Shane Diamant Email & Phone Number

North Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

We provide you, the small business owner, with systems and services that handle the accounting and compliance tasks that are always at the bottom of your to-do list, allowing you to focus more on the parts of your business you love. Our accounting system covers 4 levels of need in your business. In Level 1, we get you organized and keep you out of the ditches - we get your records in order, get you compliant, and help you stop nasty surprises caused by things like payroll and sales tax notices. In level 2, we take over some of your core accounting functions, creating free time for you. In Level 3, we focus on exploring, teaching, and guiding you about the key financial metrics in your business. By the time we reach Level 4, we have become your virtual CFO and are working with you to optimize and improve key areas of your business, including defining and tracking your KPIs, setting and tracking annual budgets, and even helping you set compensation plans for your employees.

Sherwood, Arkansas

Actively developing my CPA firm to deliver innovative accounting, payroll and back office services to small business clients.I have developed and launched an innovative technological platform that allows our firm to handle many of the business functions that formerly could only be managed by on-staff accounting personnel. Our platform also gives the business owner anywhere, anytime access to their financial information.Driving beyond the numbers, I give our clients meaningful financial insights that they can use to make better decisions and generating more success for their business.

Financial and operational management for a small, regional trucking carrier. providing refrigerated and dry-box transport in the central United States.Core responsibilities include capital management, financial planning, monthly accounting, and operational oversight.

Provided functional management of auditors for Fortune 500 company. Accountable for Sarbanes-Oxley and operational audits, special investigations, fraud and compliance monitoring program, and ethics awareness & hotline programs. Delivered periodic updates to Ethics Committee.Accomplishments included:* Planned and led 2 major fraud investigations with teams of 15+ people.* Revamped fraud and compliance monitoring program to include achievable goals and improved reporting.* Designed and implemented enhanced market review process.* Led audit that Identified significant gaps and process improvement opportunities that ultimately led to $25M+ cost savings for company.* Active focus on coaching and staff development.

Performed industry and company specific research, formulated investment recommendations, and delivered ideas through several written and oral communication channels.Accomplishments included:* In first full year as analyst, ranked in top half of peers based upon investment performance and trading volume. * Consistently performed at a high level under pressure by delivering timely and concise analysis to sales force in response to quarterly earnings releases and other news events.* Developed highly refined analytical ability through challenge of filtering information from SEC filings and industry research, and determining key drivers to utilize in Excel models predicting future company performance.* Polished communication skills through constant efforts to summarize and deliver key information in focused messages presented to sales force and institutional investors.* Successfully planned and executed investor field trip involving 13 investors, 7 companies, 3 cities, and 3 states in 2 days.

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Managed all aspects of client relationships. Functional experience included supervising and completing all elements of audit engagements, researching and reporting on technical accounting issues, and mentoring / supervising audit teams of 1 to 6 people.Accomplishments included: * Awarded 6 monthly and 2 quarterly Arthur Awards for outstanding performance in the areas of client service, exemplary performance, and operational efficiency.* Demonstrated consistent ability to manage multiple tasks with increasing levels of responsibility, including leading 13 statutory audits in 11 countries in a single year for a subsidiary of a Fortune 500 company and running as many as 5 audit engagements concurrently.