Accountant

J. Michael Dickson

Pine Mountain, GA 706-***-**** ad5yve@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Summary

Highly accomplished financial professional with over 20 years of progressive team building and management experience. Adept leader of diverse teams with exceptional communication, multitasking, organizational, and motivational skills. Experience

January 2022 - Present Jackson Hewitt, Columbus GA Regional Manager Jackson Hewitt is a national Income Tax Preparation company providing comprehensive income tax services for individuals and small businesses.

With Jackson Hewitt, I am responsible for exercising sound judgment in making independent discretionary decisions regarding the preparation individual and business tax returns. Additionally, as a senior tax preparer, I am tasked with monitoring the training of junior preparers, assisting other preparers with complex tax situations as well as reconciling errors/exceptions with rejected tax return submissions. June 2016 – December 2021 WH Automotive Group, Columbus GA Controller WH Automotive Group is a mid-sized company, established in the mid 1960’s dedicated to providing excellent customer service in automobile sales & service. While at WH Automotive Group, I was responsible for exercising sound judgment in making independent discretionary decisions regarding the company’s overall financial and office workflow. Key company executive for managing all accounting tasks and related policies and procedures. Specific responsibilities included the following:

Established and monitored financial procedures and enforced internal controls.

Supervised accounting and finance personnel.

Prepared monthly/annual financial statement and budget forecast.

Managed inventory processes; acquisition/recondition/retail.

Maintained profitable relationships with banking, insurance and external accounting personnel.

Coordinated annual audit with external CPA firm. March 2009 - June 2016 James Dickson EA, Jacksonville, FL Enrolled Agent Sole owner of an accounting firm of 500 plus clients, specializing in IRS representation and preparation of Individual and Corporate Tax Returns.

Enrolled Agent representing clients before the IRS during the governmental audit of Individual and Corporate Tax Returns.

Facilitated the appeals process for clients disputing tax assessments by the IRS.

Managed the preparation of annual income tax returns for Individual and Corporate clients.

Supervised the preparation of quarterly and annual payroll tax returns.

Provided individualized accounting service to clients using various ERP systems April 2002 - March 2009 Charter Bank, West Point, GA VP - Commercial Lending Charter Bank was a full service regional bank holding company of approximately two billion in assets. Charter Bank provided the local market with checking/savings accounts, personal/business loans as well as the financing of commercial buildings.

Comprehensive management a multi-million dollar commercial loan portfolio.

Preparation of credit packages of new loan requests to include underwriting and structure.

Consistently exceeded all loan growth goals within assigned territories. June 1999 - March 2002 Columbus Bank &Trust, Columbus, GA AVP - Credit Analysis Columbus Bank and Trust was a regional subsidiary of Synovus, originally established in 1888 as the Third National Bank of Columbus, providing a variety of personal and business banking services.

Responsible for analyzing existing loans and new loan requests; presenting recommendations to senior management and credit committees.

Instructor in the Synovus Banking School, providing specialized credit analysis training to bank officers within the Synovus footprint.

January 1989 - June 1999 Internal Revenue Service, Atlanta, GA Revenue Agent

Responsible for the examination and audit of individual, business, and corporate tax returns to determine correct federal tax liabilities and ensure compliance with technical requirements imposed by the revenue code.

Participated in numerous special assignments in coordination with the regional offices of the US District Attorney, Drug Enforcement Agency, the bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms. Education

Troy University, Troy AL Bachelor of Science Accounting / Computer Science

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