Responsibilities:

• Managed accounting and financial reporting functions.
• Analyzed and evaluated financial transactions, reports, input to and output from automated systems to gather facts, analyzed trends, defined and validated problem areas culminating in findings and assessed effectiveness of financial management operations and systems.
• Directly supervised the accounting department consisting of accountants and clerical personnel for general ledger accounting, donor accounting of gifts and pledges, and grants management;
• Facilitated the budget process for an annual operating budget between $12 - $14 million;
• Accounted for physical plant inventory of $9 - $11 million.

Major Accomplishments:

• Through team management enabled the organization to maintain an unqualified audit opinion for greater than seven years
• Built the first new residence hall, Senior Grove, in more than 30 years
• Instituted an electronic cash receiving system to replace the manually written receipts;
• Upgraded the college administrative system to CARS, a more popular, efficient, and competitive one than before;

With my financial team, ensured the financial statements and accounting procedures were meticulously maintained resulting in repeated audit statements with unqualified opinions.

BANKS, FINLEY, WHITE & CO., BIRMINGHAM, AL February 1986 to January 1989

Position: Senior Accountant/Auditor

Responsibilities:

• Audited both public and private organizations of various industries that included finance & banking, higher education, non-profit community action agencies, radio, insurance, endowment, and city government. Audits included examination of general financial statements, review and assessment of internal controls, and review of grants management for federal compliance.
• Conducted functional operational reviews to examine work processes, records, structures and management controls for compliance with laws, regulations, economy and efficiency, and/or effectiveness in achieving desired results.
• Performed compilations of financial statements, tax accounting, and internal control reviews of small businesses.
• Wrote client audit reports and prepared associated tax returns.