Roxana Parker
Jacksonville,FL
Summary
Detail-oriented professional with exceptional communication and project management skills, adept at navigating fast-paced environments while managing multiple tasks effectively and efficiently. A proactive approach to identifying and addressing issues has led to significant process optimizations and enhanced team performance. Committed to supporting team objectives through strategic planning and execution, consistently driving results that align with organizational goals. Recognized for a strong ability to foster collaboration and maintain high standards of quality in all projects.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sr. Director of Finance and HR
American Culinary Federation
Jacksonville, FL
02.2022 - Current
- Serve as the organization’s senior finance leader, effectively fulfilling the responsibilities of Finance Director, Controller, and Senior Finance Manager for a national nonprofit.
- Lead full-cycle accounting operations, including monthly and year-end close, journal entries, complex reconciliations, and GAAP-compliant financial statements.
- Oversee budgeting, forecasting, cash flow management, and variance analysis; provide strategic financial insights to executive leadership.
- Prepare, analyze, and present monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports to the Board of Governors and senior leadership.
- Act as primary liaison for external auditors, tax preparers, banks, insurance providers, and investment partners; coordinate annual audits and tax filings.
- Maintain full ownership of the Chart of Accounts, fixed assets, investments, inventory, and intercompany receivables/payables.
- Design, implement, and enforce internal controls, policies, and procedures to strengthen compliance and improve operational efficiency.
- Direct accounts payable, cash disbursements, deposits, credit cards, and treasury functions.
- Manage bi-weekly payroll, reimbursements, benefits coordination, and related regulatory compliance.
- Lead Human Resources administration, including employee records, policies, onboarding, and board-level administrative support.
- Partner cross-functionally to support organizational growth, financial transparency, and long-term sustainability.
- Developed annual budgets and forecasts to align financial goals with organizational objectives.
Senior Staff Accountant
The Jacksonville Symphony
Jacksonville, FL
05.2021 - 02.2022
- Enter and reconcile all journal entries
- Ensure compliance with corporate policies and procedures
- Month-end close (Initial and subsequent)
- General ledger and P&L mapping
- Managed payroll for over 200 employees, including taxes and benefits
- Annual Budget compilation & variance analysis
- Bank and credit cards reconciliations
- Preparation of monthly Financial Reports
- Manage A/P and A/R procedures
- In charge of Cash Receipts
- Responsible for controlling all income and expenses
- Communicate with company CPA to organize annual tax returns.
Full Charge Bookkeeper
Steve's Painting and Maintenance
Jacksonville, FL
03.2018 - 05.2021
- Comprehensive knowledge of accounting and auditing principles, A/P, A/R, payroll, general ledger postings, invoicing.
- Expertise in developing and delivering monthly, quarterly, and annual Profit and Loss statements and Balance Sheets for management within strict deadlines.
- Keen ability to analyze cost control, providing timely and frequent financial information that supports corporate goals and objectives.
- Proven ability to identify and implement improvements to streamline processes and increase efficiency and productivity.
- Excellent technology skills; proficient with MS Office (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint), FreshBooks, Sage, QuickBooks, & Microsoft Dynamics.
Customer Service Manager / Administrative Assistant
Elite Flooring
Norcross, GA
08.2006 - 01.2018
- Manage daily operations of customer service staff.
- Right hand of three owners, maintain travel arraignments for them and also visitors for training.
- Supervise purchasing, accounts payables, ordering, and invoicing.
- Inventory and asset management for Atlanta, Charlotte, Tampa, Raleigh and Jacksonville offices.
- In charge of payroll for all installers.
- In charge of coordinating tradeshow throughout the year.
Customer Service Representative
McKesson Corporation
Suwannee, GA
01.2001 - 08.2006
- Processed on average 65 phone calls per day and provided support to several high volume sales representatives.
- Order processing from vendors for Primary and Acute Care. Identifying any special product. Coordinate multi-department reporting for crediting and invoicing.
- Maintained accounts payables/receivables.
Education
Accounting (Associate's degree) -
SNHU
Skills
- Payroll tax returns
- Google Workspace
- Sage
- Communication skills
- Time management
- Cash flow analysis
- Policy & process development
- Access control implementation
- ERP systems
- Payroll deduction management
- Workflow management (operations management method)
- Non-profit accounting
- GAAP
- Finance experience within manufacturing
- Onboarding process management
- Journal entries
- Account reconciliation
- Auditing
- Strategic management
- QuickBooks Payroll
- HR department experience
- Project management
- Treasury management
- PayPal payment processing
- Financial change management controls implementation
- Process improvement
- Asset management
- Financial control management
- Financial compliance reporting
- Operational risk management
- Financial close processing
- Systems & applications support
- Authorization controls implementation
- Financial chart of accounts maintenance
- Financial software
- Technical accounting
- Vendor management
- Accounting software
- Finance supervisor experience
- General Ledger Accounting
- Risk management
- Leadership
- Billing software
- Full cycle recruiting
- Microsoft Dynamics GP
- General ledger reconciliation
- ACH
- Account analysis
- Cost management
- Employee relations
- IT
- Change management
- Accounting manager experience
- Conflict resolution
- Balance sheet reconciliation
- Payroll
- Cash handling
- Accounts payables
- Financial analysis
- Budgeting
- Fraud prevention and detection
- Team management
- Organizational skills
- Office Management
- Sage
- Executive officer (finance)
- Tax reporting
- Notes to financial statements preparation
- Data Security (Data management)
- Cash management
- Microsoft Excel
- Process improvement standards implementation
- Bank Reconciliation
- Microsoft Office
- Critical thinking
- Data reporting
- Finance director experience
- Overseeing audit functions
- Public accounting
- Finance experience within consumer goods industry
- Tax experience
- Accounting systems
- Budget forecasting
- Expense management
- Financial sensitivity analysis
- Liquidity analysis
- Asset Management
- HRIS
- Operating Systems
- Configuration management
- Managerial strategic planning
- Writing skills
- Negotiation
- Tax report preparation
- Experience in startups
- Variance analysis
- Managing finance teams - Largest finance team managed (11-20 members)
- Trend analysis
- Monthly financial performance reviews
- Management reporting
- Internal controls
- SAP
- Finance experience within energy industry
- Microsoft Dynamics 365
- Financial review and approval process implementation
- Managing clients in a finance role - Clients managed simultaneously in a finance role (4-6 clients)
- Trial balance preparation
- Accounts Receivable
- Corporate finance
- Bookkeeping for tax purposes
- Cash flow statement preparation
- Banking
- QuickBooks Online
- Supervising experience
- Management experience within nonprofit industry
- Accounts payable automation
- Physical safeguards implementation
- Organizational budget management
- Industry knowledge of financial regulations
- Financial compliance
- Payroll processing
- Expense reports
- Cost accounting
- Payroll management
- Training & development
- Human Resources
- Time & attendance systems
- Paychex
- Leading financial analysis department
- Microsoft Outlook
- Closing the books
- Square (POS)
- Human resources
- Financial Report Writing
- Office management
- Data analytics
- Accrual accounting
- Strategic planning
- Financial planning
- Wage calculation
- Finance advising
- Payroll record maintenance
- Contracts
- Director experience
- Managing sales commissions
- QuickBooks
- NetSuite
- Accounts receivable
- Dashboard development
- Software deployment
- Problem-solving
- Data analysis skills
- Optimizing workflow processes
- Analytical thinking
- Preparation of internal financial performance reports
- Statement of changes in equity preparation
- Presentation skills
- Multitasking
- Payroll tax processing
- Kronos
- Microsoft Windows
- Managing budgets in a finance role - Largest budget managed in a finance role (More than $8M)
- Employment & labor law
- Record keeping
- Decision support in management accounting
- Cash flow forecasting
- Management
- Finance - Finance experience (More than 20 years)
- Paylocity
- Nonprofit management
- Corporate accounting
- Profit & loss
- Payroll direct deposit management
- Contract management
- Integration with Third-Party Services (system development)
- Managerial communication
- Paycheck issuance
- Software implementation
- Pivot tables
- Financial auditing
- Yardi
- General manager (finance)
- Big 4
- Employee engagement
- ADP
- Month-end close
- Attention to detail
- Business analysis
- Candidate sourcing
- Financial model development
- Forecasting
- Team development
- Community engagement
- Financial record maintenance
- Microsoft Word
- Experience in non-profits
- Overseeing compliance functions
- System administration
- Business financial process improvement
- Financial reporting and analysis
- KPI tracking
- Audit coordination
Accomplishments
- Supervised team of 25 staff members.
- I have implemented a new Payroll and accounting system.
- Implemented Travel and reimbursement system.
Certification
Public Notary
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Sr. Director of Finance and HR
American Culinary Federation
02.2022 - Current
Senior Staff Accountant
The Jacksonville Symphony
05.2021 - 02.2022
Full Charge Bookkeeper
Steve's Painting and Maintenance
03.2018 - 05.2021
Customer Service Manager / Administrative Assistant
Elite Flooring
08.2006 - 01.2018
Customer Service Representative
McKesson Corporation
01.2001 - 08.2006
Accounting (Associate's degree) -
SNHU