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JENNIFER E. MACKEY
Groesbeck,USA
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Summary
Results-driven business leader with extensive experience in financial management and operational leadership. Successfully transformed a freelancing operation into a full-service business, enhancing financial accuracy and compliance for diverse clients across multiple industries. Strong communicator, dedicated to streamlining processes and delivering effective solutions.
Overview
1
1
Certification
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Business Owner & President
JEM Business Services, LLC
Waco, USA
05.2016 - Current
- Grew freelancing operation into a full-time professional services business within one year.
- Managed daily operations of JEM Business Services LLC, ensuring efficient service delivery and client satisfaction.
- Executed customized bookkeeping and accounting services for industries: energy, food and beverage, and retail, enhancing financial accuracy and compliance.
- Provided comprehensive accounting and business consulting services, including outsourced full accounting and customized solutions, addressing project needs to the client's satisfaction.
- PROJECT: Supported AppDirect Advisor Finance commissions team by resolving commission inquiries through research and adjustments.
- PROJECT: Completed migration of PSI Network telecommunications master agency to AppSmart Invest program ahead of schedule and under budget.
Business Manager / Controller
The Waco Tribune-Herald
Waco, USA
03.2015 - 03.2017
- Managed financial reporting and provided audit support, facilitating transparency for local and corporate offices.
- Supervised finance and accounting functions, ensuring compliance and accuracy for mid-size regional newspaper owned by Berkshire Hathaway Media company.
- Oversaw on-site HR functions, streamlining recruiting, hiring, onboarding, and benefits programs.
- Tested corporate technologies, including the PeopleSoft AP system and circulation system and made recommendations for software customization and best practices.
Financial Analyst, U.S. Finance
Wilsonart, LLC
Temple, USA
10.2012 - 02.2015
- Ensured compliance with GAAP and regulatory standards for financial reporting across 20 North American distribution warehouses.
- Managed sales returns, allowances, rebates, G&A, and sales administrative costs to enhance financial accuracy.
- Maintained monthly accruals and deferrals for accurate revenue recognition and supported month-end close process.
- Participated in corporate implementation team for Hyperion financial consolidation software, streamlining financial processes.
Director of Accounting
Providence Healthcare Network
Waco, USA
11.2010 - 08.2012
- Directed all financial analyses and budgeting functions for not-for-profit Catholic healthcare provider network.
- Led implementation of internal controls and process improvements during Ascension Health acquisition, ensuring compliance and operational continuity.
- Created onboarding processes and financial reporting practices for employed physicians, facilitating smoother integration and financial oversight.
- Automated monthly balance sheet reconciliations and journal voucher verifications.
- Built creative team of dedicated financial professionals to completely reset organization's view of finance and accounting function.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
University of South Florida
Tampa, FLBachelor of Arts - Business & Organizational Psychology
Oral Roberts University
Tulsa, OKSkills
- Financial Client Management
- Strategic Financial Planning
- Business Strategy
- Financial analysis
- Operations & Budget Management
- Accounting & Bookkeeping
- Operational Leadership
- Process improvement
- Strategic planning
Certification
- Certified Public Accountant, 1997
- Quickbooks Pro Advisor
- Bill.com Certification
- Lean Healthcare Certification, Univ of Michigan
Training
- Statutory Basis Financial Statement Training, Insurance Industry Statutory Reporting Standards
- Government Finance Officers' Association Governmental Accounting 'Boot Camp' for National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) and State Departments of Insurance (Texas Department of Insurance) and GAAS standards.
- The Ritz-Carlton Leadership Center Executive Education Series, Specialized training in benchmarking business practices that led to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC, becoming a two-time recipient of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.
Timeline
Business Owner & President
JEM Business Services, LLC
05.2016 - Current
Business Manager / Controller
The Waco Tribune-Herald
03.2015 - 03.2017
Financial Analyst, U.S. Finance
Wilsonart, LLC
10.2012 - 02.2015
Director of Accounting
Providence Healthcare Network
11.2010 - 08.2012
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
University of South Florida
Bachelor of Arts - Business & Organizational Psychology
Oral Roberts University