Experience

Denmark Technical College

• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Vice President of Fiscal Affairs

  • Feb 2022 - Present

  Provides strategic vision and leadership in the areas of accounts payable, general ledger maintenance, payroll, student billing, procurement, budget, campus police, and the spirit store. Assists with reporting the financial condition of the College to the Area Commissioners, other governmental agencies, and the university president and administrators on a regular basis. Monitor the College’s bank balances and ensure sufficient cash reserves to fund operations. Review federal and state program expenditures and make sure revenue drawdowns are done in a timely manner to cover costs. Establishes and maintains integral relationships with senior leadership to identify needs and seek solutions to business challenges. Develop and uphold effective internal financial controls to support compliance with applicable federal and state, laws, regulations, and policies. Work with various vendors and individuals within state government to address campus facility renovation and deferred maintenance needs.



South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce

• United States
• Government Relations Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Agency Controller

  • Sep 2019 - Jul 2022

  Assist with the annual audit and preparation of the annual Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. Supervise subordinate personnel staff in Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and General Ledger, which includes instructing, assigning and reviewing work, planning, allocating personnel, acting on employee problems, and recommending promotions and disciplinary action. Monitors expense activity for field offices throughout the state. Manage month-end and year-close processes. Ensured accrual entries are recorded and reconciliations are complete before running financial reports. Coordinate with IT and Enterprise Project Management departments to optimize financial and business processes.



Richland County Government

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Deputy Treasurer

  • Nov 2017 - Sep 2019

  Oversees cash management initiatives, bank relationships and day-to-day Treasury operations. Submit two-year departmental budget proposals and manage budget amendments. Prepare monthly revenue internal collections reports for senior management and county council. Review monthly bank reconciliations and expense accruals for operating and investment accounts. Maintain the debt schedule that exceeds $1 billion dollars in bonded and special assessment debt held by the county and other political subdivisions. Prepare external annual and quarterly reports for various agencies related to tax revenue and state reimbursement collections. Assist internal and external auditors with review of Treasury functions. Manage working capital and settlement requirements – communicate with senior management to assess needs and move assets as needed to fund obligations and invest excess cash.



City of Columbia

• Columbia, SC

• Accounting Manager

  • May 2013 - Nov 2017

  Perform all financial accounting, management, and reporting in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Develop financial reports used to analyze the operating activity and financial position of multiple funds within the City. Help departments with budgetary account explanations and recommendations. Train employees from multiple departments about financial processes, policies, and procedures. Hire, develop, and supervise general staff accountants and accounts receivable/payables staff. Streamlined the City’s vendor payment process, reducing both the time and cost required to remit vendor payments. Increased the level of payments made against outstanding customer receivable accounts, reducing the allowance for doubtful accounts adjustments. Conduct site audits of city-wide property and equipment



Richland County Government

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Accountant

  • May 2011 - May 2013

  Generated a capital budgeting report that compared cash availability, expenses-to-date, and remaining budgeted expenses. Maintained fixed asset capitalization and depreciation schedules. Prepared month-end closing journal entries, reconciliations, and financial statements. Analyzed financial statement information and provided explanation of financial statement balances to management. Recommended new reporting formats to be created in network-based system that would improve financial information gathering and analysis. Prepares and maintains schedules and spreadsheets as required for year-end by external auditor.



South Carolina State University

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Accounting Manager

  • Jan 2007 - May 2011

  Prepared financial statements, notes, and statistical sections to be included in the University’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. Coordinated with external auditors to provide more than 50 audit schedules that included payroll, capital assets, and accounts payable. Led team effort to implement controls and find solutions that improved the University’s accounts receivable process and reporting. Communicated with various departments throughout the university to resolve internal control issues that affect the General Ledger.



SC Commission on Higher Education

• Grants Accountant

  • Sep 2003 - Dec 2006

  Performed periodical cash-flow analysis for $314-million-dollar agency budget. Collaborated with directors of various programs to ensure proper budget execution. Computed the indirect cost rate to recover general state overhead costs from the agency. Prepared management level reports on revenue and expenditure comparisons, availability of funds, level of financial obligations, and other ad hoc reporting. Developed operating budgets for multiple federal and state programs. Performed periodical cash-flow analysis for $314-million-dollar agency budget. Collaborated with directors of various programs to ensure proper budget execution. Computed the indirect cost rate to recover general state overhead costs from the agency. Prepared management level reports on revenue and expenditure comparisons, availability of funds, level of financial obligations, and other ad hoc reporting. Developed operating budgets for multiple federal and state programs.