
Dynamic Accounting Manager with a proven track record at multiple county tax offices, excelling in process management and improvement. Spearheaded initiatives that enhanced departmental efficiency, achieving consistent growth in revenue collections. Adept at team leadership and staff development, fostering a collaborative environment to drive performance and compliance.
• Lead Accounting Department, collaborating with senior management to develop plans and streamline workflows.
• Manage approximately 146,000 property tax accounts, generating over $600 million in annual collections.
• Ensure daily balancing of collections for thirty-two taxing jurisdictions per state and local regulations.
• Oversee collection of over $60 million in motor vehicle taxes and fees, ensuring accurate disbursement to designated agencies.
• Partner with internal teams on finance operations, focusing on fraud prevention and compliance in accounts payable and receivable.
• Serve as Product Owner for system conversion project, coordinating with management and external vendor on data conversion, system balancing, and process and workflow changes.
• Establish accounting processes and policies under senior management's guidance to standardize best practices department-wide.
• Engage in Human Resources duties including interviewing, hiring, motivation, feedback, redirection and disciplinary actions.
• Supervise daily financial activities, system updates, and student account management.
• Provide operational support and feedback to owner and instructors daily.
• Deliver information and services to prospective and current customers.
• Assist with advertising strategies and policy development.
• Facilitate internal and external communications.
• Managed and mentored a management team of four, overseeing over 30 employees.
• Directed finance operations, including accounts payable/receivable and budget management.
• Set strategic direction and performance policies to enhance efficiency and minimize waste.
• Designed team-building activities and goals to improve productivity and employee retention.
• Achieved consistent annual growth in net yield and collection rates through departmental leadership.
• Led system conversions, data migrations, and process automation projects as Product Owner.
• Developed operational budgets, monitored costs, and created forecasts for strategic planning.
• Enhanced financial performance by fostering collaboration with internal and external partners.
• Oversaw five-member team to design strategic plans and optimize workflows.
• Set departmental objectives and organized team-building initiatives to enhance productivity.
• Managed administration of approximately 1 million accounts, generating about $1.5 billion in revenue.
• Ensured compliance with local, state, and federal regulations while achieving robust net yields.
• Coordinated finance operations across departments, focusing on fraud detection and prevention initiatives.
• Served as Product Owner for system automation project, guiding IT personnel through project lifecycle.
• Developed and automated financial performance metrics, delivering regular analytics to senior leadership.
• Established standardized accounting policies and procedures in collaboration with executive management.
• Managed a team of six assistant managers and over fifty employees, developing procedures to enhance departmental performance and retention.
• Oversaw $6.5 billion in revenue disbursement, ensuring compliance with all relevant regulations and maintaining a top-performing department.
• Directed banking and disbursement operations, including accounts payable/receivable, reconciliation, general ledger, budgeting, and fraud prevention.
• As Product Owner for the ACT project, managed mainframe migration to Windows-based system, reducing costs, eliminating single points of failure, and enhancing system usability.
• Developed operational and financial metrics, prepared presentation materials, and delivered updates to peers and executive leadership.
• Oversaw office budget, procurement, warehouse, and print shop operations; managed a team of 15+ employees.
• Collaborated with staff to streamline workflows and update policies, reducing redundancies and fostering teamwork.
• Developed and monitored an operating budget exceeding $25 million, analyzed trends, and collaborated with executive management on procedures for effective planning.
• Assessed budget data for accuracy relative to objectives, aided executive analysis, reconciled expenditures, established financial performance metrics, created presentations, and recommended budget administration improvements.
• Enhanced warehouse and inventory processes, optimized storage, scheduled document destruction, and expedited material distribution to end users.