Project management professional with track record of delivering high-impact projects in diverse healthcare environments. Adept at driving project timelines and ensuring quality outcomes through strategic planning and execution. Highly collaborative, adaptable, and committed to team success and client satisfaction.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Healthcare Project Manager
University of Tennessee Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
02.2024 - Current
Lead project manager for $30M ground up sterile processing department building
Installation of CT and X-Ray machines inside of hospital and outlying outpatient facilities requiring renovation of existing spaces
Develop project scopes, objectives, and timelines in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders
Lead cross-functional teams to deliver complex healthcare projects on time and within budget.
Collaborate with architects, engineers, general contractors, sub-contractors, project owners, clinicians and medical equipment providers to create project designs and plans
Create budgets and administer financial management through each phase of projects from estimating to cost tracking and closeout
Lead a team of project managers in the Signage Solutions division
Responsible for profitability and margin reporting, tracking and reporting of team projects
Managed projects from inception to closeout including survey and branding, permitting, proposal development, production, installation, and final billing of jobs
Coordinated, scheduled, and planned the execution of jobs with engineers, general contractors, architects, sign installers, and customers
Ensured compliance with industry regulations and local code requirements
Mentored and trained junior team members on understanding building code, permitting processes, construction documents, architectural renderings, and shop drawings
Senior Accountant
Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance
Maryville, TN
10.2017 - 07.2019
Assist in guiding investor reporting accounting team and daily workflow to ensure monthly reports and accounting functions are completed by required deadlines
Daily reconciliations and preparation of monthly investor reports
Work with broker-dealers and assist in the preparation of GNMA mortgage pool sales
Work directly with Treasury, GL Accounting, Accounts Payable/Receivable daily to process transactions
Assisted in major acquisition of a large mortgage company and responsible for understanding and documenting processes around the purchase and sell of mortgages to investors, aggregators and GSE
Assisted in sale of an ABS portfolio and communicated with banks, attorney’s, document custodians and other key stakeholders to insure all necessary items for completion were met
Manager of Treasury and Accounting
Curae Health
Knoxville, TN
09.2016 - 12.2016
(Laid Off – Start-up company unable to secure financing required for acquisitions needed to support staff increase)
Manage and direct all facets of Treasury, daily balancing of cash, cash flow forecasting, and implementation of centralized processes within hospitals
Implement Cash Controls, Processes and Procedures to mitigate risk, increase accuracy and ensure the successful execution of transactions
Conduct analysis of financial statements on potential acquisitions to determine future profitability
Manage the Intercompany accounting function
Communicate and work directly with hospital CFOs to complete month-end close
Review and approve Accounts Payable on a weekly basis
Managed relationships with cash management banks and vendors of treasury services
Created a centralized process for managing hospital point of sale credit card transactions by developing a strategic plan, working with a new third-party processing vendor and meeting with the hospital CFO’s
Service Line Consultant (Data Analytics)
Covenant Health
Knoxville, TN
12.2015 - 09.2016
Estimate and project procedure costs for the Neuro and Spine service lines through systems research and consultation with multiple groups such as purchasing, administration, clinical, etc.
Analyze medical and surgical device cost data and consult with Covenant Health physicians and hospital administrators providing creative ways to reduce expenditures
Create visualizations through Microsoft office applications and data analytics software to present to and engage physicians, administrators and other medical staff
Develop and nurture relationships within the Covenant Health system by regularly attending early morning and late evening consulting meetings with executive level employees and surgeons
Manager of Treasury
AMSURG Corp.
Nashville, TN
11.2012 - 12.2015
Responsible for securing financing through intercompany and external lenders for surgery center equipment, renovations, and construction projects
Worked directly with AMSURG Regional and Division Vice Presidents to optimally structure loan terms and financing agreements with external bank lenders
Produce required AMSURG loan documents for each term loan such as Amortization Schedules, Promissory Notes, Indemnification Agreements, Term Loan and Security Agreements and review bank loan documents prior to funding
Instrumental in the implementation of Cash Controls, Processes and Procedures to mitigate risk, increase accuracy and ensure the successful execution of transactions
Responsible for quarter-end and year-end balancing of AMSURG’s portfolio of short-term and long-term debt, and ensure accuracy in debt and lease journal entries
Managed opening/closing of bank accounts, signature cards, lockbox, user entitlements positive pay, stop payments, reconciliations, inquiries, etc.
Conducted entry of Wire, ACH and P-Card payments for mergers/acquisitions, the funding of bank accounts to cover special needs, payments to cover financing/closing charges, etc.
Supported the development of new and/or existing bank relationships by defining the needs of AMSURG and negotiating rates and fees
Direct responsibility for managing one employee, and dotted line responsibility for three others
Treasury Administrator
Community Health Systems
Nashville, TN
09.2008 - 11.2012
Implementation of credit card POS systems (Terminals, Internet Portals, Software,) as well as expense, procurement, AP, and travel related credit cards for over 100 CHS owned hospitals
Conduct bank fee analysis on CHS AP, payroll and depository bank accounts, leading to the identification of over $100K in over charged fees
Worked directly with hospital accounting departments to resolve reconciliation issues and to locate missing deposits by conducting audits
Reviewed and decisioned daily presentment of ACH and check payments on Positive Pay for AP and payroll
Converted lockbox check payments to ACH/EFT where there is beneficial cost savings
Administered online credit functions through Dun & Bradstreet such as pulling credit reports, disputing late payments, industry comparison analysis, etc.
Periodically conduct on-site visits to CHS hospitals and clinics to provide cash management product solutions and assist in accounting/financial related issues