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Actions and Accomplishments
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2001
- Increased the efficiency of the County's purchasing process by implementing online requisitioning, receiving, and budgeting.
- Established on-line Financial Reports and graphs
- Presented monthly Financial Reports(previously these were quarterly) to the County Board Finance Committee. This results in a more financially astute County Board.
- Implemented Fixed Asset Accounting for the first time in Will County's history.
- Updated the Business and Travel policy.
- Chair the CAFRs committee/ Improved the in house Payroll System /initiated recomm for countywide direct deposit procedures.
2002
- Performed Sunny Hill Skilled Rehabilitation Center Resident Trust Account Audit contributing to the arrest of a County employee for theft. Joe Mikan & Lori asked me to prioritize this audit due to concerns & the ee was fired the same day I finished the audit & Jeff had a confession that afternoon. Hows that for teamwork!!!!
- Streamlined county procedures including: standardized day for county check runs(max our $'s in treasury); specification of minimum amount for County reimbursement checks; elimination of the warrant step in the check run process; revision of expense recovery procedures, and enhancement of revenue recognition practices for intergovernmental revenues.
- Established uniform petty cash policies and procedures for all County departments.
- Provided County-wide training classes for AS400 on-line functions.
- Initiated and presented Fiscal Reponsibility Award to reward county departments for returning either a large percentage of their department's budget or a large dollar amount back to the County Treasury.
- Initiated collection of grant documents from all County Departments to establish a centralized area for grant information and for further work on grant audits.
2003
- Received Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting by Government Finance Officers Association for submission of FY 2001 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. -means our F/Stmts meet the highest standards in financial rept.
- Received National recognition for the implementation of the GASB 34 reporting system. We were featured in an 8-page case study for our quote "highly successful implementation" of GASB 34 reporting requirements which are the most significant changes in the history of governmental accounting.
- Will County has reached a milestone as well as serving as an example to other counties in the United States.
2004
- Revision of Business and Travel Policy
- Purchasing card - ongoing implementation
- Initiated IT Risk Assessment project with McGladrey Pullen
- Initiated Management Reporting training so the Auditor's Office can create its own CAFR
- suggestions/modifications to purchasing ordinance regarding surplus equipment
- Completed the integration & conversion of 2050 employees to the New World payroll & Human Resource progam.
- assisting departments in running payroll reports and eventually training other county departments (Payroll, Finance) in running these reports-part of the implementation of the Payroll/Human Resources project
- Started monthly payroll exception audits in cooperation with HR & Payroll depts...
- Formed a Payroll reconciliation subcommittee to assist with the implemtation of new module.
- Started the 1st health insurance compliance audit.
- Established a system of controls for computer access and security reviews.
- Introduced "Pay To Stay" legislation in an effort to recover taxpayer funded inmate costs.
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