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Wes Dukes
Accountant
Phoenix,AZ
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Summary
Dynamic Senior Accountant with extensive experience at Van Marcke Trade Supply, excelling in financial statement preparation and GAAP compliance. Proven track record in process improvement and account reconciliation, enhancing accuracy and efficiency. Adept at managing journal entries and leading audit preparations, demonstrating strong analytical skills and a commitment to excellence.
Overview
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Van Marcke Trade SupplyPhoenix, USA
Senior Accountant
01.2026 - Current
Job overview
- Prepare and analyze monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements in accordance with GAAP
- Reconciled complex balance sheet accounts and investigated variances, enhancing financial accuracy
- Assisted in bringing accounting department current on month-end close activities by resolving reconciliation backlogs and ensuring timely financial reporting
- Prepared, posted adjusting journal entries to correct historical accounting errors, maintaining compliance with GAAP
- Research, identified, and corrected prior-year accounting discrepancies to ensure accuracy
- Coordinate internal audits, providing supporting documentation and resolving audit inquiries
- Identified and implemented process improvements that strengthened internal controls and reduced errors
- Manage projects/assignments while maintaining accuracy. Meet critical deadlines in fast-paced environment..
Premier Truck Group (PTG)South Dallas, USA
Corporate Truck Accountant
08.2019 - 09.2024
Job overview
- Formulated reports for operational department, including write downs, reserve statements, and truck floor plans, to support decision-making.
- Reviewed and prepared booking of truck deals while auditing and rectifying balances on truck inventory schedules for accuracy.
- Maintained daily cash functions and bank electronic funds transfer templates, ensuring accuracy in truck deal sales.
- Reconciliation of bank statements against GL, intercompany accounts selected audit accounts, and GL schedules
- Executed preparation and posting of general ledger entries.
- Prepare and accrue for incoming invoices, warranty payments and credit memos
- Compiled bi-weekly and monthly commission reports for sales personnel to ensure accurate payroll processing.
Milano Hat CompanyGarland, USA
General Ledger Accountant (Contract)
07.2018 - 10.2018
Job overview
- Analyzed accounts to ensure accuracy of financial statement and balance sheet for Milano
- Researched discrepancies and updated accounts with accurate information
- Reconciled all payments and reversals that were missed in the original posting process
- Prepared journal entries and accruals to accurately record transactions and maintain necessary supporting docs
- Reviewed and reconciled borrowing base certificate, collection reports, and supporting documentation to verify borrower's collateral value
NTT DataPlano, USA
Sr. Accounting Analyst (Contract)
06.2017 - 07.2018
Job overview
- Performed month-end close tasks: preparing and posting journal entries, analyzing financial statements and ledger activities, and writing variance analysis
- Reconciled assigned balance sheet accounts for multiple entities within the company
- Coordinated migration processes from Oracle to SAP accounting system, enhancing data integrity and system functionality
- Managed timely and accurate entry of customer contract information into SAP, resolving system errors to ensure compliance
- Executed client invoicing per corporate accounting policy, facilitating ad-hoc projects and supporting statutory audit requests
Airbus Helicopters Inc (AHI)Grand Prairie, USA
Staff Accountant (Temp)
01.2017 - 03.2017
Job overview
- Compiled data from various sources to produce monthly closing journal entries, reports, and schedules that enhanced financial documentation.
- Cleared bank accounts daily, monitoring data integrity of A/P accrual accounts in SAP to support accurate financial reporting.
- Directed and assisted A/P accounting assistants in processing invoices and credit memos, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
- Performed monthly reconciliations of cash and other balance sheet accounts
- Administered and maintained the fixed asset accounting module. Performed monthly depreciation
Education
Kansas State UniversityManhattan, KS
Bachelor of Science from Business Administration, Finance
05-2016
University Overview
Skills
- Financial statement preparation
- GAAP compliance
- Month-end closing
- Account reconciliation
- Journal entry management
- General ledger accounting
- Financial analysis
- Audit preparation
- Process improvement
Timeline
Senior Accountant
Van Marcke Trade Supply
01.2026 - Current
Corporate Truck Accountant
Premier Truck Group (PTG)
08.2019 - 09.2024
General Ledger Accountant (Contract)
Milano Hat Company
07.2018 - 10.2018
Sr. Accounting Analyst (Contract)
NTT Data
06.2017 - 07.2018
Staff Accountant (Temp)
Airbus Helicopters Inc (AHI)
01.2017 - 03.2017
Kansas State University
Bachelor of Science from Business Administration, Finance