LaShawn Webster
Jackson,TN
Summary
Finance professional prepared for high-level challenges, with valuable experience in strategic financial management and operational efficiency. Proven track record of fostering collaborative environments and driving results. Expertise in navigating complex financial landscapes and adapting to evolving business needs. Seeking a new opportunity at a customer-centric bank that values individualized service. Experienced real estate agent with a strong background in both commercial and residential property markets. Skilled communicator adept at building positive relationships with diverse buyers, sellers, and team members.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
CFO
Electric Flava, LLC
04.2022 - Current
- Manage the restaurant’s financial reporting
- Track cash flow and financial planning
- Increased cafe revenue by 60%
- Analyze the company’s financial strengths and weaknesses
- Develop financial systems and infrastructure to facilitate growth into new markets
- Responsible for overseeing payable, account receivable, and payroll as needed
- Examine financial data to spot patterns and offer suggestions for enhancing the company’s financial performance
- Conduct risk assessments, implementing risk management strategies, and monitoring risk exposure
- Ensure the company has appropriate insurance coverage and complies with relevant regulations
- Ensures the business abides by all tax laws and rules
- Oversees the company’s cash flow and ensures there are enough resources on hand to pay for all of the company’s financial commitments
- Ensures the company has enough liquidity and cash flow
- Managed financial, operational and human resources to optimize business performance.
Correctional Counselor II
State of TN Day Reporting Center
06.2021 - 04.2022
- Provide one on one counseling and group sessions
- Maintain summaries of counseling sessions and treatment logs
- Attend meetings, training sessions and facilitate workshops
- Write monthly progress reports
- Assists newly admitted participants with counseling and guidance in initial orientation and adjustment to the program
- Reviews treatment plans to determine participants’ plans of action
- Prepares reports of caseloads and prepares follow-up reports
- Maintains a wide variety of personal contacts with families, courts, other governmental and community agencies and organizations
- Administers individual and group standardized intelligence tests, and other treatment services provided by the program
DIDD Investigator
Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
03.2020 - 05.2021
- Conduct internal administrative investigations into allegations of abuse, neglect, exploitation, unexplained serious injuries and questionable or suspicious deaths for people who receive services through the Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (DIDD)
- Interview person supported, staff, and administrators
- Document interviews and upload the information into the system
- Collect documentation which include person supported information and staff background information
- Prepare investigative reports
- Investigate, fact find and provide evidence towards allegations resolution
- Request additional information as needed
- Analyze data and draws conclusion based upon the available information from the investigation and documents finding
- Ensures compliance with all appropriate laws and regulations, relevant to the job functions
- Support the implementation of policies and procedures to ensure compliance with appropriate statues and regulations
- Serve in on call rotation with other Investigators
Youth Service Program Supervisor
McCracken Regional Juvenile Detention Center
01.2001 - 02.2020
- Serves as the assistant to the superintendent in overseeing the day-to-day operations of the facility
- Reduced recidivism by 40%
- Evaluated program performance regularly, using data-driven insights to inform future decision-making processes.
- Supervise personnel staff up to 40 employees and 70 residents
- Manage and Budget department expense
- Monitors and evaluates staff work performance and prepares employee evaluations
- Assist with recruiting, hiring, and managing employees
- Complete individual assessments to determine work attitudes and behaviors
- Train new employees and maintain training records
- Serve as liaisons between family services, physicians, courts, protective services, School Principals, teachers, and other community partners
- Provides information about youth behavior and identifies developmental needs for treatment goal planning, monitoring and evaluation
- Ensure compliance with approved policy and procedures
- Schedule regularly staff meetings to provide information and coordinate functions and activities
- Serve as the Religious and Recreation Coordinator
- Develop strategic planning strategies for the organization
- Oversaw staff training and development programs, ensuring employees were equipped with the skills needed to excel in their roles.
- Demonstrated strong leadership skills under challenging circumstances, effectively managing team dynamics during periods of transition or high-stress environments.
Grievance/PREA Coordinator (Dual Role)
McCracken Regional Juvenile Detention Center
01.2009 - 01.2020
- Investigate any incidents of Abuse, Neglect, or Exploitation
- Handle daily grievance of the residence
- Follow up with each grievance by investigating the events
- Include interviewing everyone involved and gather written accounts of the incidents
- Evaluate the situation based on research and provide follow up on report findings
- Coordinate teach and train on PREA
- Responsible for all phone calls, regarding sexual assaults, physical or mental abuse or neglect
- Responsible for follow up and reporting all incidents related to PREA to the state and local police department
- Reports any acts, incidents or conditions that reflects the possibility of inappropriate youth-to-youth or staff-to youth relationships
- Investigate any use of physical force and any unusual incidents with physical techniques
- Provide detailed summaries from information gathered from investigation
- Prepare documents for final investigations
- Completed bi-weekly payroll for 40 employees.
Education
Bachelor Degree -
Sullivan University
Louisville, KY05.2025
Associate Degree -
Mid-Continent University
Mayfield, KY05.2012
High School Diploma -
Centralia High School
Centralia, IL05.1994
Skills
- Organizational Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Adaptability to Change
- Critical Thinking
- Problem-Solving
- Multi-tasking
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Strategy Development
- Financial Planning
- Regulatory Compliance Knowledge
- Goal-Oriented
- Negotiation Tactics
Militaryexperience
United States Corps, 03/98, San Diego, CA
References
Available Upon Request
Timeline
CFO
Electric Flava, LLC
04.2022 - Current
Correctional Counselor II
State of TN Day Reporting Center
06.2021 - 04.2022
DIDD Investigator
Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
03.2020 - 05.2021
Grievance/PREA Coordinator (Dual Role)
McCracken Regional Juvenile Detention Center
01.2009 - 01.2020
Youth Service Program Supervisor
McCracken Regional Juvenile Detention Center
01.2001 - 02.2020
Associate Degree -
Mid-Continent University
High School Diploma -
Centralia High School
Bachelor Degree -
Sullivan University
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