Manager Financial Analyst
Resume:
Laurie Dickenson, C.P.A.
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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
Laurie Dickenson, C.P.A.
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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:
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