Carol Grover
Canandaigua,NY
Summary
Dedicated accounting and reporting professional with over twenty years of experience in higher education seeking an opportunity to partner with a team that applies its collective creative talents and functional expertise to foster an innovative and collaborative business environment.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Controller
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
09.2018 - Current
- Focus on improving internal and cross-departmental operational processes
- Evaluate and implement enhanced financial policies and procedures that include more effective internal controls and improved accounting processes
- Expand use of complex reporting systems by breaking down and simplifying inputs and outputs
- Responsible for valuing and safeguarding assets of $430 million, including a $240 million endowment, and for accurate and timely reporting of a campus-wide operating budget of $92 million
- Provide leadership and guidance to a dedicated team of four accounting and reporting professionals.
- Implementation and management of endowment reporting software.
- Responsible for ensuring the accuracy of financial data and reporting in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
- Work closely with the budget director to ensure the reliability of budget to actual reports prepared for the financial management committee.
Controller
Keuka College
07.2003 - 07.2018
- Maximized operational excellence by establishing sound financial policies, procedures, controls, and reporting systems
- Responsible for all accounting and reporting functions, managed an endowment of $5 million, an office budget of $700,000 and an overall operating budget of $40 million
- Unqualified/unmodified audit opinions and no audit adjustments with a dedicated team of eight professionals working together toward a common goal of excellence in financial reporting and service
- Facilitated all accounting functions and ensured compliance with GAAP
- Monitored, prepared and communicated financial data
- Managed and coordinated the audit process and financial statement preparation
- Participated in the implementation of a campus wide ERP system and implementation of endowment software
- Improved cross-departmental accounting processes and professional relationships
- Developed and cultivated external opportunities and relationships
Senior Accountant/Auditor
The Bonadio Group
01.1999 - 06.2003
- Facilitated and coordinated audit preparation, the audit process, and the completion of financial statements, tax reporting and additional deliverables as required
- Provided guidance and coached audit teams to ensure that quality services and products were delivered timely to the audit committee of not for profit clients
- Evaluated conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and compliance with laws, rules and regulations
- Identified ineffective internal controls and provided recommendations for improvement.
Education
Master of Science - Management
Keuka College
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
Keuka College
Associate of Arts and Sciences - Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
Finger Lakes Community College
Skills
- Accounting systems and controls
- Business process re-engineering
- Cash management
- Endowment management
- Financial Statement preparation
- Team oriented
- Accountable
- Accurate
- Dependable
- Entreprenuer
Certification
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) - 087477
Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) - 834262
Timeline
Controller
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
09.2018 - Current
Controller
Keuka College
07.2003 - 07.2018
Senior Accountant/Auditor
The Bonadio Group
01.1999 - 06.2003
Master of Science - Management
Keuka College
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
Keuka College
Associate of Arts and Sciences - Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
Finger Lakes Community College
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) - 087477
Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) - 834262
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