Marion, Illinois *****
Phone 618-***-****
Michael F. Heath
Objective Marketing/PublicRelations/HumanResource/Payroll/Acc
ounting/Financial Management Position in Office
environment.
Experience
August 2009-Present
Good Samaritan Ministries
Executive Director/CEO
Good Samaritan Ministries is located in Carbondale,
Illinois and is
the largest emergency shelter, transitional house,
food pantry, and
soup kitchen in Jackson county.
Handle all management functions on a daily basls
including operations, staff management, public
relations, grant management, regulatory compliance.
Reports directly to the Board of Directors.
September 2006-August 2009
Human Resource Director/Financial Analysis
Jackson/Hewitt Tax Service-Corporate Offices
Complete charge all corporate human resources
functions for 85 Jackson Hewitt locations in 4
states with over 400 employees.
Perform financial analysis functions for Corporate
CEO and handle corporate tax payments for local
and regional taxing entities where tax stores are
located.
Handle all financial and HR analysis for corporate
VP of Operations as required and advise.
Juy 2006-August 2006
Southern Illinoisan Newspaper-Marion, Illinois
Marketing Consultant
Market commercial advertisements for the newspaper
in a territory from Marion, Illinois, to Indiana to
the East, to Paducah, Kentucky to the South.
Advise clients on various ad campaigns and assist
them in making maximum use of their advertising
dollar.
2005-Spring 2006:
Franklin County Regional Economic Development
Corporation.
FREDCO-West Frankfort, IL.
Executive Director
Locate, recruit, and establish new industry for
Franklin County.
Overall responsibility for day to day operation of
office and support staff
Develop reference materials, files, GIS maps and
data, and necessary documents needed to fulfill
board goals.
Represent FREDCO at all public functions, present
programs, deal with the television, radio, and
print media.
Act as liaison for FREDCO in all situations
demanded
Market the economic development of Franklin County
Write and submit all development projects and other
projects
Maintain the Location One Information System
(LOIS) economic development information for FREDC
Past:
Shawnee Winery-Vienna, IL. December
2003-Jan. 2005
General Manager
Full charge of all management functions and day to
day operation of business including marketing.
Set up the winery for initial business start-up
Hire and train staff
Represent the winery at all public functions
White County Medical Center June 2003-Oct.
2004
Director of Human Resources
Full responsibility for all human resource
functions for the medical center
Complete benefits management for all employees
International tax responsibility for all
nonresident alien employees
Director of Education for the medical center
including in-service and competency evaluations
Chairman of the medical center ethics committee
Member of Southern Illinois Hospital Human Resource
Association (SIHHRA)
Co-chairman of the education committee for SIHHRA
Skilled Care Account Executive
Market the skilled care unit and speak to senior
groups on behalf of the unit.
Work with families and clients to help them
understand issues involving Medicare and Medicaid
and to help the skilled care unit maintain a
positive cash flow in terms of dealing with
medicare and Medicaid residents.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL
13 Years
Director Accounts Payable and International Tax
Help implemented Oracle Accounts Payable Financial
System
Developed automated laser check printing system and
increased departmental Payables productivity
significantly
Trained as International HR/Payroll Tax Specialist
Designed and Developed International Tax/Human
Resource Department
Approved all Human Resource/Payroll procedures for
the employee hiring process
Disbursed $150 million per year in payments
Design, develop, and implement new 1099 tax
reporting system
Conduct seminars and training programs for
internationals on campus
Handle and maintain budgets for all responsibility
areas.
Hire employees and maintain employee records
Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL
Director of Payroll & Disbursements
Full responsibility for $240 million annual payroll
with 10,000+ employees
Designed and implemented international tax
reporting program with IRS
Officer of record for Human Resource and Payroll
System.
Handled and maintained budgets for both Payroll and
Disbursements
Member two years American Payroll Association Board
of Advisors for Higher Education.
Input and maintain fringe benefit deductions/rate
structure for Human Resource system, and workman's
compensation records for IDES.
Conduct seminars for all employees regarding
payroll and Human Resource related services
Chosen to search and select new HR/PR System for
University
United Technologies Herrin, IL
Director of Finance and Management Information
Services
Full responsibility for Payroll, Monthly Financial
Profit & Loss statements
Designed and developed complete inventory standard
cost system
Full responsibility for capital project accounting
process, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable
process
Worked with union negotiations for facility.
United Technologies Herrin,
IL
Chief Plant Accountant
Full responsibility for maintaining standard cost
system, inventory control, and accounts payable.
Interlake Incorporated
Pontiac, IL
Plant Accountant
Full responsibility for maintaining standard cost
system, inventory control, materials management,
accounts payable, financial statements, and
variance analysis.
Production Scheduling
Schedule production for three major plant
operations and order raw material for those
operations also.
Education Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois
B.S. - Business Education Comprehensive (Double
Major-All Business/Accounting Courses. State of
Illinois Teacher Certification to teach all
business and accounting courses through junior
college level)
Recipient 4-year State of Illinois Teacher
Education Tuition Scholarship
Recipient Gamble-Scogmo Business Scholarship
Professional Honors:
Two-time recipient "Citation of Merit" - American
Payroll Association
Submitted as Unites States Department of
Agriculture recipient of Cochran Fellowship by
Valeriy V. Belyakov. Vice-Rector for Foreign
Relations - St. Petersburg State Agrarian
University, St. Petersburg, Russia to train
management staffs of Russian Universities in St.
Petersburg, Russia
Interests Service Organizations
President - Marion, Illinois Kiwanis Club
1991-1992, 2001-2002
Past President - Marion, Illinois Kiwanis Club
1992-1993
Vice President - Marion, Illinois Kiwanis Club
1991-1992
Treasurer - Marion, Illinois Kiwanis Club 1989-1990
Past President - Pontiac, Illinois Jaycees
Board of Directors United Fund - Pontiac, Illinois
Reference Letters are Available