The Collective BlueprintFinance & Administration Manager
May. 2018 - Oct. 2023Memphis, TennesseeSteered day-to-day financial, administrative, and human resources operations through the embodiment of strong leadership and effective office management, adeptly identifying organizational challenges and setting benchmarks to achieve strategic objectives. - Spearheaded accounting practices, such as efficiently preparing budget development, generating financial reports, handling audit functions, leading financial strategies, planning, market forecasts, and projecting future organizational growth. - Reported directly to the Chief Executive Officer and VP of Strategy and Operations, acting as liaison with the accounting partner, to ensure accounts payable and receivable are handled promptly, as well as coordinating the logistics of various events. - Prepared and reviewed monthly financial statements as well as performed monthly, quarterly, and year-end analyses, all while determining the current financial position and implementing the best resolution options. - Audited workflows to ensure that all accounting transactions, expense reports, monthly closing processes, and journal entries were processed accurately and in compliance with industry standards. - Led 10+ staff and oversaw the implementation of human resources processes such as talent planning, performance review processes, employee training, benefits administration, SOPs enforcement, and HR records management.