b'Financial Accountant Job Resume\n\nJohn T. Accountant Financial\nServices/Budgeting/Accounting\n101 Main Avenue My City, NY 10002 (908)555-1212\nEducation and Licensing\nUniversity of Scranton 2002\nBachelors of Business Administration - Accounting\nCertified Public Accountant 2006\nCareer Skills / Knowledge\n\xef\x82\xb7\n\xef\x82\xb7\n\xef\x82\xb7\n\xef\x82\xb7\n\xef\x82\xb7\n\nLease Financing\nAudit Operations\nSarbanes Oxley Compliance\nCost Accounting\nSpreadsheet Applications\n\n\xef\x82\xb7\n\xef\x82\xb7\n\xef\x82\xb7\n\xef\x82\xb7\n\xef\x82\xb7\n\nFinancial Management\nCapital Budgeting\nInternal Consulting\nERP Implementation\nStrategic Planning\n\nAccounting Achievements\n\xef\x82\xb7\n\n\xef\x82\xb7\n\xef\x82\xb7\n\nLed the initial development of Sarbanes Oxley compliance and auditing program\nchecklist. Worked with cross functional team to make sure the company achieves\ncompliance. Created tracking framework to make sure items identified during the\naudit were closed out in a timely fashion.\nInteracted with line of business presidents and coordinated the annual capital and\nO&M plan review process. Worked with line of business lead accountants to instill a\ngreater sense of discipline into the budgeting and variance reporting process.\nNamed as lead accountant when evaluating a new enterprise resource planning\napplication (ERP). Provided access to information and acted as subject matter\nexpert in designing the ERP front end application to be used by accountants across\nthe enterprise.\n\nAccounting / Career Experience\nContinental International, My City, NY 10/2009 \xe2\x80\x93 present\n\n\x0cLead Accountant\nFull accountability for all financial and legal reports (including SEC) for nine separate\nbusiness units; member of a five-person team that led the design of the company\xe2\x80\x99s\nenterprise resource planning tool; participated in inter-departmental teams addressing\nthe need to make accounting process more consistent by leveraging best practices.\nACME Accounting Temps, My City, NY 11/2002 \xe2\x80\x93 10/2009\nAccounting Consultant\nActed as consulting via an outsourcing accountant services firm; responsibilities\nincluded general ledger entries, capital budget preparation, budget variance reporting\nand strategy development; assess impacts of long-term financing activities, tax\nsheltering and acquisitions on company leverage and business valuation.'