Larry Stephey

Background

About Larry Stephey

Professional goal: To provide excellent finance/accounting leadership using extensive corporate, nonprofit, government, and public accounting experience. Current CPA license in Missouri. Member AICPA and Missouri Society of CPAs. Prepared financial portions of the United Way site visit packet resulting in $1M grant per year. Business sector experience: nonprofit, public accounting, national defense (with Secret clearance), Federal agency, municipal government, financial services (insurance brokerage), and Fortune 100 companies (GE, Chrysler, Met Life, Sprint). Experienced with NFP accounting: Restricted net assets, fund accounting, functional expenses, gifts in kind, grant administration, A133 Single Audit preparation, 990 preparation. Liaison to external auditors. Extensive experience delivering finance operations, tax, IT, and audit services in various business sectors. Adept at financial analysis: organizing, summarizing, consolidating, presenting, and making effective use of financial data for reporting and operational management. Prepared monthly financial statements, managed grant reporting, administered accounting policies, prepared audit schedules on accrual basis, prepared year-end audit and annual close. Prepared and managed budgets for annual revenue and expense (including detailed salary/benefits). Managed capital project budgets, monthly revenue/expense forecasts, monthly and annual closing, incentive/bonus compensation plans, payroll accounting, performance reviews, and staffing plans. Led a complete change of the chart of General Ledger accounts. Prepared City of St. Louis withholding tax returns. Filed IRS 1099s. Advanced skills: MS Excel, MSWord, and Powerpoint. Outlook, Lotus Notes, Visio, Prodiance Spreadsheet IQ, Blackbaud. General ledger systems: Shelby Systems, Serenic NAV, Epicor Financials. Negotiated property/liability/fidelity insurance on low income and veterans housing partnerships to comply with MHDC regulations.