John C. Smith Email & Phone Number

Richmond, Virginia Area

• Responsible for oversight, direction, and leadership of General Accounting department, including integrating transactions from Accounts Payable, Sales Audit and Accounts Receivable, Payroll, Assets, and Financial Reporting• Manage and supervise team of four direct-report accountants • Provide oversight and support for year-end processes to ensure accurate financial statements• Lead and work in key system workgroups and programs related to financial accounting • Regularly interact with all levels of IT personnel to provide expertise to address and resolve highly complex financial accounting issues • Recommend multi-year goals and objectives• Execute strategic and operational decisions, improving overall business activities• Proven ability to meet critical deadlines, and manage multiple projects with competing priorities• Strong knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills• Strict attention to detail, with a high level of data integrity and accuracyAccomplishments:• Implemented switch to new Oracle Fusion ERP accounting system • Improved financial accounting processes by evaluating and refining processes and procedures • Implemented GASB # 87 (effective July 1, 2021)

Richmond, Virginia

• Managed several large projects for court-appointed receivership in $100 million multi-national Ponzi case brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (which lasted 15 years, spawned litigation in several countries, and involved forensic accounting and financial reporting) • Strong oral communication skills including lead counsel presenting cases at trial, arguing in court, conducting depositions, and serving as contact for communications about client’s finances• Strong written communication skills including drafting documents and pleadings for court filings, conducting written discovery, and researching and writing opinions on applicable law • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to interact with people at all levels, including owners, directors, executives, officers, managers, employees, stakeholders, and adverse parties• Routinely recommended strategic goals and objectives, and set priorities for action items • Provided business advisory and accounting services to effect financial turn-arounds, loan workouts, loan forbearances, and reorganize finances inside and/or outside of bankruptcy • Prepared financial statements and schedules to meet specific statutory reporting requirements (reported on cash basis or accrual basis), reconcile reports to bank accounts, compare budget to actual results, and perform trend analysis• Developed 13-week cash-flow budgets and presented to court and creditors Accomplishments:• Voted by peers as one of Virginia’s “Legal Elite” according to Virginia Business Magazine in conjunction with the Virginia Bar Association• Initiated, developed, and optimized systems that improved leadership, intra-departmental communication, managed high-volume caseload, and timely meet deadlines• Gave written and oral presentations, and taught at continuing education seminars• Achieved court approval of reorganization plans five times more than the national average.

Richmond, Virginia

(formerly DurretteCrump, P.C.)(see Sands Anderson PC for description of duties)

Richmond, Virginia

(formerly Spotts Fain Chappell & Anderson, P.C.)• Performed general commercial and transactional work, including analyzing and drafting contracts and agreements• Performed estate planning and administration• Represented debtors, creditors, and trustees in bankruptcy matters

Richmond, Virginia

Eastern District of Virginia - Richmond DivisionJudicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Douglas O. Tice, Jr., Chief Judge

Concord, New Hampshire

• Prepared financial statements in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)• Prepared federal and state tax returns for individuals, partnerships, S corporations, C corporations, limited liability companies, and not-for-profit entities• Contacted IRS and state departments of revenue to resolve tax notices for clients• Performed audits, reviews, compilations, and agreed upon procedures for a wide variety of clients, including for-profit, not-for-profit entities (involving OMB A-133), and governmental entities (involving Single Audits, and OMB A-128)• Assessed client internal control systems and recommended changes where necessary to increase reliability and integrity of system• Expert skills using Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook• Knowledgeable about general ledger, accounting and financial applications (e.g., QuickBooks, RealWorld) and computers (PCs and Macs), SQL relational databases (ERPs), and Microsoft PowerpointACCOMPLISHMENTS:• Prepared more than one hundred tax returns each tax season• Supervised assignment of tax returns to co-workers to maximize accuracy and productivity• Passed all parts of the CPA exam on first attempt

Concord, New Hampshire

• Managed general accounting functions (i.e., general ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, inventory, and fixed assets) for a Multi-million dollar technology company that developed and manufactured accounting software, including handling all aspects of month-end and year-end closing of books, adjusting journal entries, account reviews and analysis, account reconciliations, and bank reconciliations• Provided CFO with explanations and analysis of financial statements and account balances• Oversaw and assisted in quarterly inventories, year-end audit, and tax reporting• Safeguarded assets, obtained insurance, and maintained depreciation schedules• Established and monitored internal controls to prevent fraud and theftACCOMPLISHMENTS:• Improved accuracy, quality, and timeliness of financial statements while reducing monthly closing of books and issuance of financial statements from 5 days to 2 days• Developed Microsoft Excel spreadsheet to efficiently calculate cost basis of inventory• Inventoried fixed assets, produced database, and eliminated storage costs on obsolete assets

Juris Doctorate, Magna Cum Laude, Banking, Corporate, Finance, And Securities Law, Top 15%

Activities and Societies: Articles Editor for the B.C. Environmental Affairs Law Journal

B.S., Summa Cum Laude, Accounting, 3.79/4.00