John Stutes is a senior accountant and CPA based in Dallas, TX with over 30 years of experience in public accounting, financial analysis, auditing, and business consulting. He has extensive experience in SAP, financial reporting, internal controls, and process improvement. Most recently, he has worked as a contract senior accountant for various companies, providing accounting, analysis, and special project support. Prior to that, he spent 10 years as a senior accountant and analyst at Verizon, where he led projects analyzing real estate leases and customizing SAP software. He also has management experience as a business unit controller and accounting manager.

1. John Stutes, CPA
Dallas • TX 75219 | (469) 250-7758 | johnmstutes@gmail.com
CORE / TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
* Financial Analysis * Public Accounting * Financial & Operating Auditing
* Excel, Word, SAP * Policy Development * Process Improvement
* Lease Analysis * Internal Controls * Financial Reporting
* Supervisory Experience * GAAP Accounting * Technical Literature
* Journal Entries * Account Reconciliation * Special Projects
John M. Stutes, CPA – Senior Accountant (Contract Employee) 2015 to present
Current Consulting Positions
 Contract Senior Technical Accountant for an international pharmaceutical distributor.
Experience in SAP, reconciliations, journal entries, general ledger, account analysis, and
special projects.
 Acting Controller for professional partnership. Responsibilities included accounts payable,
accounts receivable, cash management, and general ledger.
 Acting Accounting Manager for a large real estate management company. Completed bank
and general ledger reconciliations in Yardi.
Verizon, Inc. – Senior Accountant & Analyst (Consultant Accountant) 2004 to 2014
Fortune 500 international telecommunications company; NYSE: VZ
Performed process improvement, budgeting and business analysis. Executed financial and
operational analysis to determine proper classification of leases and thereby proper accounting
of real estate lease portfolio. Additionally, reviewed leases to detect embedded derivatives.
Responsibilities steadily increased during tenure at Verizon, Inc.
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 Determined proper accounting of Verizon Wireline real estate leases.
 Performed financial analysis of the real estate portfolio to ensure changes, renewals and
expirations were reflected in the accounting records.
 Reviewed and updated SOX documents.
 Kept management informed of important provisions of the fiber optic backbone leases.
Financial, operational and legal analysis of these leases enabled the company to take
advantage of the most cost effective options in the leases.
 Participated in developing SAP policies and procedures and customizing SAP Software for
real estate leases while ensuring policies and procedures were streamlined, cost effective
and in compliance with authoritative literature.
 Implemented materiality thresholds to determine which leases should be individually
analyzed resulting in 25% reduction in analysis time.
 Processed Lease Transactions in SAP.
Axtive Corporation – Business Unit Controller 2001 to 2004
Specialized in search engine optimization and internet marketing strategies
 Managed the financial activities of three subsidiaries resulting in streamlined and cost
effective operations saving the company approximately $75,000.
 Managed cash including factoring, resulting in reduction in factoring fees by 25%.
 Participated in the strategic development of business.
 Negotiated contract terms with vendors resulting in cost savings of 10% of expenses.
 Technical accounting research on all complex transactions.

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Texas Society of CPAs – Technical Reviewer
1998 to 2001
Non-profit association of Certified Public Accountants
Performed technical reviews on Peer Reviews in the Texas Society of CPAs Peer Review
Program. Acted as liaison within the Peer Review Program.
Business Records Corporation – Accounting Manager 1994 to 1998
Closely held $200 million manufacturing and data outsourcing company
Managed inventory, accounts receivable, accounts payable and travel departments. Key
participant in internal, external and SEC reporting.
 Reviewed all major contracts and detected $5 million in errors. Recovered approximately
$2.5 million of the $5 million.
 Supervised teams of employees.
 Participated in corporate budgeting and forecasting processes.
 Identified and reduced obsolete inventory by 40% thus reducing the carrying cost of
inventory.
 Managed the travel department and negotiated new contracts with airlines thus saving the
company approximately $50,000.
 Participated in the successful conversion from System 36 to AS400.
ADDITIONAL PUBLIC ACCOUNTING AND AUDIT EXPERIENCE
Rockwell International, Inc. – Senior Auditor 1988 to 1992
Former International Fortune 500 Manufacturing Corporation
Internal Financial and Operational Audits
KPMG, San Antonio, TX – Senior Accountant 1985 to 1988
Big 4 Public Accounting
Audit and Management Advisory Services
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS
Education
The Universityof Texas at San Antonio
December 1984
B.B.A. in Accounting, Member of Beta Alpha Psi
Texas Tech Law School
Attended 1992 to 1993
Successfully completed first year of law school learning the basis for a law degree including
training in Contracts, Property and Torts.
Certifications
CPA License (TX License ID 045163)