Overview
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Michelle Cooper

Edgewater,MD

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

Director of Finance

REMODEL USA
Capitol Heights, MD
06.2004 - Current
  • Oversee and manage a $65M home improvement per year of company’s financial and administrative operations
  • Develop and maintain timely and accurate financial statements and reports in accordance with GAAP
  • Consistently ensure exceptional customer service and best values
  • Design departmental budgets and oversee accounting integration within the organization
  • Design and establish financial policies, procedures, programs, and best practices
  • Create strategic plans to improve profitability and streamline financial programs
  • Oversee credit analysis, debt ratios, and basic underwriting assessments with financial institutions to provide best loan terms for clients
  • Coordinate financial reviews with leadership to ascertain customer financing statuses, banking updates, and finance company’s terms on a regular basis
  • Control organization’s financial management, forecasting, budgeting, and revenue-producing programs with accounting department
  • Manage sales force weekly payroll calculation and reports for commission-based sales team
  • Coordinate with production and sales leadership to establish monthly budgets and provide reports to assist them with monthly production/sales goals
  • Meet with Executive leadership to provide them with recommendations on current financial rates and programs that best meet customer needs
  • Gather and perform customer deposits from Lead Perfection tool and provide accounting department personnel with weekly/monthly financial reports

Senior Underwriter

AMERIFIRST HOME IMPROVEMENT
Calverton, MD
11.2001 - 06.2004
  • Examined documents to determine degree of risk from such factors as applicant financial standing and value/condition of property
  • Produced exceptional results, processing up to 60 applications per day in a fast paced and stress-induced environment
  • Coordinated with dealers by assisting in answering funding questions, examining deals, and preparing any necessary documents/paperwork
  • Evaluated the possibility of losses due to catastrophe or excessive insurance and declined excessive risks

Timeline

Director of Finance

REMODEL USA
06.2004 - Current

Senior Underwriter

AMERIFIRST HOME IMPROVEMENT
11.2001 - 06.2004
Michelle Cooper