Wanda McNerney
Starkville,MS
Summary
Highly experienced and successful Financial Manager with 38 years of diverse industry experience. Proven track record of balancing team performance, achieving customer service targets, and meeting business objectives. Committed to maximizing productivity and optimizing procedures through close collaboration with employees. A decisive leader with exceptional planning and organizational abilities.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Business Manager
Mississippi State University - Starkville
Starkville, MS
05.2023 - Current
- Developed and implemented policies and procedures to improve operational efficiency.
- Managed a team of staff members, providing guidance and direction to ensure successful completion of projects.
- Assessed employee performance evaluations and recommended changes or improvements as needed.
- Recommended process improvements that would reduce costs while increasing productivity.
- Provided feedback to improve strategies, programs and initiatives.
- Created comprehensive onboarding processes and activities to acclimate new hires.
- Managed budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis processes to ensure financial health.
- Provided leadership, insight and mentoring to newly hired employees to supply knowledge of various company programs.
- Prepared monthly financial analysis for faculty members and department head
- Maintained financial records, prepared budgets, and monitored expenditures for multiple departments.
Sponsored Programs Accountant
Mississippi State University - Starkville
Starkville, MS
07.2022 - 05.2023
- Prepared monthly, quarterly and annual financial documents and invoices for restricted funds utilizing Banner and Xtender.
- Prepared and approved journal vouchers, budget revisions and job labor redistributions.
- Prepared closeouts and final invoices for expired funds.
- Created indirect cost calculations for restricted funds from the National Science Foundation.
- Filed monthly invoices thru Viper electronic submissions.
- Reviewed collections monthly and corresponded with sponsors on past due invoices.
- Filed annual property reports with sponsors.
- Reviewed restricted fund awards to extract data and reporting requirements in order to create invoicing templates.
CEO/Office Manager
Dr. Charles Dyer
Magee, MS
12.2017 - 12.2021
- Daily reconciliations of deposits, day sheets, dental procedures, insurance filings, posting of accounts receivables, electronic receivables and resolution of patient accounts
- Utilization of Quickbooks to prepare financial statements, bank reconciliations, payroll, monthly, quarterly and annual payroll taxes, accounts payable, fixed asset schedules, W2’s and 1099’s
- Assigned tasks to associates to fit skill levels and maximize team performance and provided leadership, insight and mentoring to newly hired employees.
- Organized supply purchases, equipment upgrades and operating expenses.
- Implemented proactive measures to safeguard health and well-being of communities, utilizing good oral health and PPE.
- Developed promotional programs to attract new patients.
- Monitored accounts to proactively identify aging balances and insurance payment problems
Natural Products Coordinator
Alcorn State University
Alcorn, MS
11.2012 - 11.2017
- Provided financial, manufacturing, and sales management to a 501C3 non profit farmer’s cooperative
- Utilizing QuickBooks, this included monthly financial statement preparation, annual budget preparation, monthly, quarterly and annual payroll tax filings, sales tax filings, accounts receivables, accounts payables, sales force management and cost accounting for manufacturing process
- Monthly financial reporting to cooperative Board of Directors and the Director of Small Farm Development at Alcorn and conducted quarterly board meetings
- Prepared financial analysis for grant writing, performed grant reporting for USDA Value Added Producers Grants, Rural Business Enterprise Grants, trained farmers on alternative crop options and marketing of existing crops.
- Established and updated production schedules to meet changing demands as well as recommended and implemented measures to improve production methods and quality of products.
- Oversaw inventory and physical counts and performed periodic cycle counts to verify outgoing orders.
- Developed and implemented significant process improvements to enhance department quality and throughput.
- Planned production operations while establishing priorities and sequences for manufacturing processes.
CEO
Mississippi Natural Products Association, Inc
New Hebron, MS
07.2003 - 11.2012
- Designed and organized accounting system from the inception of this 501C3 Farmers’ Cooperative utilizing Quickbooks; established accounting principles and procedures; payroll and tax reporting; accounts payable
- Conducted USDA Marketing Grant across the Southeast United States to provide members and farmers with analytical data on alternative row crops as well as alternative crops grown indoors
- Applied for, awarded and completed USDA Working Capital and Value Added Grants for rural manufacturing facility, by expanding facility to expedite production methods and developing new product from crops produced by rural farmers.
- Assisted in the leasing, renovation and manufacturing design for a facility to manufacture substrate blocks for alternative crops
- Hired manufacturing employees and conducted training on procedures and protocols
- Prepared weekly cost analysis of manufactured products, sales analysis, and delivery analysis
- Utilizing Quickbooks provided financial statement preparation, monthly, quarterly and annual payroll and tax filings, accounts receivable, accounts payable, budgeting and variance analysis.
- Led organization by establishing business direction and actualizing operational plans to meet goals.
- Oversaw budgetary and financial activities and implemented strategies to grow business and profits.
Controller
Yates Group
Jackson, MS
02.2000 - 07.2003
- Utilizing Quicken and Quickbooks provided financial management including financial statement preparation, accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll and payroll taxes, maintained general ledger, performed account analysis for tax planning.
- Conducted analysis of estates ranging from 5M to 40M by preparing power point presentations for clients to exhibit various trust opportunities for estate planning
- Conducted daily stock trading, tax efficiency analysis, stock option reconciliations and Life Insurance Trust management.
- Coordinated with legal counsel the requirements of Irrevocable life insurance trusts of clients and prepared "crummey" letters for gifting of premiums.
Education
BSBA - Accounting
Mississippi College
AA - Accounting
Hinds Junior College
Skills
- Staff development
- Financial administration
- Issue and conflict resolution
- Team management
- Multitasking
- Training & Development
- Time management
- Great Plains
- Financial analysis
- Account reconciliation
- General ledger entries
- Full-cycle accounting
- QuickBooks
- Financial Planning
- Banner
- Payroll liability and deductions
- Accounting and bookkeeping
- General ledger accounting
- Payroll administration
- A/P and A/R
Hobbies
- Hunting and fishing
- Sec Sporting Events
- Exercise, Yoga, Lifting Weights
Timeline
Business Manager
Mississippi State University - Starkville
05.2023 - Current
Sponsored Programs Accountant
Mississippi State University - Starkville
07.2022 - 05.2023
CEO/Office Manager
Dr. Charles Dyer
12.2017 - 12.2021
Natural Products Coordinator
Alcorn State University
11.2012 - 11.2017
CEO
Mississippi Natural Products Association, Inc
07.2003 - 11.2012
Controller
Yates Group
02.2000 - 07.2003
BSBA - Accounting
Mississippi College
AA - Accounting
Hinds Junior College
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