David Dickson Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Boston, Ma, Us

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

 Within the first 2 months, proposed converting the books from cash to GAAP Accrual Accounting which would result in $400,000 in income tax savings during the 1st year and 10’s of $1,000’s each year thereafter. Led a Successful 7 Member in Team in India Automated over 100 Bank Reconciliations to help insure the accuracy of Cash Balances Created New Loan to Purchase Price Ratio Reports to Track Progress on Annual Goal Metrics Created New Consolidated Monthly Financial Reports and Quarterly Investor Reports for Management and Investors

Chicago, Illinois, Us

*Saved Commercial Real Estate Firm over $200,000 in Real Estate Taxes *Saved employer over $60,000 in Income Taxes*Deferred Income Taxes saving over $100,000 *Automated Tenant Billing, saving 30 work hours per month, and decreasing billing errors by over 90% *Successfully merged 10 Yardi databases into 1 Yardi database without outside assistance

Schaumburg, Il, Us

*Slashed expenses by $170,000 and increased revenues by $55,000 within the first seven months*Re-vamped accounting records in preparation for the annual external audit*Excised chart of accounts by 1/3, inactivating duplicative, rarely used, and unnecessary accounts*Created and simplified the majority of account reconciliations required for the audit*Accomplished a clean, successful annual audit during the first four months of employment*Quickly condensed budget work papers and created projections through fiscal year-end*Successfully upgraded the accounting system from Great Plains 10 to Great Plains 2015

*Procured and developed corporate, individual, and non-profit clients primarily by referrals*Protected assets and reduced taxes of clients, cutting one’s client’s taxes by over 60% *Inspected commercial real estate lessees’ financial statements analyzing risk of lease default*Created and produced new monthly and annual client financial statements

*Converted client’s accounting system to Great Plains, eliminating a recurring audit material weakness*Created stream-lined user-friendly Excel budget work-papers for client directors and managers*Cut company costs by moving bank and investment reconciliations to an offshore center in Mumbai, India*Re-vamped the ADP payroll general ledger interface for client 100+ employee payroll runs*Established client company’s financial reports utilizing Crystal Reports*Slashed the chart of accounts from 6,000 total accounts to 700 accounts *Implemented client conversion from QuickBooks to Sage MIP accounting software *Automated the allocation of general and administrative costs to agency programs using Sage MIP software

New York, Ny, Us

*Managed five bank accountants who reconciled $100+ Billion of mortgage assets with origination records*Implemented new account opening procedures saving 20 man hours per month*Researched and entered all accounting variances for the Commercial Capital Bank merger*Charged to lead the department for all special projects, including bank merger reconciliations, new product implementations, automations of processes, and system upgrades testing

Evanston , Illinois, Us

*Solicited competitive bids for vendor contracts, reducing expenses and eliminating annual cost increases*Slashed annual telephone costs by 20%, replacing obsolete equipment with new, upgraded equipment*Administered in-house payroll, payroll federal and state filings, and company benefits for all employees*Procured a dental benefits plan at no cost to the employer, raising employee morale*Performed IBM AS400 back-ups after executing payroll runs and completing the monthly close *Originated the monthly cash flow statement and annual cash flow projection worksheets*Produced income and balance sheet statements using JD Edwards accounting software*Drafted internal versions of annual 990 federal and state returns for comparison with the auditor’s 990’s*Managed seven consecutive audits with no audit adjustments

Bachelor Of Arts, Economics

Certificate, Accounting