John Wright

About John Wright

12 years business management including Operations Manager, Accounting Manager and Controller positions over a 16-year operations/accounting career. Dedicated to team development (individual and corporate), leveraging technology, business development, creating operational efficiency initiatives (intra- and interdepartmental), improving communication effectiveness, management accounting and light FP & A.MBA (Masters of Business Administration)CMA (Certified Management Accountant)CSCA (Strategy & Competitive Analysis)CAPM (Certified Associate in Project Management)CPA Candidate (testing, anticipate Q1 2026, 1 passed with 3 to go)MS Office 2016 Master (MOS)IMA (Institute of Management Accountants)President, Greater Seattle Chapter (3 years)Past President, Greater Seattle Chapter (3 years, current)Small Business Committee (SBC) member (2 years)Mentor (Accounting), Seattle University Albers School of Business,(2nd year, 20••••26)Multi-functional collaborator: IT, HR, Operations, Legal, Purchasing, Accounting/Finance, Business Development.As a former educator: skilled, highly motivated and focused mentoring, training and developing team talent to facilitate individual and interdepartmental growth.Efficiency focus systematizing/upgrading/overhauling accounting and subsidiary systems.Communication and Leadership - Accounting Policy/Procedures as \"living documents\"(multiple employers)- Developed and implemented Marketing Plan (56% target market increase)- Developed hazardous waste disposal manual (non-accounting communication initiative)- Team member writing WA K-12 Financial Literacy Learning Standards (Financial Education Standards Review Committee, high school strand)

Experience

1. Senior Accounting Manager

   Physicians Insurance A Mutual Company

   Apr 2025 — Present

   Physicians Insurance serves more than 8,500 members as the largest insurer of physicians and rural critical access hospitals in the Pacific Northwest, providing risk-management consulting, continuing medical education, and claims administration services.

Education

• Western Governors University

  Master of Business Administration - MBA

• Seattle University

  BA

• Seattle Pacific University

  MAT

• UW Foster School of Business

  Intensive Analysis of Accounting Principles (Graduate Level Certificate Program)

Skills

• Statistics
• Access
• Quickbooks
• Management
• Team Building
• Html5
• Business Strategy
• Mathematics
• Teaching
• Training
• Fixed Asset Management
• Microsoft Word
• Accounting
• Research
• Ad Hoc Analysis
• Power Bi
• Microsoft Excel
• Sql
• Analysis