Douglas R. Johnson Email & Phone Number

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Fort Worth, TX

• Responsibilities currently include the following:
• Serve as an expert on U.S. GAAP and SEC technical accounting issues by proactively monitoring the development of new and emerging accounting and related reporting matters, independently assessing current and future.
• Routinely provide technical accounting guidance and (and memos) related to complex transactions, revenue recognition, leases, new rule implementations, business combinations, acquisitions, divestitures and.
• Collaborate with the NA, IO and Corporate Controller and regional/business finance staff on accounting questions, guidance, and implementation of new guidance and development of new accounting policies and procedures.
• Work closely with GM Technical Accounting group to ensure alignment on accounting positions.
• Supervise, coach and develop team personnel who assist with the completion of the groups responsibilities on a day to day basis.

Arlington, TX

Responsible for liaison activities with the Company's International Operations Sox team. Additional Sox responsibilities have included participation in all phases of Sox scoping and control identification for the North American entity; review of design flows and Sox testing workpapers in the areas of Loan Loss Allowance and Income Taxes; participation in.

Austin, Texas Area

Responsible for Sox compliance for all domestic operations. Notified that department was being outsourced on eighth day at the company.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

Responsible for documentation and assessment of all critical accounting and financial processes at the Company’s primary domestic administrative and accounting location, and identification and development of all related key controls relevant to Sarbanes-Oxley certification of the financial statements. Additional responsibilities included development of Sox.

Trophy Club, Texas

Sole practitioner focusing primarily on employee-side employment litigation. Experience with matters falling under Title VII, ADA, ADEA, FMLA, FLSA, Texas Payday Law, and Sabine Pilot. Significant experience in federal court. Additional experience included transactional commercial matters and appeal of a civil matter before the Fifth Circuit.

Plano, Texas

Responsible for worldwide compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley Act for the financial accounting, planning and analysis, and procure-to-pay cycles. Additional responsibilities included identification of risks to the company and development and implementation of strategies to remediate those risks. Specific projects included review of employee/contractor issues.

Consultant on a document review project for SEC investigation of large public company. Reviewed documents for responsiveness to SEC subpoena for relevance and privilege. Elevated to lead consultant based on combined legal and CPA knowledge and experience. Additionally served as consultant on various Sox consulting projects, performing system documentation.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Responsible for assisting the Chief Justice with drafting appellate opinions in civil and criminal matters. Other duties included reviewing notices of appeal and appellate briefs and motions for compliance with the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, researching legal issues with respect to appellate motions, reviewing pending legislation concerning the.

Responsible for all pre-trial phases of litigation, focusing on employment, intellectual property, and complex commercial cases for both plaintiffs and defendants. Transactional experience included drafting and negotiating severance agreements, employment contracts (including non-disclosure and non-competition agreements), and commercial contracts..

Responsible for all employment legal issues and management of all company litigation by outside firms, including participation in depositions, hearings, and settlement negotiations. Personally handled certain matters having Texas jurisdiction, including both plaintiff and defendant actions. Other substantive activities included drafting and negotiating.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Responsible for reconciliation and proper recording of oil revenues for various domestic and Canadian fields. Supervised two direct reports. Retained as a consultant while attending law school, then hired as a permanent employee with the understanding that the position would be vacated upon law school graduation.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

As Senior Staff Auditor, handled in-charge responsibilities for oil and gas audits in the Midland, Texas, and Farmington, New Mexico, regions. Audits included all aspects of up-stream oil and gas exploration, drilling, and production activities, gas marketing, environmental control, and a cradle-to-grave comprehensive review of the Company's gas revenue.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Manager and in-charge responsibilities primarily focused on the oil and gas and construction industries. Coordinated the audit activities of six international and three domestic firm offices on the financial statement audit of the international division of a global oil and gas client. Presented a summary of all audit activities to corporate and division.

San Antonio, Texas Area

In-charge responsibilities primarily focused on the construction, mortgage banking, and manufacturing industries. Additional experience in the aggregate industry, on employee benefit plans, and providing assistance to a bankruptcy trustee verifying vendor claims.Selected to take a lead role in the annual United Way campaign, as well as coordinate.

Jd, Law

Activities and Societies: Juris Doctorate May 1999, Cum Laude. Ranked in top 10% of class. Managing Editor of Law Review. Member of honors.

Bba, Accounting

Activities and Societies: Worked throughout college, contributing over 85% of all college costs.

Accounting

Education record

Education record