Accounting Software

John W. Bentley RTRP

P.O. Box **** • Houston • TX 77252 • 346-***-**** • *.*.*******@***.***

CAREER OBJECTIVE

Seeking a Full/Part time Taxation position to draw on all my accounting, costing, taxation, AIS, SOX and auditing experience of over 20 years.

ACCOUNTING QUALIFICATIONS

TAXATION

•Compiled and reviewed U.S. tax in individual and corporate income taxes for federal, state, and local returns, employee tax benefits, Ohio sales and use, personal property tax, Texas franchise tax, and 941. W9, W2, W3, 1099Misc, 1096. 1040, 1041, 1065, 1120, 1120S, 706, K1’s. Individual IRS registered tax shelters.

•Worked with, business losses (carrybacks) “S” and “C” Corporations, pension calculations, defined benefit plans IRS 5500’s returns. HCE testing. Bureau of Workers Comp. Understanding of ASC740 Guidelines.

•Completed depreciation including MACRS and ACRS, Fair value, capital gain/loss on disposal. Deferred tax accounting. Deductions for business/non-business expenses. AMT. Capital Gains Tax. Amended Returns.

•Replaced PricewaterhouseCoopers to be tax accountant at NCR for 3 years and outlined considerable tax savings. UK/USA consolidated tax, double tax relief. VAT officer at GE.

•In Compliance with IRS Circular 230. New York State CPA & Texas EA candidate.

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING & INTERNATIONAL CONSOLIDATION

•Prepared classified income statements, classified balance sheets, statement of cash flows (indirect and direct methods), monthly and year-end in compliance with US GAAP and FASB Accounting Standards Codification. 34-page internal monthly accounting package. Year-end working papers for journals and external audit.

•Consolidated internal and external financial statements, monthly and year-end, with USA, Canada, and UK.

•Assisted in completion of 10Q and 10K filings with SEC EDGAR latterly using XBRL

•Controlled fixed assets, cash flow, forecasting, budgets and payrolls 15-2,000 employees.

•Financial analysis: vertical/horizontal, ratios (16), percent, financial modeling. White Papers.

COST/MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING

•Used Activity Based Costing (ABC) and traditional costing methods. Standard costing. Backflush costing

•Batch, job, and process costing methods. Absorption & variable costing, CVP. Lean Manufacturing, JIT.

•Budgetary control, department/segment accounting, incremental analysis. TOC.

•Designed methods that related cost of labor to output using existing bonus systems. Payrolls with prevailing wages. A.I.A.’s, W.I.P. Balanced scorecard.

•Construction Contracts: percentage of completion, completed contract, revenue recognition, flow of costs to contracts.

•Handled perpetual inventory using FIFO, LIFO, average and standard costing methods. Used different methods for allocating overhead. Periodic inventory system. Organized annual physical inventory.

ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS

•Designed and implemented computerized integrated cost and financial accounting systems (ERP’s) in accounting systems software under “software experience”. Upgrades and system maintenance. Cisco network systems.

•Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist, Microsoft Dynamics AX.

•Tailored accounting software to meet individual company’s business types

•Hired and trained staff in new systems.

•Controlled accounting staff to a maximum of 38 personnel.

•Software Experience: Windows 7/10, in: Office 2007/10, Excel (all versions), Lotus, Access, SQL 2008, SBS 2011, Oracle, IBM DB2, MS Word, WordPerfect, PowerPoint, Peachtree, Axiom, Microsoft Dynamics AX/GP/NAV, Foundation, Intuit Pro Series & Lacerte, CS Ultratax tax software, Accountware, CCH, Mas 90, MSA, Solomon, Hyperprep, J D Edwards, Prism, Hyperion, SAP, Sage, OMD, ACCPAC, MAPICS Syteline, Monarch, Visio, QuickBooks(All), AICPA. Webpage publishing and desktop publishing. Crystal Reports & FRX. XBRL

•Developer Languages in Microsoft .Net Framework v.4 Visual Studio 2010 Premium, Visual C++, Visual C#. Expert level in: Microsoft Excel (all versions), Word, PowerPoint. MSDN Premium Subscription member.

CONSULTANCY/CONTRACT

•Worked with corporate clients, full-time on site, including: Deloitte Haskins & Sells, Ernst & Young, Noveon (Lubrizol), Jones Day, First Energy, Oppenheimer Unit Trust, Midland Bank, OfficeMax, I.C.I. Paints, NCR, Harrods, Sealy, MRS Power Systems, Voice Tel, Astrup Company, Glaxo, Borg Warner and others.

AUDITING

•Experienced in working both as Internal and External auditor for public company audits. Main external audit experience gained with Deloitte’s.

•Compliance with Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO) framework.

•Testing of routine transactions and risk assessment of internal controls.

•Design of systems for prevention of fraud and internal control mechanisms.

•Documented accounting systems procedures, and expert knowledge of SOX.

ACCOUNTING EXPERIENCE

Seasonal Tax Preparation Self employed 2001-Present

Consultant Accountant USA Accounting Software Solutions Inc., Houston TX 2008-Present

Installation, design and implementation of integrated cost and financial computerized accounting systems using Microsoft Dynamics. Experience in design and implementation of MS Dynamics for various manufacturing industries and Quickbooks Enterprise Solutions.

Assistant Controller CFS – ALPCO, Westlake, Ohio 2005-08

Prepared Internal Financial Statements using linked Excel spreadsheets. Reconciliation of Bank Accounts/Accounts Receivable/Payable. Monthly and Y/E close with adjusting journals. Assisted in design and implementation of Axiom new accounting system. Budgets and variances. Advanced Excel use importing data from Mackintosh system.

Senior Accountant Volt – Lubrizol, Cleveland, Ohio 2004-05

Intercompany Reconciliations. Assisted with 10Q and 10K filings. Reporting in XBRL. Monthly and Y/E close, adjusting journals using J.D. Edwards G/L software. International Consolidation currency conversions and statements. Ad hoc exercises using Hyperion and Excel. Linked Excel spreadsheets, Macros. SAP accounting system.

Consultant Environmental Growth Chambers & Others, Chagrin Falls/Cleveland, Ohio 2001-05

Design and implementation of integrated cost and financial computerized accounting system using Foundation software for manufacturing/construction business, and Microsoft Dynamics GP for a transportation business.

Financial Controller Standard Office Systems Inc., Macedonia, Ohio 2000-01

Design and implementation of OMD specialized accounting software for the Office Machinery business. Cash flow statements. Monthly financial statements. Monthly and Y/E close. Payroll 20 employees using QuickBooks software. Tried a different software that was more user friendly and had layers of security based on Microsoft SQL Server.

ACCOUNTING & BUSINESS EDUCATION

University of Columbia Business School Online

Professional Certificate in Corporate Finance

IRS Registered Tax Return Preparer (RTRP)

Honor Society Member 57321621

Bachelor of Science in Business Accounting (4-year degree)

University of Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Microsoft Excel 2010 Expert level

Certificate in Corporate Governance (Sarbanes-Oxley)

Tulane University Law School, Florida, USA

Completed C P E courses with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Bachelor of Arts in Economics

University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, U.K.

Former member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK)

Former Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK)

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