Audit, Controller, Accounting
Resume:
Thomas D. Lawler
Overland Park, KS 66221
Home (913) 402 – 1181
Cell (913) 231 – 8106
yt8383@r.postjobfree.com
Experience
Sprint Nextel Corporation
Telecommunications
Auditor III, 2006 – Present
• Reviewed duplicate payment reports after Quality Assurance and designed several duplicate payment queries resulting in an additional $2 million in recoveries.
• Developed a query and recommended a change in the credit memo process resulting in over $10 million credits taken on a timely basis.
• Developed a query to compare accrued use tax to the invoices sales tax paid resulting in the recovery of over $200K
• Provided the Tax Department with documentation and averted over $10 million in state sales tax assessments.
• Tested SOX accounts payable, purchasing and leasing controls.
• Attended quarterly SOX meetings with VP to ensure SOX compliance.
• Tested non SOX controls and reported results to Management.
• Enforce fiscal policy violations.
• Designed many queries in PeopleSoft.
• I assist our external, internal and recovery auditors with their reviews.
• Expert in Lotus, Excel, Access, Word and Power Point.
PRG – Schultz, International
Recovery Auditing
Senior Auditor, 1996 – 2006
• Recovery auditing for Fortune 500 companies.
• Reviewed the accounts payable system for internal control weaknesses.
• Recovered over a million dollars annually.
• Audited contracts for compliance, including pricing, rebates and discounts.
• Audit of contracts resulted in excess of a half a million dollars in recoveries.
• Audited sales / use tax returns and accrued use tax.
• Recovered over a half million dollars from audit of accrued sales tax.
• Recovered over hundred thousand dollars from audit of SUT returns.
• Reviewed purchasing system for internal control weaknesses.
• Reviewed leases and coop advertising for compliance.
• Audited EDI systems for internal control weaknesses.
• Prepared a written audit report with weaknesses and recommendations.
• Prepared weekly reports for client and supervisors.
• Estimated revenue forecasts.
• Systems experienced with include Millennium, PeopleSoft, J D Edwards, Hewlett Packard, IBM 38, SAPAM, SAP, SFI, MAI Basic four, Burroughs, PeachTree, AccPac, Libra, BPI and several others
GeoBond International
Manufactured GeoBond wall plaster
Controller, 1995 – 1996
• Responsible for the preparation of financial statements.
• Supervised Accounting department and other office personnel.
• Researched industry for market analysis and market share reports.
• Prepared budgets, cash flow analysis and cash management reports.
• Prepared sales tax returns, payroll tax reports and other governmental reports.
• Researched sales tax laws; saved on equipment purchases and six percent of all sales on retail sales of manufactured products.
• Excellent verbal skills with customers, vendors, bank officers, insurance carriers, auditors, government agencies and attorneys.
Tom’s Quality Foodservice
Wholesale food distributor
Controller, 1993 – 1995
• Responsible for the preparation of financial statements.
• Supervised Accounting department and other office personnel.
• Directed development of system software.
• Prepared budgets, cash flow analysis and cash management reports.
• Analyzed and compared the budget to actual performance.
• Conducted safety meetings and prepared OSHA reports reducing worker’s compensation premiums by forty percent.
• Analyzed profitability of sales and potential sales.
• Created tracking program for bill back money.
• Developed sales commissions and collection bonus programs.
• Prepare work papers and assist external auditors with audits.
• Excellent verbal skills with customers, vendors, bank officers, insurance carriers, auditors, government agencies and attorneys.
Education
University of Missouri – Kansas City
School of Business Administration
Bachelor of Science in Accounting
Awards and Training
Sprint Circle of Excellence Nominee
Sprint Shared Services
Sprint Tax Department
LDA (PRG) President’s Club
Dale Carnegie Course
Effective Audit Training
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