Beth Johnson
Summary
Experienced business management professional with expertise in multi-project management across legal and financial functional areas. Proficient in legal contract drafting, editing, review, negotiation, interpretation, and repository maintenance. Skilled in financial reporting and analysis, including accounts receivable, payable, billings, forecasting, budgeting, regulatory compliance documentation, and ad hoc reporting. Exceptional ability to track regulatory compliance requirements and maintain related documentation. Holds certifications as a Paralegal through the American Bar Association and as a Credit Analyst through the National Foundation for Consumer Credit. Possesses superior organizational, communication, and analytical skills with a strong aptitude for business writing.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Contracting & Compliance Manager
COLUMBIAN FINANCIAL GROUP
01.2023 - Current
- Responsible for the third-party vendor contracts management and compliance process for CFG
- Serve as the entry and exit point for all vendor contracts, including master service agreements, statements of work, non-disclosure agreements, licensing agreements for CFG
- Coordinate and participate in the negotiation process between vendors and internal business colleagues in order to establish contractual relationships
- Draft, edit, review contracts in order to finalize mutually agreed upon versions
- Monitor vendor compliance and risk associated with contract terms throughout contractual lifecycle
- Maintain contracts repository for the company, also monitoring expiration dates, and other associated actionable items
- Prepare and file required state reporting and compliance documentation, working with internal and external business colleagues across and within various departments as necessary to obtain required data
- Continually seek to strengthen business relationships with third-party vendors, with goals of streamlining processes, centralizing control of contractual relationships, and the improvement of the company's risk posture
- Work with internal contract business owners to ensure that appropriate company policies, procedures, and documentation vehicles are used and followed throughout the contracting process
- Analyze enforceability of subpoenas, liens, and document requests, and prepare appropriate responses on behalf of the legal department
- Monitor and maintain the required court-mandated timelines associated with these legal functions
- For vendor relationships that involve Personally Identifiable Information, ensure that all associated NDA and cyber-security agreements are utilized, and follow up annually with these parties to ensure compliance with corporate policies and procedures surrounding data privacy
- Create and maintain tracking reporting documentation for required state compliance documentation.
Physician Contracts Manager
HCA MEMORIAL HEALTH HOSPITAL
01.2019 - 01.2022
- Responsible for the creation, tracking and maintenance of all legal physician contracts and financial compensation agreements for Memorial Hospital in Savannah, Georgia, an HCA facility
- Created, reviewed, monitored, and maintained all legal physician contracts with Memorial Hospital in Savannah, Georgia
- Created and maintained all contract status reporting documentation for tracking purposes and for compliance and financial audit compliance and review
- Conducted bi-weekly meetings among Legal Counsel, CEO, COO, CFO, and all hospital department directors to discuss upcoming contracting needs for maintenance of medical coverage and continuity of service
- Maintained compliance reporting data for review by facility Executive Compliance Officer
- Ensured adherence to financial audit requirements and Stark Law by appropriately uploading new fully executed contracts into various contract maintenance systems, both in a local tracking system and in an HCA Divisional tracking system as well
- Worked closely with HCA Divisional, Group, and Corporate Contract Managers and Divisional Contracting Director to ensure operational and functional continuity throughout HCA.
Real Estate Lease Contracts Administrator
CITITRENDS
01.2018 - 01.2019
- Responsible for the accurate maintenance, billing, and administration of six hundred legal commercial real estate contracts for CitiTrends, a national retail store chain
- Responsible for the company's financial transactions and billings for store lease payments, renewals, (CAM) Common Area Maintenance, taxes, and insurance expenses enumerated in commercial real estate leases
- Resolved billing disputes including missed payments, misapplications, and changes in impound adjustments, stop payments
- Created and maintained financial reporting and documentation for corporate accounting purposes, including monthly, quarterly, and annual financial audits
- Responsible for the creation and reporting related to all stores, such as charge backs for repairs performed at physical store locations, impound reconciliations, and other real estate payables
- Created and provided annual billing reconciliations to all parties involved in real estate contracts
- Reviewed and interpreted lease provisions to dispute any charges billed, but not permitted, under the terms of the lease
- Calculated monthly CAM, tax, insurance, and rents per lease contracts
- Created and generated monthly rent roll for six hundred commercial property sites located all over the US; created check requests to pay utility usage bills related to six hundred various store locations; provided Certificates of Insurance.
Accounting and Reporting Analyst
ASSET BLACK
01.2017 - 01.2018
- Responsible for accounts payable invoicing, accounts receivable, month-end closings, preparing general ledger entries, customer financial records management, financial audit documentation, billing dispute resolution, and providing daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly financial reporting to company owner and officers
- Performed all accounts payable and receivable functions including downloaded all vendor invoices from various online billing portals, verified against Purchase Orders, and uploaded into QuickBooks for payment
- Created customer invoices based on our sell rates and emailed our customers for payment
- Recorded payments received and expenditures used to pay vendors; created, filed, and maintained vendor disputes until resolution achieved
- Provided financial reporting and analysis daily to upper management as a tracking tool for business performance
- Assisted in all month-end closing processes, including recording transcational records to GL accounts, cost accounting analysis, ad hoc reporting as requested
- Maintained and updated current vendor and customer lists as needed; researched and resolved any outstanding accounts receivable, and prepared requests for payment letters for delinquent accounts
- Maintained FCC related tax information for external CPA and annual legally required reporting.
Transaction Coordinator, Accounting & Financial Analyst
CBRE
01.2013 - 01.2017
- Responsible for the creation and maintenance of financial reporting and legal audit documentation for the sale and lease of multi-million-dollar commercial real estate properties
- Functioned as a liaison among individual real estate brokers, corporate transactional accounting, and the corporate legal audit division
- Created and maintained financial reporting documentation and legal contracts related to real estate transactions, including sales, leases, expansions, extensions, and rebuilds
- Researched and resolved outstanding accounts payables and receivables, cash receipts, unclaimed cash, and invoicing disputes
- Functioned as the SME (subject matter expert) for the corporate Financial Consulting Group's (FCG's) billings and receipts
- Recorded and tracked individual broker lease and sale commissions via various electronic media to ensure full legal compliance and the invoicing and receipt of all payments due
- Researched, monitored, and resolved billing and legal disputes related to invoicing, aging accounts receivable, consulting fees, referral fees, commission payments, refunds, duplicate payments, missing documents, and unidentified payments.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Pre-Law/Political Science
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
Athens, GeorgiaSkills
- Contract Drafting
- Reporting Documentation
- Multi-Project Management
- Risk Assessment
- Legal Analysis
- Invoicing & Billing
- Regulatory Compliance
- Vendor Negotiation
- Financial Analysis
- Ad Hoc Reporting
- Budgeting
- Contract Repository Maintenance
- SAP
- Adobe Pro
- Oracle-JDE
- TigerPaw
- Complete Microsoft Office Suite
- Business Warehouse
- Selectica
- SharePoint
- QuickBooks
- Visio
- Site Tools
- Business Objects
- TSYS-Total Systems Solutions
- FDR-First Data Reporting
- TDC-Trans dotcom
- Management Transaction Accounting
- PAWS
- Total Contract Manager
- Contract Guardian
- DocuSign
Certification
- Certified Litigation Paralegal, NATIONAL CENTER FOR PARALEGAL TRAINING, Atlanta, Georgia, 194 credit hours, Litigation, Civil and Criminal Litigation, Legal Research and Ethics, Corporations, Real Estate
- Certified Consumer Credit & Housing Counselor, NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR CONSUMER CREDIT
Timeline
Contracting & Compliance Manager
COLUMBIAN FINANCIAL GROUP
01.2023 - Current
Physician Contracts Manager
HCA MEMORIAL HEALTH HOSPITAL
01.2019 - 01.2022
Real Estate Lease Contracts Administrator
CITITRENDS
01.2018 - 01.2019
Accounting and Reporting Analyst
ASSET BLACK
01.2017 - 01.2018
Transaction Coordinator, Accounting & Financial Analyst
CBRE
01.2013 - 01.2017
Bachelor of Arts - Pre-Law/Political Science
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
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