Penny Mitchell
San Francisco, CA 94112
Phone: (415) 335 1035
Email: Job4Penny@yahoo.com
Qualifications Summary:
My primary professional experience has been in finance. I shifted this toward project based work in Dec 2004. I found this to be an excellent fit for my personality and working style. Therefore, I am taking my knowledge acquired previously and applying this toward making a career in Project Management. I am seeking a company with a strong project management team and an atmosphere that encourages growth within the organization
Job Skills:
- Budgeting
- Inventory Management
- Strong Excel knowledge, particularly related to data analysis
- Superb organizational skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Outstanding problem solving skills
- Fixed asset management / Cash management
- Bookkeeping / Payroll
- Profit and Loss reporting / Accruals and Prepayments / Balance Sheet Reconciliation
- Exemplary attendance record / Professional attitude and work ethic
Career History:
12/2004 - 3/2006 Glotel plc San Francisco, CA
>> Financial Project Manager
Responsible for the overall direction, coordination and evaluation of all financial aspects related to project work for the west coast region within sales, recruiting, legal and accounting departments.
Managed and supervised a staff of 2 employees. Gave direction to all administrative staff within sales and accounting departments.
Guided management staff in sales and legal departments relating to project requirements, contracts and processes. Created company and client approval processes.
Liaised with legal department to create and update consultant contracts.
Responsible for ensuring that all documents, work guidelines and payroll processes met state and federal guidelines. Extensive knowledge of CA labor laws.
Created and managed weekly and monthly financial and payroll reports for client.
Controlled records and managed all inventory items purchased. Organized over 5,000 pieces, costing $2 million, into a series of technician kits. Managed 24 hour distribution turnaround after receipt of goods. Designed and created an inventory management book which was later used by the supplier. Company cost for equipment loss at year end was $0.00.
During first month of employment - prepared and executed a presentation outlining accounting related processes to all project consultants and internal staff, approximately 120 team members.
Analyzed current processes for all US offices, organized document workflow and created accounting and administrative procedures which improved internal communication, maintained compliancy and optimized workflow.
Created budgeting tool to improve cash management and overall spending throughout all US offices.
8/2003 - 9/2004 Le Meridien London Gatwick Crawley, England
>> Assistant Financial Controller
Managed and prepared monthly balance sheet reconciliations and P & L statements for three separate companies, under two different financial cycles, all with very tight deadlines.
Managed all internal and external audits (approximately four each year).
Worked with Financial Controller to prepare weekly and monthly forecasting and annual budgets.
Daily responsibilities included balance sheet work, journal entries, managing cashier office, creating analysis reports, building reports from our software to extract information for time saving analysis and P&L preparation. Several miscellaneous projects from head office and Financial Controller.
Gradually shifted the reporting lines of accounting staff to myself to free controllers time.
Created procedures for cost analysis, budgeting and forecasting in payroll, sales, marketing, reservations-cash office, restaurants, housekeeping, rooms management and maintenance departments.
Created tools in Excel for use in sales and marketing which analyzed room rates against room sales.
Assisted Financial Controller with up to six large projects at one time.
4/2003 - 8/2003 Sunley Estates Horsham, England
>> Assistant Management Accountant
Updated cashbook spreadsheet and daily procedures to improve efficiency of daily management and monthly reconciliation.
Brought bank reconciliation up to date from nearly one year behind. Found duplicated payments in excess of $10k and successfully retrieved funds before completing assignment.
9/2002 4/2003 Traveled while awaiting UK Work Visa
4/1997 9/2002 Glotel plc Various locations detailed below
>> Management Accountant London, England, April 2000 September 2002
Reconciled bank and daily cashbook to maintain positive cash flow for all company accounts.
Reconciled aged debt ledger to structured financing third party records on a monthly basis.
Established and maintained a procedure for monthly management of fixed assets.
Processed journals to manage balance sheet accounts.
Worked extensively with A/R to establish a more efficient system and methods for collecting debt.
>> Finance Manager Glotel Managed Services division London, England, April 2000Sept. 2002
Worked directly with CFO managing all aspects of management accounting.
Worked directly with Director of Sales and two major clients to develop the policies and procedures for this new division. The invoicing started at more than 3 million USD per month and involved all standard accounting procedures and many unusual aspects, including third party payments and monthly profit margin management.
Solely responsible for A/P, billing, special invoicing and reporting, A/R, payroll for 200 contractors, third party payments, monthly profit margin maintenance and several monthly and quarterly reports.
Established a processing system to improve cash flow and time management.
Attended client and sales meetings regularly. Prepared extensive research material and sales analysis for presentations.
Regular face to face meeting with clients, including on-site work, which was necessary to establish an effective means of improving procedures and services provided.
Promoted to Management Accountant
>> Payroll Supervisor San Francisco, CA, October 1998 April 2000
Worked directly with CFO to design, execute and operate a payroll and billing system for west coast offices.
Employed and managed a team of three.
Oversaw all usual payroll and billing responsibilities including taxes, insurance, garnishments, etc.
Processed all special invoicing requirements and assisted A/R with research for collections.
Supplied management with information and reports to assist in management accounting procedures.
Promoted to Finance Manger relocated to London, England
>> Payroll Administrator Boston, MA and Atlanta, GA, April 1997 October 1998
Processed bi-weekly payroll for 400 project consultants located in several different states.
Processed invoices including special billing requirements such as consolidated billing.
Assisted A/R with research for collections.
Supplied information and reports to assist in management accounting procedures.
Promoted to Payroll Supervisor relocated to San Francisco, CA
1988 1997 Glotel plc Various Accounting Positions
Customer Service Representative, Snap-On Tools Norcross, GA, 1994 1997
Payroll Administrator, Malone & Hyde Goodlettsville, TN, 1990 -1993
Accounts Payable, Case & Lynch Honolulu, HI, 1988 - 1990
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