Mike Lydon
Email: abow8a@r.postjobfree.com
Address: ** ********* ****
City: Wrentham
State: MA
Zip: 02093
Country: USA
Phone: 508-***-****
Skill Level: Management
Salary Range: 85
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Michael Coleman Lydon
35 Pokanoket Path, Wrentham Massachusetts 02093 508-***-****
Email: abow8a@r.postjobfree.com
Experience
December 2008 - Kenneth Richardson Jr., CPA`s, Cranston, RI-Manager
September 2012 Responsibilities: Planning, and managing simultaneous reviews, compilations, and tax service engagements. Ensuring quality controls by communicating the engagement objectives, training staff while maximizing efficiency; resulting in production of analyzed financial statements, tax returns, and projections. Presentation of financial information to senior personnel, demonstrate advance knowledge of accounting principles and auditing standards. Assisting clients in all area`s of controllership responsibilities. Areas of expertise included but not limited to professionals, construction, manufactures, restaurants, commercial and residential real estate, and non-profits.
June 1996 -Sept 2003 O`Connor & Drew, P.C., CPA`s, Quincy, MA-Supervisor/Manager
& Oct, 2005- Dec, 2008 Responsibilities: Planning, and managing simultaneous audits, reviews, compilations, and tax service engagements. Ensuring quality controls by communicating the engagement objectives, training staff while maximizing efficiency; resulting in production of analyzed financial statements, tax returns, and projections. Presentation of financial information to senior personnel, demonstrate advance knowledge of accounting principles and auditing standards. Assisting clients in all areas of controllership responsibilities. Areas of expertise included but not limited to auto dealers, professionals, restaurants, construction heavy-equipment purchase and rentals, food distributor, commercial and residential real estate, oil dealers, forklift industry, manufactures, and inter-state trucking
January 2004 - Tweeter Home Entertainment Group, Inc., Canton, MA -Senior Accountant
September 2005 Responsibilities: Prepared the quarterly 10Q and 10K financial statements. Maintaining and reconciling GAAP monthly financial statements. Ensured quality controls by performing to management compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley provisions, ensuring the Company`s compliance with Federal and State tax regulations. Assisting in all area`s of the controllership responsibilities pertaining to the monthly close process. Trained staff while maximizing efficiency.
November 1994 - Levine, Zeidman, & Daitch, P.C. CPA`s., Wellesley, MA-Staff Accountant
May 1996 Responsibilities: Prepared C Corp., S Corp., Individual and payroll tax filings for closely held companies. Conducting and assisting on audits, reviews and compilations engagements. Preparing GAAP financial statements and assisting in any bookkeeping areas. Assisted clients with Federal and State tax correspondence. Areas of expertise included but not limited to professionals, restaurants, commercial and residential real estate, and manufactures.
July 1993 - Healy & Healy, CPA`s., South Easton, MA-Staff Accountant
November 1994 Responsibilities: Auditing and conducting statutory compliance reviews while assisting Big Six CPA firms with year-end audit work. Reporting noted internal control weaknesses to the Audit Committee and Management and recommending corrective action.
June 1989 - Bank of Boston, Canton, MA-Internal Auditor/Tax Accountant
July 1993 Responsibilities: Preparing year-end 1099`s and 1042`s dividend financial statements for public companies, researching discrepancies and communicating with both clients and the Internal Revenue Service. Performing internal audits of numerous departments and identifying and correcting internal control weaknesses. Reporting noted internal control weaknesses to the Audit Committee and Management and recommending corrective action.
Education Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA
Bachelor of Science in Business Management/Accounting- 1989
Skills Microsoft Word Excel, Quick-books, ACE Audit, BNA Fixed Assets/Tax Planning Software, Accountants Trial Balance, Profx Tax Software and SAP