Human Resources Manager

Jewell Polite, CNAP

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Email:*******@*******.***

Qualification Summary

Accounting / Finance professional with over 10 years plus of experience in providing effective and comprehensive fund accounting/

budgetary maintenance including project grant fiscal management to various organizations, Private, Public and Community base health

care organizations most Specializing in Non for Profit activities . Possess the highest degree of integrity, supported by a flawless

record of maintaining confidentiality. Prioritize and complete multiple tasks to achieve project goals in a fast paced, changing

environment.

Professional Experience

Consulting/ Volunteering 01/13 – 08/13

Synegros Institution (New York, NY) – Managed large complex reports and monthly deliverables with SAGE-MIP G/L accounts.

Project Bridge- affiliations of (Catholic Charities of Brooklyn) – Provided assistant with program project budgets and event planning.

Somerset Christian College (Newark, NJ Campus) – Assisted with operations reorganizations along with account budget analyses.

New York Alliance Against Sexual Assault - New York, NY 10/10 – 10/12

Director of Finance and Operations,

• Ensured all financial operations and organizational policies were maintained with in compliance regulations along with accurate

grant reporting, procurement, A/P, A/R, general ledges accounts including consistent budget review..

• Developed monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements, including reviewing compliance procedures, conducting budget

modifications for timely and accurate submission of government billing to various agencies.

• Performed regular cash flow reports analysis of revenue/expense including revenue collection procedures for an organizational

budget close to 1 million while providing support with strategic planning objectives activities.

• Interfaced regularly with the development department and senior management team for fundraising initiatives, grant activities

along with implementations for best practices while providing ad hoc reports for the board finance committee.

• Overseer of Human Resources payroll, benefits, 941 schedules quarterly reports and 5500 processing including all charitable

regulations and compliances as well as recruitments, trainings, supervising and evaluating all staff business developments.

Israel Cancer Research Foundation - New York, NY 10/10 - 02/11

Interim Controller

• Controlled all financial operations for the organization, while working directly with the Co-Treasurer/President to maintain the

finance integrity of all fiscal records.

• Assuring timely, efficient compliance reporting to the Board, Government and organizational needs.

• Overseer of all Human Resource functions and personnel commitments and needs.

• Processes payments, payroll, donations collections and operating expenses.

• Track billing and collections of receivables from donors, Estate givers and annuitants’ income revenue.

• Administers banking/investment activities, electronic bank depositing including grant account allocations.

• Assisted with the agency/program budgets, weekly reporting and communication with President and finance committee on

policy and best practices related to cash receipts and disbursements.

• Conducted monthly closing process and preparation of monthly financial statements for a working budget of 30 million.

Harlem School of the Arts – New York, NY 03/08 - 10/10

Accounting Manager/Senior Accountant

• Managed the fiscal department with supervising the accounting coordinator and bursar associate with internal controls.

• Maintaining income reconciliation’s, special projects reconciliation’s, adjusting entries, interest/dividend income entries

including miscellaneous account reconciliation’s and processing bank reconciliation’s.

• Performed accounting services related to 4 million fiscal budget, monitored cash receipts, disbursements, accounts receivable

including general ledger analysis.

• Indirect allocations including preparations of State charitable registrations filing, project /program insurance

• Assisting the controller with annual audit, prepared financial statements and board reports.

The Fortune Society-New York, NY 03/07 – 03/08

Accounting Manager

• Managed the daily operations of accounting workflow, for proper internal controls with two staff accountants and an accounts

payable administrator.

• Assist Controller with month-end closing process, including preparation of accruals, prepaid and balance sheet items.

• Financial statements reports, analysis of revenue/expense variances for a 14 million budget.

• Reconcile cash receipts with development department fundraising software monthly; reconcile bank statements monthly; verify

ledger account analysis with requirement that connect to the annual audit and budget cycle.

• Human Resources support with assigned projects, which includes interpretation of payroll policies and procedures.

• Responsible for the timely preparation and review of budget/ financial vouchers and other financial reporting as required by

outside agencies, funding sources and other government entities reimbursements.

The Children’s Health Fund, New York, NY 06/05 – 01/07

Senior Staff Accountant & Assistant to the Controller

• Supervised the daily operations of accounting, accounts payable and receivables department.

• Process bi-weekly payroll; including recording payroll related journal entries; prepared daily cash receipts for depositing as well

as recording other related journal entries.

• Assist Controller with month-end closing process, including preparation of accruals, prepaid, receivables, balance sheet account

reconciliation, preparation of financial statements, and analysis of revenue/expense variances with working budget of 13 million.

• Reconcile cash receipts with development department fundraising software monthly; reconcile bank statements monthly; verify

and input budget data; updated budgets as needed; assisted in preparation of internal financial reports, including budget-to-actual reports;

prepare general ledger account analysis as required in connection with annual audit and with budget cycle.

• Prepare 1099s; serve as back up to the Controller with functions, processing cash disbursements – including auditing, coding,

reviewing and reporting as needed.

• Provided Human Resources (HR) support to assigned projects, regions and employees to include interpretation of HR policies

and procedures.

• Trained staff and sites on internal controls and general financial management policies and procedures.

Independent Consultant - New York, NY 10/01– 06/05

New York City Temple of Israel, Amnesty International., HB-Studio., World Conference of Religions for Peace., The

Children’s Health Fund, Kiwi Partners Inc., NYC Police Foundation, PNP, Teach for America, Big Brothers, Big Sisters of

NYC, Nautica Internationals, Worms Investment Co., Liberty International Underwriters, and Mionetto Wine Company.

• Served as a out sourced accounting and finance associate to above mention companies on a rotating bases ranging from Six

months to One year of consistent services; utilizing the following duties:

• Monitored expenditures against allocations to ensure funding did not exceed authorize levels.

• Maintained client fee schedules and generated invoice including sending, tracking payments.

• Prepared financial reports, audits, cost reports to ensure adherence to contractual obligations.

• Recorded disbursements, processed bank reconciliation's, journal entries, general ledgers and accounts receivables & payables

including annual statements preparations with working budget ranging from 2- 150 million.

• Assisted senior management teams with implementing policies and procedure including bookkeeping, Human Resources

benefits needs and payroll recording.

• Software used MS- word/ office, AS400; People soft, Quick Books Pro, Black baud Financial Edge, Fund-EZ, Peach tree, MIP,

Great Plains including Excel spreadsheets.

Plaza Associates Law Office Mitchell N. Kaye, New York, NY 10/00 - 10/02

Accounts Administrator

• Responsible for data from credit agreements, bank lending sources and loan promissory documents.

• Maintain consumer collections accounts dealing with bad debts on Retail, Banking, Auto, and Commercial Credit accounts.

• Negotiated, approved payments on delinquent accounts handled by Attorneys and third party clients.

• Processed accounts balances to be reconciled within month end, including preparing journal entries for adjusted accounts.

New York Hospital - Cornell Weil Medical College, New York, NY 08/97 - 10/00

Senior Accounts Representative

• Maintained billing, statistical reports, coordinated managed care applications and credentialing for physicians including journal

entries for adjusted accounts

• Implemented financial support resolutions to Patient Accounts billing and collections departments to ensure reimbursements

• Processed insurance claims edit statements including research, problem solving with client relations department.

• Prepared corrections for updates, account balances and coding, including payment recovery refund checks.

• Made collections agency referrals, including following-up with Insurance companies; Provider Relation department for proper

DRG, Per Diem schedules.

Education:

Nyack Seminary College of Business and Leadership, New York, NY - BS: Organizational Management, Minor Accounting

Fiscal Management Associates, LLC “CNAP” New York, NY – Certified Nonprofit Accounting Professional

The Career Learning Center - New York, NY - Certificate in Accounting & Bookkeeping,

Skills:

Windows: 2010/ Vista, XP, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, H.R Perspectives. Fund EZ, Black Baud Financial Edge, Sage-

MIP, Great Plains, Quick books, Data fractions, Elite, AS400, People Soft, IDX, Eagle, Omni Pro, Health Quest, GroupWise, Acrobat,

adobe, FEMA training including Notary Public.

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