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03.i Patricia Lange EDA ApplicationCommittee or Commission Application Name *Address * Phone *Email * Residency * Committee or Committee * Have you served on any Scandia Committee or Commission in the past?* Experience Special Interests Volunteer History Optional In accordance with M.S. 13.04 Subd. 2 we must inform you of your rights as a subject of government data. The information you give us about yourself is needed to identify you and assist in determining your suitability for the positions(s) for which you are applying. The information that we collect about you is Patricia Lange 13431 182nd Street N ( 5 years How long have you been a resident of Scandia? Select the Committee you are applying to: Capital Investment Committee Parks and Recreation Committee Planning Commission Tourism Committee Wastewater Committee Yes No List any governmental, service organizations, or professional activities which you have been or currently are involved in: Molin Concrete Products (Controller) IMA- Certified Managerial Accountant Ramsey County Election Judge List any of your special interests, activities or hobbies which you have that would apply to this committee: I am interested in applying my business knowledge to the Scandia Economic Development Authority. My experience in supporting new businesses and understanding accounting and finance would help this committee and the City of Scandia as it plans for future development. In what volunteer activities have you participated? What was your role? Women Venture (instructor, consultant for small business owners) Prepare and Prosper (tax preparer, tax reviewer) Camp Northern Lights YMCA Family Camp Community Board Member ( Mission Advancement Committee, Buildings and Properties Committee) You may attach a resume. The selection process will vary according to the number of applicants and vacancies. Your application will be kept on file for one year. P _Lange_Resume_2.25 SEDA.docx 31.11KB Economic Development Authority classified as either Public or Private. Public means that it is available to anyone who asks to see it. Private means that the information is available only to the person the information is about and to the staff who must use it in the normal course of conducting City business and as otherwise provided for by law. By entering my full name, I am affixing my signature to this application and acknowledging that an investigation may be conducted for use in determining my qualifications. I hereby expressly authorize release of any and all information which any organization, company or person may have, including information of a confidential or privileged nature. I hereby release the City and any organization, company or person furnishing information to the City, as expressly authorized above, from any liability for damage which may result from furnishing the information requested. Signature *Patricia Lange Typing your name in the box will be considered an electronic signature Patricia Lange, CMA, MBA 13431 182nd Street N, Marine on Saint Croix, MN 55047 Software Skills: Excel Advanced, Sage Accounting Software, Powerpoint, Word, Outlook, Office 365, Access, Crystal Reports, Eliplan, Laserfiche, Certify, Concur, SLQ Developer, Power BI, Pronovos Analytics & Ops Manager Professional Experience: Molin Concrete Products, Lino Lakes, MN 2018- Present Controller Duties: - Budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow analysis - Financial reporting, analyze financial results, analyze key performance drivers - Develop and manage key financial and manufacturing metrics for Power BI Dashboard - Develop and manage standard costing system for manufacturing - Inventory valuation and adjustments - Responsible for general ledger, monthly close - Establish, maintain, and coordinate accounting and accounting control procedure - Recommend and implement continual adoption of new technology to streamline processes - Develop annual operating budget, specific budgets, and fiscal aspect of program plan - Recommend, develop and maintain financial software, and manual filling systems - Create, analyze and present financial models related to budget and forecast - Develop, coach and manage accounting staff - Manage accounts receivables, collections and contract implementation - Forecast and manage annual capital equipment and software purchases - Manage costs for workers compensation and general liability insurance - Managed IT hardware and software (2018-2019) Achievements: - Improved quality of revenue monthly through an automated system (2021) - Decreased the cash conversion cycle, and moved 50% of contract assets into accounts receivable on the balance sheet. This improvement increased the company’s cash position significantly. (2022) - Designed and implemented paperless AP system (2019) - Designed budget process and related financial statement reporting for departments to manage indirect costs (2018) - Designed and implemented automated costing system to recognize costs and revenue at the time of production based on the percent of completion method. (2020-2021) - Designed reporting around new cost system to track project profitability (2021-2022) - Redesigned the standard cost structure for all product types (2020) - Moved 99% of AP payment transactions to outsourced systems (ACH, Outsourced Check Writing) (2020) - Created a process in AR to improve collections that reduced invoices over 90 days by 50% and invoices over 120 days by 80% (2021) - Designed and implemented new billing process to bill for product as it is produced (2021) - Coached employees to implement expense management software (2021) - Managed an in-house team to work remotely through the pandemic, and brought them back to the office when it became safe (2020-2021) - Completed LEAN Training (2021) - As the Molin Employee Engagement Committee Chair, I lead and organized multiple all employee events in 2021 and 2022, and virtual events throughout the pandemic. Mesabi Control Engineering, Oakdale, MN 2012-2018 Controller Duties: - Budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow analysis - Financial reporting, analyze financial results, analyze key performance drivers - Research and data mining related to job costing - Responsible for general ledger, monthly close - Establish, maintain, and coordinate accounting and accounting control procedure - Recommend and implement continual adoption of new technology to streamline processes - Develop annual operating budget, specific budgets, and fiscal aspect of program plan - Maintain bill-of-material costs. Review BOM, approve purchase orders for parts - Recommend, develop and maintain financial software, and manual filling systems - Annual internal business valuation for buy-sell agreement value and insurance purposes - Create, analyze and present financial models related to budget and forecast - Supervise accounting staff - Oversee domestic and international logistics - Forecast and manage annual capital equipment and software purchases - Administer software contracts including Visual Studio (MSDN), AutoCAD, Sage, Project, Office 365 and all Microsoft products. Achievements: - Point person for business acquisition due diligence audit (2017) - Point person for financial reports related to purchase agreement and business valuation by third party broker (2017) - Directed search and analysis for new business insurance provider, implemented change to new provider for professional liability and workers compensation (2016) - Directed development of 401K Plan, implemented change from SIMPLE IRA to 401K (2016) - Developed a business valuation model, wage cost analysis model, model for analyzing profitability of annual support agreements and a cash flow model (2014) - Managed transition to Office 365 for email and office product access (2015) - Directed Microsoft Licensing Audit with no additional payout (2015) - Implemented online expense reporting system (2014) - Implemented direct deposit for in house payroll (2013) - Managed 120% growth in purchasing (2012) - Managed 100% growth in invoicing (2012) Mesabi Control Engineering, Oakdale, MN 1999-2012 Accountant/Office Manager Duties: - Prepare month end journal entries, financial statements, monthly closing, annual closing, job closing & cost accounting reports - Account reconciliation, general ledger entries - Assure accounting policies acceptable under GAAP - Percent of completion revenue recognition adjustments - Payroll, payroll taxes, sales and use taxes, reduced penalty payments to zero - Accounts payable (A/P), invoicing (A/R), processing receipts, and tracking expense reports - Parts purchasing, and job costing - Research and implement employee benefits maintaining coverage while keeping costs level Achievements: - Developed controls and procedures that reduced loss on jobs due to over purchasing by 15% - Lead several external sales & use tax audits with minimal payout - Developed a percent of completion model for monthly revenue adjustment calculations - Designed and executed Access program to track customer maintenance requests capturing 90% of time spent on maintenance and support CERTIFICATION Certified Management Accountant, CMA. Certified by the Institute of Management Accountants EDUCATION Metropolitan State University (MnSCU), Minneapolis, MN 2012-2014 Continuing education in accounting & finance Metropolitan State University (MnSCU), Minneapolis, MN 2005-2011 MBA with a concentration in Finance, 3.93 GPA Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL 1986-1991 B.A. Other Experience - Volunteer Community Board Member for the Y of the North Camp Northern Lights, Mission Advancement Committee, Buildings & Properties Committee (2020- Present) - Volunteer Alternative Council Member for Minneapolis Chapter of the IMA (2020- 2022) - Finance committee member and volunteer tax advisor for The Show (2015-2017) - Volunteer at Prepare & Prosper as a Self-Employed Tax Preparer, and Reviewer (2014-2018) - Ramsey County Election Judge (2016- 2018) - Volunteer at Women Venture as an adjunct finance instructor and consultant (2014-2015)