Robert Pope

Assist the Pastor in the daily operation of the church, celebrate masses, hear confessions, preside at funerals and weddings, attend meetings, and other ministry responsibilities as required.

Administration of daily activities of the office, involvement with the church ministries, conducting Finance Council and Parish Council meetings each quarter, celebrating masses, baptisms, confirmations at Easter, preparing monthly mass schedules, and overall management of the church

Assisted the Pastor with daily church activities, celebrating masses, participating in ministries, hearing confessions, visiting the school periodically, attending meetings, other tasks as assigned

Posted daily receipts and payments and other transactions for the church and school in accordance with Diocesan protocols, communicated proactively with the Pastor and other staff members regarding any issues or concerns related to bookkeeping tasks, prepared monthly bank reconciliations to ensure accurate representation of the church and school financial position, reconciled and corrected issues with financial records, attended meetings, management of church office volunteers, other duties as requested by the Pastor

Supervised staff in the Cashiers Office and Student Financial Services, daily management of all the activities of these two departments, implemented procedures for these departments, met with students and parents as needed regarding their student accounts, trained staff as required, supervised the daily operation of the accounting software used for cashiering and student financial services, and worked with the Information Technology staff regarding the software and troubleshooting any issues that occurred.

Supervised and managed the implementation of the accounting software systems for use by the Controller's staff and end users in the university departments, granted access to the software as needed, trained staff and end users, responsible for setting up the values for all the data required by the systems during implementation and making changes or additions as required. Supervised a staff of 3.

Staff assistant to the University Controller in the daily management of all the functions of the Controller's Office, developed written policies and procedures, prepared the adjustments and annual financial statements for the University, served on a Commission to reduce bureaucracy in 1995, one of the leaders in the implementation of new payroll and accounting systems, worked with internal and state auditors, conducted training sessions for university end users of the systems, and training on travel and payroll procedures, served on the University Tax Committee and the State University System's Tax Subcommittee from 1994 to 2004, managed the Payroll, Accounts Payable, General Accounting and Construction Accounting functions daily.

Taught Introduction to Management a couple times per year during this timeframe

Taught one undergraduate accounting course per term

Daily management and supervision of Accounts Payable and Payroll departments with twenty two employees, served on the University Financial Staff Committee, managed the University's banking relationship, worked with all auditors, conducted training on University accounting policies and procedures for staff in the university, assisted the Controller and Associate Controller in the overall management of the Controller's Office (fifty employees), managed the implementation of accounting and human resources software

Taught Introduction to Management for one term

Taught one undergraduate accounting course per term including Principles of Accounting I, II and III; Intermediate Accounting and Cost Accounting

Prepared and monitored budgets for several auxiliary entities with a total budget of over $4 million, prepared monthly financial statements for the auxiliary trust fund of over $8 million, led the implementation of a computerized Mail Management System, performed financial analysis of various University departments as requested by the Vice President of Administration and Finance as well as other special projects

Financial Manager for a large Ophthalmic Surgery Center with 8 MD's and an annual budget of over $7 million and 50 employees, installed and ran a network of 33 personal computers, including billing, general ledger and payroll software; supervised 5 department supervisors and their subordinates; coordinated the annual CPA reviews of the financial statements; represented the medical practice in depositions and other legal actions; implemented changes in Medicare Part B coding and fee schedules; corrdinated affiliation agreements for all HMOs and PPOs

Taught one undergraduate accounting course per term including Principles of Accounting I, II, III; Intermediate Accounting; Cost Accounting

Manager for a large non-profit substance addiction treatment agency, with an annual budget of over $3 million and 80 employees; prepared the annual budget for the agency and for individual contracts and grants; supervised four department supervisors and their subordinates including Personnel Manager, Business Office Manager; Accountant and Quality Assurance Director; coordinated the annual CPA audits for production of the audited financial statements; prepared financial and statistical reports for the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitation Services, Palm Beach County, United Way, and NIAAA contracts and grants; presented monthly financial reports to the Board of Director meetings; developed written policies and procedures as needed

Financial manager for the agency; installed an IBM PC computerized accounting and statistical system and eliminated manual systems for accounting and payroll; supervised one position, the bookkeeper; prepared the annual budget, monthly financial statements and periodic statistical reports for funding agencies; coordinated the annual CPA audits; developed a complete Financial Policies and Procedures manual

Supervised two clerical positions; reconciled monthly all state appropriations for the five county District office programs; prepared adjusting entries and journal transfers as needed