Experience

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  Chris Barker, CPA & Associates, PLLC

  • Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

  • Member

    • Apr 2022 - Present
    • Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

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  Verivest

  • Tax Manager

    • Aug 2021 - Mar 2022

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  Eide Bailly LLP

  • Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

  • Senior Tax Accountant

    • Oct 2019 - Mar 2021
    • Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

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  Dembo Jones, P.C.

  • Senior Accountant

    • Jul 2016 - Sep 2019

    Assist in and conduct financial statement audit, review, and compilation engagements for large and small organizations. Prepare individual and corporate returns. Analyze financial statements and research and counsel clients on a variety of audit and tax related issues. Proactively interact with client's management to gather information, resolve problems and make recommendations for business and process improvements.

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  KPMG

  • Senior Accountant

    • Nov 2018 - Jan 2019

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  Montgomery College

  • Rockville, <D

  • Lecturer

    • Jan 2018 - Nov 2018
    • Rockville, <D

    Collaborated with faculty members each semester to plan and provide services for multiple accounting courses. Provide subject matter instruction to students, individuals and as a group. Teach self-advocacy skills and academic skills and prepare, facilitate, and lead materials/lessons for study sessions. Refer students to resources, learning centers, and departments at the college and strategize with faculty to identify and support students with highest need.

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  KPMG

  • Washington D.C. Metro Area

  • KPMG

    • Aug 2017 - Jan 2018
    • Washington D.C. Metro Area

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  KPMG

  • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

  • KPMG

    • Oct 2016 - Dec 2016
    • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

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  Public Company Accounting Oversight Board

  • Washington D.C. Metro Area

  • Accounting Intern

    • Jan 2016 - Jun 2016
    • Washington D.C. Metro Area

    Provided support to the PCAOB Division of Enforcement and Investigations by assisting the attorneys and accountants with the collection and analysis of financial and non-financial information, research, the organization of documents, and other areas related to investigating and bringing cases against registered accounting firms and their associated persons. The cases for which I provided support were related to violations including improperly altering work papers and the issuance of materially false audit reports, resulting in the largest ever imposed civil penalty by the PCAOB, $8,000,000, and 12 individual sanctions.

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  Montgomery County Circuit Court

  • Rockville, MD

  • Civil Clerk

    • Nov 2013 - Jul 2015
    • Rockville, MD

    Managed and recorded approximately 17,000 filings into the Montgomery County Circuit Court computer system pertaining to items including case events, case activity, regular pleadings, motions, orders and judgments. Reviewed legal documents for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with rules. Determined proper routing of complaints and other filings. Issued summonses, subpoenas, orders and similar items. Provided information about court process to the public on a daily basis via phone, Internet, and face-to-face communication.

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  AmeriCorps

  • Takoma Park, MD

  • Coordination and Partnership Specialist

    • Oct 2012 - Aug 2013
    • Takoma Park, MD

    Trained and developed a team of 20 mediators for mediation services in the areas of separation, work related conflict, neighborhood disputes, contract disputes, and landlord-tenant disputes, increasing volunteer workforce by 100 percent. Processed and tracked case correspondence for 214 mediation participants; and monitored, drafted, and entered mediation data and agreements into the Mediation and Dispute Tracking computer system. Initiated, designed, and implemented center Policies and Procedures for Case Management, reducing average wait-times for mediation from 6 weeks to 2 weeks and overall center annual performance by 157 percent. Performed 250 hours of quality mediation services with an 88 percent agreement rate for mediations concerning separation/divorce, work related conflict, neighborhood disputes, and landlord-tenant disputes.

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  United States Army Reserve

  • Aurora, CO.

  • Medical Operations & Logistics Officer, Captain

    • May 2009 - May 2012
    • Aurora, CO.

    Developed and oversaw monthly and annual training schedules, Field Training Exercises, and other major training events for 300 Soldiers. Completed monthly, quarterly and annual inventories totaling $10 million, consisting of equipment including 5-ton trucks, HMMVs, weapons, medical supplies, and other individual pieces of equipment. Implemented distribution and logistic strategies, ensuring timely delivery of medical supplies to approximately 4,200 Soldiers while coaching and mentoring Soldiers assigned to Logistics. Promoted effective communication by maintaining up-to-date contact information and facilitating monthly conference calls, increasing attendance and generating higher productivity, integrity and responsibility.

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  United States Army National Guard

  • Bristow, OK

  • Combat Engineer, Specialist

    • Jun 2004 - May 2009
    • Bristow, OK

    Served as a member of a combat team in constructing fighting positions, fixed bridges, obstacles and defensive positions. Operated various light and heavy vehicles while participating in combat mobility, countermobility, and survivability operations. Placed and detonated explosives, conducted operations including route clearance of obstacles and rivers, and prepared and installed firing systems.