Category: ACCOUNTANT

         ACCOUNTANT       Summary    Several years experience in providing information and creating software solutions for business
needs and efficiencies. Three plus years experience in varying accounting positions.
Work well independently and as part of a team.
Knowledgeable in use of MS Office products.      Skills          Excel spreadsheets  Meticulous attention to detail  Self-directed   Results-oriented        Professional and mature  Strong problem solver  Dedicated team player   Understands grammar              Experience     01/2009   to   02/2010     Accountant    Company Name   －   City  ,   State         Prepared, amended and reviewed individual income tax returns.  Assisted in individual tax planning and preparation of corporate income tax returns.         01/1993   to   Current     Data Processing Manager/Programmer    Company Name   －   City  ,   State      The nation's largest independent corn and soybean seed company, focused on developing the world's best-
performing corn & soybean seed.  Responsible for enhancements to software written in COBOL and CL on an IBM System i (AS/400,
iSeries, Power System).  Assist management and other staff with information needs and questions.  Design, develop, test and document modifications to Accounts Receivable, Orders, Inventory,
    Growers, Billing, Miscellaneous Invoicing, General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Payroll, Bank
    Reconciliation and Budgeting.  Provide information to management through reports, queries, spreadsheets, maps, written documents
    and verbally.  Support and train employees in software changes.  Schedule and monitor system backup; restore information when needed.  Design and maintain resource and password security.  Select Accomplishments:
     Automate emailing of statements to account managers
     Create maps for management
     Automate creation of cash management spreadsheet
     Automate end of year sales reporting
     Transfer grower pricing information to Accounts Payable
     File W-2s, state W-2 and SUTA reports electronically
     Payroll direct deposit and 401k benefit
     Add/increase/remove fields in the database (account number, product code)
     Developed and modified software for various marketing/pricing programs
     Converted software from S/36 environment to native (OCL to CL, 1985 COBOL standards)
     Design, develop and test underlying database used in web portal created by consultants
     Direct deposit of checks to a select group of vendors
     Developed Bank Reconciliation and Financial Statement consolidation applications
     Program interfaces between AS/400 & KRONOS (employee and hour information)
     Enhancement to allow access to select information by outside account managers via dial-up
     Reviewed/changed programs where necessary for the year 2000 (increase year from 2 to 4 digits)
     Developed bill of lading application to interface with Inventory and Accounts Receivable.         01/1991   to   01/1992     Supervisor of Accounting    Company Name   －   City  ,   State      A member-owned, not-for-profit electric cooperative serving farms, homes & businesses in northwest IA.  Supervised the General Accounting system, including the preparation of timely and accurate financial
   reports and the maintenance of the general ledger, subsidiary ledgers and related records in
   accordance with GAAP and the REA system of accounting.  Supervised the non-energy related Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Payroll, Cash
   Management and Work Order accounting systems work performed by three people.  Responsible for employee training and performance evaluations within the department.         01/1991       Programmer    Company Name   －   City  ,   State      Modified existing software written in COBOL on the IBM System/36 to price products according to the
   client's specifications.  Designed and programmed an Inventory system that interfaced with the existing invoicing system.         01/1981   to   01/1990     Programmer    Company Name   －   City  ,   State      A software development company specializing in Pharmacy, Seed and Banking applications.  Responsible for program development and modifications in COBOL (5 years) and BASIC (5 years).  Hardware included System/36, AS/400 (36 environment), PC's, 5120, System/23 and System/34.  Software experience included General Accounting, Seed Industry, Pharmacy, Banking and Trucking.  Consulted with customers to determine special needsand modified software accordingly.  Backup to the support department in providing installation, training and telephone assistance to
    customers.  Assisted the sales department with demonstrations and technical questions.  Wrote software documentation.  Designed Payroll tax calculation program to accommodate tax withholding for majority of states
     Instrumental in design of Order Entry application.         01/1980   to   01/1981     Staff Accountant    Company Name   －   City  ,   State      Bank with headquarters in Minneapolis, MN that later merged with Wells Fargo & Co.  Responsible for the preparation of month-end financial statements, quarterly Call Reports and internal
    reports.  Balanced or monitored the balancing of all subsidiary ledgers to general ledger on a monthly basis.  Reviewed income and expense accounts for proper classification.  Wrote BASIC computer programs.  Participated in the bank's business development program.          Education and Training     August 1980     Bachelor of Arts  :   Accounting Mathematics Computer Science    University of Northern Iowa - Cedar Falls          Accounting Mathematics Computer Science       May 1980     Passed Certified Public Accountant exam,                  - State of Iowa certificate              Skills    accounting, General Accounting, accounting systems, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, AS/400, Automate, Backup, Bank
    Reconciliation, Bank Reconciliation, Banking, BASIC, Billing, Budgeting, business consulting, business development, Cash
   Management, cash management, CL, COBOL, Hardware, Certified Public Accountant, client, database, train employees, employee training, Financial, financial
   reports, financial statements, General Ledger, IBM, Inventory, Invoicing, KRONOS, marketing, access, Order Entry, Payroll, PC's, pricing, profit, program development, sales, sales reporting, software development, software documentation, spreadsheets, spreadsheet, tax, tax planning and preparation, tax returns, telephone, web portal, written, year 2000