CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Resume

SUMMARY:

Confidential Certified Public Accountant and Certified School Business Administrator with eleven years progressive experience in a large city and small city districts.
Extensive experience with construction, school district finance, technology planning, transportation and personnel.
Comprehensive experience with program conversions and implementations of accounting, finance and information systems with full responsibility for all financial, human resources and all operational departments.

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Responsibilities:

Balanced an $800 Million dollar budget and 53 schools, with a$40M Budget gap, without reducing programs
Successfully participated in changing Confidential legislation to maximize aid for $430M construction project
Initiated Academic Return on Investment (AROI) practices, weighted student funding, and collaborative budgeting with all departments
Improved customer service in all financial departments, reducing union grievances
Enhanced processes to increase efficiencies across all departments
Redesigned financial reporting to meet the minimum state requirements
Eliminated a two - year backlog of retiree requests
Increased training opportunities in all departments, for all staff
Aggressively pursued Medicaid reimbursements and increased revenues by 20%
Realigned grant funding to eliminate excessive rollovers

Confidential

CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT, Fayetteville, NY

Responsibilities:

Consultant services for municipalities and schools
Accounting and tax for diverse client base that includes retail, wholesale and service based entities.

Confidential

COMPTROLLER

Responsibilities:

Provided an additional $1M into the operating budgets by reconstructing the financial records for construction projects and closing completed projects
Designed projections for the maintenance of waste treatment plants and landfill sites
Created long-range forecasts for the alternative trash collection options
Successfully collected millions of dollars of overdue trash fees

Confidential

ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR FINANCE, OPERATIONS AND PERSONNEL

Responsibilities:

Responsible for personnel, financial operations, food service, operations and Maintenance, Transportation, and Technology Departments
Successfully removed ineffective personnel in several departments
Successfully collaborated with all stakeholders to streamline operations and design long range plans for long term maintenance of program
Led the negotiations for two union contracts
Designed a plan for health insurance cost reductions based on the restructuring of the cooperative plans for retirees

Confidential

ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR BUSINESS OPERATIONS

Responsibilities:

Direct and supervise all operations of the school district, implement technology, plan long-term goals and continuous improvement plans
Work closely with the Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum to plan and implement academic programs, provide the financial support as well as the operational support for the programs
Effectively managed transportation, food service, facilities and technology
Designed construction projects to utilize the Excel Aid and maximize Building Aid for the long-term plan
Integrate programs using current technology and tracking systems for personnel

Confidential

DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

Responsibilities:

Responsible for all operational departments for a district of 9,500 students - finance, transportation, facilities, transportation and technology departments
Increased state funding through negotiating legislative changes in the state aid formulas Installed a work order system for the building operations
Updated software for the finance and personnel offices
Initiated program changes to improve productivity, communications and technology Designed the installation of digital communications and wireless technology throughout the district

Confidential

CONTROLLER

Responsibilities:

Responsible for all accounting functions, warehousing,
Eliminated 40 of 45 audit comments within a year of entering the district
Designed an interactive fixed asset program and an interactive capital project module for the AS400 system
Deigned an interactive program for the maintenance of grant information
Recovered $5M in state aid reimbursements for incomplete capital projects
Integrated payroll and human resource functions

Confidential, Malone, NY

ASSISTANT CONTROLLER

Responsibilities:

Responsible for executing all financial reports, management reports, budgets and special project analysis for a $40m division of an international manufacturer
Designed work order system for distribution of costs
Successfully collaborated with headquarter team on SAP implementation
Implemented warehousing and inventory measures to coordinate with SAP implementation
Responsible for the operational audits, financial audits, data services, MIS operations, and accounting functions.
Initiated multiple corporate-wide manufacturing and accounting system upgrades