Accounting Management

Shannon M. Carson,CPA

**** **** ****** *****, ***********, MN 55406

Cell: 612-***-**** Home: 612-***-****

E-mail: abg0gi@r.postjobfree.com

A proven financial manager with 20 years of public and industry-

accounting experience. A trusted business advisor that developed an

excellent rapport with staff and all levels of management.

Expertise includes strong analytical, business and team-leadership

skills that result in identifying, understanding and solving

accounting, operational and company challenges. Excellent written

and verbal communication skills, strong supervisory talents and

substantial project management expertise. A highly organized,

results-oriented team player.

Professional TRX, Inc. Minneapolis, MN

Experience TRx, Inc. is an 11-location $20 million intermodal and over-the-

road contract freight carrier providing transportation

services and logistical support to steamship carriers and

other commercial customers.

Corporate Controller

February 2010 - July 2010

Managed and directed corporate and multiple location

finance-related internal and external reporting, accounts

receivable and accounts payable, internal controls,

financial procedures and variance and trend analysis.

Experience with QuickBooks accounting and Profit Tools

point-of-sale trucking software.

. Converted monthly sales, cost of goods and payroll

expense activity to accrual basis accounting.

. Developed and implemented procedures to assure

complete capture of sales transactions from point-of-

sale software to QuickBooks accounting software.

. Developed and implemented cash receipt internal

control procedures.

. Developed and implemented procedures for reconciling

daily bank activity.

. Revised customer-remittance application policies and

procedures.

. Participated in corporate effort to collect old

accounts receivable balances.

Lampert Yards, Inc. St. Paul, MN

Lampert Yards, Inc. is a 34-location $250 million lumber and building-

materials supplier providing product and services to custom-

home building contractors throughout the Upper Midwest.

Corporate Controller December 1998 - June 2009

Managed and directed consolidated corporate and multiple

location finance-related internal and external reporting,

preparation and review of company-wide operational and

capital budgets, cash-flow analysis and treasury

functions, accounts receivable and accounts payable,

financial-statement and compliance internal and external

audits, financial controls, internal procedures, federal

and multi-state tax reporting, compliance areas,

purchasing card implementation and maintenance, bank

relations and business-acquisition due diligence and

system integration and variance and trend analysis.

Experience with CSD and ECSPro integrated point-of-sale,

business-management and accounting systems, Microsoft

Office Suite products, BNA fixed-asset applications,

document-imaging applications and, as administrator,

Wells Fargo CEO (Commercial Electronic Office).

. Reduced individual-location financial statement

turnaround to one day and consolidated corporate

financial statement turnaround to five days by

streamlining period-end closing procedures and

practices (an 80% reduction).

. Converted monthly purchasing and expense reports to

daily "flash" reports.

. Reduced annual book-to-physical inventory

reconciliation process from three days to one day at

the same time delivering more accurate results.

. Created and employed budget and forecast modeling

tools to improve profit, cash flow and financial-

position projections used in bank-financing

negotiation strategies.

. Successfully managed conversion to a new integrated

accounting and business-management software system

and redesigned policies and procedures to maximize

the benefits from the new accounts payable/purchase

order (APPO) integration and document-management

(imaging) capabilities.

. Advised, mentored and motivated operating-unit

managers on a continuing basis by helping them

define, understand and solve a myriad of operational

and accounting/finance issues and problems unique to

their marketplace and inherent in business-to-

business retail operating units.

. Cut credit card rates and gained improved service by

selecting and negotiating with merchant-card

providers.

. Reorganized the 10-person Accounting Department into

a proactive team that produces timely results and

accurate reports, provides continual accounting and

finance-related guidance and solutions for operating

units and other departments and that has the to

ability to successfully launch and direct new

programs and procedures.

Flame Metals Processing Corporation St. Louis Park, MN

Flame Metals Processing Corporation is an $8 million commercial heat

treater providing a full range of metallurgical solutions

for manufacturers.

Assistant Controller January 1996 - December 1998

Senior Accountant June 1993 - January 1996

Responsible for all aspects of general-ledger management,

financial-statement reporting and year-end audit planning

and coordination including account reconciliation,

account analysis, working-paper management, conducting

month-end and year-end closing procedures and preparation

and presentation of internal and external consolidated

financial statements including quarterly 10-Q and annual

10-K SEC reports.

. Reviewed and revamped accounting practices and

procedures including standardization and

computerization of working papers and schedules

which reduced financial statement turn-around by

33%.

. Interviewed, trained and directed new Accounting and

Human Resources personnel.

. Developed and implemented a new program to evaluate

and modify processing procedures of high-volume

customer parts which resulted in a 50% increase in

worker productivity.

. Developed and implemented labor and machine

utilization reporting systems which made critical

raw data available to use in development of costing

standards.

Kaliher Passolt and Company, Ltd Minnetonka, MN

Kaliher, Passolt and Company, Ltd, (now known as KPB Co.,

Ltd.) was a public accounting firm, located in Minnetonka,

Minnesota, offering a full range of accounting, audit, tax

and consulting services to its clients.

Staff Auditor August 1990 - June 1993

1. Conducted financial-statements audits for original-

equipment-manufacturers (OEMs) for the auto

industry, banks, retailers, a road construction firm

and not-for-profit organizations. Performance of

the audit engagements consisted of all aspects of

the audit function plus financial-statement

presentation and preparation of related federal and

state income tax returns.

2. Responsible for numerous reviews and compilations,

various tax returns including individual,

partnership, gift and trust tax returns and protest

responses to client tax notices.

3. Developed excellent rapport with clients and client

staff.

Constance Pinney CPA, PC Tempe, AZ

Constance Pinney CPA, PC is a public accounting firm,

currently located in Prescott, Arizona, offering audit, tax,

forensic accounting and consulting services to individuals,

small and medium-sizes businesses and not-for-profit

organizations.

Staff Accountant January 1990 - July 1990

. Responsible for compilations and payroll, sales and

property tax returns for several of the firm's

clients.

Education BS (Bachelor of Science) Accounting Major, 1989 University of

Minnesota

Certification Certified PUblic Accountant (CPA) Active Certificate

Minnesota

Professional American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

(AICPA)

Affiliations Minnesota Society of Certified Public Accountants

(MNCPA)

Institute of Management Accountants (IMA)

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