Accounting Professional

Erich Fitschen

Erich Fitschen
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  • Gastonia,  NC 28056 United States

Professional Status
Employed

Job/Career Available

Mission Statement

To provide precise accounting services that will add value to my organization by bringing together my skills, knowledge, and experience, to meet and exceed established goals. I will realize this mission by setting the highest standards in accurate data analysis, internal customer service, and personal integrity.

Vision
In five years I will become a part of a hand-picked team in my business unit and be intimately familiar with all its functions. I will have earned my MBA and CPA, and will apply the knowledge which I have learned within my capacity to enhance the operation of my organization.

Values
In my dealings with leadership, I will be direct about what I observe, clear about my expectations, and honest about the benefits I can provide to my organization.

In my dealings with individuals, I will encourage their ideas, respect their diversity, cultivate their professional growth, and honor their experience.

In dealings with my leadership style, I will lead by setting the example I wish to see in my staff, taking on the role as a mentor to educate positive behavior, to consistently improve their role in the organization.

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Skills

Accounting & Business Analysis

  • As Systems Manager, reduced Medicare billing lead-time from over 60 days to less than 30 days
  • As Medical Biller, increased monthly claims billed from $640k to over $1.3 million in less than one year
  • As Credit Analyst, verified customer credit assigning credit extensions up to $100k autonomously
  • As Systems Manager, reconciled database for Home Health office for timely transmittal of month-end close to Hospital controller
  • As Systems Manager, reduced STAT2 database downtime during system outages from 1 hour to less than 15 minutes by maintaining a close relationship with database vendor and correctly analyzing sources of problems
  • Developed perfomance metrics to provide subordinates and superiors a clear representaton of staffing performance

Certifications

  • Microsoft Office Specialist - Word 2010

Management & Supervision

  • As Systems Manager, supervised data entry personnel accountable for timely and accurate documentation to receive claim disbursements from health insurance providers
  • As First Officer, directed the daily flight operations multitasking as team coordinator with the captain, flight attendants, ground personnel air traffic control, dispatch, and maintenance control, to ensure a consistently safe and efficient flight
  • As Flight Instructor, mentored students individually evaluating skills, applied knowledge, and judgment to pass stringent FAA examinations resulting in a 93% pass rate
  • As Supervisor, accountable for the daily operation of attraction and 13 employees, ensuring safety, presentation, and efficiency standards are maintained all while providing a unique experience for visiting guests.
  • As Supervisor, mentored 2 trainers to groom them to advance to Supervisor within 12 months.
  • As Eagle Scout, directed the collating and delivery of Disaster Relief Kits for the American Red Cross as a service project to earn the Eagle Scout Award of the Boy Scouts of America

Communication

  • As Supervisor, communicated to guests in Spanish daily to explain rules and give directions
  • As Flight Instructor, described abstract concepts such as lift, and controlled airspace to students for comprehension
  • Use of various media to convey my content in the most efficient way possible including spreadsheets, memos, letters, powerpoint presentations, and web sites
  • As Systems Manager, used Excel to sort and filter data to look for discrepencies and to make adjustments in the month-end balance sheet.
  • As Flight Instructor, created student syllabus in word, wrote checklists and tracking sheets in Excel, wrote letters and memos in Word to company supervisors and FAA regarding student performance.
  • As Flight Instructor, created Power Point presentations to outline lesson plans and give visual information.
  • As Systems Manager, wrote feedback to subordinates using email and Word.
  • Created memos, email, letters, spreadsheets, and forms to communicate large volumes of information and data to over 25 branches.

Organization

  • As Medical Biller, logged and track daily and monthly performance in Excel to meet established goals
  • As Systems Manager, employed Outlook to maintain daily and monthly schedule to ensure accuracy of projects
  • As First Officer, organized all resources to be available at a moment's notice and within reach

Computer IT

  • As Systems Manager, implemented and maintained the Palm Pilot patient telemetry system for over 60 clinical nurses which reduced documentation time by over 3 hours per patient and decreased costs by $90 per visit
  • As Supervisor, implemented Computer Based Training for ride system operations using realistic scenarios, reducing operator related incidents from 8 per month to less than 2 per month
  • As Systems Manager, reduced month-end close reconciliation from 3 days to ½ day by analyzing data in Excel spreadsheets and identifying discrepancies thereby increasing office production as Systems Manager
  • Software: Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook
  • Operating Systems: Windows, MAC OSX, DOS
  • Database: McKesson, Home Care Home Base, STAT2, ORACLE
  • Languages: HTML, BASIC
  • Proficient in learning any new software application quickly.
  • Accounting Software: Great Plains, Kwiktag