C harles Jones

***** ******

Northville, M I ****8

acd08d@r.postjobfree.com

248-***-****

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY :

Dynamic and well-rounded executive with more than 15 years of success in leading

f inancial strategic operations by combining skills in financial management, leadership,

and operations analysis. As an executive team member, have supported/advised leadership

on technical financial support of business decisions. Demonstrated ability in innovating

p rocesses to stimulate revenue gains, cost reductions, and long term growth. Strong

business professional that fosters team cohesion with consistent success in financial

s tability and advancing broad-scale organizational goals.

QUALIFICATIONS :

Management

Strengthened employees and teams in Financial Analysis and Accounting departments.

Reduced annual employee turnover from 30% to 2% while increasing

workload by 400% with eased daily operations, accommodated rapid

business changes and shortened report production t imes.

Crit ical

T hinking

Innovatively identified measurements of controllable costs and quality improvement

from complex health care data.

Improved annual settlements by over $8M with increased physician fee

schedules of over $10M by innovatively negotiating new "limited" r isk

contracts.

Convinced top management of the importance of variance analysis between plan

s tatements versus internally produced statements caused by different accounting

applications used by negotiators.

T hese statements by line i tem in total dollars and per member per

month format were quickly valued as "vital" by top executives for

operational decisions.

Decision Making

Launched and purchased ERP/General Ledger software with integrated accounting

f unctions.

These software conversions allowed for improved f lexibili ty in handling

t wenty five companies with greater accuracy and efficiency.

Strategic Planning

Succeeded in increasing and diversifying the revenue streams.

Annual operating budget increased 600% in six years, while the

p rovider panel and covered lives increased 7% per year.

Project Management

Managed change from cash basis accounting to accrual accounting from the cost center

level to consolidated companies' levels.

Financial statements, company valuations and audits became much

more accurate with less volatility, while increasing clarity in concisely

focused presentations.

Prioritization

Excelled in budget and forecasting accuracy.

Actual to budget line i tem variance was below 2% over 99% of the t ime.

Charles Jones acd08d@r.postjobfree.com 248-***-****

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EXPERIENCE :

Controller/CFO

United Physicians - Bingham Farms, M I - August, 1998 to February, 2012

United Physicians is the largest physician organization in the state, consisting of over

2,000 physicians practicing in Southeast Michigan. United Physicians facilitates health

care cost, quality and efficiency at the physician, practice and hospital levels.

D irected all accounting and financial executive reporting with some human resources

f unctions. As co-chairman of the Finance Commit tee of the board and with day to day

accounting responsibilities, guaranteed accurate multiple financial reporting (internally

and to outside agencies, auditors, vendors and employees). Provided knowledgeable

leadership in detailed areas of regulations and accounting theory (i.e. financial analysis,

accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, cash f low, financial statements, account

reconciliation, reporting formats, variance analysis, budget and audit).

Corporate Controller

Horizon Health System - Southfield, M I - February, 1985 to May, 1998

Horizon Health System (HHS) is a not-for-profit hospital system in M ichigan with 15,000

employees and five hospitals in three states. Managed accounting, budget, payroll, audit,

t ax functions and financial consolidations of for-profit and not-for-profit businesses, the

parent company, physician practices, clinics, surgical center, building partnerships, home

care agency, group purchasing program, temporary staffing for respiratory therapy and in-

patient nursing.

Accounting Manager

Cook Family Foods, L td. - Hamtramck, M I - July, 1982 to February, 1985

Cook Family Foods, the tenth largest meat manufacturing/producer in the US in its second

year of operations in the ham processing business. Directly handled general ledger

activity in a standard process cost accounting environment with production of weekly

P rofit and Loss statements and variance analyses. Responsible for supervision of 10

p rofessionals with distinct accounting, collections and IT responsibilities.

EDUCATION :

Lawrence Technological University – Southfield, M I

Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Management- Accounting and Human Resources

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