Cheri Wild

• Work closely with external auditors to ensure accurate representation of company's financial position. Responsible for annual audit and corresponding requests.
• Ensured compliance with tax regulations by reviewing the required tax filings and returns.
• Review and approve financial statements generated from Vena a report writing software solution.
• Established additional internal controls to help mitigate risk of fraud and ensuring completeness and accuracy of financial information.
• Introduced internal controls to monitor critical areas of financial control and created tools and business processes to address risks and or deficiencies.
• Reduced month-end closing time by optimizing reconciliation procedures and improving consistency and streamlining our monthly work papers for all departmental journal entries.
• Supported merger and acquisition activities through due diligence efforts and post-acquisition integration.

• Responsible for Payroll, Tax Compliance, General Accounting, Financial Reporting, Business Analysts, and Data Custodian for all Financial and Human Capital Management data in PeopleSoft.
• Worked with subordinates to establish policies, procedures, and system solutions for areas of financial responsibility. Collaborated with all university members across all divisions of the University management including faculty to ensure quality customer support services were provided to the campus community.
• Responsible for GASB Financial Statements and University Fund Statements including the financial statements notes, management’s discussion and analysis, monthly certification of state appropriations for education and general funds, monitor financial condition, analyze trends and the associated factors, and provide information and recommendation upon request.
• Plans and schedules work for the Office of the Controller surrounding projects, functional system testing, ad hoc requests, etc. ensuring proper distribution of assignments and adequate resources are available to meet the deadlines set. Manages various functions such as hiring, firing, promotions, additional resource needs, and flex and vacation scheduling.
• Enhanced financial reporting accuracy by creating business processes, streamlining accounting procedures and implementing additional software functionality.
• Used PeopleSoft and Tax Navigator to prepare external audit documentation and financial reports to assist management in operational planning and key decision making.
• Managed the logistics and implementation efforts of COVIDs Funds and was responsible for the financial task for and governmental reporting requirements for all COVID grant monies.

• Managed team of up to 4 field auditors.
• Planned, tested, and implemented audits in a variety of areas.
• Evaluated internal controls over financial reporting, identifying weaknesses and proposing process improvements to strengthen controls.
• Administered auditing program to address risks and evaluate compliance with regulatory requirements.

• Responsible for the financial information of Forrest General Hospital’s subsidiaries:

o AAA Ambulance Service

o Clean Earth, Inc.

o FGH Foundation

o Forrest General Health Services

o Highland Community Hospital

o Forrest General Managed Care Services Inc.

o Forrest General Occupational Medical

o South MS Health Services

o Southeast MS Trauma Region

o Walthall General Hospital

o Wellness Work

o Jeff Davis Community Hospital

o Marion Community Hospital

• Reviewed the above entitiesʹ monthly financial information and annual tax returns.
• Prepared monthly financial statements for AAA, FGH Foundation, and Clean Earth.
• Prepared of form 990 for South MS Trauma Center and The FGH Foundation.
• Preparation of monthly reconciliations and other adjusting journal entries
• Analytical analysis of performance through ratio usage, historical trends, and variance techniques.
• Prepared Budgets.

• Auditing and Attestation Engagements:

o Routinely managed multiple engagements and projects.

o Planned, tested, prepared, and reported on financial

statement presentation for a wide variety of engagements.

o Prepared and analyzed industry trend analysis.

o Presented numerous audited financial statements to

governing boards upon completion of an audit.

• Taxation Engagements:

o Performed tax planning, prepared tax projections, and

prepared tax returns for individuals, partnerships,

corporation, s‐corporations, and not‐for‐profit entities.

• Prepared Business Valuation Opinions for healthcare entities including hospitals and clinics.
• Prepared Fair Market Value Compensation Opinions for the following areas:

o Medical Directorship

o Call Coverage

o Management Services

o Physician Practices including a variety of specialists and

general practices

• Collected and calculated grant research data.
• Qualitative and quantitative statistical analysis of research data using SPSS software for grant research data.
• Extensive interview transcription for grant research deliverable.

• Participated in planning and testing of audit risk assessment.
• Evaluated and tested implementation of internal controls.
• Conducted standard fieldwork procedures and maintain workpaper documentation.

• Recorded daily operations through journal entries.
• Performed daily conversions of foreign currency exchange transactions.
• Billed and balanced intercompany clearing accounts for sixteen subsidiaries.
• Prepared monthly bank reconciliations for numerous cash and cash equivalent accounts.