Brenda Ascherin-Mansur

Led the divisional operations of a builder services company consisting of four stores and 8 design centers that specialized in flooring and countertops sales and installation.

• Defined, implemented, and revised operational policies and guidelines.
• Oversaw day-to-day production activities in accordance with business objectives.
• Set team and individual KPIs and provided regular, actionable feedback.
• Managed procurement, inventory and warehouse operations.
• Monitored budget and utilized operational resources.
• Modernized and improved operational procedures to increase productivity and profitability while tightly controlling costs.

• Prepared accurate financial reports and monthly statements for accounts receivable.
• Mitigated risk by implementing internal controls and safeguards for revenues and expenditures.
• Prepared and maintained divisional budgets and business plans to help strategically direct business operations and strengthen controls.
• Managed payroll data entry and processing for 250 employees to comply with predetermined company guidelines.
• Managed daily financial functions in collaboration with accounting and payroll personnel.
• Slashed aged accounts receivables from 35% over 90 days to under 3% over 90 days.
• Utilized Excel, RFMS, ADP and One Stream software.

• Managed daily financial functions.
• Developed new payroll system, saving over 8 hours per week for accounting department.
• Completed accurate, efficient and compliant completion of monthly financial reporting packages.
• Calculated salesperson commissions based on established parameters and disbursed monthly payments.
• Transformed mostly manual accounting process by implementing automation.
• Automated bid to production workflow.
• Performed all HR and Payroll functions including certified payroll.
• Saved company and employees tax dollars by contributing prevailing wage fringe into 401K benefits.
• Secured bank financing.
• Managed annual medical and liability insurance renewals.
• Filed monthly sales tax returns.

• Managed Regional Operations that processed all contracts, accounts payable, insurance compliance and contract extras for 6 divisions.
• Defined, implemented and revised operational policies and guidelines.
• Oversaw day-to-day production activities in accordance with business objectives.
• Modernized and improved operational procedures to increase productivity and profitability while tightly controlling costs.

• Completed and submitted monthly and yearly reports to support executive decision making.
• Analyzed Land Purchases.
• Performed periodic audits to ensure SOX compliance.
• Ensured region's division controllers had resources necessary to meet corporate deadlines.

• Managed daily financial functions in collaboration with accounting and payroll personnel.
• Developed annual business plans and monthly budget updates.
• Member of region's acquisition team that analyzed and converted accounting records for acquired companies.
• Managed office transitions and leasehold improvements on four office relocations.
• Managed divisional human resources.
• Consistently recognized for budget accuracy meeting company's threshold variance multiple times of less than 50bps.
• Mentored other division controllers in process development and refinement.
• Recognized annually and awarded top 25% award, or "Get in the Loop" award for accuracy, efficiency and adherence to policy.
• Proven track record of SOX compliance and clean audits.