Jennifer Breuer
Arnold,MO
Summary
Directed financial operations with a focus on optimizing profitability and minimizing costs over a 15-year career. Championed innovative and sustainable strategies while managing teams and integrating new technologies. Recognized for leadership in developing KPIs, SOPs, and internal controls to enhance accounting department performance. Leveraged Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and SharePoint to establish operational metrics and conduct analytical reviews. Fostered team empowerment and organizational development through strategic budgeting and analytics initiatives.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Director of Finance
CITY OF FLORISSANT
06.2023 - Current
- Manage team: Asst Finance Director, AR, AP, Procurement, Payroll.
- Manage yearly budget prep and transmission to ERP system.
- Use Six-Sigma Master Black Belt Certification to:
- Identify opportunities for cost savings and increased revenue by providing metrics which show sustainability.
- Teach a Lean/Six Sigma Process Improvement class to City employees.
- Leadership: coach & mentor to develop continuous improvement mentality.
- Fundamentally proving to staff, colleagues, and other leaders I am an honest and easy to work with professional who loves process improvement.
- Financial guidance, 2025 is the first year for a balanced budget.
- Management of 15 bank accounts to include: general, tax, escrow, cafeteria.
- Track and reinvest matured CDs, get quotes from 4 banks.
- 1099 Submissions at year end.
- PCI Compliance measures conducted yearly.
- Manage Grant Revenue and spending.
- Investments of tax funds.
- Calculate yearly tax rates for Bonds and council approval.
- Review/approve Purchase Orders and Capital Projects.
- Manage payroll bi-weekly payroll.
- Administer 457 transfers: contributions to OneAmerica, loan payments.
- Administer corporate credit cards, monitor spending.
Sr. Financial Consultant – Contracts with the following companies
ROBERT HALF
05.2020 - 06.2023
- Build-A-Bear Inc., (St. Louis, MO)
- Enhanced costing of Freight Charges and reconciled freight payable for US and UK.
- Compiled and reported all Build-A-Bear inventory for FY 2022 in the US and UK.
- Documented processes for freight reconciliation, inventory reporting, and merchandise accounts.
- Trained a new accounting supervisor on the business processes.
- Managed Business Licenses and Personal Property Taxes for national franchises.
- Hussmann Corp. - Division of Panasonic, (St. Louis, MO)
- Streamlined travel expense processing for Canada and the US from 2 days to 4 hours.
- Improved P-Card expense processing for Canada and the US from 3 days to 6 hours.
- Created and implemented a method for tracking prepayments for Hussmann - US.
- Enhanced and incorporated new expense reimbursement processes for Hussmann in the US, Canada, China, New Zealand, India, and Australia.
- Benson Hill, Inc. (St. Louis, MO)
- Provided insight, expertise, and controls on complex inventory maintenance processes for two Corporate Divisions.
- Reviewed and approved reconciliations for COGS, Spoilage, Inventory, and Accruals.
- Implemented an Excel-based variance control system to streamline inventory.
- Created, streamlined, and reported on invoicing practices using NetSuite.
- Collaborated with Inventory Accounting, FP&A, and Purchasing to improve communication breakdowns.
Director of Finance
LUMERIS HEALTHCARE
08.2018 - 05.2020
- Managed 2 Supervisors and 7 Accountants for AR, AP, and Billing.
- Streamlined reporting and identified key identifiers with the Analytics team.
- Oversaw month-end accounting, workflows, and collections.
- Documented processes in collaboration with internal audit.
- Reduced client debt by $2.5M through a thorough review.
- Addressed service, product, and tech gaps with analytics.
- Cut AP and Billing workload by 61.5% (1,280 hours).
- Trimmed necessary audit gathering by 66%.
Assistant Finance Director
ST. LOUIS COUNTY – DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
05.2013 - 08.2018
- Oversaw a $60M budget.
- Managed AP, AR, HR, Payroll, Procurement, Billing, Facilities, and more.
- Implemented collection practices for open AR over 30, 60, 90 days.
- Executed sustainable strategies for budget spending.
- Managed budgeted projects like Mobile Medical Unit and HVAC installation.
- Optimized procurement, reducing encumbered funds by $7M.
- Stabilized budget, saving $15M through new contracting regulations.
- Discovered a $3.4M embezzlement through budget scrutiny.
- Trained 500+ staff on Lean/Six Sigma standards.
- Reduced budget processing time by 30%.
- Created SOPs for 32 departments.
- Presented annual budget to County Council, County Executive, and Budget Director.
- Recruited and retained top talent in financial areas.
- Collaborated with internal audit to refine practices.
- Managed active grants, including audit of deliverables.
Grant and Life Income Accountant
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
03.2008 - 05.2013
- Direct Donor contact for donation distribution.
- Distribute Endowment Funds from Gifts to the University.
- Set up Annuities, CRUT, CRAT, LEED Trusts, and Pooled Funds.
- Prepare Fiscal YE tax documentation.
- Direct Monthly payouts for annuities.
- Identify (5th payouts) on trusts exceeding investment expectations annually.
- Direct daily donations of Stocks to the University.
- Value each stock based on day of delivery.
- Value bonds using Bloomberg.
- Value distributions of Bequests, largest donation was $80M with over 550 separate stocks.
- Daily contact with Financial Advisor at Wells Fargo for various stock distributions.
Education
Ph.D. - Business Administration And Management
California Intercontinental University
Irvine, CA08.2018
Master of Business Administration - Health Care Management
California Intercontinental University
Irvine, CA10.2016
BBA -
Medaille College
Buffalo, NY10.2001
Skills
GAAP Accounting
Certification
Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Timeline
Director of Finance
CITY OF FLORISSANT
06.2023 - Current
Sr. Financial Consultant – Contracts with the following companies
ROBERT HALF
05.2020 - 06.2023
Director of Finance
LUMERIS HEALTHCARE
08.2018 - 05.2020
Assistant Finance Director
ST. LOUIS COUNTY – DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
05.2013 - 08.2018
Grant and Life Income Accountant
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
03.2008 - 05.2013
Ph.D. - Business Administration And Management
California Intercontinental University
Master of Business Administration - Health Care Management
California Intercontinental University
BBA -
Medaille College