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Work History
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Volunteer Experience
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SCOTT WOJTALIK-COURTER

Senior Accountant
Marshfield,VT

Summary

Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience
1
1
year of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications

Work History

OWNER & BOOKKEEPER

DPS SOLUTIONS
1 2012 - Current


  • A mostly Bookkeeping service created to provide Accounting, Payroll, Tax filing and payment, some IT, and Start-Up advice to mostly new businesses in and around Chattanooga
  • I provide and have provided services for restaurants, bodegas, manufacturing plants, and photographers, and personal financial assistance to individuals
  • I generally work with CPAs for the heavier lifting, such as end-of-year taxes, like K-1s
  • I have maintained this business since its inception on and off while working in other arenas, and it is now my main source of income.

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT

KEN GARNER MANUFACTURING
06.2016 - 06.2020
  • I began work at KGM as the Accounts Receivable Staff Accountant
  • I quickly moved into areas of Inventory Management, Report Creation and Management across multiple facets of manufacturing including Efficiency Reporting, Product Issue Reporting, Collections & Reporting of same
  • I became Six-Sigma certified and began adding elements of this training to the various aspects of my duties.

TRAINING DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST

US XPRESS ENTERPRISES, INC
06.2010 - 03.2012
  • I began as a Driver Coordinator but quickly began doing Driver Training
  • My creative interests opened the door for my moving up to the Developer position where I created Training videos, manuals, and other related media
  • I cross-referenced multiple databases in Excel spreadsheets to generate reports on a daily basis
  • I created Training Videos for Drivers using multiple media and software, such as PhotoShop, GoldWave, Microsoft PowerPoint and Word, and uploaded them onto the trucks' onboard computer
  • I provided both the scripts and the voiceover for the training videos.

SMALL BUSINESS OWNER

PISA PIZZA, LLC
01.1999 - 04.2010

All aspects of running a Food Service small business including:

  • The hiring, training, and terminating of associates;
  • Developing employee manuals, policy and procedures manuals;
  • Menu development;
  • Creating and updating the ordering interface utilizing DiamondTouch and HotSauce software;
  • All financial decisions and recordings andled through Great Plains and Quicken software including P&L statements, quarterly taxes, liquor taxes, business taxes, etc., updating and balancing the business checkbooks, and end of year tax preparation for the accountant; and
  • All payroll matters including the entering of employee hours, creating paychecks, and all related tax matters.

GRAPHIC DESIGNER

ORTWEIN SIGNS
01.2008 - 04.2008

I designed and occasionally installed signs for clients, creating either an original design of my own, or manufacturing a replica of a client's design, using Photoshop, SignLab, and Corel Draw.

WORK-FORCE LIAISON

READ OF CHATTANOOGA
03.1996 - 06.1998
  • READ was a not-for-profit entity offering a free service to adults seeking assistance in literacy, GED, and/or ESL
  • I set up, expanded, and managed the Adult Literacy, ESL, and GED Training courses at various work places in the Chattanooga area
  • I also set up and maintained the facilities computer lab, and was the staff computer tech.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Education

GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY
Atlanta, GA
05.1994 - 05.1995

Bachelor of Arts - English Language and Literature, General

THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA
Chattanooga, TN
08.1992

Skills

All facets of Accounting including but not limited to Payroll, Inventory Management, Month-end closure, Efficiency Reporting, Accounts Receivable and Payable, Bank Reconciliations, Account Reconciliations, Some Tax Preparation, Customer Service, Microsoft Office including heavy concentration in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, Management, Social Media, Sales, Marketing, Strategic Planning, Team Building, Public Speaking, Training & Development, Music Production, Multimedia, Entrepreneurship, Social Media Marketing, Human Resources

Referrals

  • JARED PADOVAMI, Owner, The Boneyard Bar, (408) 431-6468, jared@boneyard-bar.com
  • MARY KEEBLER, Teacher, Hamilton County Department of Education, (423) 488-9062
  • LITTLE STAR WILBURN, CPA, Little Star CPA & Real Estate, (423) 451-6305, littlestar@littlestarcpa.com

Volunteer Experience

VETERINARY ASSISTANT, HUMANE SOCIETY OF LOUISIANA, 2005-08-01

After Hurricane Katrina my wife, a veterinarian here in Chattanooga, and I volunteered to triage and otherwise care for some of the displaced pets still in New Orleans.

Certification

QuickBooks ProAdvisor

Timeline

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT

KEN GARNER MANUFACTURING
06.2016 - 06.2020

TRAINING DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST

US XPRESS ENTERPRISES, INC
06.2010 - 03.2012

GRAPHIC DESIGNER

ORTWEIN SIGNS
01.2008 - 04.2008

SMALL BUSINESS OWNER

PISA PIZZA, LLC
01.1999 - 04.2010

WORK-FORCE LIAISON

READ OF CHATTANOOGA
03.1996 - 06.1998

Bachelor of Arts - Education

GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY
05.1994 - 05.1995

OWNER & BOOKKEEPER

DPS SOLUTIONS
1 2012 - Current

Bachelor of Arts - English Language and Literature, General

THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA
SCOTT WOJTALIK-COURTERSenior Accountant