Deborah K. Foster

**** **** ****

Madison, Wisconsin 53713

Home Phone 608-***-****

Cell Phone 608-***-****

Email abluw2@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

Financial Reporting Supervision

Budgeting/Forecasting Advanced MS Excel Skills

MS Great Plains Security Compliance

Systems Administration Cash Management

EMPLOYMENT

GUILD Inc March 1999 to April 2009

Senior Accountant

. Responsibility for all operating functions including A/P,

A/R, integration of sales orders from web site, collections,

recurring billing.

. Participated in month end reconciliation, closing, financial

reports and analysis.

- Key member of process improvement & efficiency initiative

that resulted in reducing month end close time from 15 days

to 5.

. Experienced with Integration Manager, Online Credit Card

Processing and Recurring Billing and PayPal, as well as Excel

& Microsoft Word.

-Developed Excel spreadsheets which provided consistent

analysis and comparison of month to month performance of 8

seasonal retail catalogs annually, resulting in more

efficient, accurate and timely information provided to

executive team.

. System administrator of accounting software (Great Plains)-

installation, upgrades and ongoing oversight.

. Liaison with vendor and internal IT members.

-Reduced vendor maintenance expenses by $2,000.00 annually

by inactivating owned, but unused, software modules.

. Lead team in establishing internal policy covering credit

card information protection as dictated by the Payment Card

Industry.

-Created procedures for proactive monitoring of, and

immediate response to merchant provider inquiries of

potential fraudulent credit card transactions, resulting in

estimated annual fraud prevention expense savings of

$10,000.00.

-As a result of excellent fraud record, merchant credit

card fees were capped two years running.

. Appointed Security Compliance Officer.

. Supervised 2 employees.

Robert Half International - Accountemps December 1998 to

March 1999

Senior Accountant/Bookkeeper

. Temporary Accounting positions for 3 companies in the Madison

area

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan June 1987- March

1998

Corporate Cash Manager

. Reporting to the Vice President & Treasurer was primary

liaison between internal customers and banks.

. Managed all banking relationships.

. Made recommendations to senior staff and managed

implementation of cash management products.

. Participated in three major systems conversions.

. Performed internal customer satisfaction survey.

. Coordinated cash flow activity work group.

. Oversight of daily cash position and sweep to investment

account.

. Short-term investment portfolio manager.

. Supervised a staff of three professionals.

. Received three Pride in Excellence awards.

. Achieved permanent CCM (Certified Cash Manager, now known as

Certified Treasury Professional) status.

EDUCATION

College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI - Bachelor of Arts

QuickBooks Level I &II training (June 2009)

Various Corporate Sponsored Management Trainings

Conflict Transformation (2003, 2006, 2007) Madison, WI

Ethical Leadership (Madison, WI April 2007)

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VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES

Volunteer - Hospice Care Inc. ongoing administrative support

Volunteer to the Midwest Slow Money Institute - Madison, WI July

2009

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