Financial

JEFFREY S. RIESENBACH

**** ***** **** **. • Penn Valley, PA 19072

************@*****.***

SUMMARY

Versatile professional with considerable operating and consulting experience in small to mid-size businesses, in stages from start-up to wind-down. Background also includes positions in the management consulting groups of two large accounting firms. Industry experience includes financial services, healthcare, information systems, insurance, and others.

PROFILE

Operating experience includes accounting, finance, administration, human resources, payroll, employee benefits, information technology, legal, insurance, facilities, and other areas.

Adaptive learner; intellectually curious; understand complex matters even when outside direct areas of expertise.

Dependable, with a reputation for high level of integrity, trust, and discretion, as evidenced by offers of employment on multiple occasions from former employers involved in new ventures.

Outstanding writing skills; extensive experience with legal documents and legal matters; skilled at business/internet research.

Wind-down experience includes history of calmly managing entities with waning available resources and changing priorities.

Comfortable with technology; experience providing support for Microsoft Word and Excel, QuickBooks, and related products to administrative staff, as well as performing basic system troubleshooting.

Passed FINRA Series 7, 63, and 24 exams (inactive).

EXPERIENCE

DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & HUMAN RESOURCES 2024 - 2025

Philadelphia Film Society

Producer of the Philadelphia Film Festival; Operator of the Film Society Center, Film Society Bourse, and Film Society East theaters.

Managed all accounts, ledgers, and reporting; maintained internal controls; managed expenditures.

Updated and implemented business policies and accounting practices.

Main point of contact with outsourced accounting/bookkeeping firm.

Coordinated and led the annual audit process, liaising with external auditors.

Handled banking and vendor relationships.

Administered human resource programs, including compensation, benefits (including COBRA), leave, disciplinary matters, disputes and investigations, performance management, reviews, and coordination of hiring and terminations.

ASSESSMENT AUTHOR & REVIEWER IN ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE 2023 - 2024

Ansrsource, Remote

Created and peer reviewed materials for higher education and adult learners as a subject matter expert.

BUSINESS CONSULTANT

CONSULTANT; Caregiver 2013-2023

Self-employed, Penn Valley, PA.

Completed consulting projects during this period; also provided full-time care to a family member.

Completed consulting projects for a local small business broker.

Performed pro bono consulting projects for a nonprofit arts organization, resulting in cost savings in both financial operations and capital expenditures.

Provided family office-type services to a former employer.

Earned certificates in information systems courses given by Google on Coursera.

CONTROLLER / CONSULTANT 2011-2013

NJC Holdings, LLC, Philadelphia, PA

Retail chain with stores in NY, NJ, and PA selling women’s specialty clothing. Hired on an interim basis by a former employer who had purchased the company.

Overall responsibility for administrative and financial operations, both in-house and outsourced, including accounting, human resources, benefits, information technology, legal, insurance, and similar areas.

Implemented procedures and systems necessary to consolidate store back-office operations in temporary corporate office in Philadelphia; functioned as interim CFO until corporate office was moved to Manhattan.

CLIENT CONTROLLER / CONSULTANT 2009-2011

Your Part-Time Controller, LLC, Philadelphia, PA

Company furnishes long-term outsourced accounting services, primarily to nonprofit organizations.

Provided-on-site controller and related services to multiple clients, including museums, organizations supplying services to the disabled, independent private schools, and others.

SENIOR MANAGER, BUSINESS REORGANIZATION GROUP 2002-2008

Parente Randolph, CPAs, Philadelphia, PA [Now part of Baker Tilly]

Large regional accounting and consulting firm.

Provided claims administration, wind-down, turnaround, and bankruptcy consulting services to various businesses.

EDUCATION

GOIZUETA BUSINESS SCHOOL, EMORY UNIVERSITY, Atlanta, GA

Master of Business Administration; Concentrations in Accounting and Finance

THE WHARTON SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia, PA

Bachelor of Science in Economics; Concentration in Healthcare Systems

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