Senior Accountant, Staff Accountant, Accountant

Michael Hannah

Email: *******.******.**************@*****.***

PO Box 460131, San Francisco, CA 94146

Summary:

I am an accomplished, motivated, and trustworthy Accountant, Accounting Manager, Controller, ERP/Accounting Software Systems Project Manager, and Consultant who previously held a Top-Secret Security Clearance with the Central Intelligence Agency. With a bachelor’s degree in accounting and 25+ years of accounting and business-related experience, knowledge, and expertise, my goal is to continue delivering added value in accounting to my employer. With a deep understanding of volunteerism and the importance of educational scholarships, I served as the volunteer Treasurer of the Miss America’s Outstanding Teen Scholarship Organization and as a member of the Miss America Scholarship Organization Board of Directors for a combined total of 10 years. Additionally, I founded the Michael Hannah Family Foundation in 2019, an IRS-approved 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to provide academic scholarships for our youth.

Accounting/Financial Employment History:

• Conquest Airlines: Financial Controller

• Service Corporation International: Supervisor, Payroll Accounting

• Standard Oil/ British Petroleum, Inc. (BP): Manager, Financial Reporting; Accounting Systems and Procedures Specialist; Financial Reports and Analysis Analyst; Accounting Methods and Procedures Analyst; General Accountant

• Enron Gas Processing: Manager, Production Accounting; Financial Specialist; Senior Accountant; Accountant

Major Accomplishments:

Built a comprehensive Chart of Accounts to accurately record revenues, expenses, assets, liabilities, payables, and receivables. This initiative improved the financial reporting process, enhanced data accuracy, and reduced accounting discrepancies by approximately 60%.

Developed multiple Excel spreadsheet shortcuts by automating the integration of individual worksheets and then uploading the worksheets to the accounting software using Microsoft Add-Ins. The company and the auditors appreciated this shortcut because it reduced redundant and repetitive manual data entry by approximately 65 hours each week and provided increased data accuracy.

Partnered with management to drive business processes and general ledger transaction recording to improve reporting and reduce the time required to produce the monthly financial information package by approximately 15% while applying GAAP/IFRS standards and rules and staying informed on the latest technology.

Managed multiple teams of accounting and clerical professionals to ensure we met all reporting and payroll processing deadlines and were on schedule. Performed monthly financial presentations to C-Suite Management and other stakeholders. Interacted with external auditors and accountants and provided detailed work papers and documentation, reducing redundant work during the annual financial audit.

ERP and Consulting Employment History:

• IBM (International Business Machines): Project Manager and Managing ERP Consultant

• S3G/Compuware/DPRC/Superior Consultant Co.: Project Manager/ERP Consultant

• HealthLink, Inc.: Project Manager/Senior Managing ERP Consultant

• Hannah, Hannah, Hannah 3, LLC (H3, LLC): Owner, President, CEO, Project Manager, and Senior Advisor/ERP Consultant

• CIBER, Inc.: Senior ERP Consultant/Human Resources Lead

• AVAAP USA: Human Capital Management Senior ERP Consultant

• Greenlee Disclosure Consulting: Bond Election Consultant/ Citizens’ Bond Oversight Committee

Major Accomplishments:

Led or participated in multiple ERP and Accounting Software System sales presentations. Approximately 60% of the presentations resulted in negotiating an agreement or contract to implement or upgrade system software or, at a minimum, provide project management or consulting services.

Successfully completed more than 15 ERP/Specialized Accounting Software implementations and upgrades, resulting in improved centralized payroll, human resources, accounting, financial reporting, accounts payable, budgeting, etc., functionality and systems, thereby providing clients with more robust and efficient systems.

Formed my H3, LLC consulting firm to enable me to continue consulting for a client with operations in Canada and four countries in South America following IBM’s elimination of U.S.-based employees from a Canadian project resulting from the 2009 economic downturn.

Assisted with revising processes and maintaining and leading the company general ledger, financial allocations, journal entry activities, account reconciliations, and monthly and yearly financial close processes, saving an overall exertion of accounting department manual work effort by approximately 3%, which resulted in an estimated increase in the company’s net operating revenue of more than $400,000.

Co-led a $73 million school bond effort focused on the need to make critical repairs and upgrades at all schools in the District. Concentrating on a mail, digital, and targeted field campaign, we secured a substantial win for the District’s students with a sustainable local funding source for years with 63% support.

Collaborated with and developed strong working relationships and excellent project outcomes that resulted in occasionally achieving multiple contracts with the same clients and stakeholders.

Recommended specific operating efficiency internal control improvements that the client implemented, saving the company more than $75,000 in fines, redundant manual efforts, and reduced wasted time.

Maintained a high level of personal excellence and accountability while providing guidance on optimizing accounting processes and supporting digital transformation initiatives to drive continuous process improvements.

Other Employment History:

• The Miss USA Organization: National Director of Operations and Licensing

• Proofreaders Plus LLC: Founder and President

Major Accomplishments

Co-authored a 225-page Miss USA procedures manual that specified rules and regulations and reduced ambiguities in operating businesses and competitions at the local and state levels.

Composed and developed a robust twice-monthly newsletter specifically for the Miss USA Organization State Licensees and State Titleholders that included details to ensure that all individuals had the essential information available at the same time. These newsletters helped reduce my email by an average of 35 each day. Instrumental in negotiating rates and contracts with entertainment venues, hotel facilities, and room accommodations for the Miss USA national competition, saving approximately $100,000 in 2022 vs. 2021.

As a result of the transformative backdrop of the COVID-19 global pandemic, I channeled one of my passions into a business venture to empower individuals to elevate the professionalism of their documents and presentations, ensuring excellence in written communication and making a meaningful difference in the lives of individuals and businesses. In just two years, I guided over 200 individuals and companies on ways to reduce spelling, punctuation, grammar, and formatting errors while offering a comprehensive solution to enhance the effectiveness of written communication.

Education:

Business/Accounting, Bachelor’s Degree from California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA

Honors and Activities/Community Service:

President of the Michael Hannah Family Foundation, an IRS-approved 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit organization whose mission is to help students succeed by providing scholarships and school supplies: President and Founder

Miss America’s Outstanding Teen, Inc., an IRS-approved 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit organization whose mission is to provide educational scholarship assistance to young women: Former Member of the National Board of Directors, Treasurer: 2008 - 2017

Miss America Organization, a Scholarship Program: Former Member of the National Board of Directors

Other Interesting Facts

I earned an ISSA/TS/SI/TK/G Top-Secret National Security Clearance while engaged on a three-year ERP/Accounting System implementation project with the Central Intelligence Agency in Washington, DC.

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