Accounting Management

NORMAN POPLOWITZ

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Delray Beach, Florida 33446

Cell: 305-***-**** Home: 561-***-****

*.*********@*****.***

May 30, 2015

To: Prospective employer or contracting entity

Subject: Full-time, temporary or project work

I am a semi-retired accounting professional seeking full-time, project, temporary or part-time

assignments either within the public or private accounting sectors, or for the legal profession.

For non-accounting businesses, I am seeking a position such as accounting manager, controller

or in a similar senior level capacity. I’m even willing to accept a subordinate position (e.g.,

assistant controller) if that would ultimately lead to a promotion.

For accounting firms, I am seeking work involving tax return preparation or review, financial

statement audits, litigation support or forensic work. As my attached resume describes, I have

over four decades of experience primarily within the public accounting arena. And, it is that

degree of dedicated hands-on experience and skills development that has enabled me to produce,

on average, 80% to 90% of billable time within virtually any kind of CPA firm assignment.

For law (or CPA) firms, I am seeking assignments involving all facets of litigation support

services, including bankruptcies, divorce, professional malpractice and forensic investigations. I

have significant experience and expertise within condominium associations as an auditor, budget

director, reserve study analyst and as a court-appointed receiver. I also have many years of

experience in preparing complex guardianship accounting reports. I’ve done numerous

assignments involving highly diverse tax matters, including IRS audits, trust-fund penalty cases,

multiple year tax delinquencies, as well as (CID referred) FBAR related projects.

As to computers, I have decades of experience with QuickBooks, Excel & Word – as well as

having processed literally thousands of returns using ProFX, Ultratax and Lacerte.

After an initial interview, I can provide you with an extensive listing of professional references

including CPA firms, attorneys, business associates and clients.

Sincerely,

Norman Poplowitz

Resume and Career Highlights of

NORMAN POPLOWITZ

14475 Strathmore Lane, #504 Delray Beach, FL 33446 305-***-**** [cell] or *.*********@*****.***

ACCOUNTING & TAXATION: Over 40 years' experience in the private and public accounting sectors. Proficient in virtually all

aspects of financial report preparation, analysis, interpretation and investigation for service, non-profit and manufacturing businesses.

Specialized in forensic, litigation-support and fraud-related auditing, with numerous major discoveries and favorable client settlements.

Diverse cost accounting skills. Hands-on preparation/planning/research of more than 25,000 individual and business tax returns,

including expertise in IRS and state income and sales tax audit examinations, appeals, and collections/settlement matters.

BUSINESS PROMOTION: Adept at revenue and profitability development. Proven controllership/CFO abilities in such areas as

strategic planning, cash flow management, acquisitions, cost-containment, risk-management, debt and capital procurement; all within

situations involving a central theme of startups, turnarounds, downsizing, etc. Exceptional client/business promotional skills. Authored

numerous business plans for use within venture capital/business development projects. Highly diverse regulatory compliance expertise.

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT & COMMUNICATION: Career-long experience in supervising, motivating and delegating work and

people; individually and as part of a team. Well-rounded teaching skills. Excellent written and oral communication skills. Wrote

numerous policy manuals. Highly Internet & computer-literate. Mediator. Negotiator. Strong investigative and intuitive abilities.

Feb 08 to Present GOLDSTEIN SCHECHTER KOCH – Hollywood and Coral Gables, Florida

•CPA firm •Position: Tax Season Preparer & Quality Control Reviewer

Temporary/seasonal position as a full-time income tax return preparer and quality control reviewer. Invited to

return for each of the past 8 tax seasons. (This firm is within the top 100 CPA firms in the State of Florida.)

Jul 06 to Nov 07 QPAY INC. – North Miami Beach, Florida

•Payment Processing & Sales of Stored Value Products •Position: Temporary Controller

Completion of a 16-month project to implement internal controls, revamp/automate accounting system, launch

an internal audit department, prepare a business plan, create and implement a compliance and risk management

department, and change tax, finance and corporate policy/governance issues for a growing service business.

Jun 08 to Present ACCOUNTING & CONSULTING SERVICES – FLORIDA - Various locations throughout South Florida

Jul 94 to Jun 06 •Mostly Self-Employed •Position: Per Diem, Salaried and Contractual Work for Local CPA Firms and others

Tax preparation, compilations and reviews, audits, and management advisory services, including projects involv-

ing investigative tax and forensic services. Assignments have also included CFO or controllership projects, and

litigation support in bankruptcies and divorce. Focus has also been within troubled debt restructuring assign-

ments within real estate/property management, and court-appointed condominium receivership projects.

Jan 86 to Jun 94 ACCOUNTING SERVICES – CALIFORNIA - El Cerrito and San Francisco, California

•CPA firm focusing on Small Business Accounting and Tax Preparation •Position: Owner

Founded a small neighborhood storefront accounting, bookkeeping and tax services consulting business focusing

on controllership-like services for small, growing or financially troubled businesses. Promoted a peak load con-

sisting of over 200 tax and 30 monthly write-up clients with the help of a 2-plus person staff. Developed a niche

in forensic accounting, and litigation support, with an emphasis on fraud detection and prevention. (The manner

in which this business ended will be discussed with a prospective employer during an initial interview.)

Dec 83 to Jan 86 COPY MAT - Central Office/Headquarters in Berkeley, California

•Photocopying & Desktop Publishing Chain •Position: Controller/Director of Finance

Directed all accounting, internal audit and data processing for 10 company-owned stores along with a support

staff of 15. Helped to achieve an initial first year growth of 45 franchisees. Established and revamped intricate

cost accounting systems, and achieved significant cost reductions by way of streamlining and efficiency studies.

Promoted, negotiated and maintained key financing and vendor/supplier arrangements, and relationships.

Apr 82 to Nov 83 JOHN R. McKEAN, ACCOUNTANTS - San Francisco, California

•Medium-Size Local CPA Firm •Position: Supervisor

Co-directed, managed and promoted the firm's small business accounting engagements. Responsible for periodic

tax returns and financial reports for about 20 small- to medium-size retail, transportation, health care, law and

manufacturing clients. Conceived and authored various firm educational and promotional materials.

May 79 to Apr 82 PANNELL KERR FORSTER, CPAs - San Francisco, California

•International CPA Firm •Position: Senior Audit Staff

Extensive management advisory services by way of audits and reviews of clients in the hospitality, accommoda-

tions and food and beverage industries, including major A-rated hotel chain properties and chains, restaurants

and clubs, popular San Francisco-area tourist attractions, manufacturers, non-profit entities, and prominent city

and country clubs. Made discoveries of fraud and internal theft involving several of the firm's clients.

[Educational background, prior experience and other current positions or career-related issues,

including those that are highlighted in bold print, can and should be discussed during an initial interview.]

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