Fred Phillips CPA, CFE

Fred Phillips CPA, CFE

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College Park, GA. 30349

404-***-****

SKILL SET HIGHLIGHTS

CPA and CFE certified Accountant with 22 years of hands on accounting experience.

Extensive experience in auditing, preparing tax returns for both non-profit and for-profit corporations.

Additional experienced in all phases of financial statement preparation and heavy reconciliation experience in cash, A/P and A/R with excellent client and colleague consultative skills.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

FRED L. PHILLIPS, PC 2002-Present

ATLANTA, GA

General Partner

 Initiating and posting transactions to the general ledger, monthly close out procedures, making journal entries, generating monthly reports to management and payroll processing (Comptroller)

 Multiple grant accounting

 Non-Profit audits, compilations and tax returns

 Single Audits & Accounting practice management

 Heavily experienced in all phases of audits and accounting

 Heavy preparation of all types of tax returns (1040, 1120, 990’s and 1065’s) including compilation of information and analysis of allowable and unallowable deductions (Since 1989)

 Heavy reconciliation experience in cash, A/P and A/R

 Application of forensic accounting techniques

 Experienced in all phases of financial statement preparation

 Heavy experience in QuickBooks and Peachtree Accounting software

 Heavy client interaction (consulting and cash flow management)

Wesley Peachtree Group, CPAs 2001-2002

ATLANTA, GA

Senior Auditor

 Participate in audits College Audits

 Responsible for preparation of various schedules in virtually all areas of audit

 Heavy interaction with clients

 Assistance in preparing client schedules to be used in audits

 Heavy Reconciliations

 Performed various analytical analyses, sampling and testing

 Prepared financial statements for various clients

 Prepared non-profit tax returns

Walton C. Bryde & Associates, CPAs 1998-2001

ATLANTA, GA

Senior Accountant

 Audits of medium to large corporations (one corporation had approx. 100 fast food franchises)

 Participated in audit with Price Waterhouse Cooper and consulted heavily with owner regarding fraud and weaknesses in internal control.

 Offered position as internal auditor

 Audits of Not for Profit organizations as well as compilations and Reviews

 Heavy preparation of all tax returns including individual, corporate, partnership, sales and use taxes and 990 tax returns

 Can reconcile anything (Cash, A/R, A/P etc)

 Heavy consulting to various companies (Controller)

 Intense preparation of financial statements and accompanying schedules (various clients)

 Heavy experience in all phases of accounting

 Primary supervisor had over 35 years experience as a CPA and Secondary supervisor had over 23 years experience as a CPA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (Continued)

Norman Ross PC, CPAs 1998

ATLANTA, GA

Staff Accountant

 Audits of Non-Profit organizations involving preparation of various schedules and reconciliations

 Heavy client interaction and assistance in preparing "prepared by client” schedules

 Compilations involving heavy reconciliation’s and computer interaction

 Heavy preparation of tax returns including individual, corporate, partnership, sales and use tax and 990 tax returns.

Fleet Finance, Inc 1995-1997

ATLANTA, GA

Loan Recovery Assistant

 Coordinate all accounts payable functions

 Develop and maintain liaisons with Attorneys and real estate appraisers

 First to hold this position

Accountants on Call 1993-1995

ATLANTA, GA

Staff Accountant

 Extensive bank and general ledger reconciliations

 Worked on four different long term assignments at national fast food headquarters offices doing various functions of accounting departments including A/P, Payroll and other general accounting duties

 Worked with numerous accounting software packages

 Spent 1994 and 1995 tax season at Trust Company Bank of Georgia (invited back for 1996 but declined position so that could study for the CPA Exam)

Press and Benard CPAs and Shaw and Kahn CPAs 1989-1991

MIAMI, FL

Staff Accountant

 Compilation, prepared individual, corporate, intangible and partnership tax returns

Dr. Dennis Nobbe Chiropractic Centers, Inc. 1987-1989

MIAMI, FL

Full Charge Bookkeeper

 All encompassing bookkeeping functions: including coding checks, journal entries and bank reconciliations

 Worked with CPA in preparing financial statements

 Developed full understanding of accounting

EDUCATION

New Mexico State University graduated 1986

LAS CRUCES, NM

Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting

 Collegiate Athlete

CERTIFICATIONS

 CPA (Certified Public Accountant)

 CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner)

COMPUTER SKILLS

Can work comfortably in any computer software package

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