LaQuita Etheridge Graham
Summary
Dedicated Finance Professional with 20 years of experience in accounting and financial management. Demonstrated talents in financial planning and creating impactful strategies to achieve business objectives and increase revenue. Excellent leadership skills with business optimization expertise.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Director of IT Fiscal Affairs
University Of Alabama At Birmingham
10.2017 - Current
- Orchestrated and restructured $60M IT budget. Lead efficiencies to experience an average of 2% cost savings year-over year.
- Serves as a strategic partner and liaison for senior leadership, developing talking points, and process and procedures
- Orchestrated the design, implementation, of IT finance system. Serves as a financial SME for system outcomes such as quarterly reports, income statements, and dashboard development in ServiceNow.
- Developed a capital project portfolio and ad hoc reporting, including a dashboard and senior level one page view for all cash on hand and project status
- Established accounting processes, team development, resource allocation and departmental cost savings opportunities
- Spearheaded the centralization of all personnel and funding resources to properly allocate and define costs of services by unit
- Lead and managed finance staff in accordance with the strategic mission using SMART goals for performance
Financial Officer III - Information Technology
University Of Alabama At Birmingham
10.2017 - 02.2019
- Promoted to director within 6 months . Implemented initiatives to improve core finance activities
- Develop a fiscally responsible framework under RCM to improve efficiencies and effectiveness using Lean Six methodologies
- Overseeing monthly quarterly analysis of business performance by reviewing comparative operating results and KPI's
- Drove analytics and data consistency with expanded reporting, analysis and revenue forecasting support.
- Orchestrated the development, design, implementation and served as a financial SME for ITFM system with outcomes such as Quarterly reports, Income Statements in ServiceNow
Financial Officer II
University Of Alabama At Birmingham
04.2013 - 10.2017
- Develops and monitors $12M HR budget and $1.7M Revenue budget
- Interfaces with the Budget Works System-Translates budget outcomes into merit allocations and generates ACT documents, CRF's and supporting documentation
- Performs monthly analysis of business performance by reviewing comparative operating results,
- Centralizes all HR finance functions include Payment Request, Purchase Orders, Kronos Timekeeping for 200 biweekly employees and currently served as Equipment/Inventory Manager
- Serves as financial point person for department heads, reviews financial results and departmental operating expenses and provided guidance and instruction on budget procedures, expense tracking and goal setting
- Ensures compliance with Procurement processes and renegotiates supplier contracts and is a liaison between HR and Financial Affairs/University Contracts
- Manages financial staff including hiring, training, performance evaluations and corrective actions
Financial Officer I
UAB Hospital Maintenance
06.2008 - 04.2013
- Created and compiled $35M annual budgets for Hospital Maintenance including interfacing with Budget Model and Hyperion budget systems
- Derived annual forecast for $20M utility budget and accounted for over 200 hospital maintenance staff and ensured funding for all recharge accounts
- Developed monthly and quarterly reporting including variance reporting for executive level staff
- Maintained contract, vendor management and procurement services for Hospital Maintenance and ensured compliance with State bid laws
- Developed reporting for executive financial reviews.
- Built capacity-based forecast tools to inspect cost of service forecasting.
- Established budgetary benchmarks and formulated financial management strategies by researching operating and historical financial records.
Staff Accountant
Regions Financial Services B
04.2003 - 06.2008
- Facilitated month-end close processes, invoicing, journal entries and account reconciliations
- Responsible for expenditure tracking, coordinated positive outcomes between back office and external customers
- Processed annuity payments for various companies and proficient in cash management
- Prepared and processed journal entries to record in general ledger and maintain consistent documentation
Education
Master of Science - Business Administration
University of Alabama
Birmingham, AL03.2021
Bachelor of Science - Business, Accounting
University of Alabama
Birmingham, AL12.2002
Skills
- Financial reporting analysis
- Business operations
- Data analytics
- Regulatory compliance
- Risk assessment
- Financial system development
- Audit assessments and coordination
- Strategic financial planning
- Excellent Team Leadership
- Process Implementation
Accomplishments
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
UAB Leadership Edge
Served on UAB Budget Allocation Committee
Timeline
Financial Officer III - Information Technology
University Of Alabama At Birmingham
10.2017 - 02.2019
Director of IT Fiscal Affairs
University Of Alabama At Birmingham
10.2017 - Current
Financial Officer II
University Of Alabama At Birmingham
04.2013 - 10.2017
Financial Officer I
UAB Hospital Maintenance
06.2008 - 04.2013
Staff Accountant
Regions Financial Services B
04.2003 - 06.2008
Master of Science - Business Administration
University of Alabama
Bachelor of Science - Business, Accounting
University of Alabama
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