RICHARD THOMPSON C.P.A.
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80903
cell: 719-***-**** - email: abijly@r.postjobfree.com
QUALIFICATION SUMMARY
Experienced in the fields of business management, accounting, finance,
information systems, staff management, motivational leadership and seminar
presentations.
Strong finance and accounting skills necessary to define profitable goals,
broad system
management skills to capture the information necessary to measure the
progress,
and positive leadership skills to see that company goals are met.
EDUCATION and CERTIFICATION
CPA - Colorado
MBA - CSU Sacramento
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
Controller (3 staff) of a private golf club with $4 million in annual
revenues
including 3 home-owner associations and developer real-estate inventories
Controller (1 staff) of a $2 million educational sales organization with 5
branch locations
Controller (2 staff) of an $8 million construction/retail sales
organization with 3 branch locations
Controller (3 staff) of a health club/spa facility with $3 million in
annual revenues and 8 profit centers
Evaluated financial positions, forecasted operating earnings, cash flows
and investment returns
Prepared financial plans, procured capital assets, acquired financing and
invested company funds
Prepared financial statements, annual operating budgets and daily cash
management reports
Recruited, supervised and reviewed staff accountants (9), system
administrators (2) and programmers (6)
Executive level financial reporting and software design within LAN/WAN
client-server environments
involving 37 departments, 2 regional offices and $300 billion in financial
institution real estate assets
Presenter of nationwide business financial seminars, college accounting and
computer systems instructor
Developed accounting information systems of a $3 million sales start-up
with eight profit centers
Performed numerous accounting system conversions and developed system
documentation
Developed proformas and analyzed the profitability of new locations and
product lines
Audited company accounts and developed internal control systems
Analyzed, developed and presented multi-million dollar business loss claims
Advised management in leases, insurance and employee benefit plans
Designed and developed a 40+ user network including 6 point-of-sale
locations
Designed and developed operational/accounting software system interfaces
Prepared individual and business income tax returns
Ensured federal/state/local operational compliance and tax reporting
Installed and configured hardware/software (local and LAN)
COMPUTER EXPERIENCE
Excel, Lotus financial modeling and macro programming
Paradox, Foxpro, Focus, Platinum, Dbase SQL programming
JONAS, Solomon IV, Businessworks, CYMA, Peachtree, Quickbooks accounting
software
Windows NT 4.OINovell LAN network design, installation and administration
Aplus, ProSeries, Turbotax tax preparation software
references available upon request