Below are the 12 Controllers with various industries & other systems experience. The Thor Group® also provides financial/accounting leaders who know your industry & systems on a consulting, contracting or direct hire basis.

What contributions could a controller with experience working in energy, manufacturing and entertainment industries bring to your organization? Educational attainment is composed of Bachelor of Arts Intl. Business and Spanish as well as Masters of Accounting Degree. Software and systems experience include SAP ERP, QuickBooks, JD Edwards, OLS Budget & Forecasting, Oracle, Great Plains and Cognos.

Challenges like overseeing monthly and year-end closing, BS recon., GL oversight and maintenance under GAAP, as well as managing cash disbursements, cash forecasting and budget to actual analysis were welcomed and successfully completed on a regular basis. While working as a controller, assisted tax department with corporate tax compliance, tax payments, assisted payroll with accounting review, as well as developed and supervised accounting A/P staff of 3, negotiating vendor permanent terms. In addition, completed monthly FS & variance review with CFO, director of finance and department heads, as well as reviewed vendor contracts, validated and reconciled reporting to vendor payments.

Shared expertise by carrying out monthly closing, BS and I/C reconciling, supervising staff of two (A/R and A/P), as well as monthly forecasting, variance review and reporting of actuals to forecast to parent. Acting as a controller in a manufacturing company, completed metrics review and reporting of lean goals for sales, operations and purchasing, as well as conducted bi-annual physical inventories on raw materials of $2.5M. Other jobs were using Cost Accounting in the review and analysis of COS and margin results with DC Director, reduction of > 60 A/R balances by $670k, as well as identifying and reducing $560k worth of slow moving items.

Does a corporate controller with work background in health systems, as well as skilled in Lawson, Meditech, McKesson and ADP pique your interest? Technical knowledge includes Lawson, Meditech, McKesson, ADP, Allscripts, PeopleSoft, Epic, Siemens, NextGen, and Workday. Educational background includes MBA (Finance & Administration). This individual is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and UK Chartered Accountant.

Primary functions of this corporate controller included providing financial leadership at an 8-hospital system, while also providing leadership in auditing work, tax, payer contracts, DRG & CDM, revenue reconciliations, budget, variance analysis, general ledger and financial reports. Responsibilities consisted of trend analyses, strategic business plans incorporating new business plans and development strategy, as well as working closely with key management staff in consolidating several physician practices acquired from the health system. This individual helped convert owned physician practices into managed physician practices, as well as recruited multiple physicians. An additional task covered participating in the conversion of the accounting and clinical system to Lawson and Meditech.

The job covered administering and managing more than $85 million dollars in government grants. Key roles involved facilitating for a prominent hand surgeon to join the hospital while developing business plans which identified and eliminated unprofitable service lines. Higher profitability service lines were improved by targeting capital expenditures. Serving as regional financial officer to oversee 24 rural hospitals managed by the organization was also achieved. Other duties involved identifying and establishing higher reimbursement with increased surgical volumes. Core competencies included revenue cycle management, patient billing/ coding, auditing, accounting, budgeting, long term forecasting, treasury management, bond compliance, financial planning/analysis, contractual calculations/reimbursement, tax preparation and filing.

Is impacting your organization with a controller who worked in distribution, Marketing solutions and financial services industries a current business consideration? Educational attainment is composed of Accounting. Computer skills involve PeopleSoft, Lawson Financial/Payroll, ADP, QuickBooks, Crystal Reporting, Hagen Cost System, Hyperion Retrieve, AS/400 and Great Plains.

Part of the job as a regional controller was to serve as in an implementation team for Lawson Financials, Lawson Payroll, Hagen Cost System and PeopleSoft. Key accomplishments were successfully re-organizing and restructuring the Accounting Department, strengthening support by reducing 30% staff. In addition, prepared budgets, monthly forecasting, monthly reporting, and variance analysis. Additional tasks were directing, training and enhancing a team of accounting staff in each location, as well as working and coordinating with each location through month end close process.

While employed in a distribution company as a controller, managed daily operations of Accounting Department (staff of 2 Accountants). Some of the tasks were doing month end close process, journal entries, financial reporting, reviewing accounts payable, doing balance sheet reconciliations, as well as reconciling $4M inventory monthly. HR responsibilities included hiring, benefits, processing payroll, reconciling and tracking assets, as well as improving accounts receivables process reducing aging balance from $1.9M to $800K.

Could your organization use a controller who is proficient in PeopleSoft, Meditech and Hyperion with experience in an acute care hospital and a regional psychiatric stabilization center? Technical proficiencies cover PeopleSoft, Sage 100, SAP, Meditech, Data Warehouse, BEX, Hyperion Budget, Kaufman Hall Budget, SRC Budget, Labor Analytics, VisionWare and ADP (HR, Payroll, Kronos). Educational attainment includes Bachelor of Science (BS) in Accounting.

Primary tasks included reporting to the VP of finance, managing all aspects of accounting, treasury and cash management, cost management, financial analysis, accounts payable, budgeting, forecasting, payroll, financial systems, internal controls and financial reporting to the board of directors. Both hospitals were short-term acute care with a combined 345 private beds and 82-bed care center offering skilled nursing, rehabilitative services along with a medical group practice. This individual was part of the transition team to migrate hospital’s financial applications from Meditech to PeopleSoft.

Key roles covered reporting to the president, managing all aspects of accounting, treasury and cash management, accounts receivable management/collections, revenue and cost management as well as financial analysis. The job involved handling contract negotiations/management, accounts payable, budgeting, forecasting/long-range planning, material management, payroll, financial systems, internal controls, data access security, record retention and financial reporting to the board of directors.

Does your organization require the expertise of a controller with work background in a general hospital, an acute care hospital and medical centers, as well as adept in Lawson, SAP, Epic and HMS? Technical knowledge involves Lawson, HMS, SAP, Epic and QuickBooks. Educational attainment includes Master’s in Business Administration and Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration/Accounting. Membership is with Healthcare Financial Management Association.

Important contributions of this controller included successfully implementing Lawson financial systems for all 18 organizations and 1,000 employees, as well as reducing net patient days to below 40 days for critical access hospitals. Critical access hospital reimbursements were maximized by spearheading the revaluation of the charge master. Key roles involved putting the process in place to monitor Medicare payments for critical access hospitals and assisting the critical access hospital in identifying process to control deficiencies. This resulted in reducing time between patient discharge and claim submission to fiscal intermediary to 3 days.

Functions in other jobs involved implementing the new accounts receivable contractual model and developing financial models to analyze the organization’s operating performance. In addition, this specialist served as member of the labor operating committee that reviewed and accessed the department’s performance when considering new or replacement FTEs. Skills brought to the table covered organizing and developing the finance department, in addition to reducing the closing cycle from 15 days to 3 days. The job involved implementing a patient accounting system, implementing a new accounting system and improving the departmental productivity levels to set benchmarks.

Would a detail-oriented financial controller who worked in engineering, and chemical industries fit in your organization? Educational attainment is composed of Bachelor’s Degree and Masters of Business Administration, Major in Accounting. Technical skills include JD Edwards ERP and Oracle.

Some accomplishments included keeping audit fees to a minor increase despite tripling in size through tightly controlled general ledger preparation and analysis. The company prepared all its footnotes to the audited statements. Acting as a financial controller, major accomplishments included maintaining all credit agreements and reporting through three bank refinancing, as well as managing tax return support, greatly more complex since company became a tax payer, including implementing Sage software for tax depreciation from a spreadsheet, manual reporting process and quarterly forecasting package. This professional supported external auditors including the state, federal, sales and use, annual reporting, banking and workmens compensation resulting in very minimal adjustments. Also, reduced DSO from 60 to 40, through interdepartmental relationships, communications, and understanding customer contracts that are complex and long term.

Shared expertise by developing both operational and accounting processes for Accounting on JD Edwards Implementation Project Team, as well as designing and implementing cross reference tables from the current legacy systems to JD Edwards/Oracle. As an accounting supervisor, major accomplishments included developing Month End billing process to recognize all revenue process developed between Shipping and Accounting in accordance with GAAP.

What can a controller with work background in a critical access, full service hospital and a health system, as well as specialization in Oracle, Cerner and Meditech bring to your organization? Technical specializations involve Oracle, Cerner, Meditech, TSI, Lawson, PeopleSoft, Essbase and Hyperion. Educational background includes MBA-Healthcare Management Program; Bachelor of Science in Business – High Distinction Honors; Associate of Science in Applied Business Studies- Major in Finance and Economics with GPA 3.745; Major in Associate of Arts – Finance and Economics/Transfer program; and Major in Accounting.

Working with areas such as reviewing hospital-wide financial data to look for trends and potential issues and cash management were part of the controller’s work experience. Duties covered serving as active member of the finance committee and overseeing the budget process, both operating and capital. Tasks included preparing and presenting various financial presentations and analysis reports for both finance committee as well as the management team. Key roles covered reporting and managing bond covenants hence established relationships with the banks in which business was conducted. The oversight of the patient financial services and intake services was directed.

Responsibilities consisted of leading the finance team with the implementation of EMR Cerner/Oracle conversion, in addition to chairing the business advisory board. Functions as accounting manager were also maintained. The year-end financial audit was managed. Skills brought to the table involved providing consultative business services to various centers of excellence leadership with a concentration in medical surgical services, orthopedics, neurosciences, rehab therapy and clinical support services, along with establishing collaborative work relationships with customers to make the best business decisions in meeting the overall goals of the organization.

How can your organization gain an advantage with the help of a corporate controller with background working in a general hospital and a health system? Technical competencies involve PeopleSoft ERP, McKesson, Epic, Electronic Medical Record, as well as Kronos Payroll and Timekeeping system. Educational background includes Master in Business Administration with concentration in Advanced Information Systems, Healthcare and Finance; Master in Accountancy; and Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. Certifications: Certified Healthcare Financial Management (CHFP), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), and Maintenance of continuing education requirements for CPA and CHFP certifications: Controllership Issues, Diagnostic Analytic Procedures, Preventing Internal and Financial Statement Fraud, Disaster Plan Development, and annual Generally Accepted Accounting Principles updates, among others.

Managing all accounting functions (multi-company accounting and reporting, budgeting support, accounts payable, payroll, tax and regulatory reporting, bank relationships, treasury and capital accounting, grants, and consolidations) for the healthcare system, including a hospital, physician practices, foundation, and joint ventures was one of the main functions. Duties competently performed on an ongoing basis involved developing a comprehensive monthly financial reporting package for multiple entities and providing key financial metrics to support decision-making. This specialist partnered with other departments on projects designed to reduce costs, improve internal controls and support strategic initiatives.

Skills brought to the table consisted of working with other executives on key strategic projects, including new acquisitions, consolidations, and joint ventures, in addition to maximizing the utilization of existing technologies and identifying process improvement opportunities to improve productivity and efficiency. The staff was coached and developed to facilitate effective delegation.

Does a controller with experience in engineering, manufacturing and software industries who used SAP, Oracle, MS Dynamics and Hyperion pique your interest? Technical knowledge includes SAP, Oracle, MS Dynamics, Hyperion, QuickBooks and Workday. Areas of expertise include serving as strategic business partner, aligning finance to operations and leading financial strategies for multi-billion-dollar international organization. Educational background includes Bachelor of Science in Accounting.

Major responsibilities of this controller included working as a change agent, strategy business partner to the Regional Leadership, and key member of global finance to drive strategic initiatives. This individual was accountable for developing meaningful financial and operational metrics that help drive decision-making for the region including, budgeting, forecasts, cost control, audit, tax, cash management, and risk management for several legal entities with revenues over $400M. Key roles covered overseeing the preparation of all financial reports, as well as handling the analyses, commentary, and presentations that ensured strategic messages communicated effectively and appropriately to management. Leading the development of a financial and operational strategy ensuring achievement of targets as well as ongoing development and monitoring of controls designed to safeguard company assets and report accurate financial results were positive experiences brought to the business table.

The job covered directing all aspects of controllership and decision support, financial performance, job costing, annual audit, payroll, tax, risk management, cash management, and monthly close functions while focusing on identifying opportunities for business growth. Tasks consisted of assessing service costs, pricing, and profitability analysis for product lines, in addition to developing, leading and managing a team of 20 including business and financial controlling, external tax and Shared Services.

What can a controller with experience in an urgent care hospital, medical centers and a health center, as well as specialization in Lawson do for your organization? Technical competencies consist of Lawson, CPSI, Meditech, and HMS. Educational background includes BS in Accounting. This individual is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).

Accomplishments of this controller were composed of achieving impeccable external limited or full scope audit results and equally successful internal audit review with no audit adjustments or management comments for all three engagements. Assistance was provided in coordinating accounting software conversion to Lawson software. Duties involved accounting for operating cost disclosure for fire loss sustained by the surgical center to the insurance organization, as well as providing payout in excess of $1.2 million to offset the incremental cleanup expenses. Contributions involved improving employee survey scores by 25% for accounting and material management, while also coordinating the foundation financial data conversion, enhancing equity of the parent organization by $700K.

For other jobs, aside from providing comprehensive fiscal leadership through post-bankruptcy ownership transition, business office operations were enhanced by establishing electronic funding of government claims, acquiring automated commercial claim filing software and developing performance incentives. This individual reduced net accounts receivable days to high 40s and cut operating costs to consistently reach positive net income targets as well as budgeted goals. Cash flow was increased by 55% over pre-acquisition totals with new policies and procedures. Areas of expertise consisted of turnaround operations, budgeting, forecasting, financial statements with metric comparisons, system conversions, mergers/acquisitions, external/internal audits and third-party reimbursement analysis.

How can your organization gain an advantage with the help of a controller with work background in import, marketing and engineering industries who is skilled in Epicor, SAP and Peachtree/Sage 50? Technical skills cover Epicor, SAP, PeopleSoft, ADP, Hyperion, Peachtree/Sage 50 and Access. Educational attainment includes BS, Accounting. This is a Certified Public Accountant with Certifications in Six Sigma Green Belt and as Project Management Professional.

Main functions of this controller were comprised of serving as project manager for a $30M government defense project and performing customer contract reviews from a financial/operational risk perspective. Managing and administering local ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 policies were some of the duties. An additional role covered managing the timely rollout of the Epicor ERP procurement module (purchase requisitions, purchase orders, A/P).

Notable tasks included overseeing all accounting and finance activity including general ledger administration A/P, A/R accounting processes, accounting close and reporting, treasury management, corporate budget, forecast compilation/reporting, sales commission reporting and SOX regulatory compliance. Responsibilities consisted of leading the finance and accounting effort of ERP implementation and designing the chart of accounts to accommodate product line analysis. This specialist scaled up the accounting/finance team to accommodate 40% year over year sales growth. The first company product line profitability analysis that identified pricing issues was created. Building the departmental budget and forecasting models that facilitated better cost control was also completed. Negotiating better LOC terms resulted in annual savings of $10K. Identifying and engaging a new insurance broker resulted in annual savings of 45%.

How can a controller who worked in manufacturing and distribution industries help your organization? Educational attainment is composed of Bachelor of Science with Accounting emphasis. Skills in accounting applications include Peachtree, MAS 200, OMS, ACCPAC for DOS, and SBT for DOS.

Working with challenging issues such as overseeing four companies’ daily accounts payable transactions, as well as overseeing service department inventories usages and overhead cost have vetted this specialist’s work experience. As a controller in a manufacturing company, has prepared cost and analysis reports/ forecasts, filed quarterly sales & used taxes, as well as managed month-end closing.

With a “can do approach” in the area of supervising daily business transactions, as well as overseeing four external warehouses transactions and inventories control have been career objectives. Acting as a controller in a distribution company, has prepared financial statements, bank reconciliations, and forecasts, as well as maintained accurate Fixed Asset and depreciation for Federal, State Tax Returns and as well as local county Property Tax. Some of the tasks were managing month-end and year-end closing, system data updating, as well as managing in company overall operation; supervising daily business transactions and employees’ training. Furthermore, has performed market research and maintained purchasing contacts with manufacturers.