Breah Head
Rochester,IL
Summary
Thorough team contributor with strong organizational capabilities. Experienced in handling numerous projects at once while ensuring accuracy. Effective at prioritizing tasks and meeting deadlines.
Experienced leader with strong background in guiding teams, managing complex projects, and achieving strategic objectives. Excels in developing efficient processes, ensuring high standards, and aligning efforts with organizational goals.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
Work History
PSA Opt 2
IL Dept of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
11.2019 - Current
- Serves as an assistant to the Chief Budget Officer performing analysis for expenditure planning for statewide programs. Duties include sensitive reports as requested, managing subordinate staff, and the organization of financial plans.
- Organizes, plans, executes and controls division administrative programs relating to fiscal and budgetary considerations and expenditure planning throughout the Agency. Controls and executes the Bureau's budget planning and control and personnel cost related matters.
- Supervises staff responsible for monitoring each Bureau's cost plans. Coordinates the processing of internal/external paperwork, forms and vouchers required for fiscal planning.
- Coordinates with the Agency's Procurement Officer to ensure compliance with applicable rules and regulations.
- Serves as a working supervisor; assigns and reviews work, provides guidance and training to assigned staff, and counsels staff regarding work performance.
- Total: 5 years
- Hours worked per week: 37 ½ hrs
- Monthly Salary: Starting $7157 Ending $9696
- Reason for leaving: current position
PSA Opt 2
IL Dept of Human Services
07.2013 - 10.2019
- During this period, I was Temporarily assigned for 1 year to be the Bureau Chief of the Bureau of Program Support and Fiscal Management (Senior Public Service Administrator). I oversaw the Payment Administration Unit, the Contract Unit, and the Grants and Budget Analysis Unit from January 2016 to December 2016.
- Under direct supervision of Senior Public Administrator, coordinates federal state, department and division policies, rules and regulations; directs fiscal and accounting functions for grants and service contracts; evaluates the activities of the Payment Administration Unit and assist management staff in accounting and fiscal control of grant programs. Responsible for allocation of the monitoring of grant fund allocations, obligation and expenditures. Prepares reports for management and program staff; provides technical experience to service provider agencies; serves as division liaison to Fiscal Services for the Consolidated Accounting and Reporting System (CARS) and reports grant voucher activity to the Bureau of Fiscal Services, and supervises staff engaged in complex accounting work, and the preparation of annual financial reports.
- Total: 6 years 3 months
- Hours worked per week: 37 ½ hrs
- Monthly Salary: Starting $6617 Ending $6617
- Reason for leaving: promotion
Accountant Advanced
Human Services
12.2012 - 07.2013
- Under direction of the Public Service Administrator, independently performs professional accounting functions, including preparing detailed monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports for upper management, federal government and other state departments. Serves as lead worker over professional and technical staff in preparing, auditing and reconciling documents for contracts and agreements; makes assignments, reviews work; provides input into performance evaluations. Assists in the preparation of division’s state and federal budgets. Analyzes divisions funding sources and expenditures and availability of funds from all the various funding sources.
- Total: 1 year
- Hours worked per week: 37 ½
- Monthly Salary: Starting $4521 Ending $4521
- Reason for leaving: promo
Accountant
Healthcare and Family Services, BOC
01.2009 - 11.2012
- As an Accountant with Bureau of Collections it is my responsibility to process provider recoveries on a daily basis, determining which claims are being refunded and post the checks to the claims history, accounts receivable, and suspense accounts as needed. I am also responsible for contacting providers to clarify which claims they are trying to refund. It is also my responsibility to be the backup for the Advanced Accountants. This includes processing provider credits, posting them to the claims history and accounts receivable systems. This also includes preparation of the monthly report which details the amount of Third-Party Liability received from all of the different programs. I have also taken on a couple of extra projects which include the suspense account aging report and preparation of a spreadsheet of a specific database error for my manager. I have also been given Temporary Assignment as the Accountant Advanced in my unit three times. In my time as an accountant with TPL I have learned the duties of every position in the unit and have assisted the PSA with training of new employees.
- Total: 3 year an 11 months
- Hours worked per week: 37 ½ hours
- Monthly Salary: Starting $3361 Ending $4195
- Reason for leaving: promotion
Accountant/Child Support Specialist
Healthcare and Family Services
03.2008 - 12.2008
- Answer 30 to 50 phone calls per day from Non-custodial parents and set them up on payment plans to keep their driver's license from being suspended. Prepare account reviews of child support cases to determine if the balances are correct and payments have been applied correctly. Also prepare these reviews for hearings by HFS staff.
- Total: 10 months
- Hours worked per week: 37 ½ hours
- Monthly Salary: Starting $3062 Ending $3361
- Reason for leaving: Wanted to remain in the Accounting line when the title was changed to Child Support Specialist.
Accountant
Springfield Service Corporation
08.2006 - 03.2008
- I was responsible for balancing financial statements and bank accounts for clients. I worked in accounting systems with A/P and A/R. I kept spreadsheets of incoming and outgoing expenses for clients.
- Total: 1 year and 7 months
- Hours worked per week: 40 hours
- Monthly Salary: Starting $2600 Ending $2652
- Reason for leaving: More pay
Accounting Supervisor
Federated Funeral Directors
08.1999 - 07.2006
- I was the immediate supervisor of two employees. This included the hiring and reviews for these employees. I was responsible for payroll calculation, payroll reports and W2 preparation. I was also responsible for the bookkeeping, tax preparation and all other financial aspects of 70 sole proprietors and corporations. I also completed the preparation of personal tax returns for the owners of these businesses. While employed with this company I was promoted two times within the first two years, each time gaining more responsibilities and supervisory experience.
- Total: 7 years
- Hours worked per week: 40 to 60 hours
- Salary: Starting $8.10/hr Ending $15.33/hr
Head Teller
Marine Bank
05.1997 - 07.1999
- It was my responsibility to do transactions for customers on a daily basis and to balance my cash drawer daily. I was also responsible to make sure that 7 other tellers balanced their cash drawers and had enough cash from the vault to process their transactions and to make decisions for the other tellers on how to handle complex transactions. I helped to balance the vault and ATM machine daily.
- Total: 2 years and 2 months
- Hours worked per week: 40 hours
- Salary: Starting $7/hr Ending $7.25/hr
Education
Associate of Science - Accounting And Finance
Lincoln Land Community College
Springfield, IL05.1999
Skills
- Planning
- Written communication
- Organizational skills
- Public speaking
- Outgoing
- Personable
- Multi-tasker
- Proficient in all Microsoft 365 programs
Timeline
PSA Opt 2
IL Dept of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
11.2019 - Current
PSA Opt 2
IL Dept of Human Services
07.2013 - 10.2019
Accountant Advanced
Human Services
12.2012 - 07.2013
Accountant
Healthcare and Family Services, BOC
01.2009 - 11.2012
Accountant/Child Support Specialist
Healthcare and Family Services
03.2008 - 12.2008
Accountant
Springfield Service Corporation
08.2006 - 03.2008
Accounting Supervisor
Federated Funeral Directors
08.1999 - 07.2006
Head Teller
Marine Bank
05.1997 - 07.1999
Associate of Science - Accounting And Finance
Lincoln Land Community College
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