Sales Accounting

DAVE CLAUSEN

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Dallas, Texas **229

214-***-**** (Cellular)

E-mail: *************@*****.***

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Financial professional with proven track record of 15+ years of senior financial management positions, has excellent management skills, and establishes effective relationships across all levels of the organization.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

UNITED STATES LIME & MINERALS, INC. Corporate Controller 07/04 – 11/15

Publicly traded mining and manufacturing company with sales of $150 million, producer of high quality limestone products for construction, steel, water purification, and oilfield industries; company also has a working interest in 26 natural gas wells.

oResponsible for consolidated financial reporting for 10 subsidiaries.

oManaged staff of 4 direct reports and 9 indirect reports, including financial reporting, payroll, accounts payable, and accounts receivable.

oResponsible for budget preparation of 6 subsidiaries and review of 4 subsidiaries.

oDirected annual, quarterly, and IT audits with external audit firm; and state sales tax audits.

oCoordinated management of $5M spare parts inventory, including control of obsolescence.

oKey member of management team in due diligence process of evaluating potential acquisitions.

Accomplishments:

Established and implemented policies, procedures, and controls for 8 new acquisitions.

Revamped company’s cost accounting reporting to more accurately reflect processes, costs, and allocation of key components in valuing finished goods inventories.

Designed and implemented improvements to monthly and quarterly closing schedule, decreasing completion time by 5 days.

Coordinated with outside tax firm to achieve annual property tax savings of $200 k.

Coordinated with IT department upgrades to financial reporting, billing, and payroll software.

Directed Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 compliance, liaison with company employees, external audit firm, and outside audit firm engaged as consultant.

ARCH WIRELESS, INC. Director of Finance 09/99 – 02/03

Division of publicly traded national telecommunications company with sales of $300 million; world’s largest provider of wireless messaging and paging services, company is now USA Mobility.

Started divisional financial staff of from scratch and implemented all required policies, procedures, and controls, supervised staff of 20.

Managed all financial statements, budgeting, A/P, A/R, capital expenditures, and facilities.

Planned and coordinated facilities reduction resulting in $5.4 million cost savings in rent expense.

Developed policies to save $500 k annually in telephone expense.

W&B SERVICE COMPANY, INC. Director of Administration 06/97 – 07/99

Transportation sales and service company with sales of $150 million, division of publicly traded Frozen Food Express, world’s largest refrigerated transportation company.

Managed all administrative functions, supervised staff of 8.

Proactive collection methods reduced past due accounts receivable $2.1 million.

Designed and implemented inventory controls achieving cost savings of $150 k.

Directed project team for selection and installation of new computer system for all applications.

EDWARD DON & COMPANY Accounting Manager 08/88 – 05/97

Food service equipment and supplies distributor with sales of $300 million.

Managed all accounting functions, supervised staff of 12.

Developed customer sales and gross margin reports, increasing profitability $1.2 million.

Reduced inventory shrinkage to .35%, acceptable industry standard is 1%.

Implemented new Great Plains installation for financial reporting.

SKILLS

Financial Reporting

Consolidations

GAAP Proficiency

Budgeting & Forecasting

Internal Controls

Cost Accounting

Inventory Control

Audit

Taxes

General Ledger

Payroll

Accounts Payable

Accounts Receivable

Insurance & Benefits

Strategic Planning

Diversified Industry Experience

Systems Implementations

Microsoft Office

Great Plains Dynamics

Oracle

Lawson

JD Edwards

Essbase

PeopleSoft

QuickBooks

EDUCATION

Southern Methodist University – B.B.A. degree with a double major in accounting and finance.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Texas CPA license; passed all parts of Texas Certified Public Accounting examination in initial sitting.

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