Catherine Helms

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About Catherine Helms

A professional with over 20 years’ experience in finance and accounting. Proven ability in Excel-based financial and management reporting, budget preparation and monitoring and excellent problem solving skills. Experience in accounting and financial reporting for both profit and nonprofit organizations. Others have described me as being highly organized and possessing outstanding communication and presentation skills. MAJOR CAREER RESPONSIBILITIES: Have been responsible for monthly financial statement preparation and analysis; financial modeling; year-end financial statement closeout procedure; financial and project audit activities; credit and collections; purchasing; fiscal budget preparation; specific project and grant budget preparation; subcontractor and vendor management; customer service and support; capital equipment acquisition and disposal; treasury functions; cost containment and profit improvement programs. • Employee of the year twice, over 350 employees • Experience dealing with Financial institutions • Essbase Proficient • Experience developing expense allocation models • Microsoft Excel Proficient • Operating and capital budget experience • Month- and Year-end financial reporting expert • Cash flow monitoring