Process Improvement and Accounting Management Specialist
Resume:
Dennis Jones
Florence, KY ***42
Email: ***********@*****.***
Phone: 859-***-****
General Business Consultant Specializing in Accounting & Tax 2004-Present
*full transactional accounting, month end reconciliation and reporting for several small, medium, and large size businesses (including: Barnes Dennig, Buckhorn Industries, Housing Authority of Covington, Kost USA, Corporex, TEMA IT, St. Elizabeth Healthcare, GE, Verdin Bell, Environmental and Safety Solutions and others) *conversion of fixed assets into SAP Business One Melink Corporation)*established schedules for lease abandonment, pension accounts and deferred revenues (ALM Media)*directed clients in the implementation of accounting systems, revenue recognition, job costing, financial reporting, tax preparation (1040, 1065, 1120-S, 990) *developed high level accounting/finance models in excel and VBA to improve data processing (ITW Air, Pomeroy IT, Cascade Box Board). Outstanding organizational and analytical skills result in innovative solutions to business needs for information.
DeVault Accounting Group (Part-time) 2019-2020
*Client accounting, reconciliations, financial statement preparation and tax returns for individual, partnerships, corporations, Sub-S corps, and non-profit clients for local CPA office. Extensive experience with QuickBooks. Responsible for developing good relations with client accounts.
Environmental and Safety Solutions 2018-2019
Accounting Manager
*full transactional accounting, month and year end close, collected of $60,000 of Accounts Receivable over 360 days old (90% of outstanding balance), weekly/bi-weekly payroll processing, various improvements to accounting processes
Cincinnati Children's Hospital - Cincinnati, Ohio 2003-2004
Third largest pediatric research facility in the United States
Business Manager
* Developed accounting system to manage $7,000,000 of grant funded research.
* System greatly assisted in reducing divisional deficit by $400,000 in one year
* Monitoring of divisional business plan and analysis of variances
* Development and monitoring of divisional budgets
* Responsible for administrative activities with personnel and hospital administration
* Negotiation of software contracts and cost containment initiatives
AP Technoglass ($330mil 1500 employee Japanese auto glass manufacturer) 2001-2003
Accounting Analyst
*full transactional accounting, budgeting and forecasting; reduced month end closing cycle from 17 to 4 days
*managed relations with tax department and Canadian Chartered Accountants
*improved speed and efficiency of sales reconciliations through development of VBA programs
General Business Consultant Specializing in Accounting & Tax 1999 –2001
*developed VBA system for letters of credit accountability
*performed General Accountant duties and ERP conversion
Tipton US Corp 1997 - 1999
Accounting Manager
*established accounting procedures and computer systems to produce timely and accurate financial statements
*served as Windows NT 4.0 Network Administrator.
*interpreter between Japanese staff and domestic staff
Square D Company 1996 –1997
Temporary assignment upon returning to U.S. through Accountemps to work with Information Systems Group to implement fixed asset management system.
NHV Hotels International, Nagasaki Japan ($2.8Bil resort) 1991 - 1996
Assistant to the President and International Division Director
*developed international marketing program for management company including production of two feature length programs on BBC and CNBC for national broadcasts in England and USA
*developed English language training program resulting in staff having the highest English ability of any hotel in Japan as measured by the TOEIC test developed by Educational Testing Service
*localized CRASE (Cornell Restaurant Administration Simulation Exercise) software into Japanese
Hotel Clio Court, Fukuoka Japan 1989 - 1991
General Manager
*managed complete operations of hotel and food and beverage outlets
*increased sales by average of 10% per year and maintained labor costs of less than 30%.
Pickett Suite Hotel Company 1987 -1989
Executive Assistant Manager
*managed rooms division operations and provided evening management coverage for 228-room hotel.
*reduced staff turnover of 180% to 20%; increased average occupancy by 5% in declining market; achieved 115% of area market share
Cincinnatian Hotel 1986 - 1987
Controller
*start-up controller for renovated 100 year old local hotel
*part of management team that established level of services to qualify for membership in Preferred Hotels and Resorts Worldwide. Established all accounting procedures and selected, installed, and supported all computer systems for the hotel.
Westin Hotels & Resorts 1980 – 1986
Project Accountant Plaza NYC
*developed accounting systems to plan and control $80,000,000 renovation of this 820 room landmark hotel in New York City.
*developed application for Historic Structure Rehabilitation Tax Credit, which resulted in $15,000,000 savings on the project
Chief Accountant, Westin Hotel, Cincinnati
*established financial statements for 453-room hotel
*first employee in company's fifty-year history to undergo two successive internal and external audits without any audit adjustments.
Education
University of Cincinnati • Cincinnati, Ohio
B.B.A., Accounting
Computer Skills
Advanced user of the following computer applications: Lotus Wordpro, Microsoft Word, Lotus 1-2-3, Excel, Access, Freelance Graphics, Powerpoint, Peachtree, Quickbooks, MACOLA manufacturing and distribution software, Crystal Reports, FAS 100, J.D. Edwards ERP, Oracle ERP, Peoplesoft ERP, Develop Excel and Access applications utilizing advanced functions and VBA (Visual Basic for Applications), SAP ERP, HAGEN Cost Accounting, WCSS Invoicing, SAP Business One, TenMast, Yardi
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