Mark Fuqua

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Dallas, Texas 75230 acxpad@r.postjobfree.com

Career Focus

Twenty-plus years’ experience in non-profit accounting, general ledger/financial accounting, and tax preparation. Varied, multi-discipline background enhances my ability to excel in problem-solving, administer multi-faceted projects, and to be proactive in anticipating and eliminating problems due to process failures.

My experience and skill set are suited for any of the following positions, depending on the size of your firm: Senior Accountant, Accounting Manager

Summary of Skills/Core Competencies

General Ledger Accounting, including areas of AP, AR, Fixed Assets, Financial Statements and Inventory; Financial Analysis

(including full charge duties)

Procedure and Process Review and Development; Best Practices Internal/external Audits; Budgeting/Forecasting/Variance Analysis; Payroll /UnemploymentTax; Proficient in Quickbooks, Excel, & Oracle and exposure to several ERP Programs

Balance Sheet Reconciliations; Journal Entries Sale& Use Tax;

All duties associated with Payroll including supervisory duties;

Compliance, SOX, FAR, & GAAP; All duties associated with Controller position incl. Process Evaluations; Close; Cash Flow Project Analysis; Estimates to Completion

Accomplishments

DRS Technologies saved firm over $200,000 by finding unbilled labor and material transactions and eliminating duplicate billing by other divisions; also solved a $6M error and collected funds

JK Label increased net income 15% by renegotiating contracts with vendors, replacing vendors & entering into extended contracts/POs, and implementing new purchase order procedures.

JK Label reduced loan payments by 20% by renegotiating or refinancing existing debt

JK Label implemented new job costing capabilities (job expense tracking) in order to evaluate and eliminate certain unprofitable project types, enhancing net income.

JK Label increased sales and plant capacity by implementing night shifts and contract labor usage

Carrollton Tire & Service reduced unemployment claims, by improving relations with employees (including implementation of employee pay incentives), resulting in reduction of turnover in staff

Professional Experience

Goodwill Industries of Dallas (Non-Profit) Dallas, TX August 2014 to Mar 2016

Director of Accounting

Maintain General Ledger and responsible for monthly and annual Close processes

Responsible for Billing and all Collection issues; determining bad debt allowances and writeoffs

Assist with annual audit and provide necessary schedules for auditors and for preparation of 990 tax return

Responsible for filing 941 payroll tax return as well as all unemployment returns on a quarterly & annual basis

Review Retail Store Sales, maintain round-up donations and statistics, maintain Sales Tax info & file returns

Responsible for supervising accounting staff and mentor staff. Ad hoc reporting & research projects for CFO

Perform Grant analysis, provide reporting for grant auditors/grantor; provide budgeting & forecasting for grants

Responsible for weekly, in-house payroll using manual system; work w/ HR dept to ensure compliance w/ ACA

Assist with annual budget process by working with each operational dept and creating a budget for each

LaunchAbility (Non-Profit) Dallas, TX May 2013 to May 2014

Controller; Interim CFO

Served as Interim CFO and currently as Controller for this $9M Non-profit Organization providing Early Childhood Intervention and Adult Supported Employment programs. The ECI program contract was not renewed by the State, resulting in the layoff of 95% of the employees. Only Staff Accountant was retained.

Assist with outside, independent auditors; assisted with preparation of Annual 990 tax return

Responsible for creating annual budget at a departmental level and rolling to an Agency level.

Responsible for quartering reporting to State of Texas ECI program and billing the $4+M contract

Responsible for monthly and annual Close processes and financial reporting to Finance Committee

Ad-hoc data analysis and reporting; determination of appropriate allowance percentages against open AR

Responsible for evaluating billing, financial, and accounting processes and implementing improvements

Responsible for all Accounting functions (AP, AR, Fixed Assets, Payroll, Cash Management, Forecasting)

Restated Balance Sheet based on appropriate AR writeoffs, recognizing Prepayments, & reclassifying entries

YWCA of Metro Dallas (Non-Profit) Dallas, TX October 2011 to Mar 2013

Controller (Contract Position)

Served as Controller for this $7M Non-profit Organization which specializing in empowering women by offering financial education, matching savings programs, health diagnosis assistance, and home health care visits.

Responsible for creating annual budget at a departmental level and rolling to an Agency level.

Responsible for quartering reporting to State of TX Nurse Practitioners program and billing the $4+M contract

Responsible for monthly and annual Close processes and financial reporting to Finance Committee

Full Charge Duties Responsible for all Accounting functions (AP, AR, Fixed Assets, Payroll, Cash Management, Revenue Recognition; Budgeting & Forecasting)

Stonebridge Crossing Tire (Retail Sales & Services) McKinney, TX March 2011 to Oct 2011

Controller (Contract Position) May 2014 to Aug 2014

Mar 2016 to Present

Served as Contract Controller for this new business after providing loan packaging for a large SBA loan used to purchase land and build its building (included proforma financials and cash flow projections through 2016).

Set up Chart of Accountants; established financial and accounting processes and procedures; provided payroll services and bookings; streamlined AR credit card processing and reconciliation; implemented employee incentives to assist in advertising business and sell additional services; implemented comprehensive advertising campaign, responsible for all Accounting functions until hiring a permanent replacement.

DRS Technologies (Government Defense Contractor) Dallas, TX March 2005 to March 2011

Financial Accountant, Payroll Accountant & Supervisor and Program Financial Analyst

Financial Accountant: General Ledger accountant for large, national Defense Contractor specializing in the manufacturing of infrared products and sensors with local Divisional Sales in excess of $350M.

Monthly and year-end close process

Balance Sheet account reconciliations; Bank reconciliations

Performed ad-hoc projects and ad-hoc reporting as requested

Given signature authority up to $200,000 on checking account

Assisted with Compliance processes; maintenance of compliance matrix

Responsible for tax matters associated Sales & Use Tax (multi-state) and property tax

Assisted with internal and external audits, including SOX and government DCAA audits

GL corrections & clearing intermediate pools by re-classing transactions to proper accounts

Lease management; Capital lease determinations and creation of lease obligation accounts

Responsible for all monthly expenses, accruals, allocations, and amortizations (such as prepaids)

Payroll Accountant & Supervisor: Responsible for Payroll for over 1500 employees in multiple states.

Pursued transfer of all payroll responsibilities as an HR function and accepted as a Finance Dept. function, resulting in a dramatic decrease in GL errors and improvement in payroll account reconciliations.

Prepared all GL payroll-related journal entries, including payroll accruals and payroll reconciliations

Reconciled quarterly payroll summary information to GL and to payroll tax return information

Monitored weekly close of Electronic Timesheet System (ETS); transferred information into Oracle

Assisted with internal and external audits, including SOX, DCAA, and workers compensation audits

Processed weekly hours ETS and pushed information to Projects Module, creating a Job Cost Ledger

In charge of payroll process (ETS to Oracle to ADP to General Ledger) and reconciliations at each step

Intercompany Accountant: Full charge of all intercompany transactions with other divisions.

Responsible for all intercompany reconciliations; responsible for all Intercompany billings and payments

Performed all final reconciliations upon completion of government contracts to ensure final payment

Entered all outbound purchase orders to other divisions (IOTs) by processing funding requisitions

Processed all inbound contracts; determined appropriate project type and set up projects in Oracle

Provided all AP and AR functions for all subcontracts from other divisions, including project billings of $6M/mo.

Drafted all IOT contract documents specific to need, including Period of Performance, Statement of Work, etc.

Responsible for all cost center billings for Segment personnel paid in local payroll, including expense statements

Controlled Master IOT Spreadsheet including summarizing all transactions, funding, costs, profit/loss, Estimates at

Completion, total amount billed, etc.

Collaborated with Program Managers to determine proper work breakdown structures needed to capture costs in a

manner that facilitated billing and provided customers with their required information

Program Financial Analyst: Served as Project Manager and Analyst on intercompany projects.

Provided spend plans to Program Managers

Established budgets for projects; provided forecasting for projects

Created Job Cost Ledger reports for projects and provided analysis to program managers

Maintained estimates to completion and estimates at completion spreadsheets; provided reports

Monitored potential overruns; responsible for labor corrections and verification of proper AP charges

Provided project analysis/variance analysis and collaborated with Program Managers regarding variances

JK Label Company (Manufacturing Company) Grand Prairie, TX May 1999 to March 2005

Controller, Payroll Master, & Finance Dept Manager

Finance & Office Manager: Managed accounting operations (AP, AR, FA, Inventory), accounting close, and reconciliations functions for label manufacturing firm generating annual sales in excess of $10 Million.

Instituted best practices/procedures and reduced compliance issues

Supervised finance team of five employees; cross-trained staff; instituted new approval process for purchases

Implemented conversion to new software which improved efficiency; implemented process improvements

Implemented new timekeeping procedures which improved accountability (reduced personnel idle time)

Corrected & maintained fixed asset sub-ledger and depreciation schedules; monitored capital expenditures

Payroll Accountant: Full charge of all in-house payroll duties and payroll compliance issues.

Prepared and filed all quarterly payroll tax returns, state unemployment returns

Issued all W2s and all 1099s and reconciled total to payroll registers and to general ledger

Responsible for payment of all garnishments and payment of payroll taxes via EFTPS system

Controller: Full charge of most business operations including management of two departments.

Responsible for unresolved customer service issues

Provided cash management and inventory management

Responsible for all monthly and annual close processes

Provided loan packaging for new equipment, mortgages, and re-financings

Conducted physical inventory and made appropriate corrections to Inventory

Provided budgeting at a dept. level and forecasting; provided variance analysis

Provided all financial reporting including financial statements, cash flow analysis, etc.

Prepared of all tax returns, including corporate income tax, payroll tax, and sales & use tax

Managed lines of credit; researched alternative sources of funding and costs of investments

Acted as collections manager; provided credit analysis; determined credit limits for customers

Responsible for all monthly expenses, accruals, allocations, and amortizations of prepaid items

Maintained all general ledger accounting via journal entries or via approval of entries made by staff

Maintained Fixed Assets sub-ledger, determined useful life, set up depreciation schedules; retired assets

As management team member, evaluated and prioritized company needs and participated in strategic

planning including tax planning, expansion opportunities, and investment strategies.

Preston Hollow United Methodist Church (Non-Profit) Dallas, TX May 1997 to March 2001

Fund Accountant; Office Manager

Church and Child Development Center Staff Accountant: Full charge of Church and Day School Business Offices using fund accounting (non-profit organization); annual budget of approximately $3M and $300,000.

Performed debt analysis and reconciliation of all Special Funds transactions

Full Charge Duties: Responsible for all Payroll, AP, AR, Fixed Assets using fund accounting

Suggested best practices; implemented various changes in procedure; improved compliance

Issued W2s and 1099s; reconciled quarterly and year-end returns to payroll registers and to GL

Developed alternative funding scenarios for Capital Improvement Campaign (new fundraiser events)

Presented financial data, financial statements and other reports in monthly Finance Committee meetings

Education

Southern Methodist University Southern Methodist University

Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Arts

Mathematics/Business Experimental Psychology/Business

With High Honors; GPA = 3.8 With High Honors; GPA = 3.8

Double Degrees Double Degrees

Vanderbilt University Southern Methodist University

Master of Science Master of Science

Mathematics Experimental Psychology (Statistical/Empirical Coursework)

Additional Relevant Keywords

Capital leases, government contracts, close process, government audits, CAS, GAAP, DFAR, AP coding, aging analysis, credit analysis, problem-solving, statistical inference and probability, customer service, collections, payroll to general ledger reconciliations, period of performance, cost accounting, estimates at completion, job cost ledger maintenance, payroll submission, payroll law, garnishments, non-cash compensation, expatriate employee payroll issues, real estate property management, commercial and residential construction accounting, Abra HR sotware, portfolio management, ADP & Paychecks software, Lacerte tax preparation software, Sage accounting software, Blackbaud accounting software; HMRS human resources software; Fundraising software, exposure to SAP, Peachtree, Peoplesoft software, assessed value protests, full teaching responsibilities at University level (Vanderbilt),certified mediator in Texas; residential home construction, ad-valorem tax on Fixed Assets and Real Property, commercial property management and accounting, milestone billings, and revenue recognition .

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