Melissa Forar, MBA

Serve as senior financial leader for a $150M+ construction division, partnering directly with executive leadership to drive financial strategy, operational performance, and disciplined growth. • Lead divisional budgeting, forecasting, and long-range business planning, ensuring accurate and timely projections aligned with operational realities. • Oversee monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting in accordance with U.S. GAAP, including WIP, percent-complete revenue recognition, and variance analysis. • Conduct monthly budget and performance reviews with department leaders to assess assumptions, identify risks, and recommend corrective actions. • Drive cash flow optimization initiatives, improving visibility into working capital, commitments, and liquidity. • Ensure compliance with internal controls, accounting policies, and audit requirements; strengthen process discipline and financial predictability. • Lead, mentor, and develop accounting, purchasing, payroll, and fleet teams, fostering accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

• Provided financial leadership for multiple residential homebuilding divisions within the Southwest region. • Partnered closely with Division Presidents, construction, and land teams to support community profitability, budgeting, and forecasting. • Oversaw monthly close, WIP reporting, and variance analysis in compliance with GAAP and corporate standards. • Supported land acquisition and development planning through financial analysis, forecasting, and sensitivity modeling. • Presented divisional financial results and projections to regional and corporate leadership, highlighting key assumptions, risks, and opportunities. • Strengthened internal controls and reporting processes while mentoring and developing finance staff.

• Led full-cycle accounting and financial reporting for multiple active residential communities and land development projects. • Supported land acquisition underwriting and post-acquisition financial management, including budgets, assumptions, and cost tracking. • Partnered with operations and construction leaders on forecasting, cost control, and margin improvement initiatives. • Prepared executive-level financial packages, forecasts, and business plan updates for corporate leadership. • Managed and developed accounting staff, reinforcing accuracy, timeliness, and strong internal controls.

• Streamlined the Inventory process, analyze and process the data each month. • Created a yearly rolling inventory for upper management. • Process commission payments for 50 locations. • Process franchise payments for Erbert & Gerbert’s and Starbucks franchise locations. • Create new commission spreadsheets for new clients based on their contract specifications. • Process commission payments for all sales reps. • Record and post monthly accounting transactions for multiple companies. • Rolled out Concur for employee expenses. • Review and approve all employee expenses through Concur. • Train and maintain employees in Concur. • Process and submit all sales tax for Minnesota, Utah, Texas, Washington, Arizona, Tennessee and Wisconsin. • Created standard operating procedure for business, food and liquor licenses for 80 locations. • Prepare and submit all business, food and liquor licenses. • Prepare general ledger reconciliation and analysis for multiple companies. • Help and train staff accountants as needed • Special projects and reports as needed by management teams.

• Responsible for the accurate and timely preparation of recurring and non-recurring complex accounting journal entries . • Prepares complex account reconciliations including the research and resolution of reconciling items. • Reviews rebate transactions to ensure it reflects contract terms, proper allocations, and appropriate backup. • Led the transition of Admax from the Midwest Region to the Home Office and oversees this process. • Analyze actual vs. budget rebate variances providing merchants with variance explanations. • Supervise new hires; oversee their training and ongoing responsibilities. • Process Produce rebates working with the merchant and vendors to resolve any issues that arise. • Prepares detailed quarterly rebate reports for regions, retail and wholesale including on-top accrual and 5Q. • Maintain and compile weekly reports for prepay accounts. • Gathers information for internal and external auditors related to SOX compliance. • Identifies accounting problems, researches possible solutions, and forms conclusions to present to management. • Worked on SUPERVALU’s Fiscal Year 15 rebate budget ensuring all information was received by the business owners.

• Review & Prepare invoices for daily & month end billing for multiple companies. • Review customer contracts to make sure the billing is correct. • Prepare any credit memos and price adjustments for multiple companies. • Review all spec changes for products and make correct changes to the monthly invoices. • Maintain fixed assets spreadsheets for multiple companies. • Prepare weekly, bimonthly and monthly conversion reports and special requests to customers for multiple companies. • Post Deposits as needed for multiple companies. • Perform accounts payable function for multiple companies. • Go to Person for accounts and trades payables with any questions. • Record and post monthly accounting transactions for multiple companies. • Prepare general ledger reconciliation and analysis for multiple companies. • Prepare bank statement reconciliations for multiple companies. • Prepare and distribute accurate financial statements and reports on timely basis for multiple companies. • Assist with annual financial audit and preparing audit work papers for multiple companies. • Prepare information for sales tax submittal for multiple companies. • Review accounts receivable aging weekly for multiple companies. • Prepare schedules to assist in analysis of revenue per ton of lead. • Assist in maintaining a complete and accurate accounting calendar and manual. • Assist other departments with any accounting related questions or concerns. • Sit in on and participate in meetings, teams, and training seminars.

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