~ experienced executive-level manager • organizational administration specialist • goal-driven team leader ~

 

driven professional with broad scope of experience in business / financial operations eager

to contribute administrative, interpersonal relations, communication, and project management skills

toward actively supporting a successfully progressive organization in optimizing performance.

 

profile

 

ø  offer proven organizational support, business operations, and educational experience, including providing extensive expertise within team building, training / development, and client relations capacities.

ø  holds an m.s. in community economic development from southern new hampshire university and a b.s. in business administration from norfolk state university.

ø  achieved rigorous certifications as an economic development finance professional and in government and business leadership.

ø  completed leadership and management training from the dale carnegie sales school, the american management association, and rockland leadership.

ø  attained certified bookkeeper status from the american institute of professional bookkeepers.

 

professional experience

 

 

ø  steer optimal administrative and instructional activities within one of 1,500 fully-accredited campuses specializing in preparing individuals for success within the medical / dental, massage therapy, and bookkeeping fields.

ø  achieved a significant promotion from business / accounting instructor to department chair by demonstrating superior leadership talents, in addition to contributing strong decision-making abilities, outstanding organizational and communication proficiencies, and proven interpersonal relationship-building skills.

 

ø  contributed expertise in business operations toward developing and facilitating quality classroom and online courses in areas ranging from introduction-to-business, international business, government contracting, and cost / price analysis to finance, personal financial planning, and investments.

ø  demonstrated dynamic lecturing, comprehensive exam composition, efficient testing activities, and objective grading practices.

ø  effectively provided exceptional tutoring support for students of academically diverse backgrounds by consistently employing resourceful teaching methodologies; selected by administrators to support individuals in dire need of instructional assistance.

 

 

ø  maximized adult-oriented educational success by resourcefully teaching various first- and second-year accounting courses within a multifunctional vocational training school, including providing lab-based, tangible instruction for students to utilize theories and concepts.

ø  recognized as the best accounting teacher for both the norfolk and virginia beach campuses, along with regularly inspiring students to seek further undergraduate degrees in management and accounting through exceptional teaching and mentoring practices.

 

~ experienced executive-level manager • organizational administration specialist • goal-driven team leader ~

 

professional experience (continued)

 

 

ø  drove business growth within a start-up picture-framing operation by managing a top-performing, five-member team, providing profitable project negotiations, and contributing innovative framing techniques to command prices up to $1,500 per framing order.

ø  successfully awarded a valuable bid to frame 24 pictures for the rockland county legislature, as well as 50 pictures for the new jersey-based orange county board of education.

 

ø  strategically directed all programming and administrative functions for a community-based action agency with a mission to bring the poor out of poverty, break the cycle of poverty, and win freedom from the welfare system.

ø  successfully oversaw a $3-million operating budget while concurrently ensuring all government policies were adhered to; proactively participated in board of director meetings.

ø  supported organizational efforts by handling all necessary interactions with federal, state, and local government officials which was instrumental toward building critical community relationships and professional networks; provided all oral and written presentations to media and regulatory agencies.

 

 

ø  utilized comprehensive financial management skills to expertly direct and coordinate agency-wide financial operations, including overseeing a high-quality staff of accounting and bookkeeping personnel.

ø  monitored all accounting procedures to ensure compliance with generally accepted accounting procedures and government accounting standards.

ø  accurately prepared and administered financial statements required by federal and state regulatory agencies, including submitting essential data to agency-wide executive-level management, program directors, and board of directors.

ø  actively liaised with cpas in the preparation of audited financial statements, while concurrently establishing and adhering to set operational budgetary guidelines.

ø  recognized for successfully attaining unqualified audits during each year of employment.

 

 

ø  optimized organizational productivity by handling all head start program-based accounting activities, including preparing financial statements for audit by the cpa firm of mitchell and titus; provided data management reports for program director.

ø  oversaw operation-wide internal auditing activities, along with proficiently conducting financial audits on three head start centers for compliance with various government regulations.

ø  achieved status as the only agency-wide accountant whose reports were widely accepted by the independent cpa auditors.

 

past professional affiliations

 

american management association                                                                          national controller council

institute for community economic development                                      institute for management accountants