Manager Accounting

Deborah A. Saunders

**** ******* **** **

Roanoke, VA 24018

home: 540-***-**** cell: 540-***-****

email: ***********@***.***

Career Objective:

A detailed generalist professional with more than 10 years accounting and

auditing leadership experience in the private and public accounting sectors

seeks rewarding and challenging management opportunity in private sector.

Core Competencies and Professional Strengths:

. Very effective manager with excellent leadership skills and an

exceptional mentor to others

. Outstanding statistical and analytical skills

. Keen eye for location and correction of errors and omissions and

reduction of expenses

. Clean, organized and very detail oriented

. Possesses extensive computer hardware and software knowledge

. Ability to motivate management team and staff and handle multiple

tasks

Professional Experience:

Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, LLP, Roanoke, VA 10/2010-present (regional top

35 CPA firm)

Audit Manager

. Manage audit clients ranging in size from 1 to 150 million in revenues

for 4 firm partners (primarily in the Manufacturing and Technology

sectors)

. Manage employee benefit audits ranging in size with net assets ranging

from 1 to 20 million for 4 firm partners

. Maintain firm schedule and coordinate revisions to meet client needs

and expectations

. Preparation and/or review of client financial statements

. Business consulting and advisory services to current clients

. Marketing, networking and lead generation for targeting new clients

based on monthly billing forecasts.

LDR Consulting, Inc., Roanoke, VA 03/2010-present

President/Owner

. Provide business consulting, accounting, computer training and tax

services to local area businesses.

. Clientele included attorneys and law firms, marketing, agency and

virtual media businesses, professors & independent consultants.

Grant Broadcasting Systems II, LLC (FOX 21/27 and CW5), Roanoke, VA

10/2006-03/2010

Assistant General Manager (Acting General Manager)/Business Manager

(Controller)

. Handled the tasks of managing the daily financial accounting of the

company, which included monitoring banking activities and compliance.

. Responsible for financial reporting on a monthly, quarterly and annual

basis as well as assisting in financial forecasts and budgeting

. Played major role in providing and interpreting financial information,

reporting directly to CFO and CEO

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. Develop and maintain relationships with attorneys, bankers, auditors,

insurance agents, vendors and customers

. Responsible for all human resource functions within the company,

including employee reviews, payroll, commissions and EEO Reporting

. Establish and monitor internal controls

. Responsible for operational grounds and overall management of the TV

station and tower site locations

. Liaison for legal issues, contract renewals and contract compliance

Brown Edwards & Company, LLP, Roanoke, VA 11/2005-10/2006

Associate Assurance

. Served as In-charge and key staff for audits of various governmental

municipalities, manufacturing and healthcare organizations

. Served as key staff for audit of SOX testing (internal controls) on

public utility company

Goodman & Company, LLP, Roanoke, VA 12/2000-11/2005 (now currently known

as Dixon Hughes, Goodman LLP)

Audit Supervisor

. Served as In-charge and key staff for audits, reviews and compilations

of various manufacturing, construction contractors, healthcare

(including hospitals, doctors offices, dentists and nursing homes),

A133, R&D, non-profit, foundations, telecommunications, real estate

companies and many more

. Prepared numerous consolidated and combined audits, reviews,

compilations and tax returns

. Preparation of financial statements on all in-charge engagements

. Prepared complex individual, corporate and partnership returns - both

federal and state

. Prepared EPIC reports for Medicaid/Medicare cost reporting on behalf

of nursing homes

. Key trainer and educator on conversion to new accounting/auditing

software, lead and directed training seminars for accounting staff

. Creation of financial statement templates for various industries

. Conversion of clients to new audit software

Carilion Clinic, Roanoke, VA 01/1994-05/1998

Corporate Accounting Assistant

. Reconciled main payroll bank account as well as various related

hospital cash accounts

. Lead data entry on all monthly AJE's into OLAS computer system

. In charge of fixed assets on several related companies

. Assisted with troubleshooting and resolving computer related problems

with corporate accounting staff

. In charge of redesigning new OLAS system screens to resemble old UNIX

system for easier transition and training of staff

. Distributed daily accounting reports to corporate management

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Education:

Currently working on MBA at Radford University

BBA-Bachelors of Business Administration with concentration in Accounting

Radford University, Radford, VA, December 2000

AS-Associates in Science with concentration in Business Administration

Virginia Western, Roanoke, VA, December 2000

AAS-Associates in Applied Science with concentration in Management

Virginia Western, Roanoke, VA, May 1994

AAS-Associates in Applied Science with concentration in Accounting

Virginia Western, Roanoke, VA, May 1994

Eligible to sit for CPA

Skills in Technology:

. Very proficient with troubleshooting problems and issues on computers,

extensive knowledge with internal components and networking

. Experience with website development and creation

. Experience in building computers and changing out hardware components

and the installation of new software.

. Software knowledge: Advanced Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint,

Peachtree, QuickBooks, FrontPage, Caseware, Prosystems Engagement,

Gosystem, Prosystems Tax, Prosystems Fixed Assets, T-Value, Accubuild,

AS400-JWalk, WideOrbit, Paychex, familiar with ERP systems, and many

more

. Typing 70+ wpm

Activities and Awards:

. Board Member for VWCC Alumni Council (part of VWCC Foundation)

. Member of Hidden Valley High and Green Valley Elem PTA

. Member of Virginia's Gifted Youth, Virginia Society of CPA's and the

Roanoke Chapter, Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council and American

Business Women's Association.

. Board Member and 2010 VP-Ways and Means at Green Valley Elem. PTA

. Featured in VWCC "We'll Take You There" Campaign 2009-2010

. Speaker at Feb 2008 VWCC "Women in Media" workshop

. Guess Speaker at Apr 2008 Roanoke Chapter National Women's Association

. Featured in Fall/Winter 2008 Issue of Impact Magazine "All in the

Family-education"

. Who's Who in America 2007

. Nominee for 2005 Virginia Super CPA's - educator

. 1st Place in NCDA National Poetry & Poster contest for Education in

2005

. Extensive CPE training over the past 12 years.

Hobbies and Interests:

Professional networking, entrepreneurship, landscape design, woodworking,

home d cor, new computer and software technology, leisure biking and

spending time with my family.

References:

Attached

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Deborah A. Saunders

4532 Hammond Lane SW

Roanoke, VA 24018

home: 540-***-**** cell: 540-***-****

email: ***********@***.***

References:

George Al McLean, Attorney at Law work: 540-***-****

******@***.**********.***

Harry Schwarz CPA, Partner-in-charge, Goodman & Company, LLP, 540-***-****,

********@*********.***

Debbie Reardon, Creative Services Director Grant Stations work: 540-344-

2127, cell: 540-***-****, ********@*******.***

Mary Leifkin, Agent for Colonial Insurance work: 540-***-****, cell: 540-

761-5620 **************@***.***

For additional written recommendations refer to LinkedIn page at:

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/deborah-saunders/12/31a/2b4

Additional references available upon request

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Work accomplishments

-Successfully implemented new inventory system

-Created employers first employee handbook

-Redesigned 40 page budget spreadsheet, standardizing forms to increase

efficiencies, which was implemented at 8 other locations.

-Lead transition to digital television in 68th market

-Reviewed, redesigned and implemented new internal controls

-Trained staff on the use of excel, outlook, and other various software

packages

-Facilitated employee incentives, which increased morale and employee work

ethic, which resulted in increased revenues

-Streamline the HR process by implemented new HR online system. This

included access to their job requirements, annual reviews, and self-

evaluations and allowed them to change their exemption status, print copies

of their check stubs and W2's as well as request for time-off.

-Increased employee participation in 401k by 20%, buy providing routine

education to employees on the importance of saving for retirement.

-Reduced operating costs by 10-25% without change in the number of

employees or disruption to the operation of the business.

Here are some examples of how I reduced operating costs:

-Revamped entire employee benefit package. By increasing benefits to

employees; while reducing cost to both the employee and employer.

-Reduced AR collection days over 90 from an average of 10-15% to an

average of <5%, which substantially reduced bad debt and the fees for

an outside collection agency.

-Reevaluated, renewed and renegotiated contracts and leases, which

reduced cost and increased efficiencies to employer.

-Coordinated with sales managers on the use of optional inventory

through network affiliation and educated them how to sell the

inventory while still staying profitable.

-Redesigned the report format used internally to calculate sales

commissions, reducing human errors in calculations.

-Reduced expenses by decreasing the number of incoming phone lines

after monitoring telephone line usage over a period of time.

-Eliminated costs associated with transmitting signal thru fiber and

traced each fiber line to the appropriate provider and uncovered lines

that were installed many years ago but were not being used by the

recipient, as requested in joint contract. (Signal was being captured

over the air and fiber was not being used)

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