Dennis Earl Gober - Accounting-Customer Service -11-19-14
1. Dennis Earl Gober Sr.
2348 Shady Maple Trail Loganville, GA 30052
(678) 580-5599 - Home (770) 342-9407 - Cellular
degober082158@gmail.com
ACCOUNTANT| CUSTOMER SERVICE SPECIALIST
FOCUS: Accountant | Customers Service | Consultant
EXPERTISE: Deep Understanding & Passion of the services and resources of accounting
SKILL SETS: Leadership| Organization
COMMUNITY PRESENCE: | Certified Basketball Official
Objective: A challenging position, utilizing abilities developed through my experience and education,
with the opportunity for professional growth based on performance.
Profile: Over twenty years experience as an Accountant and a Customer Service Specialist. An expert in
management and development that includes using Microsoft software. Has been an achiever with
exceptional knowledge of the market, business practices and consumer habits. Strong background
combined with first hand knowledge and interaction with multicultural communities. Skilled at learning
new concepts quickly, working well under pressure.
DRIVING FORCES:
Competencies Results
Escalate Top-line Growth
Through Innovative
Management Best Practices
Provide administrative support of bookkeeping while addressing
problems associated with financial records
Utilize the data base performing entries of all records and
correspondence
Key administrative support in keypunching data, creating
presentations, and proof reading.
Provide hands on support to clients, resolving problems, providing
guidance and wisdom
Directly assist individuals attain the resources / assistance needed to
successfully obtain services vital to business success
Supervise Effective Team
of Staff Volunteers and
Employers
Supervise ten staff accountants in the General Accounting
Department of Bloomingdales Department Store
Ensures staff understands daily responsibilities and monthly goals
and provides leadership to accomplish all benchmarks.
Builds partnerships with employers to create lasting partnerships
Community Relationship
Development &
Partnerships
Certified Basketball Official in Gwinnett County and Surrounding
Area
EMPLOYMENT PERFORMANCE HISTORY
Certified Basketball Official
Multi-County Basketball Officials Association
July 2013 - Present
Officiate High School Boys and Girls Basketball in the Gwinnett County, Georgia area.
Additionally, officiate several recreational basketball leagues for the ages of 5 years to 18 years
old.
Accountant/Owner Dennis E. Gober Accounting Service (Self Employed) Cambria Heights, New York
October 2005 - January 2013
While owning an accounting service, I served as a bookkeeper to seven (7) retail buyers of
Federated Department Stores, Inc. I was also the primary administrator for all accounting
procedures, by providing the following financial statements: Weekly and Monthly Balance
Sheets, Income Statements, Gross Margin Statements and Seasonal and Year-end Statements.
2. Handled customers’ inquiries concerning department store square footage, and filing of financial
statements.
Consultant Federated Department Stores, Inc. New York, New York
November 2004 - October 2005
Duties included serving as a liaison between Federated Department Stores Inc. and
Bloomingdales Department Store in New York. During the General Accounting Department
consolidation with main office in Ohio, I was responsible for all activities, by providing the main
office with reports as needed.
Additionally, while managing all business transactions needed, I handled inquiries from the
store buyers on all daily activities. Responded to inbound calls, answering service and
equipment inquiries and business requests. Helped necessary troubleshooting steps. While
handling these problems, issues and inquiries, I eliminating unnecessary situations to the main
office.
Staff Supervisor Bloomingdales Department Store New York, New York
October 2003 - November 2004
As a Staff Supervisor, I supervised ten staff accountants in the General Accounting Department
of Bloomingdales Department Store New York, N.Y. Also, I controlled all daily activities of the
staff and provided finished reports to the department manager and Vice President of Finance for
additional review. Routinely evaluated and reviewed the performances of the staff accountants
and provided advice on how to improve. Each staff accountant was given a yearly review for
company percentage rises. Concurrently, also tasked with training staff accountants on how to
properly execute their daily tasks.
Staff Accountant Bloomingdales Department Store New York, New York
December 1983 - September 2003
As a Staff Accountant I worked on financial budgeting and capital expenditure in the Gross
Margin Department. I helped prepare departmental financial budgeting reports to compute their
square footage. Along with that report, each department had a base capital amount that was
reported by me to Federated Department Stores, Inc. Additionally, I developed and maintained
all aspects of business accountancy, marketing, and data processing of the company.
EDUCATION & EXECUTIVE TRAINING
Livingstone College
Salisbury, North Carolina
Bachelor of Science in Accounting
1979-1983
COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY
• Member of Livingstone College Business Club, (Aug. 1979 to May 1983)
• Statistician for Livingstone College Men's Basketball Team, (Oct. 1979 to March 1983)
• Certified Basketball Official of the International Association of Approved Basketball Official.
(IAABO) Queens Board # 119, (Sept. 1991 to April 2013)
• Member of the New York City Board of Girls Basketball Association, (Oct. 1997 to May 2012)
• Member of the Multi-County Basketball Officials Association, Lawrenceville, Georgia, (Nov. 2013
to Present)