Susan Lowe

Experience

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  Academy of Family Mediators

  Sept 1995 - Dec 2000

  Executive Director of Finance and Administration

  Reported directly to the President of the Board of Directors, responsible for finance, human resources, membership recruitment and retention, grants management, IT, investments, staff liason to board and volunteer staffed committees. Member of a multi-organization diversity committee; leadership member of a merger team.

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  Target Software

  Aug 2001 - Aug 2002

  Assistant Controller

  Supervised staff accountants, prepared monthly financial statements, developed accounting policies and procedures. Company is now part of Blackbaud.

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  FSG Social Impact Advisors

  Sept 2002 - Jul 2010

  Chief Financial Officer

  For an international non-profit consulting firm, with offices in the US and Europe, served dual role CFO and CAO overseeing finance, operations, IT, HR. Reporting to founding managing director, over saw expansion projects, system upgrades; grant and vendor contracts; benefits and HR matters; financial reporting; audit; compliance and treasury functions. Supervised staff across multiple locations.

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  Beverly School for the Deaf/Children's Center for Communication

  Nov 2008 - May 2012

  Chief Financial Officer

  On part time basis consulted with ED on school financial matters including financial statement preparation and analysis, auditing and UFR

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  Physicians for Human Rights

  Aug 2010 - Jun 2012

  Chief Financial Officer

  Reported to the CEO, Served as the CFO for an international non-profit. In this role, also oversaw IT,HR and general administration. Member of the senior management team, took on leadership role in strategic planning. Supported the Finance, Audit and Invesment Commitees of the Board of Directors.

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  Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech

  Jun 2012 - Aug 2016

  Chief Financial Officer

  Reported to the President, serve as the Chief Financial Officer for two $14million multi state organizations with locations in MA, PA, NY and FL providing children who are deaf and hard of hearing the listening, learning and spoken language skills they need to succeed.Member of senior leadership team responsible for all Business Office Functions including finance, compliance, risk management, administration and facilities. Ensure compliance with all goverment and tax filings, manage endowment, organizational budget, benefits, audit and financial matters. Leadership role in strategic planning. Support the Finance, Property and Audit Commitees of the Board of Trustees . Show less

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  Home Healthcare, Hospice and Community Services

  Jan 2016 - Jan 2018

  Chief Financial Officer

  Serve as CFO for nonprofit organization with the mission: To provide services which enable people to function throughout life at their optimal level of health, well-being and independence, according to their personal beliefs and choices. Responsible for Finance, Third Party and Facilities.

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  Riverside Community Care

  Jan 2018 - Jan 2019

  Vice President/Chief Financial Officer

  Riverside Community Care provides compassionate, locally-based, integrated behavioral healthcare and human services. Led Finance, Third Party Billing and IT for an $80 million agency.

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  Susan C Lowe LLC

  May 2019 - now

  Consulting CFO/COO

  Provide financial, operational and strategy to the non-profit sector. Skills include: Financial Planning and Analysis, Reporting, Compliance, Budgeting, Board Development, UFR, CFR, 990, Medicare Cost Report, Benefit Administration, System Implementation, Staff Development. Projects include Onboarding Processes, Audit of HR Compliance, System Redesign, Payroll System Implementation, Strategic Planning, Banking Relationships, Vendor Negotiations, Cash Flow.