Mark Fuqua 7150 Blairview Drive Dallas, Texas 75230 Phone: 972-971-7823 mf15dacf6@westpost.

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Career Focus * OBTAINING A POSITION AS ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: SENIOR FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT, OR PROJECT FINANCIAL ANALYST * I have twenty-plus years' experience in tax preparation and general ledger acc ounting. Varied, multi-discipline background enhances ability to excel in proble m-solving, to administer multi-faceted projects, and to be proactive in anticipa ting and eliminating problems. Summary of Skills * Core Competencies: General Ledger * Journal entries accounting, including areas of AP, AR, Fixed * Sales & use tax Assets, Financial Statements and Inventory * Financial analysis (including full charge) * Bank Reconciliations * Procedure and process review and * Personal property tax development; best practices * Allocations & accruals * Budgeting/forecasting/variance analysis * Internal/external Audits * Proficient in Quickbooks , Excel, & Oracle * Re-classifying expenses and exposure to several ERP programs * Compliance, SOX, & GAAP * All duties associated with payroll account'g * Ad-hoc projects & reporting or supervisor * Balance Sheet recon ciliations * All duties assoc. with intercompany * Pproperty tax renditions accountant * Project analysis; esti mates to completion Accomplishments DRS Technologies....saved firm over $200,000 by finding unbilled labor and mater ial transactions and eliminating duplicate billing by other divisions. JK Label....increased net income by 10% by implementing new industry-specific ac counting system requiring manufacturing laborer to enter time per project (reduc ed idle time and increased efficiency and improved job estimates. JK Label.....increased net income 15% by renegotiating contracts with vendors, r eplacing vendors & entering into extended contracts, and implementing new purcha se order procedures. JK Label....reduced interest payments by 35% by renegotiating or refinancing exi sting debt JK Label....implemented new job costing capabilities in order to evaluate and el iminate certain unprofitable projects, improving expense tracking and enhancing net income. JK Label.....reduced unemployment claims, by improving relations with and reduci ng turnover in support staff JK Label....increased sales and plant capacity by implementing night shifts and contract labor

Professional Experience Fuqua Investments Dallas, TX Lead Accountant/Consultant January 1984 to May 2011

Operate a business consulting and tax preparation firm on part-time basis provid ing the following services for small businesses and for self-employed individual s: new business set up including determination of appropriate accounting softwar e and creation of Chart of Accounts, training clients' employees in accounting, employment agreements, required documentation, and compliance with local/state/f ederal requirements. Additional services to public: general ledger accounting; F ixed Assets and Inventory; AR/AP related duties such as reclassifying expenses, collections, and aging analysis; financial statements; bank reconciliations and account reconciliations; personal property tax services including property tax r enditions; preparation of individual and business income tax returns and payroll related returns; provide evaluations on use of employees vs. contract labor. S uggest best practices.

DRS Technologies Dallas, TX March 2005 to March 2011 Financial Accountant, Payroll Accountant & Supervisor, Intercompany Accountant, and Program Financial Analyst Financial Accountant: General Ledger accountant for Defense Contractor specializ ing in the manufacturing of infrared products and sensors with local Divisional Sales in excess of $350M. Duties included: GL journal entries; monthly & year-en d Close process; monthly accruals; allocations, amortization of prepaid expenses ; responsible for all capital leases and tax matters associated with sales tax a nd property tax (including preparation of multi-state Sales Tax returns and prop erty tax renditions); AP re-coding; bank reconciliations; Balance Sheet reconcil iations; compliance; assisted with internal and external audits including SOX an d DCAA; ad-hoc reporting; GL corrections by re-classing transactions to proper a ccounts. Signature authority up to $200,000 on checking account; weekly review o f required backup for all AP generated checks. Payroll Accountant & Supervisor: Payroll for over 600 employees. Pursued transfe r of all payroll responsibilities originally handled by HR Dept. and accepted re sponsibility as a Finance Dept. function resulting in a dramatic decrease in GL errors and improved payroll account reconciliations. Was in charge of Electronic Timesheet System (ETS) to Oracle to ADP to General Ledger process and was respo nsible for all payroll-related reconciliations to ensure proper expense and liab ility recognition. Reconciled quarterly payroll summary information to GL to pay roll tax return information. Assisted with internal and external payroll audits, including Sarbanes-Oxley and DCAA audits. Prepared GL Payroll journal entries a nd created/posted payroll accruals to GL. Monitored weekly close of ETS and tran sfer of information to accounting system and bi-weekly submission to ADP payroll processing company. Served as backup to Payroll Generalist (so well trained in use of ADP software). Researched errors in pay or in hours posted in ETS and ass isted in making necessary corrections in ETS and/or ADP. Monitored corporate pay ments of all payroll-related liabilities (such as 401k expenses) paid on behalf of our division and pursued variances in anticipated amounts. Processed all jour nal entries needed to make timesheet corrections in PRO III accounting and later was solely responsible for all batch-type timesheet corrections in Oracle. Proc essed weekly ETS and all timesheet corrections in Oracle and pushed information to Projects Module, creating a Job Cost Ledger..

Intercompany Accountant: Full charge of all intercompany transactions with othe r divisions, including all intercompany reconciliations, AR/AP functions and all cost center billings for Segment personnel paid in local divisional payroll. Ha ndled all outbound intercompany purchase orders to other divisions (IOTs) by pro cessing funding requisitions, drafting IOT contract documents specific to the re quired effort (including appropriate Period of Performance, Statement of Work, f unding total, etc.). Processed all inbound IOTs by determining appropriate proje ct type and creating internal projects with specific work breakdown structures i n order to capture incurred costs in a manner that facilitated billing and provi ded customers with all required information. Controlled Master IOT Spreadsheet i ncluding all IOT transactions, funding, costs, profit/loss, Estimates to Complet ion (ETC) used to perform all final reconciliations upon project completion and to monitor Estimates at Completion (EAC). Program Financial Analyst: Served as Project Manager on certain IOT projects an d provided program finance analysis and reports on those projects including actu als vs. forecasts, estimates to completion, spend plans, etc. Worked closely wit h all program managers of IOT projects to assist in forecasting, work breakdown structure set up, and ad-hoc reporting. Provided Job Costs Ledger, ETC, and EAC.

JK Label Company Grand Prairie, TX Office Manager & Payroll Accountant

May 1999 to March 2005

Finance & Office Manager: Managed accounting operations, accounting close, accou nt reporting and reconciliations functions for label manufacturing firm generati ng annual sales in excess of $10 Million. Reorganized responsibilities of curren t staff; hired and supervised accounting/payroll/office staff of four. Evaluated and acquired industry-specific, enterprise/accounting software and implemented conversion from current system which improved efficiency and provided improved a ccountability for personnel time; corrected fixed asset sub-ledger and depreciat ion and monitored capital expenditures. Instituted best practices procedures, em phasizing compliance with federal, state, and local laws. Promoted to Controller at year-end. Payroll Accountant: Full charge of all in-house payroll duties including timeshe et collections, payroll deductions and advances, child support and garnish compl iance, responsibility for payment of all payroll taxes using EFTPS and preparati on of all payroll tax returns, state/federal unemployment returns, and issuance of W2s and 1099s and compliance with all payroll laws. Controller: Full charge of most business operations including management of thre e departments; all monthly and annual close responsibilities; and all financial reporting. Accountable for financial statements, cash and inventory management, cash flow analysis; management of lines of credit, general ledger, monthly accru als and amortization of prepaid items, entered all necessary monthly/year-end cl ose-related journal entries, processed all customer rebates and refunds, prepara tion of all tax returns (including corporate tax, payroll, and sales tax), budge ting, forecasting, variance analysis. As management team member, prioritized com pany needs and participated in strategic planning including tax planning, evalua ting expansion opportunities, and investment strategies. Loan packaging for new equipment, mortgages, and re-financing.

Preston Hollow United Methodist Church Dallas, TX Fund Accountant

May 1997 to March 2001

Church and Child Development Center Staff Accountant: Full charge of Church and Day School Business Offices using fund accounting for a non-profit organization with an annual budget of approximately $3M and $300,000, respectively (including all AP, AR, Fixed Assets using fund accounting). Assisted with pledge campaigns , provided fulfillment reports, posted all donations and pledges (AR), performed bank reconciliations, reconciliation of all Special Funds transactions, entered payroll data, responsible for payroll tax compliance; filed all payroll tax ret urns, issued all W2s/1099s, created ad-hoc reports for the Bishop and District O ffices, instituted new Pastor reimbursement procedure, and completed annual repo rts to the Methodist Conference, administered other-than-cash donation complianc e, performed debt analysis, developed alternative funding scenarios for Capital Improvement Campaign (identifying new revenue sources), created annual operating budgets based on pledge commitments and anticipated donations or on tuition for ecasts; and presented monthly financial statements in Finance Committee meetings .

Education Southern Methodist University y Bachelor of Science Mathematics/Business s With High Honors; GPA = 3.8 Double Degrees Vanderbilt University versity Master of Science Mathematics gy Southern Methodist Universit Bachelor of Arts Experimental Psyc./Busines With High Honors; GPA = 3.8 Double Degrees Southern Methodist Uni Master of Science Experimental Psycholo

Additional Related Keywords Capital leases, contracts, close process, DCAA audits, FAR, AP coding, aging ana lysis, credit analysis, amortization of prepaids, problem-solving, collections, payroll to general ledger reconciliations, period of performance, estimates to c ompletion, spend plans, job cost ledger maintenance, payroll submission, real es tate property management, portfolio management.