Experience

Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB)

• United States
• Accounting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director - Research and Technical Activities

  • Feb 2021 - 2 years 11 months

  Norwalk, Connecticut, United States



State of Georgia

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• State Accounting Officer

  • Jul 2012 - Feb 2021

  Greater Atlanta Area I serve as the chief accounting professional for Georgia and in that role I am responsible for leading an agency of 120 professionals with an annual operating budget of nearly $30M and delivering the following services: (1) Financial Reporting - which includes the delivery of timely and accurate GAAP-based statewide financial reports, including: - Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (State 10-k equivalent) - Budgetary Compliance Report - Treasury Cash Balance and Revenue… Show more I serve as the chief accounting professional for Georgia and in that role I am responsible for leading an agency of 120 professionals with an annual operating budget of nearly $30M and delivering the following services: (1) Financial Reporting - which includes the delivery of timely and accurate GAAP-based statewide financial reports, including: - Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (State 10-k equivalent) - Budgetary Compliance Report - Treasury Cash Balance and Revenue Shortfall Reserve Report Communicates with the Governor, executive leadership, auditors, and bond rating agencies on fiscal results of State (2) Technical Accounting and Policy - Provides technical GAAP guidance and interpretation - Issues accounting policies covering financial reporting and business process - Responsible for the overall accounting structure of the State as well as governance (3) Financial Systems - Manages delivery of and investment in the state’s enterprise accounting and payroll systems - Serves more than 100 agencies and 80,000 employees - Delivers more than 20 unique PeopleSoft business process solutions (GL, AP, AR, PO, Asset Management, HR, Payroll, and others) - Processes more than 1.2 million journal lines, 1 million invoices, 600,000 vendor payments, and 2 million paychecks annually (4) Process Improvement - Created a centralized payroll shared services center - Modernized accounts payable via imaging, workflow, and electronic payments - Streamlined and automated travel expense process - Launched Intelligent Automation Initiative (using RPA and other tools) (5) Leadership Roles - Vice-Chairman, State Depository Board - Vice-Chairman, Georgia Building Authority - Vice-Chairman, State Properties Commission - President, National Association of State Controllers (NASC) - Executive Committee, National Association of State Auditors, Controllers, and Treasurers - Vice Chairman, Government Accounting Standards Advisory Committee to GASB

• Deputy State Accounting Officer

  • Feb 2009 - Jun 2012

  Greater Atlanta Area (1) Issued timely and accurate statewide financial reports for the state of Georgia including CAFR, BCR, and other statewide Federal reporting. - Cycle times to produce FY2009 reports were reduced 87 days. - Hyperion implemented to reduce cycle times for FY2010 reports. - Delivered FY2011 reports on time and on budget. (2) Developing and maintaining policies and procedures to comply with Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) pronouncements, state and federal law… Show more (1) Issued timely and accurate statewide financial reports for the state of Georgia including CAFR, BCR, and other statewide Federal reporting. - Cycle times to produce FY2009 reports were reduced 87 days. - Hyperion implemented to reduce cycle times for FY2010 reports. - Delivered FY2011 reports on time and on budget. (2) Developing and maintaining policies and procedures to comply with Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) pronouncements, state and federal law, legislative and executive mandates, and transaction governance. (3) Leading a working capital optimization project with initial primary focus in accounts payable and days payable outstanding (DPO). - Project includes vendor conversion from check to ACH, focus on payment terms, dynamic discounting, imaging and workflow for invoice processing, procurement benchmarking, and accounts payable recovery audits. (4) Providing professional assistance to agencies through policy guidance, establishing internal control frameworks, training, and consultation services.



EY

• United Kingdom
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Manager

  • Apr 2002 - Feb 2009

  Greater Atlanta Area Provided business process and IT advisory services and solutions for large private companies. Served as PeopleSoft subject matter expert and developed data analysis solution offering.



Andersen LLP

• Senior

  • Sep 2000 - Apr 2002

  Greater Atlanta Area Provided business process and IT advisory solutions.



EY

• United Kingdom
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior

  • Sep 1998 - Sep 2000

  Greater Atlanta Area Member of Internal Audit team serving Time Warner