Accounting Manager
Resume:
DOUGLAS WILSON
**** ********* ? Fort Collins, CO 80525
***********@*****.***
Innovative accounting professional with a proven record of reliability and
success. Strong written and verbal communications skills. Possess excellent
analytical, organizational, and problem solving abilities. Focused and
proactive. Detail and deadline oriented. Excel at forging and maintaining
effective interpersonal relationships. Adept at reaching across
organizational boundaries to create a sense of urgency and effect positive
change.
EXPERTISE
GAAP: Experienced liaison with both internal and external auditors. Highly
proficient at ensuring accuracy of financial data and compliance with
industry best practices and generally accepted accounting principles.
Problem Solving: Embrace the challenge of solving difficult accounting
problems. Possess demonstrated ability to drill down and evaluate data,
ascertain root cause, and implement effective solutions.
Organizational abilities: Adept at formulating plans, mustering resources,
and directing activities. Tenaciously follow through to achieve established
goals and objectives.
Continuous Process Improvement: Skilled in evaluating business accounting
requirements and developing creative approaches that improve operational
efficiencies, enhance profitability, and enable sustainable growth.
Communications: Excellent listener. Excel at compiling, summarizing, and
presenting information in an intelligible and easily understood manner.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
TIME WARNER CABLE, Coppell, TX
2007 - 2010
Senior Accountant & Accounting Manager
Brought on board to streamline and standardize accounting systems for 4
divisions of cable TV operator which generate more than $1 billion in
annual revenues.
> Tasked with preparation of monthly financial statements. Performed
balance sheet and general ledger reconciliations. Analyzed P&L variances.
Reviewed royalty and franchise tax payments. Identified areas for process
improvements to control costs.
o Generated long-term forecasts for fuel expenditures with variances of
less than 5%.
o Streamlined operations and reduced headcount 40% by consolidating
financials of 4 divisions.
> Spearheaded quarterly and annual review of Sarbanes Oxley guidelines.
Developed and implemented procedures to ensure consistency in monthly,
quarterly, and annual financial reports. Standardized accrual process and
balance sheet formats.
o Liaised with internal and external auditors to ensure compliance with
SOX.
TREE OF LIFE, St. Augustine, FL
2004 - 2007
Senior Financial Consultant & Accounting Manager
Chosen to serve as Interim Director of Accounting for $400 million
operation. Tasked with implementing accounting industry best practices to
increase operational efficiencies and improve the bottom line.
> Responsible for monthly closings. Managed accounts receivable. Performed
income and expense variance analysis. Provided accounting direction for
warehouse and transportation managers to bolster profits and reduce
costs. Eliminated duplication of effort by consolidating the accounting
function in one centralized location.
o Identified problem accounts by implementing balance sheet consistency.
o Rectified long-term imbalance of general ledger balance sheets with
minimal impact on the bottom line.
o Implemented consolidation process which saved $1 million and reduced
headcount 20%.
Continued...
DOUGLAS WILSON
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***********@*****.***
LANEY & DUKE TERMINAL WAREHOUSE, INC., Jacksonville, FL
2001 - 2004
Controller
Directed overall financial operations of privately held corporation with 8
cross-docking distribution warehouses. Ensured firm's accounting procedures
conformed to generally accepted accounting principles.
Tasked with overseeing the firm's accounting and financial functions.
Directed staff of 6. Managed accounts payable, accounts receivable, and
payroll. Implemented accounting industry best practices to ensure accuracy
in general ledger accounts and balance sheet reconciliations. Served as
liaison to external auditing firm.
o Implemented procedures that significantly reduced the number of
problem areas identified in audits.
o Reduced A/R balance by $225,000 while strengthening relationship with
customer.
o Reduced time needed for month end close by 50% - from 10 to 5 days.
Additional Experience as Senior Accountant with Liz Claiborne Shoes,
Ericsson, and Foxworth Galbraith.
Details Available upon Request.
EDUCATION
B.S. in Business Management - LeTourneau University
1994
o Summa Cum Laude Graduate
o 3.85 GPA
TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES
J.D. Edwards One World ? PeopleSoft ? Great Plains Dynamics ? Open Systems
Accounting Software
MS Word ? Excel ? PowerPoint ? Access ? Outlook
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