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Group Resources - Patricia Phelps -
Dixon Hughes Dealership Services Consulting
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Pat Phelps of Dixon Hughes began her automotive
career in l962, at the age of l6, with a
GM dealer as the dealer's secretary. She
figured car payments, typed sales contracts,
receipted car payments, posted received and
sold parts on the card inventory system,
set up new and used car inventory on the
card inventory system as well as posted repairs
and accessories to the system, wrote and
submitted warranty claims, and cashiered
for service. Within a year she was taught
cost accounting and posted all accounting
entries manually. From this began a life
long career in the automotive world.
With 42 years of domestic and import dealership
experience, Pat brings extensive "hands-on"
experience to every position in the accounting
office, including office manger and controller.
She has worked as a controller for single
point dealers, multi-franchised dealers,
mega dealers and a dealer development group
dealer. Pat has been actively involved in
buy-sell situations, as well as initial startup
procedures for new dealers. She also worked
as an F&I manager for 3 years.
As a Dixon-Hughes consultant,
Pat assists
her clients in all areas of accounting
which
includes accounts payable and
receivable,
cash flow analysis, bank reconciliations,
budget preparation, individual
and consolidated
financial statements, general
ledger, payroll
administration, inventory valuation
and control,
monthly closings, in house dealership
training
for every accounting position
including office
manager and controller, set up
and or "fine
tune" the daily doc, aids
in better
set ups for F&I interface
to accounting
and in implementing policies
and procedures
for internal controls.
Pat holds the following awards
and certifications:
· National Accountants Honor
Roll
· Toyota Business Management
Award (30 yrs)
· IBM AS/400 - Experience in
Automotive Accounting
· Reynolds & Reynolds - Experience
in
ERA II Accounting System
· UCS - Experience in Integrated
Accounting
Systems
· Jeff Sacks - Certified in School
of Automotive
Accounting
For more information contact Pat Phelps at:
Fax: (205) 212-5382
Cell: (205) 296-1383
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