Lorie Thebaut, PHR, SHRM-CP

Responsible for Finance, HR, oversight of AP, Payroll, and Procurement staff, as well as inventory management. Member of Leadership Team. Prepare in-house financial statements, job cost reports, cash-flow forecasts, quarterly state and federal payroll reports, AIA billing, and WIP reports. Responsible for AR and lien law processes. Facilitate recruiting, onboarding, and performance management. Manage employee benefits programs, corporate insurance policies/claims, and bonds. Oversee monthly physical inventory reconciliations.

Assisted in selection and executed onboarding process for 35 operators, technicians, and support staff for initial plant startup, as well as filling positions that arise from attrition. Responsible for implementation of plant policies and procedures, benefits administration, training and development, performance management, accident and injury reporting, record keeping, and administration of the fitness for duty and progressive discipline programs. Collaborate on annual budget creation; track expenses and prepare monthly budget variance reports; process payroll; oversee the AP and document control functions; create and administer internal controls. Play an integral role on the management team, creating solutions to improve processes and implementing them – such as replacing a security contractor with a transponder-activated gate and monitoring system, which paid for itself in less than a year. Present an HR-centric point of view that compliments the technical perspective of the rest of the supervisory team and is helpful in creating optimal solutions. Provide exceptional support to plant Owners. Managed the internal transition related to the sale of the plant, meeting with new management and partnering with various departments in establishing transitional accounting, purchasing and inventory procedures, and ultimately assisting with the implementation of the new Owner's administrative processes and software applications. Until warehouse was turned over to GRU in August 2018: reconciled monthly inventory reports; managed year-end physical inventory; supervised warehouse personnel.

Managed branch HR including recruiting, onboarding and performance management of AP Coordinator and four Cashier positions. Benefits administrator for up to 25 employees. In charge of plant-wide enforcement of SOPs, change management, and corporate rollout of new accounting and inventory software programs. Responsible for branch accounting, including bi-weekly payroll, preparation of daily and month-end accounting reports, audit reports, journal entries to GL accounts, booking cash deposits, and quarterly physical inventory.

HR duties included management of two administrative positions, recruiting, onboarding and benefits administration for up to 50 employees, and the procurement/management of general liability and work comp insurance policies (including monthly, quarterly and annual premium audits). Worked with the Department of Labor on Davis Bacon requirements, and handled workers comp and unemployment claims and hearings. Accounting responsibilities included financial statements, job cost reporting, payroll, quarterly state and federal payroll reports, AIA billing, AR, AP, collections, and lien law processes. Worked closely with CPA on audited financial statements and corporate tax returns. Monthly balance sheet reconciliations uncovered embezzlement, totaling approximately $500,000, committed by previous Office Manager and a terminated AP Clerk. Worked with the owner, bonding agent and CPA to implement segregation of duties and other internal controls to prevent future theft.

Joined this company in its first year and grew the office processes as annual sales expanded from $2,000,000.00 to $18,000,000.00 over six years. Recruited, trained and managed the performance of AP, purchasing and payroll personnel. Established the group health insurance, 401K, drug-free workplace and safety programs. Acted as benefits administrator for up to 100 employees. Procured and managed the corporate insurance policies and bonds. Worked with the Department of Labor on employee disputes and Davis Bacon projects. Handled workers comp claims and hearings. Acted as liaison for attorneys, bankers, and bonding and insurance agents. Oversaw the accounting function and was directly responsible for in-house financial statements, job cost reporting, payroll, quarterly state and federal payroll reports, monthly use tax filings, contract administration, AIA billing, collections, and lien law processes. Worked closely with the CPA on reviewed financial statements and corporate tax filings. Produced reports and documentation for an IRS audit that resulted in zero findings.