Summary
Work History
Education
Affiliations
Skills
Work Preference
Timeline
ROCKY L. RIVIELLA

ROCKY L. RIVIELLA

Warranty Manager UNCW
Carolina Beach,NC

Summary

Consistently contribute to improved productivity, cost-effectiveness, operational enhancement, and profitability through leadership, strategic planning strengths, technical expertise, and understanding of client needs. Effective leadership skills honed through progressive roles within high-paced, demanding environments that require balancing numerous accounts with varying degrees of priority. Excel in big-picture thinking while energizing teams and building consensus among disparate groups to “make things happen.” Reputation for strong work ethic, exceptional commitment to customers, industry knowledge, approachability, and ability to “get the job done” by focusing on priority tasks, responding to a sense of urgency, and tenacious commitment to results.

Work History

Managing Director

HW Odum Institute- UNC
Chapel Hill, NC
  • Led strategic planning and execution for Institute growth, resulting in increased revenue and decreased expenses
  • Spearheaded major administrative team transition of the Odum Institute, with the creation of the new Research Data Management Core
  • I helped create new positions in this core and transitioned some top-key Odum staff to it
  • Created the first-ever recharge center at Odum and has consistently averaged over 175K annually in revenues
  • Directed cross-functional teams to achieve operational efficiency and drive business performance
  • Supervised all fiscal management, budget planning, and cost control measures to maximize budget availability
  • Implemented key performance indicators and evaluation systems to monitor overall progress
  • Conducted market research and analyzed competition to identify new business opportunities and show where improvements and planning changes were needed.

Business Manager

McAllister Heart Institute, UNC
Chapel Hill, NC
  • Design, implement, and oversee financial tools and systems for budgeting, forecasting, analysis, and reporting; Prepare financial reports for Administrative, Director, and School of Medicine leadership identifying center achievements, challenges, and areas of opportunity
  • Monitor state funds, overhead funds, trust funds, medical foundation accounts, recharge core, and investments, while also maintaining an operating budget for the Center with multi-year budget forecasting as part of strategic planning
  • Supervise administrative staff, make office decisions, and oversee labs that our Center administers
  • Monitor specialized projects evaluating team performance while enforcing organization-wide policies and procedures.

Trumbull County Engineer

s Office
Warren, OH

Human Resource Manager / Administrator

  • Guided and managed overall provision of human resources services, policies, and programs for more than 125 staff members and resolved concerns from union organizations
  • Directed recruitment and staffing initiatives, employee relations, performance management and salary administration, policy development and documentation, new-hire orientations, benefits disbursal, coaching and leadership, staff development, and agency compliance
  • Created County Health Care Plan and hired TPA to administer the plan, saving thousands of tax payer dollars while serving as the primary resource for all presented inquiries
  • Controller
  • Directed accounting operations for the organization, overseeing all transactions related to general ledger and month-end close as well as internal and external audits; ensured all accounts were reconciled
  • Assisted in the development, maintenance, and education of all major account policies and system requirements
  • Actively addressed complex financial reporting issues as they arose and provided a second opinion on the application of technical accounting rules
  • Led process redesigned efforts, identified non-value-added activities and eliminated them
  • Defined balanced scorecard metrics for the department and established goals and measurement of achievement against these goals as a strategic imperative to the company
  • Reported findings to management and, where applicable, managed remediation activities
  • Maintained optimal team delivery of departmental and cross-departmental customer service.

Assistant State Auditor

State of Ohio Auditor’s Office
Youngstown, OH
  • Prepared financial statements, accountant’s reports, management letters, and compliance tests as well as special reports on regulatory requirements and reviewed and evaluated internal controls
  • Appraised financial, operational, and compliance functions of organizations, including counties, cities, school districts, and townships by GASB/GAAS principles
  • Coordinated with management to ensure all procedural criteria supported organization objectives.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration, Accounting, Marketing, Finance, & Management

Youngstown State University

Affiliations

Former Board President & Member, Niles Board of Education, Past role as Director of Riviella Consulting, LLC, providing specialized consultation to federal clients, including contract negotiations and financial, human resources, fraud deterrence, and other services.

Skills

Operations management

Staff management

Quality assurance

Team collaboration

Account management

Strategic planning

Business administration

Budget development

Budget management

Financial management

Workforce planning

Business planning

Work Preference

Work Type

Full Time

Work Location

On-SiteRemoteHybrid

Important To Me

Personal development programsCompany CultureWork-life balance

Timeline

Managing Director - HW Odum Institute- UNC
Business Manager - McAllister Heart Institute, UNC
Trumbull County Engineer - s Office
Human Resource Manager / Administrator -
Assistant State Auditor - State of Ohio Auditor’s Office
Youngstown State University - Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, Accounting, Marketing, Finance, & Management