Accounting San Francisco
Resume:
GREGORY M. SMITH
Walnut Creek, CA
************@*****.***
SUMMARY
Big 4 accounting and financial professional with 15+ years of experience in
financial planning, analysis and accounting procedures. Expert in GAAP,
SOX and Taxation. An innovator with creative skills and ability to improve
overall business processes.
SKILLS
- MS Certified in Excel and Access.
- Intuit QuickBooks certified user.
- Corporate financial software: IBM Cognos, Oracle, SAP, Hyperion.
- Corporate tax software: CCH Prosystems, Corptax, FastTax, Lacerte.
EXPERIENCE
Smith and Company, San Rafael, CA
Mngr/Senior 1/2012-6/2013
Prepared and reviewed individual, trust & estate, partnership, and
corporate (S) tax returns. Conducted/Managed GAAP audits, reviews, and
compilations of financial statements for various entities. In conjunction
with preparing various entities tax returns, prepared year end adjustments
and write up work, which primarily consisted of: fixed assets/accumulated
depreciation and equity roll forwards & year end adjusting entries.
MDUSD, WCUSD, & State of California Community College District
Part Time Instructor 1/2009-currently
Employed concurrently by various educators while seeking accounting
employment opportunities. Employed by the State of California's Community
Colleges teaching accounting courses. Provide social services to disabled
and severely disabled children at local school districts and substitute for
grades K-12.
CITI GROUP - International Private Equity Banking Services, San Francisco,
CA
Sr. Associate 7/2006-6/2008
Provided accounting and tax services to private equity partnerships
comprised of Fortune 500 institutional investors. Performed SEC reporting,
10K & 10Q financial statement preparation, general ledger accounting, and
SOX compliance. Served as the outsourced controller for the various
investment partnerships. Researched numerous complex tax transactions.
Sr. Accounting Consultant, San Francisco, CA 1/2005 -6/2006
Provided financial audit and tax compliance to local accounting firms as
requested. Firms served: ACG LLP, Stair, Pedersen & Williams LLP, &
Seiberlich Accountancy Corp.
HEALD COLLEGES, Concord & San Francisco, CA
College Instructor 6/2002 - 12/2004
Employed full-time as an intermediate accounting & mathematics instructor
while concurrently enrolled full-time completing a 2nd advanced degree.
F.T. ANDREWS & CO., Walnut Creek, CA
Sr. Associate 1/2000 - 6/2002
Concurrently employed at both F.T. Andrews & TMP.
Prepared individual, trust & estate, partnership, and corporate tax
returns. Conducted GAAP reviews of financial statements, prepared year end
adjustments, and write up work concerning fixed assets & rolling equity
forward.
TMP WORLDWIDE (formerly Accounting Solutions), San Francisco, CA
Sr. Consultant - Accounting & Tax Services 7/2000 - 10/2001
Concurrently employed at both F.T. Andrews & TMP.
Clients served on long-term financial engagements: Levi Strauss & Co, San
Francisco, CA; GATX Capital, San Francisco, CA & Liberate Technologies,
Redwood City, CA
Gregory M. Smith Continued
FAIRCHILD TECHNOLOGIES USA (A Division of Fairchild Corp.), Fremont, CA
Assistant Controller - SEC organization 1/1999 - 10/1999
Supervised and coordinated an accounting staff in the preparation of
monthly corporate consolidated reporting packages. Coordinated liquidation
of business assets & obligations as the company was discontinued.
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP, San Francisco, CA
Sr. Associate 1/1997 - 10/1998
Prepared tax returns in the partnership and corporate tax practices.
Promoted into the State & Local Specialty Tax Practice preparing and
reviewing large SEC corporate tax returns, such as, Safeway.
KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP, San Francisco, CA
Sr. Associate 1/1994 - 12/1996
Employed in an audit capacity for 3 years ; 2 years conducting audit area
testwork and the documentation of accounting cycle internal controls on
various audit engagements; 1 year supervision of audit engagements with
assigned staff. Assigned to large engagements, such as, Wells Fargo and
the audit of their Funds.
EDUCATION
MS - Golden Gate University - San Francisco, CA
MBA - California State University East Bay - Hayward, CA
BS - Finance & Accounting - California State University East Bay - Hayward,
CA
AS - Diablo Valley College- Pleasant Hill, CA
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