Michelle Schreier

Restaurant group consisting of fine-dining, fast casual, winery, brewery, hops farm, commissary and large private event location.

• Upheld great standards of leadership for employees, focusing on scrum values of openness, honesty and respect and effective communication on teams from 5-100 members.
• Developed and launched inventory and loss prevention program, reducing theft and increasing sales by 18%.
• Worked collaboratively with owner, managers. executive staff, and external stakeholders to implement new procedures and corrective actions to improve quality while maintaining food costs below 28%.
• Coach interactions over processes, help individual members of team clarify goals and shield them from distractions in order to achieve results.
• Analyzed technology, and lead team in implementation of new point-of-sale and reservation systems that worked together to enhance customer experience and provide best in class hospitality.
• Supported top-level decision-making and strategy planning, forging productive relationships with top stakeholders and serving as key advocate for various personnel issues.

Family owned law firm supporting the rights of clients injured in auto-accidents.

• Responsible for operation of family law firm including overseeing human resources, banking relationships, client billing facilitation, insurance due diligence and accounting supervision.
• Facilitated implementation of automated billing practices and procedures using current technology to reduce attorney time by 20%.
• Organized and managed year -end process for external accounting firm and developed processes to reduce time spent during year end to provide staff with greater work/life balance.
• Interviewed, hired and trained all accounting staff and served as liaison between staff and key stakeholders reducing turnover by 40%.

Personally owned accounting, management consulting and coaching business working across multiple business sectors.

• Reviewed internal systems and organized training plans to address areas in need of improvement with initial goals of improving turnover by 20%.
• Restructured procedures through coordination with key stakeholders to create and execute projects, leading teams of 50+ employees.
• Completed budget and tax planning functions, maintained relationships with external firm to assist in timely preparation of tax information.
• Coached business leaders on conflict resolution by focusing on scrum values of openness, honesty and respect.
• Computer system implementation and instruction for clients including guidance regarding purchase of computer systems and software
• Created, trained, and coordinated implementation of paperless work environments, reducing costs and increasing productivity.
• Completed due diligence for health insurance, property insurance, profit sharing programs.
• Industries worked in: Accounting, Banking, Construction, Insurance, Legal, Medical, Non-Profit, Hospitality.