Kaiqi McBride (Kathy)

Vendor Management & Strategic Sourcing Leadership:

• Independently established and manage comprehensive vendor management program overseeing $22M annual spend across 100+ vendors
• Instituted strategic cost reduction initiatives yielding $800,000+ in annual savings through systematic vendor optimization and contract restructuring
• Executed comprehensive analysis of NICE platform operations ($1.4 million annual spend), identifying $300,000 in cost savings through license optimization and contract realignment
• Conducted strategic evaluation of payment solution vendors, including competitive analysis of eight providers, projected to generate $150,000+ in annual savings
• Implemented sophisticated vendor management protocols utilizing Excel and Monday.com, enhancing contract renewal tracking and negotiation outcomes

Financial Operations & GAAP Compliance:

• Maintain month-end close by conducting GL analysis, posting accrual entries, allocating revenue and expense entries, and reconciling balance sheet accounts
• Lead implementation of new leases standard ASC 842 for 400+ leases, managing transition from ASC 840
• Direct comprehensive revenue posting efforts and analyze session counts, enhancing financial accuracy
• Assist in finalizing monthly financial statements and preparing adjusting journal entries

• Generated weekly and monthly KPI packages for 45+ locations and 1000+ employees
• Supported annual budgeting and planning through creation of budget templates and variance analysis
• Performed advanced reviews of business operational trends for accurate expense forecasting
• Managed month-end and year-end accounting close processes, preparing reconciliations and adjusting journal entries.
• Calculated and monitored key metrics including employee turnover ratio and PTO accrual balance
• Provided financial reporting support to regional and center directors
• Led employee training initiatives, mentoring junior staff and reviewing their work to ensure accuracy.

• Increased efficiency, support and documentation of accounting processes by creating detailed schedules for journal entries
• Managed daily treasury operations including bank reconciliations and cash-related journal entries
• Prepared and posted daily and monthly journal entries related to cash, revenue, expense allocation, and depreciation
• Used COGNOS report to post payroll expense and payroll hour entries into Sage 100
• Helped Controller with financial reporting and budgeting
• Supported company set up and improved accounting systems to meet business needs and maximize effectiveness of data input
• Assisted accounting manager with year-end financial audits