cpa. animal advocate. food lover.

Susanne
pilla

CPA with 20+ years of experience across a variety of industries.  Adept at cutting through the superficial to hone in on areas for process improvement.  Efficiency is my middle name (it just wouldn’t fit in the header).

Advanced Excel with strong systems interest (I’ve never met an application I couldn’t master in short order). Thrive on teaching others tips, tricks and techie shortcuts.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

C.ADDUCCI MAHER, P.C. - GOLDEN CO
ACCOUNTANT

November 2018 to Present.

Public accounting for multi-discipline regional firm. Experience with S-Corp, C-Corp, partnership, individual, and exempt returns utilizing Lacerte. Managerial accounting projects including cash flow modeling and financial statement preparation.

PETER EMILY INTERNATIONAL VETERINARY DENTAL FOUNDATION (PEIVDF) - LAKEWOOD CO
FOUNDING managing director

14 YEARS

Start up and management of nonprofit exotic animal dentistry foundation (think lots of lions, and tigers, and bears... and a panda, too). Managed all aspects of foundation activities including fundraising, grant administration, mission logistics, marketing, PR, and event planning. Highly accurate foundation accounting: daily and through annual tax return.  Budgeting, creation and implementation of controls and policies. Logo and letterhead design, website creation, content production and website maintenance. Duties included management of high net worth founder’s personal finances and all activities (daily finances and through annual audit/tax return).

INDIGO STONE INTERNATIONAL, LTD. - WITNEY, UK
COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR/GENERAL MANAGER

4 1/2 YEARS

In charge of the UK headquarters office of a British software company specializing in global disaster recovery services. Developed company budgets and ensured adherence through design and implementation of financial controls, identified and developed new projects and customers, wrote and negotiated global alliance agreements. Analyzed global costing models to determine pricing for expansion of business into US, Canada, S. Africa, Europe. Managed and built strong teams across multiple disciplines including software architecture, software engineering, graphic design, finance and administration. Adept at identifying team weaknesses and implementing improvement plans. Company is now a subsidiary of EMC.

BURTON SNOWBOARDS - BURLINGTON VT
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT: SOFTGOODS

4 YEARS

Responsible for development, design and production of $22 million clothing line. Developed and tracked adherence to yearly division budget. Negotiated garment production prices, calculated margins to determine acceptance of prices or need for renegotiations. Ordered and tracked delivery of components to factories. Traveled several times each year to factories in India, Costa Rica, U.K., Israel, and Turkey to confirm and track production, as well as to negotiate contracts and pricing

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

Nonprofit

Software - Disaster Recovery

Manufacturing

Interior Design

Hospitality

Public Accounting

InterestS

Cooking.
Eating out.
Gardening.
Yes. I love food.
Animal welfare.
Travel.
Technology.