Barbara T. McFerrin

706-***-****

acn1es@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Summary

Finance professional with over 25 years of progressive experience that led

to successive promotions to the position of Sr. Director of Finance serving

in an organization that has $500 million net annual revenue, over $600

million in assets and over 3,000 employees.

Management Skills

Treasury / Budget / General Accounting / Multisite Management / Financial

and Statistical Reporting / Debt Management / Audits / Taxes / Non-Profit /

Staff Development / Management Accounting / Mergers and Acquisitions / Pro

Forma Projections / Team Building and Leadership / Implementations / Joint

Ventures / Presentations and Public Speaking / Committed / Loyal /

Dedicated / Payroll / Accounts Payable / Pension/Executive Compensation

Career History

Columbus Regional Healthcare System Columbus, GA

Sr. Director of Finance

2009 - Present

Controller 1991

- 2009

. System includes three acute care hospitals, 413-bed tertiary care

community hospital serving as Level 2 Trauma Center and Regional

Perinatal Center, 219-bed general acute care hospital, and a 100-bed

orthopedic surgery and physical rehabilitation sports medicine

hospital, as well as two skilled nursing facilities, 60+ employed

physicians, free standing Cancer Center, Foundation and several joint

ventures.

. Assisted with securing over $170 million in financing, i.e., A-rated

debt for purchase of two for profit hospitals with 1,000 employees in

the same year, to support acquisitions to grow market share and

increase community assets

. Achieved the highest employee satisfaction scores in Great Places to

Work survey for Corporate Finance department, rating near the top year

after year, scoring as close to 100 as any department by setting a

tone and environment conducive to high morale and empowerment

. Recorded 22 consecutive years of clean audit opinions with no major

audit adjustments

. Consolidated financial operations to reduce labor costs and improve

efficiency and quality of financial reporting

. Established consistent process and reporting for individual

departmental performance and instituted leader accountability for

budget and prior year variance analysis

. Served as successful mentor to achieve excellence in others, setting

standards for performance and fostering teamwork to maintain the

highest level of productivity and quality

. Successfully implemented Lawson General Ledger, Payroll and

Procurement in 2000 and developed consolidating financials to include

eliminations and intercompany reconciliation

. Implemented a integrated payables program that resulted in Annual

revenue for Corporate Finance of $150K

. Active member on two teams for a company wide cost cutting imitative

that resulted in over $24M in savings

. Implementation of Kaufman Hall Budget Advisor which resulted in

director led budget development over a 90 day period

Textron Aerospace

Accounting Manager 1983

- 1991

Albright, Caraway and Hardy CPA

Accountant 1981

- 1983

Education

MBA, Troy State University, Phenix City, Alabama

BS, Magna Cum Laude, Concentration in Accounting

Troy State University, Phenix City, Alabama

Professional Affiliations

Member, Healthcare Financial Management Association

Lawson User Group of Alabama/Georgia

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