Accounting Professional - 14 years' experience

DALE A. PETRIE

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St. Paul, MN 55103 Home 651-***-****

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SUMMARY

Accounting Professional with 14 years of broad based experience in manufacturing, legal and financial services, not-for-profit, real estate, agriculture, high-tech/R&D, and insurance in small sized up to Fortune 500 sized organizations. Areas of expertise include, but are not limited to:

A/P, A/R, G/L (entries - statements)

Fixed Assets

Reconciliations & Analyses

Inventory

Audit Coordination

Sales & Use Tax Prep & Audit

Forecasting

Budgeting

Credit & Collections

Payroll

Cash Application and Management

ERP System Implementation

Construction Loan Management

Bank Relationship Management

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY/ ACHIEVEMENTS

HARTFORD GROUP, Controller 2006-2009

Built strong overall vendor confidence despite environment where collections were irregular and infrequent, where total liabilities exceeded $2M and were on average nearly 2 years past due.

Maintained daily cash balance reporting over as many as 40 different bank accounts, allowing owner to make business critical decisions regarding liabilities in limited cash environment.

Managed payroll via PCS online for 25 employees, including journal entries, quarterly reporting, contractor and commission payments, 1099 reporting, and benefits withholdings.

Supervised Office Manager and all aspects of day to day Accounting and Office Administration.

LAND O’LAKES, Senior Accountant 2005-2006

Developed analyses for and trained services team on roll up from departmental level to service level views to facilitate more accurate and timely forecasting on a departmental level.

Implemented quarterly services review to achieve greater alignment among service teams.

Maintained capital improvement records for areas of budget and forecast responsibility.

MUETING, RAASCH, & GEBHARDT, P.A., Senior Accountant 2003-2004

Achieved 100% accuracy in client billings, while maintaining all records in duplicate systems.

Re-aligned administrative staff to facilitate greater availability of accounting support.

VISUAL CIRCUITS CORPORATION, Accounting Manager/Lead Accountant 1999-2003

Implemented fully functional ERP system across all functionalities, trained 15 staff members with no exposure to previous system, documented all data entry procedures and optimized software setup for all business functions, within 1/3 the usual implementation time-frame.

Managed payroll via ADP, transitioning from telephone to Internet based reporting system, for 18 to 45 employees including including journal entries, quarterly reporting, contractor and commission payments, 1099 reporting, and benefits withholdings.

Hired, trained and supervised one Accounting Clerk and utilized 3 other staff members to achieve administrative goals within the Accounting area.

Brought company into compliance with state Sales and Use Tax requirements.

ECMC, Federal Reporting Analyst 1998-1999

Achieved 100% accuracy and compliance in analyzing 100,000+ page reports for the purposes of monthly and quarterly reporting student loan collection data to the US Department of Education.

HARVEST STATES COOPERATIVES, Inventory Accountant/Staff Accountant 1995-1998

Utilized Excel macros to streamline yearly update and roll forward of five year return on investment reporting, saving 10 hours per month of manual updating and integrity testing.

Managed cash deposits, inventory reconciliations and counts, ACH transfers, for 16 remote plants engaged in the manufacture of animal feeds, and 3 remote joint venture retail locations.

EDUCATION

BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY, 1991-1993

B.S. in Accounting, Minor in Business Administration, CPA emphasis, GPA – 3.2

HIBBING COMMUNITY COLLEGE

A.A. in Accounting, Graduated with high honors, GPA – 3.6 1989-1991

SYSTEMS EXPERIENCE

Oracle, JD Edwards World, JD Edwards E1, Peachtree, Quick Books, Made 2 Manage, SAS, MAPICS, Business Works, FRX and Vantage Accounting/ERP/reporting software.

Microsoft Office and Lotus Notes (including intermediate Word, Advanced Excel skills).

Various other reporting, cataloging, time tracking & database software such as TABS, Practice Master, Acorde, Business Objects, Altiris, Stellent, Vista, and Infomaker.

CERTIFICATION / TRAINING

Passed uniform CPA exam (1993), never licensed, not currently certified.

Participated in Toastmaster’s International organization (2006)

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