Sales Accounting

R OBERT T. VOLK, CPA

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Coralville, IA 52241

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• CPA – Twenty years experience in industry.

• Industry experience includes manufacturing, service, health care and production

• Annual revenue range $5M - $40M. Line of credit facility $1.5M - $4.75M

• Responsible for all finance, accounting, cost accounting, GAAP. Manage 3-16

employees

• In termediate/advanced experience in Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint, Internet

E xplorer, Great Plains, QuickBooks Enterprise and many others

• Corporate tax planning, tax estimates and tax preparation, consolidated, S Corp

• Key member of the Executive Management Team

EDUCATION

• Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting from the University of Northern Iowa

• Member of AICPA, Iowa Society of CPA’s, Institute of Management Accountants

WORK EXPERENCE

Temporary project ended February 23, 2010

PROJECT ACCOUNTANT (TEMPORARY) January 2009 – February 2010

Solon Retirement Community Specializes in long term care, assisted living and

i ndependent living. Services to this privately held 600 shareholder corporation include cost

analysis, tu rn around financial loss situation to a profit and improved cash f low. Provided

f inancing and projections for $2,200,000 new assisted living building opened January 1,

2010. Assignment ended February 23, 2010.

CONTROLLER May 2004 – November 2008

Company was purchased, accounting moved to M inneapolis and Controller position

eliminated

Diamond Shine Management Services, Inc. Specializes in facilities management.

Services provided to this multi state employer include cost accounting, financial

reporting and analysis, corporate income tax, multi state payroll and sales tax, cash

f low, banking, budget and management skills. Employees worked in six Midwest

s tates and had sales in ten states.

• Responsible for tu rning company monthly loss ($15,000) to $40,000 monthly

p rofit. This was done by providing accurate cost reports and financials and

t aking necessary action to reduce costs and increase revenue.

• Planned and organized annual bidding process for the largest company

customers.

• Requested and received an annual revenue increase of $400,000 from largest

customer. Nearly all increase in revenue went directly to the bottom line

p rofit.

• Performed in-house payroll for 230 employees and saved $25,000 in annual

payroll outsourcing fees.

• Revenue increased from $4,000,000 to over $8,000,000 during this period.

CONTROLLER December 1999 – January 2004

Position was eliminated

Manpower, Inc. of Cedar Rapids. Specializes in temporary staffing services located

i n Eastern Iowa and Central Florida. Responsibilities included banking relations,

employee benefits, audited consolidated financial statements, franchise fee

calculations, cost analysis, payroll and sales tax reporting, budgets, business

i nsurance and 401k plan administrator.

• Implement new computer system for 14 locations.

• Improved profit margin by 12% by teaming with operations and sales.

• Reduced financial statement reporting from 45 days to 5 days

• Reduced annual audit fees from $35,000 to $15,000

• Reduced accounting and payroll staff from 16 to 6

• Collected over $1,000,000 in past due accounts ranging from 6 months to 4

years old

CONTROLLER May 1989 – November 1999

Left company due to opportunity for increased responsibil ity

DeVries Communications, Inc. Corporate office for several printing companies

located in Iowa

Responsibilities include all phases of annual audit including cost accounting and

overhead analysis, machine rate calculations, in charge of computer system, work

papers, financial statement wri te-up, corporation tax preparation, assisted HR

department, production departments and plant managers.

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