Marion Rhodus

August 2000 – August 2008 (8 years 1 month)

Primarily responsible for managing and monitoring the Board's financial, accounting and budgeting operations including:
Provided direction and management of the financial and accounting functions within the organization.
Maintained revenue and expense accounting records.
Processed purchase requisitions/purchase orders and preparation of a county required voucher and presenting it to the county auditor for payment(s) of invoices.
Posted monthly general ledger activity to Board's accounting system and reconciled cash balance with the county auditor. Prepared monthly Board financial statements.
Prepared year-end adjusting entries and produced Board's annual financial statements including the required ODMH form FIS-040.
Monitored the sources and uses of cash and maintained accurate use of funds when purchasing services from contract agencies.
Prepared state funding requests for state and federal revenue allocations.
Developed the Board's fiscal year and county's calendar year operating budgets & prepared routine monitoring reports.
Performed financial analysis on all agency budget or budget amendments.
Sub recipient financial monitoring of mental health providers per Board policy.
Supervised financial assistant/MACSIS enrollment clerk and bi-weekly payroll process.
Maintained fixed assets schedule including annual equipment and furniture inventory.
Served as acting executive director while the director was on an extended leave.
Attended Board and committee meetings.
Directly responsible for the Board committee's: Finance and Public Relations.
Most recently helped the Board develop a Vision Statement & an updated Mission.

February 1998 – August 2000 (2 years 7 months)

Day-to-day operations including but not limited to the following:
Served as controller to a five member for-profit partnership.
Prepared monthly and annual financial reports using generally accepted accounting principles.
Maintained the company inventory accounts and fixed assets ledger.
Worked with banks that financed company inventory.
Improved accounting practices reduced the amount paid to the Internal Revenue Services.
Developed and maintained a companywide cost accounting method of tracking the work-in-process of each new home project.
Managed and maintained successful relationships with various contractors required in building houses. Prepared annual 1099 reports for vendor purchased of labor and supplies.
Prepared payroll, including quarterly and annual filing with State. Prepared employee W-2's.

December 1996 – February 1998 (1 year 3 months)

Prepared the village's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR).
Managed general accounting functions.
Supervised finance department, income tax and utility office staff.
Increased income in the investment account managing the village's investment portfolio.
Processed annual bond anticipation notes under direction of bond counsel.
Worked with Ohio Auditor of State office as they audited village financial report.
Worked with City Manager and Council and developed annual budget.
Monthly presented an update of resources in and out to village council and Dept. Heads.
Developed financial studies, plans, forecasts, and estimates for village manager and council.
As Director, my duties included interviewing new hires, supervising, evaluating, and training staff for the finance, tax & utility offices.
Day-to-day duties of working with the general ledger in preparation of the monthly report.
In one way or another, I was involved directly or indirectly with payroll, account payables, purchasing, utility billing, income taxes among other duties.
Innovative. We created an opportunity where retired community members volunteered time on Saturday mornings to assist with completing the village tax return during tax time.
Reduced the number of delinquent tax accounts with a successful tax amnesty program.
Managed the necessary accounting issues and FMHA paperwork involved for the financing of the new municipal office building.

September 1991 – December 1996 (5 years 4 months)

Worked with executive director, ten-member board of directors, and clinical director of a not-for-profit 501 (c) 3 community's mental health outpatient facility.
Prepared the annual Internal Revenue Service 990 Report.
Prepared monthly and annual financial reports that were audited by an independent C.P.A.
Applied the A-122 and A-133 federal requirements of accounting as well as G.A.A.P.
Day-to-day accounting duties including accounts payable and payroll.
Supervised the accounting activities of four branch offices and the administration office.
Limited Human Resource experience.
When I started there was only a check book cash accounting system - I left with a computer on each person's desk in the finance office.
Provided computer training and technical computer assistance to computer users in the organization.
Li censure and clinical supervision in-house auditing prior to the Medicaid audits.