Deborah Bergeron
Cranston,RI
Summary
Results-drive Business/Finance Manager experienced in financial statement review, auditing and reporting. Well-versed in producing reports, evaluating department operations and handling month- and year-end closings. Meticulous, conscientious and methodical in approach. Proactive with strong background in financial analysis, budgeting and forecasting.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Business/Finance Manager
Times2 Academy
05.2020 - Current
- Mentor junior team members in financial analysis techniques, fostering a culture of continuous learning within the department.
- Manage budgeting and forecasting process for improved financial planning and business growth.
- Establish a reliable financial forecasting framework, enabling the organization to make better-informed business decisions.
- Improve cash flow by optimizing accounts receivable and payable processes, ensuring timely invoicing and payments.
- Present clear, concise financial reports to senior leadership, facilitating informed decision-making based on data-driven insights.
- Lead contract negotiations with clients and vendors to secure advantageous terms that supported business objectives.
- Play a key role in successful audit completion by effectively liaising between external auditors and internal stakeholders.
- Check payroll, vendor payments, commissions and other accounting disbursements for accuracy and compliance.
- Comply with established internal controls and policies.
- Prepare cash flow projections, cost analysis and monthly, quarterly and annual reports.
- Prepare internal and regulatory financial reports, balance sheets and income statements.
- Utilized financial software to prepare consolidated financial statements.
- Implement and regularly review financial controls to generate accurate and reliable financial data.
- Evaluated and negotiated contracts to procure favorable financial terms.
- Process and maintain payroll time and attendance records.
- Reconcile teachers payroll provided by providence school department to ensure we are invoiced correctly.
- Review and maintain general ledger accounts to be sure the accounting string fits within the UCOA guidelines.
- Provide RIDE with the UCOA RIDE Utility report quarterly to be reconciled.
- Maintain grant files.
- Maintain documents for the Audit team.
- Work with the auditors and provide journal entries and reports needed during the audit process.
- Make adjusting entries if needed to the general ledger to reconcile to the Auditors final reports.
- Run and provided monthly financial statements to report to the executive director.
- Report out to the Board of Directors a YTD P&L at monthly board meetings.
- Develop and maintain budgets.
- Supervise 2 employees in the finance department, 4 custodians and the head of facilities.
FAA Client Treasury Sr. Specialist
BNYMellon
01.2014 - 05.2020
- Responsible for all aspects of Treasury process to include broad reporting, performance and ad hoc requests
- Provided direct assistance to Client Treasury Manager and serve as focal point for client and staff information
- Provided support and training to staff for expense team conversion
- Processed all expenses for over 75 funds
- Solved moderately complex problems requiring independent thinking with direction
- Researched and solved any cash variances between fund accounting and custody departments.
Treasury Analyst
CVS/CAREMARK
01.2003 - 01.2013
- Maintained control over corporate and over 1000 store bank accounts through specialized database software as well as Access and Excel.
- Managed account origination and signatory controls of accounts.
- Monitored, originated and presented request to officers and banks to document changes of authorized account signers
- Obtained electronic analyses for bank accounts and properly enter into BRM system
- Generated comparative reporting of bank fees against contracted pricing for all bank accounts
- Prepared monthly reporting, variance and trend analysis.
- SOX Audit
- Created journals entries for month end close including adjustments and allocations.
- Performed analysis on projects as assigned by Manager, Director, and Treasurer.
Lottery Coordinator
CVS/CAREMARK
01.2006 - 01.2010
- Coordinated all day-to-day lottery activities between CVS and state lottery agencies covering 1000+ stores with in 16 states
- Coordinated daily, weekly and monthly accounting functions for Lottery
- Made recommendations and implemented changes to optimize Instant and Online Lottery Sales in CVS stores
- Made recommendations and implemented changes to minimize Lottery Loss in CVS stores
- Managed all Lottery Licensing and Bonding
- Created and maintained department databases using Microsoft Access to include adding new stores, import commission for states, and lottery store sales updates
- Coordinated store opening, closing and relocations as it relates to department equipment (ATM, MO, Copier).
- Improved team productivity with regular communication and progress updates.
- Entered data, generated reports, and produced tracking documents.
- Enhanced operational workflows by maintaining well-organized documentation systems and updating records accurately as needed.
- Recorded and prepared account analysis for sales, redemptions, settlement, commissions and loss for all lottery agencies.
- Performed monthly account reconciliation to ensure proper accounting for all lottery activity.
- Performed monthly inventory monitoring helping to reduce lost/stolen instant tickets.
- Troubleshot large reconciliation variances resulting in verifying accurate sales and redemptions.
- Partnered with Loss Prevention Managers by supporting theft investigation.
- Set up new stores with lottery equipment and provided training to store employees.
- Managed weekly and monthly lottery sales and redemptions for !000+ stores.
- Prepared account analysis reporting monthly commissions and sales.
- Maintained Access Database for lottery stores and game information.
- Reconciled various cash accounts.
Education
Associate of Science -
Community College of Rhode Island
Warwick, RI05.1985
High School Diploma -
Cranston High School East
Cranston, RI06.1983
Some College (No Degree) -
Rhode Island College
Providence, RISkills
- Audit management
- Budget Planning
- Corporate finance
- Relationship building and management
- Financial analysis and reporting
- Process Implementation
- Internal Controls and Reporting Systems
Technical Knowledgebase
- Microsoft Suite of Products: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access
- PeopleSoft
- Weiland / BRMEdge
- Nexen
- Knowledge of GAAP
- MIP Account system
Timeline
Business/Finance Manager
Times2 Academy
05.2020 - Current
FAA Client Treasury Sr. Specialist
BNYMellon
01.2014 - 05.2020
Lottery Coordinator
CVS/CAREMARK
01.2006 - 01.2010
Treasury Analyst
CVS/CAREMARK
01.2003 - 01.2013
Associate of Science -
Community College of Rhode Island
High School Diploma -
Cranston High School East
Some College (No Degree) -
Rhode Island College
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