Kent Ritchie
Chief Financial Officer of the Dr. Howard Fuller Collegiate Academy School District
- Role
- Grant Accounting Manager at Milwaukee Public Schools
- Location
- Milwaukee, WI, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kent Ritchie
Result oriented corporate finance expert with extensive experience in both domestic and…
Experience
Grant Accounting Manager
Oct 2023 — Present
Provide management oversight as Grant Accounting Manager for Milwaukee Public Schools. Responsible for oversight of 4 direct reports responsible for the claiming & reporting of $700M in Grants, J/E’s, A/R Reconciliations, month-end-close, & Grant Audit. Report monthly Grant claim results to the Controller, & CFO. Oversight of the Grant P&L & balance sheet account reconciliations. Directed & reviewed financial analysis, budgeting, strategy, and Grant setup review & sign-off.Selected Achievements• Key member of finance team that managed $700+ Million Grant budget, resulting in accurate & timely financial performance, review, and oversight.• Involved in the ongoing evaluation of the BusinessPlus accounting system for the potential implementation initiative to streamline Finance & Accounting capabilities per Governmental accounting requirements.• Responsible for the development of the Grant Accounting budgets, & reporting for 200+ Grants.
Education
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
M.S.E., Business Management - Finance & Accounting
1991 — 1992
Milwaukee School of Engineering
N/A, Network Management
1996 — 1999
University of Wisconsin-Madison
B.S., Education
1983 — 1988
Skills
- Financial Audits
- Internal Controls
- Sap Products
- Hyperion Hfm
- Sap
- Internal Audit
- Financial Accounting
- Cost Accounting
- Peoplesoft
- Budgeting
- Managerial Finance
- Accounts Payable
- Fixed Assets
- Oracle
- Accounting
- Essbase
- Financial Analysis
- Auditing
- Budgets
- Finance
- Financial Statements
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