Laurie Dickenson, C.P.A.

*** ***** *****, *******, ** 24141

615-***-****

ab9qe3@r.postjobfree.com

Software Expertise: MS Access SAP

MS Excel Great Plains

MS PowerPoint QuickBooks

MS Word Visio

Experience:

Alliant Techsystems (Radford, VA)

04/12 - 12/12

Financial Analyst

. Closing Government Contracts after accumulating allowable costs and

previous billings

. Utilize U.S. Government WAWF (Wide Area Work Flow) information

system

. Prepare, confirm and analyze weekly wage payroll

. Process and review inter-company and tenant billings

Rowe Fine Furniture (Elliston, VA)

03/10 - 01/12

Financial Analyst

. Prepared Weekly Bank Collateral Report determining maximum borrowing

on Line of Credit

. Prepared Monthly Financial Statements, Journal Entries and Account

Analyses

. Prepared Annual Selling, General and Administrative Budgets

. Met with Department Heads monthly to review Budget vs. Actual expense

results

. Prepared process flowchart in Visio of Swatch Department, eliminating

several unnecessary

steps crossing three departments

Harpeth Financial Services, LLC (Nashville, TN)

Accounting Manager 02/07

- 01/10

. Prepared Monthly Financial Statements, Journal Entries and Account

Analyses

. Created and formatted Balance Sheet (previously nonexistent) in

QuickBooks

. Set-up General Ledger Interface between ADP (Payroll software) and

QuickBooks

. Prepared personal property tax returns for 22 store locations

including their initial set-up for

electronic transmission to the State of TN

. Responded to the Company's first Sales Tax Audit by providing

necessary documentation

which decreased its' sales tax liability to the State

from approximately $300K to $18K

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Nashville, TN)

06/02 - 1/07

Grants Manager (10/05 thru 01/07)

. Grants Manager over the Departments of Pediatrics

. Grants Manager over the Cancer Center (250 clinical trials)

. Determined allowable costs for Federal Grants and Contracts

. Prepared annual Budgets and reported Budget vs. Actual variances

monthly

. Reviewed and approved purchase orders, check requests and cleared

deficits

Financial Analyst (06/02 thru 09/05)

. In coordination with the Medical Center Departments, prepared

Financial Status Reports (FSR) on

federal grants for submission to the National

Institutes of Health (NIH)

. Approved journal entries, monitored and minimized deficits and cost-

share variances

. Worked with the Treasurer of the University to have 100% of the daily

Lockbox Deposits "over-

nighted", for no additional cost to what was

previously paid for only 10% (last 3 days of month)

. Saved countless hours of research time by replacing a manual system

with an automated one

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Quebecor World (Dickson, TN)

08/00 - 06/01

Financial Analyst

. Prepared Monthly Financial Statements, Journal Entries, and Account

Analyses

. Prepared annual Budget and Forecast

. Reviewed processes and procedures in departments and made

improvement recommendations

Comalloy International Inc. (Nashville, TN)

03/99 - 03/00 Accounting Manager

. Prepared Monthly Financial Statements, Journal Entries and Cost

Statements

. Supervised Payroll, Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable

. Prepared annual Budget

. Saved time and potential errors by programming into the Report

Writing section of Macola

Accounting Software, the Cost of Goods Sold Statement

which had been an Excel spreadsheet

Alliant Techsystems Inc. (Radford, VA; Kenvil, NJ)

11/94 - 09/98

Financial Analyst

. Prepared Monthly Financial Statements, Journal Entries and Cost

Statements

. Assisted in Payroll, Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable

. Set-up Fixed Asset register when company relocated from NJ to VA in

6/96.

Foti, Flynn, Lowe & Co., CPA's (Roanoke, VA)

10/92 - 03/94

Senior Accountant

. Performed Audits, Reviews and Compilations

. Prepared or reviewed Individual, Partnership and Corporate Income Tax

Returns

Brown, Edwards & Co., CPA's (Roanoke, VA)

09/89 - 10/92

Senior Accountant

. Performed Audits, Reviews and Compilations

. Prepared or reviewed Individual, Partnership and Corporate Income Tax

Returns

Salyer & Co., CPA's (Roanoke, VA)

10/88 - 04/89

Senior Accountant

. Performed Audits, Reviews and Compilations

. Prepared or reviewed Individual, Partnership and Corporate Income Tax

Returns

Young & Prickitt, P.C., CPA's (Roanoke, VA)

11/84 - 05/88

Accounting Manager (Began as Senior Accountant; promoted to Accounting

Manager in 1987)

. Managed Audits

. Prepared Reviews and Compilations

. Prepared or reviewed Individual, Partnership and Corporate Income Tax

Returns

Education:

Bachelor's Degree from University of Richmond

Graduated Magna Cum Laude with major in Accounting

Honoraria's: Beta Gamma Sigma; Phi Eta Sigma

References:

Jay Sutherland, Accounting Manager, Alliant Techsystems: (540)

577-0469

Mike Hodges, President, Harpeth Financial Services, LLC: (615)

243-8222

Debbie Lawrence, Admin. Officer, Vanderbilt Univ Medical Center:

615-***-****

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