Sales Management

Daniel J. Held, CPA

**** *** **** *****

Colorado Springs, CO 80922

Tel. 719-***-**** Cell 719-***-****

abjntr@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

An accounting professional with over 15 years CPA experience. Practiced in

corporate tax compliance, SEC reporting, small business compilations

(payroll, bookkeeping), energy, mining, manufacturing and transportation.

A collaborative team player skilled at gleaming key information from

multiple sources.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Financial Analyst

Impact Confections, Inc., November 2008 to Present.

Impact Confections is a confection company with a wide range of consumer

products. Products are manufactured in two locations in the US and

multiple locations internationally. Products made outside the US generally

are delivered to non US customers.

Areas of responsibility include:

. Preparation of quarterly and annual tax provision.

. Monthly preparation of MD&A narrative with detail comparisons of

Actual to Budget and Forecast.

. Preparation PowerPoint presentation of monthly results for Board of

Directors.

. Coordination of annual tax compliance filing with outside CPA firm.

. Coordination of required Secretary of State filings with CT Corp. 15+

States.

. Daily Corporate cash management, including daily borrowings and

repayments on revolving credit lines.

Senior Accountant, Tax and Finance

Westmoreland Coal Company, July 2005 to November 2008.

Westmoreland Coal is a diversified energy company operating 5 coal mines

and an electric generation facility. Areas of responsibility included:

. Preparation of quarterly tax provision and related footnote for 10-Q

and 10-K filings.

. Calculation and coordination of quarterly estimated tax payments.

. Coordination of annual tax compliance filings with outside CPA firm.

. Daily Corporate cash management, including daily borrowings and

repayments on revolving credit lines.

. Consolidation of annual budgets prepared by subsidiaries and corporate

departments.

Accountant, Revenue Accounting

El Paso Energy, September 2004 to July 2005

El Paso Energy is the country's largest Natural Gas Pipeline Company.

Areas of responsibility included:

. Preparation of monthly revenue journal entries

. Preparation of monthly Plan to Actual and Estimate to Forecast

variance analysis reports.

. Preparation of various reporting related to Gas costs.

Controller, Taxation and Investments,

Pavestone Company, LP, Dallas, TX, November 1999 to August 2004.

Pavestone is the largest manufacturer of concrete pavers in the country.

Pavestone has manufacturing facilities in 16 locations across the country.

Areas of Responsibility included:

. Monthly review and preparation of Financial Statements for multiple

operating and investment companies.

. Monthly conversion of foreign investment holdings to U.S. currency for

reporting purposes.

. Daily cash management

. Supervision of staff and financial reporting for a Party Rental

business and a Junior A Hockey team.

. Special projects and research regarding Income and Sales and Use

taxes.

. Providing varied personal financial services for the company owner and

family.

. Tax compliance for multiple entities.

Senior Accountant,

Riverway Company, Eden Prairie, MN

Riverway was a river barge transportation co. that operated on the

Mississippi, Illinois and Ohio rivers. Riverway primarily transported farm

commodities for export, fertilizer and ore for domestic use.

. Responsible for preparation of monthly and consolidating journal

entries, account reconciliation, preparation for annual audit, annual

budget and special projects.

. Responsible for customer credit and collections, annual sales 40-50

million. Company representative at industry credit meetings.

. Worked with Companies Data Processing Manager to develop new reports

to aid in the Credit and Collections process.

. Developed a tax planning strategy that allowed Riverway to use Capital

loss carry forward by changing the structure of a disposition

utilizing $180,000 of carry forward saving approximately $60,000 in

tax.

. Responsible for Consolidated Federal and related State income tax

returns, tax planning strategies and IRS or state audit responses.

Assistant Controller,

Family Partners, Ltd, Minneapolis, MN

Family Partners Ltd. is an asset management company for a wealthy family.

Assets under management included real estate held for development,

developed condominiums and outside managed investments.

Tax Specialist

McGladrey & Pullen, Minneapolis, MN.

Senior Tax Specialist

KPMG Peat Marwick, Minneapolis, MN.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

CERTIFICATION

. C.P.A., Minnesota License number 9567

EDUCATION

. B.S. Degree, Accounting, B.A. Degree, Economics - Bemidji State

University, Bemidji, MN

. Attended Carlson School of Business, Masters Program, Business Taxation

(MBT), University of Minnesota.

. Continuing tax and accounting seminars and self study

SOFTWARE

MAS, Excel, Word, Peoplesoft, Expandable, Quickbooks Pro, Lacerte,

Macola, Fast Tax, Fas 2000, Solomon, Dun & Bradstreet, Others

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

. Minnesota Society of CPA's.

. 1997 Chairman of National Waterways Carriers credit group. NACM

Chicago.

. Past Partner NAIC Investment Club.

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