Highly accomplished, results driven accounting and financial management executive with more than 20+ years of progressive experience in finance, operations, revenue cycle and reimbursement. Offering an array of skills in cash flow forecasting, budgetary planning, productivity metrics analysis, team management, written and verbal communication, accounting, insurance policies, cross-functional collaboration, reporting and stakeholder engagement. Proven ability to utilize decisive leadership of multi-million-dollar entities with large workforces and multiple locations. Demonstrated ability to improve operations, impact business growth and maximizing profits through achievements in finance management, cost reductions, internal controls, and productivity/efficiency improvements.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Michigan Community VNA – Bingham Farms, MI August 2019 –

Controller

•Responsible for multiple locations gross annual revenue of $10 million.

•Direct company finance and accounting team, GL, AP, AR, reimbursement, and payroll (4 direct reports)

•Prepare and process periodic financial statements. Analysis financials against actual, historical, budget, and forecast data.

•Prepare month end close financial portfolio, and present to CFO and executive leadership

•Cash flow management, reconciling bank statement and credit card statements

•Maintain fix Assets and prepaid schedules

•Daily operations meeting with managers and executive leadership

•Cost containment

•Budget preparation and forecasting with CFO input

•Preparation for internal/external audits and annual tax preparation

•Oversight of financial activity which includes validating revenue and expenditures, reconciling balance sheet and other cash accounts, maintain balance sheet schedules, Prepare other statistical financial reports monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting, dashboard reports, ad hoc, bench marking.

•Extensive interaction with Executive team and Management

•Recruitment, training, development, evaluations, recommendations, and grievances.

PHCM- Bingham Farms, MI October 2017 – January 2019

Director of Finance and Accounting

•Responsible for financials for 14 facilities and corporate office, monthly gross revenue combined of $280 Million.

•Oversight of multiple facilities, Business office Managers, Corporate Accountants, GL, AP, AR, reimbursement, payroll, administrative staff, and support director of operations. (27 direct reports)

•Prepare and process periodic financial statements. Analysis financials against actual, historical, budget, and forecast data.

•Prepare month end close financial portfolio, and present to CFO and executive leadership

•Cash flow management, reconciling bank statement and credit card statements

•Maintain Fix Assets and prepaid schedules

•Daily operations meeting with management and executive leadership

•Budget preparation and forecasting

•Preparation for internal/external audits and annual tax preparation

•Responsible for maintaining schedules for balance sheet accounts, prepaid depreciation, fixed assets and prepaids.

•Responsible for implementation of policies and procedures teaching and educating.

•Weekly management meetings regarding case load and FTE’s and reimbursement.

•Other responsibilities include budget preparation and implementation, monthly Ops calls with multiple facilities, daily dashboard reports, preparation for internal/external audits and annual tax returns. Cost report preparation and external banking required reports.

•Recruitment, training, development, evaluations, recommendation, hearing, and grievances.

Accomplishments:

Led the redesign planning and forecasting processes, including development of operating plans and budget forecasts, to meet the needs of operation.

Increased net revenue across all facilities by 20% increasing census by payer mix and marketing

Decrease expenses by 25% and by developing cost controls with multiple facilities implementing spenddown a budget, FTE’s based on PPD with facility director of operations.

Realizing pick up in EBITA by properly classing capital expenditures to depreciation schedules and prepaid accounts

Havenwyck Hospital-UHS – Auburn Hills, MI September 2016 – October 2017

Controller

• +Managed financial for single hospital gross annual revenue $180+ million operating IP and OP.

•Adopted into CFO in training program, oversight of AP, payroll, AR, Medical Billing Reimbursement for Medicare, Medicaid and third-party insurance and business office manager. (6 direct reports)

•Daily operations meeting with management and executive leadership

•Weekly operations meetings with department managers, case management, admissions, business office, medical records, and CFO to resolve denial claims.

•Assisted CFO in preparation of budget, prepared trend analysis reports and research.

•Prepared detailed analyses of financial statements and analyze variances in income, expenditures, and capital assets values from actual, budgeted, and historical trends.

•Prepared journal entries, closing journal entries, cash flow management, FTE reports, validated IP/OP revenue and expenses, validated AP, reconciled bank statements, reconciled credit card statements, depreciation and prepaid accounts, monthly financial schedules, prepared financial portfolio, monitored FTE’s analysis by department budget, review physician billing and contract review

•Frequent travels out of state to support district office in absence of senior accountants and Controller.

•Oversight of supply chain manager and performed semi-annual inventory audits.

•Recruitment, training, development, evaluations, recommendation, hearing, and grievances

Accomplishments:

Recipient of Heart Award within 3 months of employment.

Decreased Bad Debt rolling by 25% by implementing more aggressive collections process at discharge; worked with Nurse Management team implementing discharge process.

Completed mentorship program with environmental, dietary, and clinical and department heads in hospital.

Premier Health Care Management – Bloomfield Hills, MI September 2009 - September 2016

Controller

•Responsible for single location gross annual revenue of $8.5 million

•Oversight of finance and accounting team which included 14 direct reports: Business Office Manager, Admission Manager, GL, AP, AR, Reimbursement for Medicare, Medicaid and third-party insurance payroll and administrative staff.

•Prepare and process periodic financial statements. Analysis financials against actual, historical, budget, and forecast data.

•Prepare month end close financial portfolio, and present to executive leadership

•Cash flow management, reconciling bank statement and credit card statements

•Maintain Fix Assets and prepaid schedules

•Prepared journal entries and closing entries, cash flow management, validating revenue and expenses, external banking reports, cost report preparation. Other statistical trend reporting and financial reports and analysis, weekly FTE reports and daily operations meeting, internal and external audits.

•Recruitment, training, development, evaluations, recommendation, hearing, and grievances.

Accomplishments:

Increased cash reimbursement goals by 35% and reduced bad debt by setting up collection tools with all insurance payers and establishing relationship with external debt agencies.

Instrumental in structuring cost containment tools for large expenditures to decrease expenses and properly class asset on financials, implanted departmental spenddown tools based on projected budget. Enforced protocols for capital expenditures with facility managers.

Ciena Health Care Management – Southfield, MI June 2006 – September 2009

Corporate Biller/AR Manager

•Corporate claims processor responsible for multiple facilities, billing Medicare, Medicaid, and other third-party insurance.

•Claim tracking aged account securing collection ability, establishing relationships with facilities and external relations regarding collections, and bad debt management.

•Responsible for collaborating with Business office manager on obtaining reimbursement for private insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, and third-party insurance.

•Monitored bad debt, receivable and AR month end close process, ancillary entries, and file maintenance.

Accomplishments:

Business Office manager promoted to corporate office after 18 months of employment.

Decreased bad debt to only 15% uncollectable by monitoring of aged accounts and submission of clean and timely insurance claims in all parties Medicare, Medicaid, other insurance and third parties.

OTHER WORK HISTORY

1997-2006 - Business Office Manager – Health Care Industry

1989-1997 – Staff Accountant - Law Industry

EDUCATION

University of Phoenix, Southfield, MI campus

MBA – Business Administration

BS - Accounting

CORE COMPETENCIES INCLUDE:

Multiple facilities Management

Financial Statement Preparation

SOX Reporting

SQL Reports

SRC Software

Executive Management

Contract Negotiation

Risk Management

Oracle – PeopleSoft - SAP

Ad Hoc / Hyperion

AR, GL, AP Payroll

Cash Management

Knowledge of GAAP AND financial market

Budgeting & Strategic Planning

Hands on Leadership

Revenue Cycle Management

V lookup and Pivot tables

Process Development/Improvement

Cost Containment

Profession in Microsoft (Excel, Power Point and Word)

QuickBooks

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