Accountant in Overland Park, Kansas

DAVID J. WENKEL, CPA 913.707.... • [email protected] ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL More than 30 years of success providing accounting, financial and tax services for organizations. PROFESSIONAL PROFILE • Experienced professional with expertise in providing the knowledge and skills necessary to achieve operational success throughout all accounting and financial management processes for organizations. • Skilled in leading teams, promoting strategic financial analysis, managing accounting systems and controls. • Demonstrated proficiency in organizing and directing financial operations, executing account reviews while maintaining accounting systems and transaction records. • Experience includes cash flow optimization, process improvements, budget administration, strategic business planning, auditing systems and controls and revenue forecasting. • Detail-oriented, tech-savvy manager with experience and abilities in overseeing and directing highly-effective team members ensuring quality, process adherence, solution accuracy and customer satisfaction • Strong sense of responsibility, urgency, confidentiality, commitment and attention to details • Self-motivated and able to work in a multicultural environment. Excellent team player, abilities to increase productivity and work well under limited or minimum supervision. • Strong decision-making skills, judgment, and outstanding initiative. Exceptional skill when working under high pressure. • Extremely focused and motivated to achieve in a demanding environment that promotes teamwork but can identify and resolve issues independently. Goal-oriented self-starter with highest levels of personal initiative. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE David J. Wenkel, CPA • Overland Park, Kansas • 2009 to Present Certified Public Accountant • Serve a diverse range of clients providing high quality accounting services. Provide federal, state, and local payroll and sales and use tax advice. • Represent clients before the IRS, state, and local taxing agencies, and ensure long term partnerships, resulting in increased revenue and profit growth. • Serve as a Contract Controller for multiple companies, utilizing resources including QuickBooks Desktop, QuickBooks Online, and Microsoft Office software, particularly Excel, to achieve detailed financial and tax documentation. • Prepare annual federal, state, and local income tax returns for over 100 clients, in addition to facilitating monthly and quarterly payroll and sales and use tax services and returns for up to 25 business clients. • Strategically represent business and individual clients throughout a variety of claims from government agencies, securing business relationships surpassing industry standards. EDUCATION Master Level Courses in Corporate Taxation, Estate & Trust Taxation, Individual Taxation, International & Partnership Taxation University of Houston, Houston, Texas Bachelor of Science in Accountancy University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Certified Public Accountant QuickBooks Pro-Advisor AFFILIATIONS American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants (MSCPA) Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants (TSCPA)