Robert J Klug
**** * ****** ***** **** *** 773-***-****
Chicago, IL 60613
******.****@***.***
Objective:
. I am presenting to you my skills, work ethic, achievements and
professional experience to obtain the Accountant position with your
firm.
Education/Certification:
. CPA passed BEC, FAR, REG
. Northwestern University-Accounting
. The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
B.S. in Finance, May 2006, GPA 3.3, Real Estate/Entrepreneur's Club
Programming Languages:
. Quickbooks, Hyperion-Brio(HFM), WebFocus-SQL
. Oracle, DB2, Lawson, Crystal Reporting, Quickbooks
. Microsoft Suite (Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
Experience:
Accountant Verizon Business Inc. November 2006 - Present
Handle diversified accounts payable/receivable and expense control
procedures including account reconciliation, cash receipts audit, accounts
receivable/payable verification, finance charges research, purchase
order/inventory voucher verification, charge-backs, and refunds processing.
. Personally responsible for saving company approximately $4 million in
annual savings through an implementation of termination plan
portability agreement contract.
. Presented detailed customer level impact analysis of network
expansions on cost per unit; P&L analysis, coordinate with
international network engineers to develop costs for private line
network products and underlying product network infrastructure through
adhoc SQL query, pivot, and executive presentation (Oracle-Hyperion,
Webfocus).
. Implemented refund check processing improvements saving 30% of
processing costs and reduced turn around time by 5 business days.
. Extensive account management through regular G/L updates, balance
reconciliations, A/P verification, and detailed revenue assurance
performed.
. Three years experience working under a Certified Public
Accountant manager.
. Implemented audit programs to check the effectiveness of all aspects
of accounting measures in SOX and GAAP accordance.
. Utilized VLookup and other Excel accounting functions comparing
invoice information between carrier's billed amount and recorded
costs.
. Projected monthly invoice disputes against phone carriers
through Hyperion.
. Produced baseline audit reports reconciling overbilled long
distance minutes from carriers
. Interact with clients and IT department to guide in the resolution and
reconciliation of internal and external claims and billing disputes on
monthly, biannual, and annual tax, adjustment verification, balance,
and duplicate circuit audits for GAAP/SOX compliance.
Reconciliation Specialist Follett Higher Education Corporation
July 2006 - November 2006
Overall account reconciliation through extensive analysis of
A/R, A/P, refunds and overall general ledger maintenance.
. Fully reconciled and accounted for differences on over 500 accounts in
three months.
. Used various query software packages and utilities in reconciliation
process to gather and analyze vendor and client information (e.g.
Invoices). Lawson, Hummingbird, Com-squared to efficiently reconcile
account issues.
. Negotiate and enforce collections to expedite the clearance on
delinquent accounts.
. Qualify new accounts, authorizing product purchases and
extending/increasing lines of credit.
Intern-Financial Representative Northwestern Mutual Life April 2005
- July 2006
Financial services sales and client building promotions.
. Performed asset/income protection needs analysis on individual
clients.
. Worked with cost analysis on small businesses and individuals and
presented budgeting and financial recommendations.
. Prospected new clients and managed existing client accounts.
. Initiated and led client meetings.