Kathleen Devine

Kathleen is a member of AAFCPAs’ Managed Accounting Solutions practice, providing accounting infrastructure set-up, and high-quality, cloud-based accounting services for nonprofit and commercial clients. She oversees the execution of accounting services, manages deliverables that require higher-level expertise, and relieves clients of the burden of day-to-day transactional activities.

Kathleen collaborates with new clients to right-size people, processes, and systems to modernize their finance function and address evolving needs as the organization scales. She helps clients migrate to cloud-based systems, and ensures processes are efficient, effective, and achieve adequate internal control to mitigate risks.

Kathleen supervises staff in the execution of day-to-day transactional accounting procedures, including: processing of AR/AP, payroll, and monthly general ledger account reconciliations. She provides informative monthly or quarterly financial packages, featuring critical financial data, which enables management to make data-informed decisions. She provides budgeting and cash flow projections, budget versus actual comparisons, and the associated checks, balances, and financial controls to guide nonprofit performance. She also assists management with regulatory compliance and guidance concerning audit and tax return preparation to ensure optimal presentation to donors, funders, and other stakeholders.

Kathleen has a keen understanding of the needs of nonprofit executive management, boards of directors, grantors, donors, and nonprofit regulators. She provides strategic financial and operational consulting solutions and oversees procedures to ensure the finance function runs smoothly.

Education

• Washington and Lee University – Bachelor of Science, Accounting & Business Administration