Jeannie M. Mehling

• Oversaw month-end closing process, prepared financial statements and managed advanced reconciliations.
• Collaborated with finance and accounting departments to deliver comprehensive financial information to facilitate decision making for management, stakeholders and parent company.
• Managed accounting, payroll, and financial reporting activities.
• Used US GAAP to shape technical accounting policies and procedures.
• Oversaw daily activities of staff members including hiring, training and evaluating personnel performance.
• Evaluated potential investments and acquisitions from a financial perspective and recommended appropriate action plans.
• Oversaw financial reporting, accounts payable and receivable, asset coordination, account management and budgets.
• Served as primary contact for external auditors throughout year-end audit process.
• Coordinated timely dissemination of internal and external financial statements, annual audits and annual budgets.
• Conducted regular reviews of fixed assets register to maintain accuracy of records.

• Effective and consistent management of $65M operating budget; analyzing monthly expense variances and trends
• Timely preparation of month end activities to accurately analyze and report operational financial position; providing these reports written and in person
• Work closely with auditor, internal and external to ensure account reconciliations are accurate and also SOX 404 compliance, addressing concerns timely and confidently
• Proficient in ERP SAP; Microsoft Office Suite; Lean Process Improvement, Kronos
• Major Accomplishments:
• Received zero reportable on last 6 years of audits by internal and external audit reviews
• 97% consistency with budget compliance due to diligent management and review of actual vs budget
• Project implementation team member, implementing a new time keeping program throughout the entire corporate structure

Senior leadership position at Brigade level.

• Plans, directs, administers and monitors day-to-day operations, development and coordination of human resource programs; served as lead person in labor negotiations
• Hires, supervises, plans, coordinates, and assigns work of others, develops training and provided professional growth guidance to staff while monitoring and evaluating their performance and work outputs to maintain efficiency and quality of work
• Plans, allocates, and monitors time, people, equipment, and other resources for department to ensure efficient organization and completion of work

• Developed plans to provide for integrated administrative services, e.g., personnel pay actions, documentation, reporting requirements to provide efficient processing of military personnel actions and other related activities and assure effective control of correspondence and office operations within command
• Prepares or updates command SOPs to include changes or additions
• Provides administrative expertise and assists staff, lateral and/or subordinate units in formulating estimates, plans, orders and reports

• Develops, interprets and disseminates official directives and instructions to ensure uniform interpretation and application of finance regulations and procedures throughout Command
• Conducts training for personnel engaged in processing of pay actions and allowances for travel, as well as instruction on proper documentation procedures by serving as Defense Travel System (DTS) administrator
• Proficient in SAP software, using available reports to identify financial trends and assist in research required of inquiries