Ranelle K. Bensch, CPA

Summary Of Qualifications

Ms. Bensch has twenty-five years of accounting and business consulting experience with publicly held and privately owned companies in a wide variety of audit, financial reporting and cost control projects. Ms. Bensch has managed audits, developed accounting systems, participated in the conversions of accounting systems, and has provided project cost tracking and control services. Ms. Bensch applies finance and accounting skills to business operations and project management activities, including: developing project budgets, proposal preparation, business and project cost monitoring, invoicing, collections, payroll, pre-audit preparation, audit support services and preparation of draft company financial statements.

Academic Background

Masters of Business Administration,
San Francisco State University, 1990.
B.A., International Affairs, University of Colorado, 1984.

Professional Registrations

Certified Public Accountant, State of California, No. 63376E

Professional Affiliations

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
California Society of Certified Public Accountants

Relevant Project Experience

• Independent Business and Financial Consultant
  • EMT Associates, Inc. and the Center for Applied Research Solutions, Inc. – Provided business operations support for profit and non-profit research companies. Responsibilities include: support to all accounting and finance functions, project cost estimating and tracking, and pre-audit preparations. Also responsible for invoicing and follow-up collections with the following federal governmental agencies including Dept. of Health and Human Services, Dept. of Education, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and state governmental agencies including the State of CA-Dept. of Health Care Services (formerly the Dept. of Alcohol & Drug Programs) and the State of TN-Dept. of Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services.
  • Oasis Residential, Inc. – Prepared and filed the Form 10-K. Redesigned and prepared the financial statements and MD&A sections of the Form 10-K. Prepared audit schedules and coordinated audit activities. Prepared and filed the Form 10-Q.
  • Oasis Residential, Inc. – Designed a zero-based budgeting system for all general and administrative functions to monitor corporate expenses on a monthly basis. Automated management and operational reports for senior management to monitor capital expenditures in excess of $15 million annually.
  • The Peregrine Real Estate Trust – Coordinated an accounting software conversion from two external management companies to in-house management for Hotel operations. Design the Hotel chart of accounts and authored the Hotel Chart of Accounts Manual. Developed management and operational reports for Senior Management and Hotel Managers to monitor monthly performance.
• Verizon Wireless (AirTouch Communications, Inc./Vodafone Group PLC)
  • Accounting Manager – Performed month-end close processes, monthly variance analyses, researched external audit inquiries, and was the primary contact for the Corporate General Ledger Group. Reduced the monthly close process from five to two days.
  • Key member on the Oracle Corporate General Ledger conversion team. Successfully converted multiple financial systems to one financial system.
• Coopers & Lybrand, LLP – Public Accounting
  • Managed the delivery of audit services to clients in the following industries: Real Estate; Telecommunications; Software Development; Governments; Government Agencies; and Not-for-Profit Entities.
  • Public reporting experience includes: Initial Public Offerings; Secondary Offerings; Revenue Bond Offerings; Form 10-K’s and Form 10-Q’s.