Experience

Westminster School

• Primary and Secondary Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Director of Financial Aid/Associate Director of Admissions

  • Jul 2017 - Present



The Ethel Walker School

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Director of Financial Aid/ Associate Director of Admissions

  • Jul 2013 - Jun 2017

  Manage the financial aid program for new and returning students, including projections, budgeting, and strategic implementation of program. Provide accurate and insightful weekly, monthly, and annual reporting and analysis of statistics and quantitative metrics. Prepare, maintain, and analyze statistics related to admission, enrollment, and financial aid, providing summaries and interpretation to facilitate collaboration with other members of the administration in enrollment management and forecasting plans. Oversee all re-enrollment activity, and research on student matriculation and attrition. Guiding and collaborating with other members of admissions, administration and faculty to organize specific retention efforts. Build and maintain close and productive relationships, and excellent, proactive communication with the Director and Admissions team members, as well as colleagues in the Business Office, the IT dept., the Registrar and other internally, and other related external organizations such as SSATB. Plan on-campus admission events and open houses and leading Walker’s participation in admission fairs and other local and regional admission events. Effectively present and embodying the school’s philosophy and its value proposition through outstanding public speaking and formal presentation skills, one-on-one communication, informal interactions, and written communication. Developed and teach seminar course in Financial Literacy. Varsity Squash coach.



The Governor's Academy

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Student Billing Manager / Payroll

  • Jul 2011 - Jun 2012

  Responsible for reconciling all student accounts and managing payroll. Streamlined process for entering payments from tuition management software. Created tuition revenue budgets and forecasts as well as financial statements for audit. Advised to two campus clubs, the Entrepreneur Club and the Investment Club. Spearheaded school’s entrepreneurial club that created an interactive application for the school. Key member of re‐enrollment automation team. Responsible for tuition and financial aid reporting for Association of Business Officer of Private Schools. Researched, selected and implemented new tuition management system. Managed bookstore staff to refine reporting and reconciliation of accounts. Administered payroll through ADP. Coached the Girl’s JV Ice Hockey team and the Track & Field Throwing team.



Starwood Capital Group

• Real Estate
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Accounting Operations Manager

  • May 2008 - Jul 2011

  Responsible for Shared Services Reporting, team reporting directly to the company Controller. Managed Accounts Payable department with staff of three, processing over 1500 invoices monthly, split across all legal entities. Managed multi‐million dollar daily transactions across 800 bank accounts and 1600 legal entities. Managed expense system and approvals of all expense reports on a global basis. Managed distributions to investors as well as capital calls. Managed daily cash transactions on a Global basis. Supervised 1099 reporting. Streamlined processes allowing for the cash department to manage added transactions without increasing headcount. Turned Accounts Payable into revenue generating department, enhancing processes and reducing headcount while improving turnaround time. Project Manager for implementation of new travel and expense system (Concur), and training of all employees. Project lead for new automated payables software (Payscan), integrating software with General Partner reporting program. Built templates to upload expense reports and payables into the General Ledger. Developed a purchase card program to generate revenue for the Accounts Payable department. (approx $30K/year) Supported the Investor Relation group by working on GP Reporting Supported Human Resources by streamlining payroll process, as well as other procedures through the creation of value added templates. Responsible for initiating FX trades to generate international payments (expense reimbursement funding) to global offices. Built and maintained quarterly dead deal reports. Created monthly financial income statements, budgets and reports for Shared Services group. Created and managed monthly invoices for all management company services and funds.



dmg :: information

• United Kingdom
• Information Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Accounting Assistant

  • 2007 - 2008



BREITLING

• Retail Luxury Goods and Jewelry
• 700 & Above Employee

• Logistics Manager

  • Mar 2003 - May 2007