Manager Accounting
Resume:
ADRIAN DI VITA
San Francisco, California 94122
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Experience:
University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
. Director, Financial Analysis, Gifts & Endowments (01/11-Present)
o Perform complex financial analysis and reporting related to gift
and endowment activity as well as regular analysis and reporting of
gift and endowment activity for individual funds and major
campaigns.
o Worked closely with Foundation and Gift Accounting, assisting with
the development and maintenance of systems for managing and
accounting of endowment and gift funds.
o Conceptualized and specified systems and procedures for reporting
and analyzing fundraising activity.
o Prepared scheduled weekly, monthly and annual reports of gift and
endowment activity.
o Prepare periodic reports for campus management detailing Regents
and Foundation endowment balances, activity, purpose and payout.
o Analyzed and evaluated financial and accounting risks and
opportunities. Gather necessary data and information to perform
detailed analysis, find and evaluate alternate solutions, and make
recommendations to the executive director of FS&A.
o Coordinate with campus customers, UCOP, and UDAR on questions of
endowment and gift policy
. Analyst, Budget & Resource Management (01/09-01/11)
o Principal analyst for long term planning and debt capacity
projections. Working as a member of the long term planning team I
developed and maintained various scenarios for planning projections
and results.
o Managed specific control point budget review and reconciliations.
o Prepared reports on historical financial information presented to
senior management and the Chancellor.
o Developed detailed documentation, policies & procedures for the
Capital Unit database as well as the Kaufman-Hall long term
planning project.
o Enhanced the Capital Unit database by developing specific reporting
and quality control capabilities.
o Reviewed and summarized, for senior management, a detailed report
on the proposed Mission Bay central utility plant.
Restoration Hardware, Inc., Corte Madera, California
01/07 - 08/08
. Director, Financial Planning and Analysis
o Directed and Managed all aspects of the annual budget, monthly
forecast process and ad-hoc analysis.
o Redesigned the monthly financial forecast process for overhead cost
centers making it more user friendly while greatly reducing the
time and effort by the FP&A staff.
o Developed effective business relationships allowing the FP&A staff
to have a greater impact on the organization.
o Redesigned the monthly financial reporting package for senior
management making it more concise and informative.
o Created financial information package for non-financial VP's that
provided a simple and effective way for them to view their
businesses.
o Created and deployed store level scorecard for store, district and
regional managers that allowed them to see their key performance
indicators vs. their goals, history and peer stores.
o Supervised staff of three senior financial analysts.
Williams-Sonoma, Inc., San Francisco, California
09/97 - 11/06
. Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis (10/01-11/06)
o Determined root cause of increased returns in Direct-to-Customer
channel resulting in savings of one million dollars in sales tax
overpayments.
o Directed team of five to re-invent the store payroll planning,
forecasting and reporting process. New process focused on key
drivers of store payroll and established a system of accountability
in the field organization.
o Developed relationships with key business owners to improve the
role of FP&A in business decisions.
o Implemented procedures and tools to communicate financial
performance to business partners for monthly results and monthly
forecast.
o Developed processes and procedures to understand changes in
financial performance for key expense lines.
o Designed and built Access databases to capture previously
unanalyzed data for the Direct-to-Customer channel.
o Managed monthly forecast and accounting close review, annual
budget, and long-range strategic plan.
o Supervised staff of three senior financial analysts.
. Manager, Transportation Accounting and Accounts Payable (09/97-10/01)
o Hired, managed, coached and developed a staff of 20.
o Streamlined policies and procedures to make the department operate
more efficiently.
o Successfully transitioned a portion of department to out of state
location.
o Implemented new processes to increase accuracy of transportation
accounting accruals.
Healthcare Financial Solutions, San Francisco, California
09/94 - 09/97
. Consultant
o Developed detailed financial feasibility studies for acute care and
long term care facilities. Analyzed and projected market usage
rates, payor mix changes, population changes and financial
performance.
o Performed pro-forma financial analysis with accompanying cost
reports for hospital based and free standing skilled nursing
facilities and rural health clinics. Worked with Medicare and Medi-
Cal to established initial interim payment rate.
o Interim Controller for 84 bed acute care and skilled nursing
hospital.
. Investigated and uncovered over $300k in fraud by previous
controller.
. Reengineered department tasks and functions implementing proper
internal controls to eliminate possibility of future fraud.
. Hired and supervised replacement staff eventually returning the
department back to hospital control
. Prepared monthly financial statements and presented them to the
board of director's.
o Interim Controller for long term "life care center"
. Reengineered department tasks and functions implementing proper
internal controls to eliminate possibility of future fraud.
. Hired and supervised replacement staff eventually returning the
department back to hospital control
. Prepared monthly financial statements and presented them to the
board of director's.
o Interim Budget Manager for 250+ bed acute care hospital.
. Budgeted revenue, expenses, units of service and FTE's.
. Worked with department directors to develop and implement
standards for labor and non-labor usage rates.
. Worked with department directors to maintain adherence with
established labor standards.
ValleyCare Health System, Pleasanton, California
09/92 - 09/94
. Accountant in charge of all General Ledger and audit responsibilities
for three separate hospital joint venture businesses.
Technical Proficiency: Essbase, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel,
Microsoft PowerPoint, Lawson Accounting, Microsoft
Word, Crystal Reports
Education: California State University, Sacramento
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration,
Concentration in Accounting
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