Real Estate Sales

Robert M. Dawson

**** ******** **** . ******, ***** 75033

********@*****.*** . 214-***-**** . cell 214-***-****

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Controller . General Ledger/Cost/Tax Accountant . Analyst . Consultant

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A highly experienced finance and accounting professional who consistently

delivers significant improvements in management visibility, financial

control and accountability in a wide variety of companies and industries as

a controller, staff specialist, analyst and consultant. Core competencies:

. Financial statements . Product/service costing . Securing

financing

. Management reporting . Process improvement . Budgets, projections

. Variance analysis . Tax compliance . Cost

containment

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Professional Experience

PD Edge LLC, Frisco, TX, 7/2010 - 4/2011

Consultant - Finance, Administration, Marketing

Start-up consulting service: football special teams coaching and kicking

specialist development

. Drafted initial business plan, compiled financial projections, secured

bank line of credit facility

. Coordinated entity formation, set up accounting system and procedures

. Launched marketing initiatives, booked coaching clinics, got articles

published, organized camps

Burger Street LLC, Dallas, TX, 11/2008 - 6/2010

Interim Controller

Private 22-unit quick service restaurant chain in Texas and Oklahoma

. Instituted labor scheduling based on hourly sales, $200,000 annual store

labor cost savings

. Implemented electronic import of vendor invoices, freed up 70% of total

AP staff labor

. Eliminated two working days from monthly closing process

Weir Brothers LLC, Dallas, TX, 2/2008 - 8/2008

Interim CFO

Private excavation construction contractor

. Negotiated payment modification arrangements for heavy equipment loans

and leases

. Initiated weekly cash management: forecast, tracking, variance research,

reporting

. Compiled fixed assets data base tracking maintenance, insurance, taxes,

licenses, debt

Surgical Notes LLC, Dallas, TX, 8/2006 - 11/2007

Interim Controller

Private internet-based medical transcription service

. Established full service internal finance and accounting department

. Instituted collections practices/process, reduced days' sales in accounts

receivable by 25%

. Speeded issuance of bi-weekly customer invoices by two days each billing

cycle

. Accelerated availability of cash at bank from customer payment deposits

by two working days

SelecTouch Corporation, Anna, TX, 01/2006 - 06/2006

Interim Controller

Private designer/manufacturer of custom membrane switches

. Resolved federal payroll tax issues, instituted payroll tax deposit

compliance procedures

. Negotiated payment arrangement with real estate lien holder and for

property taxes

Tiger Truck LLC, Dallas, TX, 7/2004 - 12/2005

Interim Controller/CFO

Private final stage manufacturer of imported off-road utility trucks

. Secured 100% increase in line of credit facility, maintained collateral

compliance reporting

. Achieved 50% decrease in business personal property tax

. Increased inventory turns 25%, reduced physical inventory adjustments

from 15% to 2%

. Proposed and coordinated initial annual CPA financial statements review

Henderson Edwards Wilson CPA's, Dallas, TX, 2/2003 - 5/2004

Staff Tax Accountant

Local CPA firm specializing in complex estate tax issues and compliance

matters

. Prepared individual, partnership, corporate, franchise, sales/use,

payroll and gift tax returns

POCO Graphite Inc, Decatur, TX, 5/2002 - 1/2003

Cost Accounting Project Leader, ERP Implementation

Private synthetic graphite heavy manufacturing facility spun off from

Unocal in management buy-out

. Designed, recommended and implemented cost accounting procedures

modifications required to implement Expandable ERP system in

collaboration with procurement, engineering and scheduling

. Mapped chart of accounts, documented procedures, trained staff, monitored

parallel processing

Colonial Financial Services LLC, Irving, TX, 5/2000 - 2/2002

Interim Controller

Private purchaser and re-packager of seller-financed real estate mortgage

loans

. Initiated in-house preparation of interim GAAP financial statements

. Proposed and coordinated initial CPA annual financial statement review

. Lender relations liaison, compiled credit line collateral compliance

disclosures

Prior Contract/Consulting Experience

. Solo CPA practice diverse clientele: restaurants, construction,

manufacturing, medical, legal, business equipment, real estate

development, consulting services, systems development, retail

. Contract controller at Ensemble Systems from start-up until acquisition

by public company

. Contract financial analyst at Financial Resource Management Inc, FDIC

asset management contract to liquidate First Republic Bank 's foreclosed

real estate portfolio

. Debtor-in-possession financial reports for bankruptcy attorney clients,

expert witness testimony

Prior Employment Experience

. Corporate controller positions at CLR-Fast-Tax, tax return processing and

systems and at Booth, Inc, a private soft drink dispensing equipment

manufacturer

. Senior Cost Accountant positions at Datapoint Corporation, computer

terminals manufacturing and at ITT Semiconductors, wafer fabrication and

integrated circuit assembly, Cost Accounting Analyst at Sprague Electric,

hybrid circuits and capacitor manufacturing

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Education

BBA, Accounting and Economics

Baylor University, Waco, TX, 1972

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