RAY WILKERSON

**** **** ***** **., ***** Chesterfield, VA 23235 · 407-***-****

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Professional Management, Accounting and Administration experience optimizing productivity, efficiency and service quality across various environments. Highly dependable, adaptable, ethical and reliable support specialist and leader that blends advanced organizational, technical and business acumen. Works effectively with cross-functional teams in ensuring operational and service excellence.

EXPERIENCE

REFERENCES –

ROBERT A. “TED” GARY, CPA; FOUNDING PARTNER/MEMBER OF KEITER LLC CPA FIRM -804-***-****

MIKE HUDES, CHIEF FINANCCIAL OFFICER; JENSEN OUTDOO – 804-***-****

DECEMBER 2023-FEBRUARY 2024 – CARE TAKING FOR WIFE

My wife has had cancer surgery in late November 2023. Unfortunately, while recovering, she fell and broke her tibia in her right leg. She has been undergoing radiation treatment post-surgery as well as physical therapy for her broken leg. I have been her sole care-taker and driver to her many appointments. I am now able to re-enter the accounting work-force with 40 years of accounting, management and general business experience.

DECEMBER 18, 2023 – JANUARY 12, 2024 – ACCOUNTING SPECIALIST, SAUERBRANDS FOODS, INC.

CONTACT – Michael Hudes, Plant Controller 804-***-****

For a very brief time after my wife’s first surgery mentioned above, I worked as an Accounting Specialist/Inventory Analyst for this International Food Manufacturer of spices and condiments. Responsible for raw materials usage and waste control, and finished goods tracking, warehousing and shipping. Resigned due to wife’s health complications and follow-up radiation treatments to become cancer free.

ACCOUNTING SPECIALIST/INTERNAL AUDITOR/CONTROLLER – TOM LEONARD’S FARMERS MARKET – OCTOBER 2022-DECEEMBER 2023

CONTACT – JESSICA BACIGAL, EXECUTIVE ADMINISRATOR/HR MANAGER 804-***-****

Accounting Controller, Financial Manager, Internal Auditor and Accounts Payable Coordinator –

1.Comparisons of purchase orders to delivery notices for shortages, quality/damages/returns.

2. Comparisons of Purchase Orders (PO’s) to final invoices for pricing and credits issued. Processing by entry into QuickBooks On-Line accounting system.

3.Final review for disbursements/payment authorization according to vendor terms established.

4.In March 2023 promoted to Full-cycle Controller based on Performance.

5.Brought all Accounting Functions in-house from off-premises bookkeeping firm saving company thousands of dollars from using outside services

6.responsible for establishing internal accounting controls, managing accounting staff, month-end closings and management reporting for results and recommendations.

CDL – LOCAL DRIVING 2019-2022

CONTACT – JACOB THOMPSON, DRIVER MANAGER 804-***-****

GENERAL OPERATIONS/OWNER MANAGER, TW Cleaning Services, inc. 2002-2018

CONTACT – SUSAN WILKERSON & JEREMY WILKERSON, CO-OWNERS 804-***-****

1.Day to day General Managing Partner/Operations Manager to include scheduling, financial analysis, and logistics management for our highly-successful family-owned contract cleaning services business. 2.

2.Financial management and planning for maximum profitability.

3.Quality and Safety control, staff training, services scheduling consistently achieving better than 98% schedule to actual results.

4.Logistics and supply chain management for transportation equipment, service equipment and supplies.

5.Customer service, communications and reporting to Vice-President level management to a large Multi-state C-store chain by scheduling for up to 50 employees for 250 individual stores locations up to 750 individual store cleaning and restoration services monthly.

6.Scheduling to include the most efficient and effective routing of services.

W. RAYMOND WILKERSON, CPA 1980-2002

Certified Public Accountant – self-employed professional accounting firm.

1.Managed and scheduling 5 professional accounting staff and 10 support staff in two offices.

2.Clients included construction, manufacturing, non-profits, governmental agencies and small businesses.

3.Tax Planning, Consultation and returns preparation for individuals, partnerships, fiduciaries, LLC’s and corporations.

4.Accounting and Financial Statements of Audits, Reviews and Compilations.

5.Design Accounting Systems and implement software.

6.For a manufacturing client, I designed and implemented a complete cost-accounting system, with direct and indirect costs and tracking/reporting variances.

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR – Longwood University, Farmville, VA 1980-1984

Adjunct Accounting Professor of Higher Level College Courses.

1.Prepare students to successfully pass the Uniform Certified Public Accounting Exam.

2.Instructed such courses as Intermediate Accounting, Advanced Accounting, Accounting Theory, Auditing, Cost Accounting, etc.

CONTROLLER/ACCOUNTING MANAGER, PEEBLES DEPARTMENT STORES, INC. 1978-1980

Head of all the accounting for Multi-state, multi-location Department Store Chain.

1.Managed all accounting functions & staff of approximately 50 persons to include Store Sales Audit, Accounts Payable, Payroll, Taxation (sales taxes & payroll taxes) and Internal Financial Reporting.

2.Coordinated with Independent Auditors for the first Fully-Audited Consolidated Financial Statements for the entire chain entity in its 90-plus year existence.

3.Negotiated a multi-million dollar loan for the purchase of a bankrupt chain of stores; coordinated the purchase.

4.Coordinated the up-merger of Peebles with a national retailer.

STAFF CPA, Gary, Stosch, Walls & Co., cPA’s 1974-1978

Professional Staff Certified Public Accountant.

1.Client accounting, consulting, tax planning, returns preparation and Financial Statements preparation.

2.Serviced corporations. Partnerships, fiduciaries, government agencies, non-profits and individuals.

3.Financial Statements preparation under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Statements of Auditing Standards (SAS).

4.As Audit Manager, I supervised the audit of Southside Electric Cooperative, Crewe, VA., at the time the largest independent electric cooperative in Virginia and one of the largest in North America, requiring me to make presentations to the Virginia Department of Commerce for rate approvals.

5.This regional accounting firm was chosen by Ernst & Ernst, one of the Big 8 International firms at the time, to up-merge with for a larger presence in the Richmond, VA area.

EDUCATION

BS IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, CPA/ACCOUNTING; University of Richmond 1972-1976

I feel that I would be a great fit for your position. My 40 years of accounting, management, and general business experience provides me with a vast amount of workable solutions for problem solving of all sorts. I would love to have the opportunity to talk more about my qualifications, experience and adaptability to changes and challenges.

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