Manager Management
Resume:
JOSH A. BRESLER, MBA
Lakeland, Florida 33803
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BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
BUDGET / FINANCE / ACCOUNTING
Strategic Analysis * Financial Administration * Budget Analysis /Presentation
Resourceful, innovative professional with over 20 years Financial and Operations Management experience,
primarily within educational and non-profit environments. Held P&L responsibilities. Expertise in initiating
policies and programs that boost efficiency and productivity while enhancing organizational recognition and
funding. A Hands-on Manager with proven skills in analysis, research, budgeting, development, strategic
planning, troubleshooting, modeling and improvement of operations through policies that promote a team-
based work atmosphere, creative thinking, and a positive effect on the organizational bottom line.
SELECTED RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Managed all aspects of an organizational function including development of business plans, recruitment, hiring
and training of staff, budgeting, P&L, scheduling work and activities, establishing policies and procedures,
procurement of supplies, capital budgeting, performance evaluations, and motivation of employees.
• Direct, hands-on creation of processes for financial and budgetary infrastructure of a new organization and
initiated a detailed fiscal year budget in minimal time.
• Enhanced understanding and financial accountability within organization’s budgeting process by decentralizing
accounting to the individual departments. More autonomy and greater transparency was the direct result of such
a change, leading to better prioritization and financial strategies.
• Enhanced understanding of financial principles through development of a comprehensive training program for
professors, administrative and support staff. Created curricula, handouts and delivered lecture, small group and
one-on-one instruction in budgetary procedural requirements related to expenditures, travel, purchasing,
reimbursement, and general operating activities.
• Increased the research opportunities and funding dollars available by putting in place a formalized structure for
tracking such projects. Coordinated with the institution to align with protocol needed for maintenance of
compliance and reporting.
• Led the financial considerations needed within a strategic plan to transition a regional campus into a polytechnic
institute. Information presented resulted in the formation of the mission statement and goals of USF Polytechnic.
• Successfully expanded programs, offerings, faculty, support staff, and facilities by submitting legislative budget
proposals and a modeled funding narrative to justify the needed monies. These requests led to the funding of
several legislative priorities.
• Improved employee morale through promotion of a team-based work atmosphere. Provided assignments of
increased responsibility along with opportunities for additional training and performance incentives that
encouraged a sense of ownership in the overall operation.
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• Improved communications and consistency between the regional location and organization as a whole. Partnered
with location peers to align our financial structure with the organization, enhance organization process references
through shared resources such as COMPASS, a policies and procedural website, and align additional organization
training with departments to include location specific requirements.
• Improved consistency and accountability between the regional location and organization as a whole to recognize
and align organization resources while developing a distributive resource allocation policy.
• Lowered risks for the organization when projects are funded from outside agencies and foundations. Put in place
standards that would align the project within research structures to address additional expenditures and provide
better project reporting and compliance oversight.
• Managed the security access of the organization’s information technology system in relation to financial,
procurement, and payroll data. Established standard operating procedures for staff on access to system and
trained on its use.
• Annually collected, developed and coordinated narratives for additional funding requests to be submitted to the
State of Florida for the next fiscal year. Successfully received the needed funding for operating resources to
meet current and future requirements year after year.
EXPERIENCE
Florida Polytechnic University
Executive Director, University Budgets and Finance 2013- present
University of South Florida Polytechnic
Executive Director, Finance and Administration 2009 –2012
University of South Florida
Acting Assistant Vice-President for Finance and Administration, Lakeland 2007 –2009
Director of Business, Financial, and Auxiliary Services 1999 –2007
Accountant - Administrative Services 1991 - 1999
Koenig Artist Supplies, Inc. 1988 - 1989
Assistant Retail Manager, Sales Associate
EDUCATION / PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
MBA, University of South Florida 1999
• Finance • Management Information Systems
• Advanced Financial Management • Government and Business
• Managing Politics, Culture, and Conflict • International Business
BBA, University of North Florida 1990
AA, University of Florida 1987
College Business Management Institute,
Southern Association of College and University Business Officers (SACUBO) 2003
Additional coursework in Time Management, Conflict Resolution, Team Building, Safety, Motivation, Sexual
Harassment, Diversity, Negotiations, Budgeting, Higher Education Finance, Organization Theory and Practice,
Leadership, P&L, Management and Presentations.
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
PeopleSoft- Enterprise Management System (HR, Financials), SAMAS/RAMAS (State reporting systems), MS Office
2010 and 2013 (Excel, Word, Access, Powerpoint, Outlook)
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