Eileen Lin, CPA & MBA

**** ******** **, ***********, **, 32309 Cell phone: 310-***-**** Email: adqxj8@r.postjobfree.com

Experienced Financial Leader (CPA) with over 11 years’ experience on auditing, general accounting, financial reporting, and process improvement

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION

Certified Public Accountant (CPA) 2011

UCLA, Los Angeles, CA Awards in Accounting Program 2008

Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA Master of Business Administration (MBA) Concentration in Finance 2006

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Chief of Finance and Accounting Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration Tallahassee, FL 03/2021-Present

-Florida State Government agency manages 28 billion Florida Medicaid Program, licensures and regulation of Florida’s health facilities

Provide leadership, manage a team of 40 people and direct day-to-day financial service operations including recruiting, performance evaluation, financial and human resource management

Oversee budget, revenue, disbursement and financial reporting units

Oversee AR, AP, federal draw, monthly close, accounts reconciliations, monthly and annual financial statements

Review federal and state financial and grant reporting, cost allocation plan, SEFA report, various financial reports, financial analysis and financial forecasts schedules

Direct annual operating budgets, monthly spend plan & rate reports, budget amendments, budget vs actual variance analysis

Review agency’s travel manual and PCard Plan and approve purchase order and contracts

Act as liaison with internal and external auditors, review all audit responses before sending out to the auditors and oversee corrective actions in response to audit findings/recommendations

Develop and review financial services policies and procedures and implement internal control and direct process improvements

Lead ERP accounting system implementation and work close with all levels of employees, upper management, division executives, human resources, IT department and external consulting firms

Financial Administrator Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration Tallahassee, FL 03/2018-03/2021

Reported to Chief of Medicaid Finance, manage financial monitoring unit and oversaw financial performance of statewide 18 managed care health plans (United Healthcare, Centene, WellCare, Aetna, Humana, Molina, etc.)

Provided leadership, accounting technical training, recruitment and performance evaluation to finance employees

Managed contracts and Led process improvement, internal control and established and revised procedures to ensure compliance with federal laws, state statutes and rules

Made sure health plan’s financial performance is compliance with state and federal requirements and oversaw quarterly and annually regulatory financial reporting of statewide health plans, ensure the reporting is compliance with GAAP, Statutory accounting and Florida Statues and provided accounting technical training to health plan’s CFO and financial executives

Reviewed health plan’s trial balance, balance sheet accounts reconciliations, statement of cash flow, financial statement variance analysis and various financial, data and trend analysis reports

Managed health plan’s s account receivable, payments, tax reimbursement, reviewed financial statement projections and oversaw CMS plan’s budget amendments and budget vs actual analysis (settle to expenses)

Worked close with internal auditors and external CPA firm partners for annual audits, provide needed information and schedules and gave guidance to CPA firms for the new regulations and financial reporting requirements

Produced various statewide financial reports and presented statewide managed care plans’ financial overview to steering committee meeting

Worked closely with financial services, actuary services, Milliman, plan management and Medicaid policy and acted as primary contact with federal and state government agencies concerning health plan’s financial matters and annual audit

Certified Public Accountant Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare Inc. Tallahassee, FL 03/2017-03/2018

Reported to controller and prepared monthly and quarterly Tallahassee memorial healthcare Inc. and Subsidiaries’ consolidated financial statements including balance sheets, income statements, statements of net assets and statements of cash flow

Prepared monthly and quarterly financial package to board of directors including statistic summary reports, monthly flash report, and consolidated financial statements and quarterly regulatory reports such as footnotes disclosure and MD&A

Managed monthly close, reviewed journal entries and monthly account reconciliations and provided training to accountants

Managed budgets, prepared tax forms and assisted pension and interim audit.

Led annual audit and reviewed footnotes disclosure schedules and supporting documents provided by accountants

Regional Financial Supervisor Gannett, Inc. Tallahassee -a Fortune 500 company 02/2016-10/2016

Managed accounting operations of US south regions, provided leadership, training and led monthly close process, financial reporting, and human resources

Oversaw a wide variety of general accounting functions across south region’ sites including preparation, reviewing and approval of journal entries, account reconciliations, month-end closing processes and ensured all general accounting tasks are completed timely, efficiently, accurately and in compliance with organizational and governmental policies and procedures

Reviewed financial statements, variances report for income statement and balance sheets and various financial analysis reports

Managed budget, Approved payroll, accounts payable, cash receipts, inventory, fixed assets and capital expenditures

Led company’s Sarbanes Oxley internal control documentation for different accounting cycles, made sure the internal controls have been implemented correctly and gave recommendations to the management for future improvement

Accounting Manager Retrophin, Inc. New York- A public traded pharmaceutical company 02/ 2014-04/2015

Reported to controller and produced consolidated financial statements (balance sheet, income statement, statement of cash flow, equity statement) in accordance with GAAP

Prepared 10K, 10Q (footnotes and MD&A) and 8K SEC financial reporting filling and provided support for the quarterly earnings release

Managed monthly end close, managed AR, AP, bank reconciliations, balance sheet account reconciliations, and ensuring all necessary entries are processed

Conducted accounting research, wrote accounting memo for complex accounting issues and worked close with external auditors

Managed budget, detailed analytical review of various sections of income statement and balance sheet and provide explanations for significant variances

Assisted with ERP system implementation and ensure compliance with the accounting policies and internal control procedures

Senior Auditor Ernst & Young New York -The third largest professional services firm 01/ 2013-02/2014

Led financial statement audits of public and private companies in energy, retail and manufacturing industries, which includes planning and designing audit approach based on risk assessment of significant accounts, executing audit procedures, and finalizing audit engagements, while adhering to planned engagement timelines and deadlines

Served as the lead senior on audits with teams of up to 7 members, on clients with up to $11 billion in revenues

Reviewed and audited consolidated financial statements in accordance with US GAAP for public and non-public companies, including consolidated SEC Forms 10K and 10Q

Prepared technical memorandums on complex audit area by performing research on FASB/ASC pronouncements on accounting issues that involve heavy judgment and estimates

Performed substantive testing and fraud procedures around financial statement accounts, such as revenue, accounts receivable, inventory, fixed assets, expenses, deferred revenue, long lived assets impairment, debt and early buy out and leverage lease

Senior Auditor Marcum LLP SEC Assurance Services New York- A national CPA firm 10/2011-01/2013

In charge of audit for public companies in healthcare and Software development industries; budgets by audit area, scheduling, preliminary and final analytical reviews, risk identification, preparation of audit program, SOX 404, walkthrough/ testing of controls, planning, checklists, and financial statements with disclosures

Provided training to staff and senior auditors, performed integrated audits of financial statements, supporting schedules and footnote disclosures in Annual Reports, Forms 10K and 10Q in conformity with SEC regulations

Performed quality audit reviews on consolidated financial statements and complex accounting issues, including transactions related to revenue recognition for multiple element arrangements, acquisition, derivative liability and equity

Senior Auditor Kabani & Company, Inc. Los Angeles -A CPA firm with specialty in SEC Auditing 03/ 2009-10/2011

Planned and performed financial and SOX audits for both domestic and international publicly traded companies

Prepared/Reviewed work papers, consolidated financial statements and 10Q and 10K SEC filling

Trained staff auditor, assessed the design and effectiveness of internal controls through interviews, review of documents and re-performance of tasks; presented audit findings to senior managers.

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