Amy La Tour
Dover
Summary
Highly motivated, results driven, and reliable professional with over 20 years of budget and accounting experience. A resourceful problem-solver with excellent analytical, decision-making, organizational, and multi-tasking skills. Adept at prioritizing work, meeting deadlines, improving processes, and working under pressure with minimal supervision. In-depth understanding of GAAP, budget methods and other accounting principles. Computer-proficient in Microsoft Office, Excel, Practice CS and Practice Management software. Areas of experience include: Budgeting & Forecasting, Financial Reporting, Strategic Planning, Variance & Trend Analysis, Post-Award Grant Accounting, Monitoring of Expenditures, Cash Management, Audits/Compliance, Process Improvement, Payroll, AP & AR, General Ledger.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Office Manager
Carr, Riggs & Ingram, LLC (RPC, LLP)
01.2011 - Current
- Managed admin in 10 offices, including training, HR issues, and software maintenance
- Supervised two staff to make sure accounts payable and payroll were processed timely and recruiting and recruiting, onboarding and HR issues were handled
- Developed and documented training for the Practice Management time entry and billing
- Generated monthly financial reporting to Corporate including monthly bank reconciliation and AR reconciliation
- Promoted from Admin to Controller under RPC, LLP
- Vigilance award for work in Practice CS systems transition
- Instrumental with 5 tuck ins with our offices by getting their systems ready for consolidation with software, onboarding of personnel, mapping accounting with CRI accounting structure and training new personnel on time entry and billing system
- Decreased expenses by suggestion of using USPS and reducing printing expenses
Budget Financial Analyst
ARIZONA MAIL ORDER
01.2007 - 01.2011
- Prepared and monitored annual budget of $123 million for consolidated business and business units
- Produced monthly P&L and balance sheet forecasts, variance analysis, and supplemental schedules
- Prepared monthly financial review and quarterly presentation documents for monthly review meeting with CEO and executive committee, as well as parent corporation President, CEO, and CFO
- Served as liaison with parent corporation financial team
- Complete special projects for break even analysis and company profitability
- Assisted with preparation of audit documents
- Promoted to this position from Senior Staff Accountant where I was responsible for month end close journal entries, monitoring monthly expenditures and paper inventory levels, maintaining monthly financial statements in GL and reconciling general ledger accounts
- Obtained efficiencies in updating process and supporting schedules for forecasting and daily sales reports, reducing the time required to complete these tasks by over 20%
- Instrumental in formulating the approach and preparing schedules related to adjustments and opening balance sheet after sale of company, as well as new budget and financial statement process
- Part of finance team for system conversion of general ledger and reporting responsible for learning Infinium and COGNOS and training current staff on system as well as creating new financial reports
- Reduced expenses by providing detailed analysis and providing management with understanding of Arizona Mail Order’s contracts
Senior Budget Financial Analyst
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, MALLINCKRODT INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGY
01.2003 - 01.2007
- Prepared and monitored annual budget of $100 million
- Managed update of four-year strategic plan; compiled projections, graphs, charts, tables, and other supporting documentation to the Department Chair
- Produced statistical and financial reports as well as quarterly revenue and expense forecasts
- Maintained general ledgers and chart of accounts
- Managed the invoicing and tracking of a $2.5 million annual statements, schedules, and budget for special projects such as the current $7 million initiative to construct the groundbreaking Center for Clinical Imaging Research
- Collaborated closely with numerous key university officials and functional groups including the Radiology Department Chair, the Institute’s Chief Administrative Officer, the Institute’s Division Managers, and the Medical School’s Budget and Strategic Planning offices
- Trained and Mentored the team’s Financial Analyst
- Increased efficiency of the BJC Health System’s annual management contract invoicing process by developing improved procedures that reduced preparation time by 50%
- Created a procedure manual to help future employees bill the BJC management contract
- Saved several hundred thousand dollars by correcting billing of nursing coordinator salaries to attribute these correctly to grant-funded projects instead of clinical services
- Improved consistency of financial statement preparation, reconciliation, and consolidation by reengineering the process, creating Excel-based spreadsheets for data downloaded from financial information system, and implementing a disciplined schedule, thus reducing time by 30%
Accountant II
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, MORRIS LIBRARY
01.1998 - 01.2000
- Managed all facets of the Library Affairs accounting office and payroll office
- Prepared and maintained annual budget of $11 million
- Tracked and monitored expenditures of funds and grant spending
- Monitored and processed accounts payable
- Advised Associate Dean for Personnel and Budget Services on university guidelines regarding expenditures, purchases, personnel hiring, and payroll
- Hired, trained, supervised, and motivated one full-time accountant, a part-time graduate assistant, and one part-time student worker
- Created a Microsoft Access database to improve tracking of expenses and revenues with budget to monitor spending of budget funds, automate preparation of ledgers and trial balances, as well as the reconciliation of financial statements
- Received promotion from Accountant I to II in the fastest possible time according to university guidelines
Education
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
Carbondale, Illinois01.1997
Skills
- Budgeting & Forecasting
- Financial Reporting
- Strategic Planning
- Variance & Trend Analysis
- Post-Award Grant Accounting
- Monitoring of Expenditures
- Cash Management
- Audits/Compliance
- Process Improvement
- Payroll
- AP & AR
- General Ledger
Timeline
Office Manager
Carr, Riggs & Ingram, LLC (RPC, LLP)
01.2011 - Current
Budget Financial Analyst
ARIZONA MAIL ORDER
01.2007 - 01.2011
Senior Budget Financial Analyst
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, MALLINCKRODT INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGY
01.2003 - 01.2007
Accountant II
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, MORRIS LIBRARY
01.1998 - 01.2000
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
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