Anthony Quiñones
Smyrna, GA 30080
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CAREER SUMMARY & SKILLS:
I am a dynamic financial operations leader who can make the tough decisions needed to increase profitability. What I can offer to your organization:
run financial operations that produces zero audit deficiencies
deliver meaningful operations budget and reduced expenditures
win the cooperation of department heads to eliminate overspending
implement strong financial controls and systems
eliminate backlogs to produce timely, accurate accounts payable (A/P) and accounts receivable (A/R) reporting
get the best performance out of staff and inspire them to reach their greatest potential
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Financial Controller – Insightpool, LLC, Atlanta, GA 2015
Ran the day to day operations of Finance department.
Instituted company-wide budget process to prepare and validate a $6 million annual operations budget in line with burn rate for startup with 8 departments.
Prepared monthly income statement, balance sheet and statement of cash flows.
Prepared monthly compliance certificate with deferred revenue schedule for bank.
Implemented best practices for financial management across the company.
Developed collections process to aggressively lower days sales outstanding (DSO).
Developed process to efficiently process employee commissions and reimbursements.
Managed accounts receivable and accounts payable.
Headed conversion of financial system from Quickbooks to FINSYNC.
Finance & Budget Analyst – Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York City 2004 – 2015
Critically examined, forecasted, prepared and validated a $15 million annual operations budget, develop capital expenditure plan and managed accounts receivables for 16 departments in New York, California and London.
Lowered the annual budget by $3 million. Mitigated deficit with implementation of a contingency budget.
Cut spending by 10% within one year with an organizational shift in accountability for budget planning.
Structured and prepared clear, correct, complete and concise reports for audits.
Contributed to 10 years of audits with zero deficiencies.
Restructured a failing reporting system to ensure informed decisions, eliminated backlogs with introduction of strong financial controls and systems, clear policies and procedures and a dashboard reporting system.
Produced more timely reports, reposition organization for additional funding with transition from a calendar year to a fiscal year.
Provided coverage for accounts payable.
Staff Accountant – Greater Philadelphia Church of Christ, Bala Cynwyd, PA 2002 – 2004
Managed a $1.25 million budget for Philadelphia and Harrisburg churches while supervising two full-time employees.
Cut annual spending by 15%.
Prevented deficiencies in the annual audit with development, implementation, policies and procedures and staff trainings in financial collections, general accounting procedures.
Oversaw accounts receivable and accounts payable for Philadelphia and Harrisburg churches.
Prepared monthly bank reconciliations and monthly closings for all accounts.
Assistant Business Manager – Hachette Filipacchi Magazines, New York City 1998 – 2001
Assisted in the development and measurement of the annual budget and business planning process including trend and variance analyses and cost control.
Provided monthly/quarterly/annual variance analyses of actuals versus budget forecasts.
Prepared and analyzed all aspects of monthly full financials and annual budgets for multiple magazines.
Reviewed monthly financials with publishers and proposed recommendations.
Reviewed advertising forecasts with advertising directors on a monthly basis.
Responsible for the maintenance and accuracy of the general ledger.
COMPUTER SKILLS:
Altru, QuickBooks, FINSYNC, Solomon/MS Dynamics SL, Sage 300/ACCPAC, Financial Edge, Raiser’s Edge, PeopleSoft, VISTA
EDUCATION:
Herbert H. Lehman College – City University of New York Bronx, New York B.S. Accounting
INTERESTS & ACTIVITIES:
Multiple Sclerosis Volunteer, AIDS Walk Volunteer, published author. Other interests include reading, writing, cooking, golf, working out.