LBA Ware, a provider of automated compensation software and systems integration solutions for mortgage lenders, recently hired Jessica Henke as a solutions consultant to support the company’s implementation consulting and client success efforts.
In her new role, Henke will leverage her two decades of accounting and business process improvement expertise in mortgage lending to bring LBA Ware clients streamlined business workflow solutions and enhanced operational insights, according to a company press release.
“We’re excited to welcome Jessica on board at LBA Ware,” LBA Ware founder and CEO Lori Brewer said in the release. “She brings with her a wealth of knowledge on mortgage operational processes, financial reporting and software implementation. A major point of pride for us is the team of industry experts under our roof that really understand the challenges and opportunities facing our clients. This allows us to serve as key consultants for our clients to find and maximize the ROI of LBA Ware's solutions.”
Before joining LBA Ware, Henke served as a senior corporate accounting analyst at Dynegy, Inc., a national power generation company, where she oversaw accounting workflow during her and helped achieve 60 percent reduction in monthly account preparation time by implementing enhancements to the company’s reconciliation software system and utilizing the accrual and amortization templates function.
“It is a personal passion of mine to help companies realize their full potential by examining and improving their financial processes and the way they use technology,” Henke said. “I’m excited to help LBA Ware clients tackle their financial operational challenges.”
Henke held a series of positions in the mortgage industry before exiting the sector in 2015. Her most recent roles include project accountant at Reverse Mortgage Solutions, where she led the newly purchased mortgage entity’s conversion from QuickBooks to an enterprise resource planning (ERP) database; and controller at InterLinc Mortgage Services, where she reduced the number of significant audit adjustments from 41 to one in her first year. Additionally, Henke has held financial-related roles at Envoy Mortgage, The Bank of New York Mellon, Aegis Mortgage and Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Mortgage.