Staff Accountant

Karl W. Symons

**** ******* *** *. ***. *, Minneapolis, MN 55408

Phone: 507-***-**** E-mail: ***********@*******.***

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• Three years of progressing responsibility in financial and cost accounting

• One year of treasury experience as implementer & maintainer of positive pay program and fraud filters; primary contact with the bank

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with all levels of management and banking contacts

EXPERIENCE

Cummins NPower LLC; White Bear Lake, MN

Staff Accountant 2007 – 2009

• Implement and maintain Wells Fargo Positive Pay check fraud prevention system and ACH Fraud Filter

• Monitor daily debits from the main bank account and provide non-sufficient fund (NSF) check information to the credit manager for collection

• Prepare monthly bank reconciliations of depository, disbursement (A/P, payroll, wires, etc.), credit card, bank loan accounts, and all twelve branch bank accounts; record associated monthly journal entries

• Reconcile accounts and record journal entries for project costs, cost of goods sold, equipment rentals, warranties, sales incentives, advertising, and numerous other areas

• Analyze projects to ensure they fall into the acceptable profit range and investigate unexpected results

• Collaborate directly with the Controller and CFO and make recommendations to resolve report variances

• Run monthly financial reports necessary to close the books (first day of each month at 4AM)

• Perform inventory counts of engines, generators, and parts

• Calculate and file personal property tax for the state of WI and monthly sales and use tax at the state, county, city, and stadium levels; state tax filings include six different Midwest states (MN, IL, WI, MI, SD & IN)

• Factor monthly commission for all sales personnel and provide results to payroll and the director of sales

• Assist the VP of Power Generation in creating a forecasting purchase plan of equipment for the next five years

Hormel Foods International; Austin, MN 2006 – 2007

Staff Accountant

• Managed and controlled inventory

• Performed cost comparisons and root analysis of cost variances

• Determined discrepancies between physical and theoretical inventory through cycle counts

• Conducted negative inventory analysis and management

• Analyzed waste reports and formulated cost savings techniques

• Researched and resolved report variances

• Set up and maintained the bill of materials for packaging and supplies

Corporate Office Intern 2005

EDUCATION

Luther College; Decorah, IA 2006

B.A., Accounting

College Academic Scholarship

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Office, Access, Oracle Financials, BMS Client-Server (Oracle version 6.0), Manufacturing Pro (MFG/Pro), Master Records, Custom Reporting, 10-key by touch

HONORS & ACTIVITIES

Clubs/Organizations: National Honor Society, Backyard Wilderness Pursuits, Sigma Chi Theta fraternity

Sports: Luther College cross-country and track & field, Cities Sports Connection indoor & outdoor soccer leagues

Volunteer Work: Accounting & math judge for Skills USA state competitions, MN Youth Soccer Association coach

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