MELISSA A. BRACONE
MINGO JCT., OH 43938
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Controller
Life Line Hospital (New outpatient diagnostic center) Wintersville, OH
Oct 2009-May 2010
*Developed all financial policies and procedures
*Supervised month-end close
*Built an operating and capital budget for the first year of operation
*Supervised a staff of 20
*Negotiated equipment leasing
*Attended investors meetings
*Analyzed significant fluctuations in income, expense, asset or liability
balances
Senior Financial Analyst
West Penn Allegheny Health System
Feb 2006-Oct 2009
*Lead in the management and development of a $25 million operating budget
for West Penn Allegheny
Health System-Forbes Regional Campus and Forbes Hospice
*Performed financial analyses including budgeting, trend analysis,
forecasting and capital requests.
*Conducted financial analysis to support significant business decisions
*Reconciled and explained monthly variances
*Developed financial feasibility study on a $20 million Open Heart Program
Trinity Health System
Jan 1994-Feb 2006
Financial Data Processing Coordinator
Jan 2000-Feb 2006
*Eliminated outsourcing of Inventory Services resulting in a cost savings
of $100,000 annually
*Assisted in planning, implementing, and maintaining all financial modules
in Meditech
* Improved charging process with all clinical departments resulting in a
30% increase in patient revenue
*Conducted weekly meetings with all finance department managers to resolve
issues, implement new
processes
Staff Accountant
Jan 1994-Jan 2000
*Developed and maintained financial statements using accounting and
budgeting software in order to
provide financial statements and reports to management and the
corporate office
*Prepared, analyzed, and published monthly financial rolling forecast with
detail to appropriate
management and the corporate office
*Completed special accounting projects
*Managed accounting for a multi-million dollar pledge drive to build Tony
Teramana Cancer Center
*Wrote several reports in accounting module
*Multi-tasked between two entities effectively
Education
West Liberty State College
1987-1991 Bachelor of Science Degree Business Administration specializing
in Accounting
*References upon Request