Sara Wade
Portsmouth,NH
Summary
Motivated Director of Finance & HR promoting more than 20 years of proficiency in identifying and analyzing trends and partnering with other departmental leaders. Action-oriented individual with experience tracking actual business results against plans, including expansion opportunities. Offering exceptional issue resolution and staff training skills.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Director of Finance & Human Resources
Sanford Springvale YMCA
08.2014 - Current
- Working with pro-forma business plans for feasibility of expansion
- Forecasted trends and recommended improvements based on financial risk analyses.
- Sole responsibility of AR, AP, all other accounting, established and enforced controls on revenue and expenses to protect company assets. Prepared monthly reconciliation of bank accounts and took corrective actions on deviations.
- Develop detailed reports including monthly financial statements and intricate tracking documents for management and Board of Directors
- Aid independent auditor in review of accounting practices and procedures and general accounting accuracy
- Member of the YMCA's Senior Management Team, meeting bi-weekly, sit in on interviews of new hires, and provide input and feedback on all company operations
- Sole responsibility for all employee paperwork in regards to new hires and ongoing compliance
- Manage Health, Dental and Disability coverage, FMLA, employee counseling and grievance
- Drove revenue stream development through strategic collaboration and partnerships.
- Process payroll for 125+ employees including both hourly and salary and their deductions.
Director of Finance and Operations
Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine
08.2002 - 08.2014
- Responsible for creation and maintenance of annual organizational budget
- Sole responsibility of AR, AP, all other accounting
- Responsible for process of daily cash receipts as well as all entries to the general ledger
- Creating business plans for potential relocation, mergers, and other major decisions the organization faced
- Work with board members on strategy for increasing revenue
- Act as the Museum's Human Resource Manager, handling all employee paperwork in regards to new hires and ongoing compliance, Health, Dental and Disability coverage
- Process payroll for 25+ employees including both hourly and salary and their deductions
- Develop detailed reports including monthly financial statements for management and Board of Directors
- Aid independent auditor in review of accounting practices and procedures and general accounting accuracy
- Act as Museum's IT Manager and Web Manager, trouble shoot computer issues, make decisions on new purchases, update HTML on kitetails.org website as needed
- Member of the Museum's Management Team, meeting bi-weekly, sit in on interviews of new hires, and provide input and feedback on all Museum operations
- Manager of the building maintenance and repair, delegate duties for repairs, meet with contractors and auditors with regards to building repairs and longevity.
Ticket Manager
Seton Hall University
08.2000 - 07.2002
- Managed all game day ticket activities at Continental Airlines Arena
- Responsible for Accounting and Management of Season Ticket Base of 8,500+ tickets and the revenue received from those accounts, and individual ticket sales
- Developed Ticketing and Revenue reports which could be easily interpreted by upper administration
- Subbed as event manager when the need arose
- Managed staff of two full time assistants and support staff of 10
- Aid in planning marketing, development, and general athletic department budgets.
Graduate Assistant
Seton Hall University
05.1999 - 08.2000
- Aid in implementing and executing season ticketing procedures
- Created invoicing techniques, which are compliant with TicketMaster ticketing system
- Assist with game day operations at Continental Airlines Arena.
Assistant to the Associate Athletic Director of Finance
Seton Hall University
11.1997 - 05.1999
- Responsible for coordination of team travel funds as well as reconciliation upon team return
- Prepared and coded invoices, kept ledgers, allocated cost to departments and vendors, prepared check requisitions and made deposits into department accounts
- Became familiar with aspects of facility management as pertains to game day staffing and cost management
- Became familiar with all aspects of structure with regards to private college management.
Education
MBA in Finance -
Seton Hall University
South Orange, NJ05.2002
Bachelor of Science in Sports Management -
Seton Hall University
South Orange, NJ05.1999
Skills
- Cost Management
- General Ledger Accounting
- Accounting Software
- Software Troubleshooting
- FMLA
- Human resources management
- IT management
- Benefits administration
- Bank reconciliation
- Performance management
- Workers' compensation
- Employee relations
- HRIS
- Accounts receivable
- QuickBooks
- Office Management
- Sage
- Financial Report Writing
- Accounting
- General ledger accounting
- GAAP
- General ledger reconciliation
- Financial report writing
- Restaurant experience
- Cash handling
- Events management
- Research
- Office management
- Marketing
- Human resources
- Interviewing
- Software troubleshooting
- HTML5
- Balance sheet reconciliation
- Payroll
- Accounting software
- Financial analysis
- Cash register
- Leadership
- Microsoft Excel
- Public accounting
- Corporate accounting
- Microsoft Office
- Budgeting
- Critical care experience
- Communication skills
- Office experience
- Management
- Data analysis skills
- Strategic planning
- Operations management
- Microsoft Outlook
- Windows
- Intelligence experience
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Writing skills
- Project management
- Account Reconciliation
- Journal Entries
- Accounts Payable
- Financial Modeling
- Profit & Loss
- Forecasting
- Auditing
Certification
- SHRM Certified Professional
- Driver's License
Timeline
Director of Finance & Human Resources
Sanford Springvale YMCA
08.2014 - Current
Director of Finance and Operations
Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine
08.2002 - 08.2014
Ticket Manager
Seton Hall University
08.2000 - 07.2002
Graduate Assistant
Seton Hall University
05.1999 - 08.2000
Assistant to the Associate Athletic Director of Finance
Seton Hall University
11.1997 - 05.1999
MBA in Finance -
Seton Hall University
Bachelor of Science in Sports Management -
Seton Hall University
- SHRM Certified Professional
- Driver's License
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