David B. Johnston

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College Park, Georgia 30337

770-***-****

ac32wn@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE To obtain a position in Accounting or related area that will utilize my experience, education and abilities.

EDUCATION Clayton State University (Morrow, Georgia)

Bachelor of Business Administration

Major – Accounting – BBA Degree

University of Georgia (Athens, Georgia)

Bachelor of Journalism – ABJ Degree

PERSONNEL & ACCOUNTING SKILLS:

Expert in staff level accounting and tax auditing.

Experience in accounts receivable and payable including, posting cash receipts and processing requests for cash disbursements.

Knowledgeable in handling employee expense reports and vendor invoices.

Auditing experience.

Assisted in identification of over $500,000 of recoverable funds for the State of Georgia.

Experience in performing staff level sales tax duties and handling sales tax returns in many different state and local jurisdictions.

SALES/MARKETING SKILLS:

Excellent customer service knowledge.

Proven ability to provide superior service to existing clients while developing new business in order to meet sales goals.

Media experience including positions in sales for several leading broadcasting stations.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Accounting Software: Great Plains, Peachtree

Sales and Use Taxes: Insource, Comp Sales, Turbo Tax, A+, Lacerte, Drake

Other: Internet skills, MS Word, MS Excel, PowerPoint

WORK HISTORY

2/13 – Present Self Employed Accounting and tax work-Worked for several small

businesses in the College Park area doing accounts

payable, accounts receivable and collections,

monthly and year end close, financial statements,

sales and use taxes, state and federal taxes.

8/11- 2/13 Energy Marketing Services, Atlanta, GA. Salesperson for AT&T U-Verse Services

6/10 - 10/10 Air Serv Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia Cabin Service Worker

8/08 - 5/10 Bobby Dodd Industries, Atlanta, Georgia Telemarketing Sales

3/08 - 8/08 Legacy Toyota, Union City, Georgia Salesperson

1/06 - 6/06 Days Inn Airport East, Forest Park, Georgia Front Desk Clerk

8/05 - 12/05 Griffin Ford, Griffin, Georgia Salesperson

1/05 - 8/05 Country Hearth Hotel, Atlanta Airport Night Auditor-performed night audit, closed out the

daily books, waited on customers, answered the

phones, made reservations.

8/00 - 1/05 Various Temporary Firms Accounting/ Tax Temp-Worked doing sales and use

taxes for companies such as Georgia Pacific Corp.,

and accounts payable, accounts receivable and sales

and use taxes for Avado Brands.

3/00 - 8/00 Quincy’s / Mick’s / Peasant Restaurants, Atlanta, GA. Sales and Use Tax Coordinator- Handled all the

sales and use tax issues for 150 restaurants in 8

states.The job ended when the company went

bankrupt.

1/98 - 1/00 Atlanta Kia, Atlanta, Georgia Staff Accountant-Handled all the routine accounting

duties for the car dealership except accounts except

accounts payable.This included all accounts

receivable, payroll and commissions calculations,

Monthly and year end close and financial statements.

8/97 - 12/97 Post & Associates, CPA’s, Atlanta, Georgia Auditor/ Accountant-Intern accountant and auditor!

Worked on several governmental audits doing field

work.

1/96 – 8/97 Various Temporary Agencies Temporary Accounting Assignments-While I was in

School I worked in an accounts payable position

with Stone Mountain Handbag Company!

1/95 – 1/96 State of GA Merit System – Atlanta, GA. Accounting Tech I-When I was in school I worked as

State of Georgia Depart.of Audits, Atlanta, GA. Intern / Auditor-an intern auditor and an accounting

tech with the State Government!

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