Melissa Reilly

Work History

West Bonner School District

07.2023 - Current

Responsible for maintaining District financial records in compliance with federal and state laws, administrative rules, and Board Policy
Attend district board meetings and present on assigned topics
Facilitates cross-training of district office personnel
Supervises and manages 5 staff in varying job roles
Directs and manages payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and billing
Manages relationships and compliance with third party service providers such as: health insurances, PERSI (Idaho governmental pension), banking, and the State
Primary point of contact for all financial related requests or inquiries
Oversee and manage all Grants, Grant payments, and Grant compliance
Performed risk assessments and implemented mitigation plans
Prepared presentations for executive leadership team
Drove collaboration amongst indirect reports and business leaders
Verified adherence to internal control processes and standards
Fostered collaborative work culture using relationship-driven approaches and strong conflict mediation
Supported compliance by implementing internal controls and enforcing policies
Implemented process improvements to increase data accuracy and transparency
Enhanced department performance by recruiting, hiring and training qualified personnel
Planned and directed financial department workflow.

Steel Perlot

08.2022 - 11.2022

Co-lead in diverse initial software stack implementation
Assisted with Annual Headcount Growth Analysis
Rewrote Company-wide Expense Policy
Maintained Expense Reports
Improved budget compliance by creating modeling tools focused on daily, weekly and monthly spending.

University of Notre Dame

12.2019 - 04.2021

Maintained budgets and acted as primary point of contact for five colleges
Compiled Budget vs Actual variance analyses for decision makers on monthly, quarterly, and annual basis
Created new process for university quarterly financial forecast
Constructed peer tuition analysis to determine post COVID tuition increase
Regularly created slide-decks for executive team
Developed and input financial data into subsidiary and general ledger accounts in accordance with GAAP requirements
Analyzed current and historical financial results and performed variance analysis of key metrics to inform future business decisions.
Collected data and developed detailed spreadsheets to identify trends and create revenue, profitability, and expense forecasts.
Performed complex financial and budget analyses to determine requirements and justify requested funding.

Cornell University

02.2019 - 10.2019

Revamped patent and royalty process resulting in additional $500,000 of revenue recognized annually
Performed financial analyses and presented findings to President regarding a departmental partnership
Maintained budgets and acted as primary point of contact for 16 departments
Developed and compared quarterly projection to budget for 18 departments and investigated variances
Responsible for analyzing and balancing the budget for Academic departments
Created model to analyze headcount data across entire college.

Ernst & Young LLC

07.2014 - 11.2016

Developed a testing strategy using financial modeling that was more efficient and thorough that became the standard across several teams
Directly involved with formulating and managing budgets for primary team as well as cross functional teams
Improved client relations and relayed messages concerning timing, significant issues, and company updates
Played active role in discussions and meetings, providing substantial input and delivered at the appropriate time
Primary liaison for cross-functional teams
Provided guidance for lower ranked associates and detail reviewed their working papers
Analyzed financial information including trend analysis
Responsible for preparing and presenting concise, well written documents using appropriate business and technical language, including: accounting memos, audit memos, and technical accounting memos.