CPA

HARVEY L. BOTTOMS - CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT

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Owner-President / Consultant / Financial Reporting Manager / Oil & Gas Accountant Manufacturing Accountant

P&L Responsibility / Reporting Development / International Financial Statement Consolidation / Budgetary Responsibility / COPAS Audits / LOE Invoicing / Financial Audits / Systems

Consultant to Fortune 500 Clients: Over the last 5 years I utilized my systems skills to successfully provide these companies with mid/upper management reporting that their existing software did not provide.

Entrepreneurial Experience: After starting my CPA practice with one client, I doubled my gross revenue each of my first 7 years by providing friendly, personal and highly competent work and advice.

Extensive Manufacturing Experience: I have over 10 years experience in manufacturing. I excel in all areas of financial and cost accounting. With my system skills, I automated and simplified the reporting for each of these functional areas. I successfully improved processes between accounting and other departments that achieved more reliable accounting information.

Broad Oil & Gas Experience: I have over 20 years of experience with small to mid-sized E&P companies, performing all accounting functions. I can read and understand O&G leases and engineering reports and determine their impact on accounting. I performed both drilling and operational audits based upon COPAS Operating Agreements.

BS – University of Oklahoma, Major: Accounting, Minor: Finance

SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS & SKILLS

o Developed automated financial reporting. Recruited to upgrade a manual reporting system that was inconsistent between operations. I developed a fully menu-driven system, using Access and Excel connected to live ERP data, eliminating manual entry and creating accuracy and consistency across all operations.

o Reduced cost of SOX reporting. Recruited to set up SOX reporting. Initially it required over 40 man hours of manual input. By connecting Access to an existing company-prepared database, I automated the entry of financial information into the Excel SOX worksheets, thus reducing the man hours to 8 hours each month, which resulted in a savings of 80%.

o Developed cash forecasting reporting. Recruited to revamp a highly unreliable cash forecasting report. Client utilized multiple software systems which did not communicate with each other. By pulling the information from these systems into Access, I standardized the process and improved the forecasting to within a +/- 10% acceptable variance.

o Skills: Highly personable and capable of working with other departments. Proficient in solving problems. Hands-on executive. Ability to get things done quickly. Effective communicator. Expert in MS Office products, including Access and Excel. Highly knowledgeable in other databases and worksheets. Expert in Visual Basic for Office. Worked with BPCS, SAP, Hyperion, COGNOS, Crystal Reports, FAS, Sage, QuickBooks, Peachtree Accounting, Great Plains Accounting and SQL. Quickly adapt to new programs and systems.

CAREER OVERVIEW

o Resources Global Professionals – Consultant 2004-09

o Dresser Industries, Inc. – Financial Reporting/Systems Manager 1995-2004

o Accounting Principals – Consultant 1992-95

o Harvey L. Bottoms, CPA – Owner/President 1978-92

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