Strategic Planning Manager

• Jan 2020 - Present

Strategic Planner

• Jan 2015 - Jan 2020

• Maintains administrative staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees; maintaining a safe and secure work environment; developing personal growth opportunities. • Accomplishes staff results by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; initiating, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures. • Complete special projects by organizing and coordinating information and requirements; planning, arranging, and meeting schedules; monitoring results. • Improves program and service quality by devising new applications; updating procedures; evaluating system results with users. • Achieves financial objectives by anticipating requirements; submitting information for budget preparation; performing inventory; monitoring costs; analyzing variances. • Maintains continuity among corporate, division, and local work teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs. • Update and maintain all divisional reports (fuel, sales, shipping, raw product, etc.) • Accepts all cash payments for cash sales, maintains appropriate paperwork to reconcile cash sales accounts; deposit cash, balances cash and receipts and finalizes cash sales report at end of month. • Complete daily and month end inventory reports for each yard including satellite yards. • Review and update account hold list on a monthly basis • Review and update “Lien Day” reports received from credit department. • Manage ADP time clocks and employee time sheets. • Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; bench marking professional standards; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks. • Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed. Show less

Operations Manager

• May 2010 - Jan 2015

Successfully lead, motivate, develop, and coach a diverse team of approximately 28 employees. Manage, oversee, and monitors the revenue cycle process. Cash reconciliations, payment date accounting, monthly reporting and report production, daily modeling, analysis and reporting and financial Analysis. Develop systems and processes that are the foundation for reporting, analysis, and auditing. Assist with annual, quarterly, and monthly forecasting. Facilitate the monthly Financials close process. Show less

Senior Accountant

• Jan 2009 - Apr 2010

Played a major role in restructuring the accounting process (Oracle integration). Directed workflow, supervised and trained accounting staff. Processed accounts receivable and payables for multiple products and services. Led monthly closing procedures. Performed special projects delegated by the Chief financial Officer. Played a major role in restructuring the accounting process (Oracle integration). Directed workflow, supervised and trained accounting staff. Processed accounts receivable and payables for multiple products and services. Led monthly closing procedures. Performed special projects delegated by the Chief financial Officer.

Administrative and Financial Assistant

• Nov 1999 - Jan 2009

Successfully increased revenue 60% by restructuring the billing department and implementing new procedures and processes Processed accounts receivable and payables. Personally supported executive management on a variety of strategic practice projects. Managed daily operations of the practice. Successfully increased revenue 60% by restructuring the billing department and implementing new procedures and processes Processed accounts receivable and payables. Personally supported executive management on a variety of strategic practice projects. Managed daily operations of the practice.

Assistant Manager

• Oct 1994 - Nov 1999

Managed payroll, scheduling, reports, email, inventory, maintained vendor books and financial records. Hired, trained, and managed a staff of 15 plus employees in several departments. Maximized customer traffic and increased sales through product displays and promotional events. Facilitated the ordering, receiving, stocking, planning, and displaying of all merchandise including holiday and advertised merchandise. Manage daily operations including answering phones, assisting customers, assisting employees with technical problems, depositing daily receivables, supervising employees and performing outstanding customer service. Show less