Controller / Director of Finance / CFO

ROBERT T. JOHNSON, MBA, CPA

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Boca Raton FL 33433

Home: 561-***-****

Cell: 914-***-****

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www.LinkedIn.com/in/BobJohnsonCPA

PROFILE:

I’m an accomplished financial and administrative executive with over twenty years’ senior level experience, who has provided quality services to both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, emphasizing superior judgment and integrity.

Specific areas of expertise common to multiple employers include:

Not-for-profit (fund) accounting and taxation, including preparation of 990 and 5500 information returns.

Preparation and reporting of monthly financial statements and investment results.

Preparation, implementation and monitoring of annual organization budget.

Selection, implementation (conversion) and customization of accounting and billing computer software.

Design and implementation of custom reports used for the organization’s financial reporting and also for internal management of individual grants and contracts.

Staffed the Finance, Investment and Audit Committees of the Board of Trustees.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Self-employed (New York, NY) – Certified Public Accountant

10/09 – 04/11

Accounting and Consulting Services

Provided ongoing “Fractional CFO” services to several small nonprofit clients.

HealthCare Chaplaincy (New York, NY) – Director, Finance & Administration

2/08 – 10/09

Pre-eminent $10 million chaplaincy training, research, and service organization.

Converted the firm from cash- to accrual-basis and implemented change from calendar- to fiscal-year.

Brought 990 information return in-house.

Provided guidance and support in grant budgeting and reporting.

Facilitated three audits in nineteen months.

Software was Blackbaud’s Financial Edge/Raisers Edge.

Responsible for: General Accounting, Accounts Payable, Payroll, Tax Compliance, Pooled Investments, Temporarily and Permanently Restricted Funds (including all grants and contracts), Student and Institutional Receivables, Purchasing and Maintenance.

Pace University (New York, NY) – Comptroller

7/07 – 1/08

Multi-campus university with 14,000-student enrollment – 3,500 employees and $300 million annual budget.

Turnaround situation

Staff of 17, including four Assistant Controllers.

Software was SunGard SCT Banner.

Responsible for: General Accounting, Payroll, Tax Compliance, Endowment Funds, Temporarily Restricted Funds (including all grants and contracts), Student Receivables and Fixed Asset Accounting.

Strang Cancer Prevention Center (New York, NY) – Chief Financial Officer

5/92 – 7/07

$10 - $15 million cancer research nonprofit which published 400+ scientific articles during it’s last ten years

Served regularly as Acting COO during periods of COO’s vacation or illness, and as Interim COO for over six months

Organized and managed all aspects of financial and accounting services within the organization

Selected and implemented two state-of-the-art accounting systems and a medical billing system

Signed grant and contract agreements aggregating over $70 MM with NIH, NYS, NYC and other grantors

Coordinated all aspects of the annual financial and A-133 audits by ‘Big Four’ audit firm

Directed all organizational tax filings in all jurisdictions

Designed all of the custom reports used to facilitate financial reporting and management of individual grants and contracts

Regularly presented financial, investment and/or budget reports at all Board of Trustee meetings

Oversight of human resources function and its administration; review of legal documents and contracts.

Earlier positions:

Self-employed (New York, NY) – Certified Public Accountant

10/90 – 5/92

Accounting and Consulting Services

Richard A. Schiffer, CPA, PC (New York, NY) – Healthcare Consultant

6/87 – 10/90

Regional CPA firm providing full range of services for hospital-based physician groups.

Prepared compilation/review financial statements for corporations and partnerships

Prepared annual accountant’s report of retirement plans

Prepared annual corporate, partnership, and retirement plan tax returns

Performed feasibility studies to determine if conversions would be successful, and, if so, converted hospital-based physician groups into professional corporations. This was a major revenue-generator for the firm.

Advised clients on proper rate-setting to maximize revenue, and performed studies to project the impact of third-party reimbursement changes on clients’ practices.

Holliswood Hospital (Holliswood, NY) – Controller/Assistant Treasurer

07/85 – 02/87

100-bed start-up proprietary psychiatric hospital

Built the Finance Department: recruited, selected and trained staff; developed policies and procedures. Responsible for admitting, finance, data processing, communications, mailroom. Prepared hospital-wide annual budget.

Self-employed (New York, NY) – Hospital Management Consultant

03/83 – 06/85

Representative projects:

Directed conversion of payroll from ADP to an in-house system, saving a recurring $25,000 per year

Post-audit: Discovered error in Medicare advances, and secured repayment of $50,000 from Medicare intermediary.

Revamped admitting-billing-collection systems and modified personnel-payroll systems to improve document flow, eliminate redundancies, and implement internal controls.

Prepared the Institutional Cost Report for a 200-bed voluntary hospital, to enable an inadequately-staffed facility to avoid significant penalties by timely filing of the report.

Jacobi Hospital (Bronx, NY) – Director, Financial Accounting

11/81 – 02/83

900-bed municipal teaching hospital

Responsible for: general accounting, payroll, payables, cash control, and cashiers. Staff of 40, incl. 3 Asst. Controllers.

Resolved severe problems in Purchasing-Receiving-Payables cycle, resulting in vastly improved vendor relations.

St. Luke’s/Roosevelt Hospital Center (New York, NY) – Asst. Controller; Director, Special Funds

10/78 – 10/81

1350-bed voluntary not-for-profit teaching hospital. (The hospitals merged in late 1979)

Prepared complete financial statements for various hospital entities

Wrote specifications for in-house fund accounting sub-ledger system which eliminated duplicate data input and unnecessary reconciliations and reduced costs by $60,000 per year

Flower & Fifth Avenue Hospitals (New York, NY) – Director, Patient Accounting

05/77 – 10/78

400-bed voluntary not-for-profit teaching hospital

Staff of 35 included Credit Manager, Collection Manager, and 3 Billing Supervisors.

Increased cash flow by $3,000,000 (10%) in first year.

Supervisory and Managerial positions in three mid-size New York City hospitals 12/68 – 05/77

Including over a year administratively managing a 64-bed surgical unit.

EDUCATION

MBA - Finance & Investments, Baruch College of the City University of New York – 1981

BBA – Accounting and Data Processing, Pace University – 1977

PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS

Certified Public Accountant (CPA) – 1989 [Licensed to practice in NY]

Fellow, Healthcare Financial Management Association (FHFMA) – 1979

Certified Manager of Patient Accounts (CMPA) – 1977

ORGANIZATIONS

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Healthcare Financial Management Association

MENSA

Financial Executives Networking Group (FENG)

COMPUTER LITERACY

Currently: Blackbaud Financial Edge, Blackbaud Raisers Edge, Sage MAS500, FRx (financial report writer), MS Excel, MS Word, QuickBooks, SunGard SCT Banner, Sage MIP, MS Access, MS PowerPoint, Crystal Reports.

Previously: USL Financials (SQL-server accounting), MS SQL, Harvard Graphics, Quattro Pro for Windows, Medics II by ADS (medical billing), COWRITER by TMCI (MUMPS custom report writer)

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