Sarah Bush

Growth-oriented and highly analytical professional with extensive experience in corporate accounting, budget, and payroll administration. Demonstrated success in implementing and managing finance functions from detailed financial reporting and analysis to strategic budgeting/forecasting. In-depth experience across corporate finance, treasury, and grants functions.

Able to conceptualize and execute strategic financial solutions to achieve long-term business objectives. Effectively maintain relationships with auditors regarding annual audit and annual 990 completion. Equipped with strategic planning and decision-making skills in streamlining business process and accounting knowledge to solve business challenges and allocate resources.

Strong leader with success directing highly skilled financial management teams in supporting and achieving corporate objectives.

Associate (Fractional Controller/Chief Financial Officer) at Your Part Time Controller, LLC (2022-01 – Present)

Coordinate with all internal employees and external clients to ensure a better understanding of goals and objectives with adherence to a streamlined approach for achieving them. Delegate tasks to staff accountants and client in-house accounting staff to assist with various accounting and administrative duties, while tracking entire financial records to generate grant reports and financial statements. Formulate grant-related budgets by reviewing grants and contracts as per requirements.

Devised financial aspects of the planning procedures and conveyed the relevant data analysis with board of trustees and finance committee on a quarterly basis.

• Strengthened nonprofit finance departments so they could better pursue and sustain their missions.
• Built clear, actionable financial reports that support leadership and Board-level decisions.
• Identifies gaps in accounting processes and implemented improvements that enhanced operations, controls, and compliance.
• Oversaw day‑to‑day financial activity—from payables and receivables to payroll, reconciliations, and month‑end close—while maintaining organized, reliable workpapers.
• Translated financial data into meaningful analysis, visuals, budgets, and forecasts that helped clients communicate their story.
• Oversaw complex grant portfolios across multiple organizations, including payroll allocations and functional expense reporting.
• Help prevent clients from shutting down by creating rolling cash forecasts that clarified risks and guided critical decisions.
• Successfully supported as many as nine clients, balancing diverse needs and priorities with consistency and accuracy.

Chief Financial Officer at Nevada Ballet Theatre (2021-01 – 2022-12)

Coordinated with all participants for ensuring better understanding of goals/objectives with adherence to a streamlined approach for achieving them. Delegate tasks to Staff Accountant and HR and Payroll Specialist for assisting in various administrative duties, while tracking entire financial records to generate grant reports and financial statements. Formulate grant-related budgets by reviewing grants and contracts as per requirements.

Devised financial aspects of the planning procedures and conveyed the relevant data analysis with board of trustees and finance committee on a quarterly basis.

• Managed the federal Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG), Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), and the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) to ensure the appropriate use of federal funds and to ensure there is no overlapping of funds by other designated funds.
• Managed the release of temporarily restricted funds and created financial budgets for all grants.
• Created monthly financial reports and reported to the finance committee and board of directors.
• Achieved 100% clean audits with zero material adjustments.

Chief Financial Officer at The Neon Museum (2013-01 – 2021-12)

Coordinate with all participants for ensuring better understanding of goals/objectives with adherence to a streamlined approach for achieving them. Delegate tasks to Office Manager for assisting in various administrative duties, while tracking entire financial records to generate grant reports. Formulate grant-related budgets by reviewing grants and contracts as per requirements.

Utilize

Paylocity, the HRIS management platform to maintain personnel files, along with the manual paper-based records; prepare bi-weekly payroll, schedules, and attendance, as well as HRIS provider. Supervise the external engagements with HR organizations for personnel-related performance issues to formalize new policies/procedures, while executing human resource administrative tasks, including health insurance, AFLAC, 403B plan, and compliance training related to diversity and inclusion, as well as anti-harassment and anti-bullying. Devised financial aspects of the planning procedures and conveyed the relevant data analysis with board of trustees on a bi-monthly basis.

• Initiated the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Income Disaster Loan (EIDL) applications and successfully received $976,200.
• Researched and led the complete transition to new online ticketing system, leading to full integration with accounting system and subsequently reducing the financial closing period from 7 days to 3 days.
• Achieved 100% clean audits with zero material adjustments, while increasing overall revenue by 92% in FY19 through additional revenue streams.
• Instituted the process to stop bank fraud transactions and save the company approximately $100,000 to minimize the impact on financial activities.
• Initiated cost saving measures, amounting to $600,000 in expenses, and successfully negotiated a rent reduction to save $45,000 in additional expenses.
• Increased organizational revenue by 29–44% over seven years by streamlining ticketing processes.
• Boosted employee productivity by 10% through targeted operational improvements

Unite Here Health (2012-01 – 2013-12)

Accounting Clerk II at US Foods (2012-01 – 2012-12)

Finance Manager at The Shade Tree, Inc. (2010-01 – 2012-12)

Accounting/Business Assistant at Nevada Public Radio (2007-01 – 2010-12)

Master of Science in Accounting – American Military University

Bachelor of Science in Business with Concentration in Accounting – Capella University

Associate Degree in Business with Concentration in Accounting – Community College of Southern Nevada