise the accounting department to providing support, development and mentoring to staff in line with organization goals.
- Manage budgeting, chart of accounts, and conduct variance analysis, review journal entries and accruals, creating reports, and delivering presentations to provide recommendations to CEO, management, and investors.
- Ensure tax compliance, oversee tax accounting, and file tax returns with all relevant jurisdictions.
- Maintain and document accounting policies and procedures, consolidate financial data for internal/external financial statements and served as the primary contact for external auditors to evaluate accounting and internal control systems.
- Assist management with tracking material expenses to effectively save costs, improve margins, and increase efficiency.
- Oversee accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, reviewing day to day work activity and managing month end close deadlines, and priorities.
- Overseeing intercompany transactions reconciliation for 9 companies, managed payroll for hospital and ER back-office staff, physicians, nurse practitioners, radiology and lab technicians using ADP, supervise the preparations of W-2 and 1099 forms.
- Improved AP process, helped negotiating payment terms with vendors to efficiently manage cash flow, prepare weekly and monthly cash projections and metrics.
- Responsible for; budget, variance analysis, creating reports and presentations for management and investors, handling accruals, reviewing journal entries, administering chart of accounts, treasury management, prepared cash basis, monthly partnership distributions.
- Researching and resolving discrepancies, and preparing financial statements, ensuring they comply with GAAP principles.
- Reconciled W-2's/W3 to 940/941's, on a quarterly and annual basis and processed state unemployment tax, submitted filings as needed.
- Collaborated with clients on confidential matters and reviewed and researched submitted information in order to assist with personal, corporate, non-profit and partnership tax returns, ensuring customer satisfaction.
- Assisted with quarter/year end closing tasks, reviewed journal entries, internal reports and bank reconciliation.
- Provided key input with Great Plains system upgrade implementation and process improvements and took leadership with SOP improvement.
- Collaborated with managers, staff, and internal/external stakeholders, assisting with audit process to resolve accounting issues and external audit inquiries. Managed, coached and supervised AR associate.
- Completed; monthly bank reconciliation, reconciliation of assigned balance sheet accounts, month end journal entries for accruals, prepayments, working papers, payroll entries in Great Plains, and reconciliation of daily cash receipts.
- Analyzed information to create accurate and timely reports including reports to be presented to the management, unearned revenue reports, AR ageing reports, and quarterly/annual financial statements, ensuring compliance with the association’s procedures and policies.
- Analyzed accounts and balances to identify inconsistencies and resolve billing issues.
- Provided input and perspective in department operation planning activities and prepared AR aging report for management review.
- Processed; full cycle accounts receivable, customer account reconciliation with Great Plains software, preapproved credits for customer order cancellations, and assisted with collections of past due AR, maintaining average bad debt at less than 1% of AR.
The Ontario College Diploma in Business Accounting with High Honors