Accounting Management
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ALDEN MOON, CPA
Layton, Utah 84041 *********@*******.***
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Fund Accountant, J D Clark and Company, Ogden, UT 2009-present
• Performs general ledger accounting functions ensuring compliance with all accounting policies and
procedures and in accordance with applicable rules and regulations such as SEC, IRS and GAAP.
• Prepare the financial statements comprising of balance sheet, income statement, the statement of cash
flows, statistics of income and accompanying notes.
• Prepare financial reports ensuring that the management and incentive fees have been calculated and
allocated correctly in accordance with the fund’s documents.
• Reconcile accounts and resolve all exceptions on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. Report information
to: clients, brokers, and accounting systems.
• Create macros and monthly summary worksheets to increase productivity and accuracy of client data
Senior Associate Auditor, KPMG, LLP, Chicago, IL 2008-2009
• Experience servicing audit clients in the insurance, banking, and finance industry
• Perform financial statement audits for both public and non-public entities in accordance with PCAOB,
U.S. GAAP, IFRS and statutory accounting requirements
• Responsible for designing and overseeing the completion of audit and assurance procedures
• Implemented hard-close and roll-forward procedures for receivables so that audit could be completed
within the SEC reporting time-period (previous audits had not filed timely)
• Managed five staff member to complete confirmation procedures for receivables totaling over $4 billion
• Complete substantive analytic and test of detail procedures in order to assess the reasonableness of
classes of transactions, account balances and related disclosures
• Achieved high utilization rate (93%) for the past fiscal year
• Audited investments and management’s analysis over fair value of investments (i.e. other-than-temporary
losses)
Audit Intern, KPMG, LLP, Chicago, IL 2007
• Performed audits of internal control over financial reporting in accordance with Sarbanes-Oxley Act
requirements
• Assisted in control walkthroughs, control test work, sample selection, and assessment of control
deficiencies and material weaknesses
• Recommended implementation processes to remediate control failures that were implemented by KPMG
clients, ultimately improving the controls and material accuracy for their books and reducing future audit
expense
Staff Accountant/Analyst, Big West Oil, LLC, Ogden, UT 2006
• Automated financial statements to enable real-time financial updates and decrease close by 1 day
• Created efficiencies within transactional accounting procedures, allowing the accounting staff to provide
more value-add to the organization through analytical review and forward looking analysis
• Increased accuracy of financial information as presented in monthly management financial performance
books through analytical review and improved processes & procedures
• Implemented procedures and controls to improve billing accuracy which helped to reduce delinquent
accounts from $17 million to under $1 million
• Performed month-end close process through reconciliation of accounts and journal entries
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ALDEN MOON, CPA
413 Owens Street 801-***-****
Layton, Utah 84041 *********@*******.***
Internal Auditor, Eagle Rent to Own, Logan, UT 2005-2006
• Performed internal audits to ensure company was maintaining correct policies and procedures
• Completed weekly inventory control audits and monthly management standards report audits so
company could be sold to a national franchise
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ALDEN MOON, CPA
413 Owens Street 801-***-****
Layton, Utah 84041 *********@*******.***
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (cont.)
Accounting Intern, Salt Lake Printing Center, Salt Lake City, UT 2005
• Assisted in preparation of production output by auditing procedures and making recommendations
• Graphed and analyzed cost variances to identify constraints and increase output
• Performed cost analysis to identify avoidable costs to reduce expenses
• Implemented lean accounting to track inventory and reduce excess inventory
Program Director, TKJ Inc., Price, UT 2002-2005
• Served people with disabilities to become integrated in community
• Assisted house resident in using personal finances in a fiscally responsible manner
Accounting Tutor, College of Eastern Utah, Price, UT 2003-2004
LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
Vice-president of Finance, ASCEU, Price, UT 2003-2004
• Managed and created budget for 15 departments with annual revenues of $100,000
• Prepared and reported on month-end financial statements to the executive board
• Performed variance analysis to the plan to preserve cash for activities throughout year
• Managed and had responsibility for A/R, A/P, and general journal entries
• Reconciled multiple bank and balance sheet accounts
• Headed task force to determine upcoming fiscal year student fees
Volunteer Church Representative, Mexico 2000-2002
• Served as a leader of ten peers – training, supervising, and motivating
CERTIFICATION
Certified Public Accountant, State of Illinois - Sept, 2008
HONORS AND AFFILIATIONS
Dean’s List, College of Eastern Utah and Utah State University
Master of Science in Accountancy Association: Member at the University of Notre Dame
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants: Member as of January 2009
EDUCATION
M.S. Accounting, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN Dec, 2007
• GPA 3.6 Emphasis Financial Reporting & Assurance Service
B.S. Accounting, Utah State University, Logan, UT May, 2006
• GPA 3.7 Emphasis Business Information Systems
A.S. Business, College of Eastern Utah, Price, UT May, 2004
• GPA 3.85
SUMMARY OF SKILLS
Computer: MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, QuickBooks, Peachtree, SQL, Monetary Unit Sampling
Software, Vector, Sampling Plan, Fastpro, Axys
Language: Spanish fluency – written and oral
Business: Budgeting, Organizational, Detail-Oriented, Type 55 wpm
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ALDEN MOON, CPA
413 Owens Street 801-***-****
Layton, Utah 84041 *********@*******.***
REFERENCES
References available upon request
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