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