Richard Mendoza - Resume 

Richard James Mendoza

Aspen, CO

rmendoza4@unm.edu

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Professional Experience 

May 2024 – Present

Mountain Temp Services, LLC

Aspen, Colorado

Position: Controller

Responsibilities include tracking daily cash flow, bank reconciliations, insurance tracking, inventory, and asset tracking. Managing yearly audit as requested by ownership group.  Working with and managing tasks for 16 different locations throughout California, Colorado, Utah, and Idaho. Richard oversees an accounting staff of four employees.  Mountain Temp Services is a midsize business company which employees over 90 permanent staff and approximately 10,000 temporary employees per year. 

July 2017-May 2024

Reese Henry & Co

Aspen, Colorado

Position: Client Accounting Services

Responsibilities included, multiple entity accounting services. Financial compilations, payroll, a/p,

a/r, bank reconciliations, all banking functions, payroll tax, sales tax, human resources, and

international accounting. Reese Henry is a public accounting firm which entails regulations,

detailed record keeping, full transparency, and confidentiality.

March 2015 – June 2016

Aspen Valley Ski/Snowboard Club

Aspen, Colorado

Position: Controller

Responsibilities included, a/p, a/r, payroll, bank reconciliations, cash flow management, assisting

in monthly financial reporting.

July 2009 – March 2015

Alpine Bank

Aspen, Colorado

Positions held: Credit Analyst, Customer Service Representative, teller, wires department.

Responsibilities included, analyzing consolidating tax returns, audited financials, personal and business

prepared financials for credit decision. Understanding and using Key Performance Indicators in

conjunction with analysis. Written analysis and capital evaluations along with financial ratios were

also included. Other responsibilities included opening and closing of the following types of accounts – IRA and

ROTH IRA, basic checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, wire teller, daily

balancing with daily cash balances between 20 thousand and 80 thousand dollars depending on

day, average of 100 transactions per day, customer service, security systems knowledge,

database knowledge and general banking knowledge.

April 2002-December 31, 2005

Jazz Aspen Snowmass

Aspen, CO

Position: Finance Manager

Responsibilities included, all routine financial management including a/p, a/r, contract, ticketing

and insurance management, bank reconciliation’s, cash flow management,

preparation of budgets, monthly and quarterly financial statements, collection of revenues during

annual festival operations in May, June and September. Working with CPA firm in preparation of

year-end financial audits as required of all non-profit entities.

Restaurant and Hospitality Experience

June 1992-Present

Legal Tender – Lamy, New Mexico. Head Busser

Harry’s Road House – Santa Fe, New Mexico. Expeditor, food runner

505 Southwestern – Albuquerque, New Mexico. Host

TGI Fridays – Albuquerque, New Mexico. Waiter

Zia Dinner – Albuquerque, New Mexico. cook, barista

Mother Lode – Aspen, Colorado, Waiter, busser

Ajax Tavern – Aspen, Colorado, Waiter

Kenichi – Aspen, Colorado. Waiter

J Bar – Aspen, Colorado. Bartender

Su Casa – Aspen, Colorado Bartender

Over 300 private catering events with every position worked

Other relevant experience – past and present

AVSC –2024 Full time freestyle mogul coach, weekend coach for 20 years, and also volunteered for over 200 hours with AVSC

Property manager – Silver Stream Town homes – 6 multi-million-dollar condominiums.

Knowledge of complex customer database systems, financial software, Black Baud, QuickBooks, F.R.S.,

Oracle, Citrix, Access, Excel, Word, Adobe, ADP, Tempworks

• Notary Public

• 30 years accounting experience

• 35 years restaurant and catering experience

• Community involvement

• Complex problem-solving skills

Education

College – University of New Mexico / Albuquerque, NM

Bachelors of Business Administration, Business Management – Currently enrolled, 18 hours from completion

Division I-A Scholarship Athlete - Track

Associates Degree - Business Administration – CNM / Albuquerque, NM

Professional and Personal References Available on Request