Procurement and Facilities Manager (expanded responsibilities) at Kids In Need Foundation (2025-08 – Present)
- Restructured entire procurement program from purchase requisition to finished good delivery
- Developed policies, procedures, forecasting tools, order guides, and spending tracking tools
- Achieved 100% success rate in meeting target goals and contractual obligations for the first time in 8 years
- Oversaw organization's campus including 60,000 sq ft warehouse
- Acted as Interim HR representative handling staff issues, new hires, applicants, payroll, continuing ed, and staff recognition
- Improved supplier relationships to reduce costs and support custom product design and development
- Negotiated product packaging specifications to reduce waste and improve volunteer unit build rate
- Standardized product configurations and preferences, reducing item sourcing time by 14 hours per week
- Utilized NetSuite ERP and Salesforce CRM for demand planning, purchase order workflow, and data integrity
- Built NetSuite dashboard providing real-time financial, reporting, and inventory details
- Implemented functional expense and fund track for reporting purposes
- Introduced cross departmental meeting groups to improve communication and order accuracy
Financial Analyst | Sr. Accountant (Expanded responsibilities) at Kids In Need Foundation (2022-06 – Present)
- Guided and coached junior finance staff and provided NetSuite training
- Instituted NetSuite data imports and built standardized import templates
- Utilized NetSuite Analytics for revenue management, forecasting, expense tracking, inventory management, budgeting and purchase reconciliation
- Served as Audit Support Lead for annual external audit
- Overhauled month-end close process implementing calendar and checklist
- Managed organization relocation project and budget
- Essential role in external audit receiving no qualified opinion, deficiencies, or control issues
- Developed vendor and supplier onboarding program
- Prepared monthly journal entries for amortization, reclassifications, allocations, and depreciation
- Improved AP efficiency by implementing NetSuite approval workflows generating $8,000 in cost savings
Accountant | NetSuite Specialist at Kids In Need Foundation (2020-08 – 2022-06)
- Performed full-cycle accounting for a national nonprofit
- Partnered with IT and Accounting Director to improve NetSuite configuration and workflows
- Trained staff on NetSuite recurring transactions
- Prepared expense and revenue forecasts and built budgeting forms
- Streamlined month-end close by leveraging NetSuite Undeposited Funds
- Reduced reconciling items from about 700 to 100 or less
- Reduced monthly expenses by approximately $3,000 by analyzing vendor transactions
Revenue Examiner – Sales and Use Tax at State of MN – Dept of Revenue (2019-12 – 2020-07)
- Maintained clear communication with auditees to explain requirements and resolve questions
- Led data analysis to reconstruct financial picture by reviewing incomplete records
- Managed competing deadlines across multiple concurrent audits
- Educated auditees on document retention requirements and best practices
Payroll Manager (expanded responsibilities) at Spin the Planet – DBA Jimmy Johns (2018-10 – 2019-09)
Assumed expanded responsibilities overseeing payroll operations for 800+ employees across 54 locations in four states. Reduced payroll processing labor hours by building advanced Excel workbooks to automate calculations, validations, and reporting. Connected sales and revenue results to manager and regional manager bonus reporting, improving accuracy and on-time payouts.
Handled HR and payroll administration, including new-hire setup, employee pay changes, payroll tax filings, and wage garnishments. Implemented a monthly audit process to reconcile hourly pay and bonuses, identifying discrepancies and supporting accurate payroll reporting.
- Oversaw payroll operations for 800+ employees across 54 locations in four states
- Built advanced Excel workbooks to automate calculations, validations, and reporting
- Connected sales and revenue results to bonus reporting
- Handled HR and payroll administration including new-hire setup and payroll tax filings
- Implemented monthly audit process to reconcile hourly pay and bonuses
Accounting Manager at Spin the Planet – DBA Jimmy Johns (2018-05 – 2019-09)
- Managed end-to-end accounting operations for 54 restaurants across four states
- Reconciled approximately 30,000 transactions per month
- Improved vendor communication and negotiated pricing updates
- Developed advanced Excel workbooks to automate reconciliations and eliminate 12 labor hours per month
Financial Team Manager at Delaget (2018-03 – 2018-04)
- Led a remote team serving as outsourced accounting and finance department
- Managed day-to-day accounting operations for diverse clients
- Improved client communication by standardizing request intake and status updates
Full Charge Accountant at HealthSense – GreatCall (2015-11 – 2018-03)
- Managed full-cycle accounting using NetSuite and Excel
- Reduced outstanding accounts receivable from $1.2M to $200K in 30 days
- Maintained NetSuite administrator access
- Managed multi-state registration and tax compliance in 34 states and 12 municipalities
- Implemented fixed asset management and strengthened inventory management processes
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