Resume

Specialties

  • ERP system administration
  • Leading and coaching high performing teams
  • Purchase accounting and consolidation
  • Multi-currency reporting
  • Healthcare accounting
  • Sarbanes-Oxley
  • Preparation of financial statements and executive reporting packages
  • Budgeting and forecasting
  • Data engineering and analytics
  • Leveraging technological infrastructure to drive efficiencies and profitability

Experience

Lyra Health
Head of Financial Business Systems, 5/21 - present

  • I currently lead the Financial Business Systems team at Lyra Health. Users and operations span six continents. My role is to set systems strategy for the consolidated global enterprise.

AmSurg Corp
Senior Director of Financial Services, IT Specialist, 4/18 – 5/21

  • Project lead for revenue cycle data warehouse. Provided a single source of truth for billing, accounting, and operations to access common metrics.
  • Integrated first multi-location ophthalmology practice acquisition. Created the budgets, chart of accounts, and reporting.
  • Authored web application components that automated recording of $1 billion in annual revenue.
  • Assisted with monthly consolidation of 300+ entities with variable ownership.
  • Created reporting for annual budget process of 300+ surgery centers.
  • Coached staff, seniors, and managers on monthly variance analysis and reporting skills.

Director of Financial Services, IT Specialist, 7/16 – 4/18

  • Accounted for surgery center acquisitions including opening balance sheet, budget, and systems integration.
  • Reviewed surgery center income statements monthly and provided feedback to staff.
  • Assisted with monthly consolidation of 300+ entities with variable ownership.
  • Developed SQL Server Reporting Services and Cognos reports for upper management.
  • Improved month end close efficiency through SharePoint sites, lists, and Nintex workflows.
  • Coordinated development, testing, and deployment of finance web applications.
  • Created documentation and materials for cross functional finance projects.

Manager of Financial Services II, 6/11 - 7/16

  • Supervised team of staff accountants, senior accountants, and accounts payable personnel.
  • Managed operating/capital budgets and monthly accounting processes for 30+ surgery centers.
  • Assisted physician partners and operations colleagues with financial issues and questions.
  • Responsible for successful wind-down of entities placed in discontinued operations.
  • Approved and released ACH transfers including partnership distributions.
  • Replaced paper-based processes with digital workflows. Saved 1M+ sheets of paper annually.
  • Created dashboards and reports for department leadership.

LifeWay Christian Resources
Financial Analyst, 1/09 - 6/11

  • Data analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting for LifeWay’s Church Resources Division.
  • Developed annual operating, working capital, and fixed asset budgets for three departments.
  • Performed quarterly projections of revenues and expenses.
  • Created pro formas and recommendations on new initiatives.
  • Compiled quarterly divisional reporting package for executive leadership.
  • Developed reports to gain insight on customer retention, revenue trends, and fully-loaded product cost.
  • Served as technical consultant on design of a data warehouse for key financial and customer data.
  • Annually trained and managed 20+ temp financial personnel across the United States.
  • Performed due diligence on acquisition that increased a department’s revenue by 30%.

Deloitte & Touche LLP
Senior Consultant, Data Quality & Integrity, 9/06 - 10/08

  • Provided audit and consulting services to healthcare, automotive, and financial services clients.
  • Used computer-assisted audit tools and techniques to identify transactions with high audit risk.
  • Documented and tested internal controls.
  • Audited major financial statement categories including significant management estimates.
  • Clients included Nissan, Bridgestone, Community Health Systems, and AmSurg.
  • One of three SAS 99 data quality specialists for Tennessee.
  • Managed projects across the Southeast region and internationally between Tennessee and Hyderabad, India.
  • Chosen as a member of the first Nissan North America audit engagement team upon their move to Tennessee.
  • Led new hire training on Audit Command Language (“ACL”).

Additional Experience

Belmont University
Adjunct Professor of Accounting, College of Business Administration, 8/09 - 12/09

  • Taught Accounting Principles II to 30 students at night during the fall 2009 semester.
  • Created presentations, tests, assignments, and games to facilitate classroom learning.

Education

Belmont University - Jack C. Massey Graduate School of Business
Master of Accountancy, 2005 - 2006

  • GPA: 4.0 Full scholarship through graduate assistantship. Member of Beta Gamma Sigma, Beta Alpha Psi.

Belmont University
Bachelor of Business Administration, 2000 - 2004

  • GPA: 3.9 Four year academic scholarship recipient. Member of Beta Gamma Sigma, Alpha Chi.

Honors

  • Federation of Schools of Accountancy 2006 Student Achievement Award

Associations

  • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
  • Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants

Certifications

Courses