Accountant

Alda Butler

615-***-****, Murfreesboro, TN, ***********@*****.***,

An experienced accountant with a demonstrated history of working in accounting/finance opportunities for various industries, including 20+ years of managerial responsibilities.

SKILLS:

Prepare Balance Sheet Reconciliations - Financial Reporting - Fixed Assets - Capitalization of Intangible Software Development – Prepare Schedules for Prepaid Expenses and Fixed Assets, etc. - Intercompany Transactions - ASC 842 Lease Accounting – ASC 606 Revenue Recognition - EBITDA Projections - GAAP Application - SOX Compliance - Internal Controls - Preparation of Policies, Processes, and Procedures Documents - Financial Analysis - Strategic Planning - Budget & Forecast Preparation - Preparing Variance Explanations for Actual vs. Budget/Forecast - Oversight and Management of Payroll - Well Written Communication - Excellent Attention to Detail - Problem Solving - Improving Teams and Processes More Efficiently - Highly Motivated Self-Starter -Well Organized - Strategize and Prioritize Efficiently

Pleasant and Effectively providing an Exceptional Customer Experience - Customer Relationship Management (CRM) – Consumer Packaged Goods Industry (CPG) – SaaS Industry – E-Commerce Industry

EXPERIENCE:

Feb 2024 – Sept 2025 indinero, Covina, CA, (Laid Off), Fractional Controller

(indinero provides Fractional Bookkeeping, Tax, CFO, & Controller Services Working 100% Remotely

Provide services to various industries using QuickBooks Online: SaaS, E-commerce, Consumer Goods & Retail, and Logistics Fulfillment.

Responsible for oversight of A/P, A/R, depreciation, prepaid expenses, deposits, accruals, revenue, payroll, the maintenance and management of accounting records, review workpapers, and month end close.

Provide support for annual audits, provide monthly financial reporting, and coordinating with the client’s leadership team to produce adequate reports for internal use, Board of Directors, and stakeholders.

Ensure US GAAP treatment where appropriate.

Manage monthly financial statements ensuring timely completion and sent to the client by deadline dates.

Prepare special reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.

Prepare consolidated financial statements and intercompany eliminating entries.

Work with client management to develop internal control guidelines, policies, and procedures.

Work with client management to track financial KPI’s.

Meet clients via Google Meet to review monthly financial activity and provide expertise and recommendations.

Prepare ASC 842 Leases JE’s, EBITDA Projections, Intangible Assets-Software Development capitalizations, prepare loan amortization schedules, and other Special Projects

Feb 2022 – Aug 2023 Pilot.com, San Francisco, CA & Nashville, TN Fractional Controller Services Manager

(Pilot provides Fractional Bookkeeping, Tax, R&D, CFO, AP/AR, & Controller Services) Working 100% Remotely

As a Fractional Controller, I was a dedicated point of contact for my customers’.

Deliver specialized services to 50+ assigned customers from various industries: SaaS, Technology, E-commerce, Healthcare, Consumer Goods & Retail, and Media/Entertainment.

Review customers’ monthly financials, that are prepared by the bookkeeping team, and provide action item changes, best practice recommendations, training, and support for the Sr. Bookkeeping Account Manager.

Meet customers via Zoom to leverage expertise and recommend process improvements to obtain the most accurate financial statements.

Provide the customer best practices and GAAP recommendations, recommend COA edits, explain categorization methodologies and the importance of Source of Truth support.

Work closely with other internal services to provide cohesive customer experience.

Make edits to clients’ QuickBooks Online and ongoing course of business transactions.

Prepare ASC 842 Leases instructions/JE’s for applicable customer leases, EBITDA Projections, Intangible Assets-Software Development capitalizations, prepare loan amortization schedules, and other Special Projects.

April 2021 – Feb 2022 LBMC, Robert Half, and Vaco Staffing, Nashville, TN Interim opportunities, following relocation; after returning to the Nashville, TN area.

April 2021 – Sept 2021 LBMC- DES-CASE CORP. TN, Manufacturing Interim Cost Accountant

Supply Chain: Cost accounts review and analysis, with monthly adjustments for inventory, physical inventory reserve, obsolescence reserve, and standard cost roll reserve.

Cash Management: Update cash activity on a daily basis and adjust the cash forecast, and monthly reconciliation.

Fixed Assets: Receive CAR’s and assist with the ROI if needed. Track capital spending, comparing to budget, and provide monthly detail of activity. Maintain fixed assets in JD Edwards software.

Concur Administration month-end reporting for many employees with company credit cards.

Prepare KPI monthly dashboards. Month-end close responsibilities, including but not limited to, entering journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, maintaining schedules and formatting excel reports in preparation for Board presentation, power point slides. Additionally, complete special projects assigned by the CFO.

July 2019 – March 2020 NIX HEALTH SYSTEMS, San Antonio, TX Interim Controller

Employer: Health Care Transformations, (HCT)

250+ for profit hospital with four additional entities. Contract position during closure of organization.

Continuance of due diligence research and reporting for potential buyers; and cashflow forecast.

Responsible for impairment and discontinuing services to permanently close out the accounting and finance departments.

Provide leadership to other departments and participating in the organization of equipment sales, equipment and inventory transfers, notification to employees, vendors, and working under continuous change of direction from corporate executives. Also following GAAP requirements in my leadership role and Financial Modeling.

Hands on balance sheet account reconciliations, most accounts had not been reconciled in 18 months.

Gathered extensive data from multiple resources and databases to prepare monthly financial deliverables to meet deadlines. Analyze KPI’s and provide to the corporate office. Data Mining, Data Optimization in preparing Dashboards, on a monthly basis.

Month-end close, closing months in MS4 software for all accounting modules, and approve all journal entries, reconciliations, payroll related requests, accounts payable, and other accounting related items prepared by team.

Oversee daily cash, payroll, fixed assets, inventory, accounts payable, and general ledger transactions.

Management- Direct: 2 Sr. Accountants, 2 Staff Accountants, 1 A/P-Payroll Manager, and 2 Data Service Analysts. Indirectly: 1 Accounts Payable Clerk, 1 Sr. A/P clerk, and1 Payroll Clerk.

Maintained a positive morale during many unknown possibilities for employees.

Sept 2017 - Oct 2018 FOUR RIVERS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, (FQHC) Rolla, MO Controller

Clinic Provides Medical & Dental Service’s:

Prepare and/or approve financial and capital budgets, audits, accounting, accounts receivable, accounts payable, cash flow, payroll, purchasing, long-range forecasting, and insurance activities for the organization.

Prepare financial information for federal and state grant applications and required quarterly and annual reporting. Analyze program objectives and prepare procedures to obtain requirements.

Evaluate the organization's financial position and issue periodic reports on the organization's financial stability, liquidity, and growth. Lead annual negotiation for company health insurance coverage, and implement.

Maintain Fixed Assets and reconciliation of cash account.

Develop and implemented financial policies and procedures and ensures compliance.

Assures implementation of internal controls and generally accepted accounting procedures accounting (GAAP).

Promote further education, review and update fiscal, and human resources policies.

Provide information for external financial audit, 990, Cost Report, UDS, and other HRSA reporting requirements.

Interacts with medical, dental and behavioral health management staff in developing the strategic plan and its financial planning component. Supervise Accounting staff.

Calculate multiple statistics for evaluating the performance of the organization.

Feb 2016 - Aug 2016 VANDERBILT UNIV. MEDICAL CENTER, Nashville, TN Sr. Financial Manager,

Clinical Revenue & Reimbursement (Married and Relocated to MO)

Provide financial support with reporting responsibility to the Director of Finance and monitor fiscal performance of the operations and financial reporting quality for the assigned areas.

Gather financial and statistical data for annual Revenue Budget with respect to the executive presentation for multiple facilities. (This is a 2-3 month process extracting data from Tableau and other platforms). The extracted data, typically exceeding 400,000 rows of data, and require extensive Excel activity to prepare for Power Point presentation slides.) Initiated Financial Modeling for new projects frequently, providing Data Aggregation, Data Mining, Textural Analysis, Data Optimization, and Data Visualization for Dashboards, are part of the daily responsibilities.

Utilize multiple sources of data to analyze and resolve complex problems. Continuous analytics and reporting, which include updating metrics and dashboards, also providing KPI’s to multiple departments.

Prepare month-end revenue reconciliation reports and applied GAAP requirements.

Gather financial and statistical data for 990, Footnotes and JAR annual reports.

Assist with annual goodwill impairment assessment.

Report significant variances to operations leadership and appropriate finance and executive leadership.

Provide advice and direction in the development of objective business plans for clinical programs.

Provide leadership to the financial support team in developing processes for monitoring quality, customer satisfaction, and financial performance goals against the established benchmarks.

Aug 2013 - May 2015 MINERAL AREA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, Farmington, MO Controller

127 bed, for-profit facility (Hospital CLOSED) Acute and In/Outpatient Behavioral Health

Supervise 2 direct reports, coordinate and establish priorities and direct activities of the general accounting, payroll and accounts payable staff which included, but not limited to, month-end close. Review KPI’s daily and react accordingly.

Prepare, review, interpret and analyze financial and statistical data. Provide variance explanations, approve vendor invoices and process Intercompany and Intracompany transactions. Prepare all cash reconciliations as well as other balance sheet reconciliations. Followed GAAP in all areas of our accounting department.

Prepare and provide cumulative data, monthly, quarterly and year end close reports for the corporate executives, external and internal auditors. Additionally, review, prepare and provide results and documentation for the SOX audit. Keep abreast of regulations and accounting standards to ensure compliance with orders or directives issued by duly constituted governmental/regulatory agencies. Audited by Joint Commission, with positive results.

Set short and long-term objectives which maximize system effectiveness utilizing available resources.

Responsible for maintaining fixed asset reporting and assist with semi-annual physical inventory.

Assist Chief Financial Officer and other executive members in the analysis, development and implementation of improvements within the financial operations of the organization.

Review financial performance for all revenue generating departments, and meeting with directors to analyze potential changes to increase revenue and decrease expenses.

Provide staff evaluations, guidance and encourage ongoing training and education.

Feb 2009–Feb 2013 QUORUM HEALTH RESOURCES (QHR), Franklin, TN Regional Financial Analyst

Assist AVP in the monitoring of 16+ client hospital financial performances including review and analysis of monthly financial statements, annual hospital budgets, and monthly QHR key indicator reports and rankings.

Monitor hospital progress with implementation of performance improvement initiatives, income statement and balance sheet items including accounts receivable, bad debts, and contractual allowances. Identify and research unusual changes.

Supports the VP and AVP in hospital Monthly Operational Reviews (MOR) through the preparation and review of analyses as well as participation on the MOR call.

Assist the VP and AVP in the support and follow-through of QHR consulting resources for the hospital. Assists AVP in review and analysis of hospital vendor contracts, major capital expenditures, and capital project investment feasibility analyses.

Support AVP in implementation and compliance with QHR Customer Services/Retention Toolkit (CS/RT) including, but not limited to, completion of Financial Operations Reviews (FORs) on an annual basis and review of Audit Representation and Audit Management letters, as well as the audited financial statements and notes.

Assists AVP with tracking and monitoring of QHR initiatives and with financial management activities including: Monthly financial review of assigned contracts, including preparation of required variance reports; investigation and resolution of questionable revenue or expense charges; monitoring of consulting service charges to ensure proper assignment to contract and reasonableness relative to original plan estimate; tracking of budget-to-actual relative to consulting, travel, and other expenses; preparation of periodic financial projections and development of components of annual QHR budget.

Preparing budgets and participating in executive reviews for approval.

Assists VP, as requested, with financial reporting matters. Develop periodic benchmark performance reports, including internal QHR comparisons and external industry comparisons utilizing industry benchmark databases. Track overall hospital compliance, participation, and utilization of required QHR databases (HIPAA, Compliance, etc.). Monitor and investigate periodic HPG Purchasing Compliance reports. Interact with QHR Value Added Services associates and hospitals as needed to investigate compliance matters.

July 2006-Feb 2009 ROBERT HALF INTERNATIONAL, Nashville, TN Salaried Financial Consultant

Worked as a permanent, full-time consultant for various clients.

Hennessey Industries, Inc.: Cost Accountant for Manufacturing Company

Performed SOX testing for the Inventory Management area (Product Costing, Mgmt. of Inventory Activity & Physical Inventory, Excess & Obsolete,) and all Payroll areas of testing and included documentation of findings. Prepared monthly analysis reports for Direct/Indirect Labor, Excess & Obsolete Reserve Calculation, Production Price Variance, Scrap Lead Analysis, and various reconciliations related to production.

CIGNA Government Services: Accounting Sr. Specialist (Manager) Responsibilities

Problem-solving and decision-making responsibilities on a daily basis. Supervised four accountants.

Manage Month-End Close and ensure strict deadlines are met by the Finance team. Provide various reports to the Sr. Finance Director which is used for business development and to ensure compliance.

Brookdale Senior Living: Senior Financial Analyst

Final process for Great Plains to PeopleSoft accounting software conversion.

Worked with a team to ensure all Balance Sheet and Income Statement accounts converted for 200+ facilities. Month End Close responsibilities.

Big Time Toys: Accounting Manager for an international manufacturer/distributing company

Processed payroll, responsible for all human resources needs, health insurance, 401-K.

Implemented COBRA and insured proper management of this federally governed program.

Reconciled operating checking account. Month End Close duties. Prepared daily deposit review and make decisions for daily banking in the Controller’s absence. Approve Accounts Payable invoices and analyzed extensively the international invoices for inventory. Prepare annual reports: Personal Property, Business Tax (city & county) and TN annual report. Update Fixed Assets, prepare monthly accumulated depreciation and make appropriate entries.

July 2004–July 2006 UNITED METHODIST PUBLISHING HOUSE, Nashville, TN Gen. Ledger Accounting Mgr.

Daily management and supervision of the General Ledger system including work assignments of 4 Sr. Accounting team members and that they provided management with accurate and timely accounting information for monitoring and improving operating performance for conducting corporate financial planning and analysis.

Ensure proper accounting records are maintained for assets, liabilities and operating transactions.

Ensure transactions are properly classified, accurate and reflect operating results in terms of cost, budgets, forecast and policies of operation in accordance with GAAP.

Annual budget preparation for all departments and present to executive team.

Conducted corporate treasury management planning and analysis, manages controls for inventory and cost accumulation for all products sold.

Supervised, implemented and administered annual budget process.

Developed, tested and implemented effective and efficient processes and reports to provide executive management, regulatory bodies and external auditors with accurate, timely financial information.

Coordinated and assisted Internal Compliance with the annual external audit activities.

Approved sales, use, franchise, property, business income, and excise tax preparation.

EDUCATION:

Graduate: 2013 - Strayer University, Nashville, TN, GPA 3.9, Master of Health Service Admin.

Undergraduate: 1989 -Belmont University, Nashville, TN, Bachelor of Business Admin. Accounting Major

SOFTWARE: Microsoft Excel, QuickBooks Online, Word, Teams, Access, and Power Point, Google Sheets/Meet, Oracle Hyperion, JD Edwards, Zulip, Front, Zuora, ClickUp, Airtable, Cerner Kronos, HMS/AS400, HOST, SQL, Productivity Plus, Crowe Horwath Revenue Cycle Analytics, Axiom, QMIRS, Salesforce, nVision, Cognos Reporting, Crystal Reporting, Epic, Tableau, Allscripts, Sage FAS Fixed Assets. Many platforms used by clients such as: Bill.com, Divvy, Amazon, Stripe, Shopify, Square, Cin7, DEAR, Deel, ChargeBee, Hubspot, Ramp, Gusto, Justworks, Rippling, ADP, TriNet, Paychex, Carta, Pulley, Shareworks

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