Management Manager

Diane Smith

**** ********** **, ********, ** ****6, Phone 832-***-**** Email

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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Progressive work experience in the managing and streamlining of financial

and accounting functions. Recognized for outstanding work performance in

the areas of financial management, cost reduction, and increase revenue

margins. Adapt easily to new concepts and responsibilities. Excellent

communication, client service, organizational, and supervisory skills.

Annual Operational Budget Development * Financial and Strategic

Planning

Financial Reporting * Cash Management * Contract Administration *

Forecasting

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

University of Texas

MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX Senior

Financial Analyst Oct 2007-July 2010

Financial Analyst

June 2005-Oct 2007

. Development and analysis of operational and financial activities to

include annual general and administrative departmental budgeting,

forecasting, financial reporting, headcount and procurement.

. Reviewed and approved budget submissions prepared by administrative

staff and provide management financial reports to reflect project

account standings.

. Monitor and manage account expenditures to ensure compliance to

outlined sponsored contracts.

. Interaction with various internal financial departments, senior

management and sponsors regarding project fund management.

. Project account reconciliations, subcontract payments and variance

analysis.

UT- Austin, TX Accountant III Sept 2003- May

2005

. Contract Administration for federal and state funded research and

grant awards.

Prepare financial statements to federal sponsor that reflect

account standings.

. Reduced aging receivables, collections from sponsors and general

ledger analysis.

Accomplishments

. Lead procurement restructuring by streamlining vendor relations and

re-designing business processing which resulted in an average of

22% savings to departmental operational budget.

. Wrote desk-level operating procedures manuals in an effort to

promote consistency and strengthen internal controls throughout

department.

. Commended with several quarterly Outstanding Performance Employee

Awards.

Affiliated Computer Services (ACS), Austin, Texas Financial

Coordinator Oct 2000- Aug 2002

. Budget and revenue forecast preparation for multiple departments.

. Examine monthly variance analysis by comparing actual to forecast

and provide explanations of fluctuations to senior management

. Prepare statements of financial position, quarterly reforecast to

annual operating budget and balance sheet account reconciliation.

. Guides and assists management in the financial aspects of the

program's services for the Texas Health Network Administrator and

Children's Health Insurance Program. Assist with cost benefit

analysis related to service area expansion opportunities.

. Monitor expenditures of financial budgets in compliance to state

regulations.

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Diane Smith Phone 832-***-**** Email **********@***.***

Nationwide Credit Inc., Atlanta, Georgia Senior

Accountant Feb 1997-Sept 1999

. Managed month end closing, bank and account reconciliation, general

ledger analysis, financial reporting of variance analysis to the

Accounting Manager.

. Ensures that the responsibilities, authorities, and accountability

of all direct subordinates are defined and understood through job

assignment sharing.

. Partner with management on program projects ie: job costing,

forecasting, training, performance management and organizational

development.

. Supervised four staff members on daily operations and provided

cross training in an effort to increase operating effectiveness.

Accomplishments

. Replaced and eliminated time-consuming manual process, reducing

monthly close process by two days and dramatically increasing

analysis and reporting capabilities.

. Assisted in system conversion from mainframe MAS 90 to web based

SQL & FRX systems.

Fleet Finance Inc., Atlanta, Georgia

Payroll Manager Oct 1992-Dec 1996

. Responsible for processing payroll of 350 employees on biweekly

basis at regional office.

. Transmitting of payroll files to ADP and uploading of labor totals

to general ledger accounts.

. Maintain payroll adjustments, filed monthly and quarterly payroll

tax returns, and research of payroll exception reports.

. Managed staff of five, including accounts payable specialist on

treasury functions, cash disbursements via wire transfers and cash

management. Establish vendor accounts, approved wires for payment,

prepare tax form 1099-Misc.

Staff Accountant

April 1990-Oct 1992

. Cash forecasting and cash management of funds by monitoring over 50

deposit accounts with an average of over $7 million per account.

. Bank reconciliations, journal entries and month end closings.

EDUCATION

Strayer University, Masters of Business Administration, Business

Management April 2009 GPA 4.0, Honors

City University of New York, Herbert H Lehman College, Bachelor of

Science, Accounting

COMPUTER PROFICIENCY

Personal Computer Laptop PDA PeopleSoft Hyperion Enterprise

Microsoft Office XP

Windows 7 Excel PowerPoint JavaScript Oracle Financial Analyzer

Adobe Acrobat Reader

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