Jennifer L. Miracle, CPA

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SUMMARY CPA with 15 years combined "Big 6" public accounting and

corporate accounting experience. Team-oriented leader whose

accomplishments reflect pro-active and results driven

financial management. Expert in analyzing existing

operations and implementing effective systems, strategies to

achieve business objectives.

EXPERIENCE

4/2005 - Present IFS Financial Services, Cincinnati, OH

Manager of Financial Reporting

Manage all accounting activities for shared service finance

& accounting department consisting of 6 business units, 16

legal entities and 55 departments with annual revenue of

$1B. Lead, supervise and support a staff of 9. Oversee

activities related to accounts payable, accounts receivable,

treasury management and customer billing. Prepare and

present financial statements and analysis to Officers at

monthly Officers' meeting.

Implemented accounting system conversion including a chart

of accounts restructure and workflow changes, which reduced

monthly close from 7 to 4 days.

Designed new Executive reports for Management that provided

accurate, timely and detailed results. Nominated in 2010

for "Vision" Award as new reports enabled a vendor contract

negotiation resulting in 37% reduction in fees from previous

year.

Successfully integrated two business unit relocations to

home office into existing shared service accounting

structure. Led project team that designed and implemented

shared service cost allocation methodology to provide

essential management reporting while meeting all regulatory

2/2004 - 2/2005 requirements for GAAP, SEC, FINRA, and NY Insurance

Department.

Received Special Merit Awards for Exemplary Performance each

year from 2005 to 2009.

Move.com (formerly Homestore, Inc.), West Lake Village, CA

Accounting Manager

Managed all accounting activities for Media Services

division. Led staff of 3 accountants. Accounting lead for

1/2001 - 2/2004 Sarbanes-Oxley remediation projects.

Designed commission system data structure with IT Data

Warehouse team to meet Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.

Implemented PeopleSoft conversion of general ledger and

fixed assets modules.

Jennifer Miracle, CPA, Nashville, TN

Certified Public Accountant

Acted as company controller for clients by performing all

financial reporting, preparing annual budgets, reviewing

legal contracts and leases, negotiating insurance coverage,

preparing income tax returns and managing payroll function.

10/1996 - 1/2001 Implemented many business improvements in internal controls,

cash management and workflow efficiency. Clients included

music publishing companies, record labels, recording

artists, property rental companies, talent management

agencies and physician offices.

Developed employee policy and procedure manuals.

Reduced company health insurance cost 41% by negotiating new

health insurance policy.

Implemented cash control workflow with small office staff to

strengthen internal controls.

9/1993 - 10/1996

Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Nashville, TN

Accounting Supervisor

Supervised monthly close process and financial reporting.

Designed financial reports and maintained the mainframe

general ledger accounting system. Supervised audit process

to ensure audit information was prepared timely and

accurately.

Designed Access database to analyze recoupability of writer

advances and presented quarterly write down recommendations

to VP.

Identified and corrected several reconciling items between

publishing system and general ledger which saved $600k in

writer payments.

Arthur Andersen LLP, Nashville, TN

Senior Audit Staff

Developed audit plans, evaluated accounting controls and

coordinated all fieldwork for this Big Six public accounting

firm. Recruited, supervised and trained new audit staff.

Prepared financial statements and conducted GAAP research

for insurance, banking and manufacturing clients.

EDUCATION Bachelor of Science in Accounting, David Lipscomb

University, Nashville, TN, graduated magna cum laude (GPA

4.0 in Accounting)

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS Active CPA license

Advanced Microsoft Office skills

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