KENNETH M. BAKER

**** ****** ****** ****, ******, TX 77386

Phone: 936-***-****

abmhcn@r.postjobfree.com

SPECIALIZED IN:

. Financial and Operations Reporting - development, design, production, and

analysis

. Budgeting, Forecasting, Strategic Planning, Project Analysis - leading

the process

. Energy Procurement - contract and pricing negotiations, hedging analysis

. ERP Systems - experienced in proprietary systems, JD Edwards, B&L, JD

Edwards One World

. Manufacturing Costing - experienced in system design, implementation, and

management

. Inventory Accounting - both actual and standard cost valuations

. Financial Management - experienced in leading Accounting, Purchasing,

Payroll, IT/Systems

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE / ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Abitibibowater, North American Recycling Division - Houston, Texas

Business: Recycled Material Procurement, Collection, and Processing

Accounting Supervisor - Mar/2008 to Present

. Accounting Responsibility for West Region (3 Processing Centers, 5

Collection Centers)

. Accounting Responsibility for Abitibibowater Southern Paper Mills

. Redesigned monthly P&L to present financials results by product stream

. Redesigned and produced monthly financial & statistical package

. Summary and analysis of operations to corporate managers

. Heavy involvement in budgeting, forecasting, long range planning and

analysis

. Redesigned budgeting template for use by all 21 centers and corporate

management

. Design and implementation of numerous profitability and analytical

reports

. Supervised 1 employee

Citation Corporation, Lufkin Division - Lufkin, Texas

Business: Ductile Iron Manufacturing - Safety Critical Parts for the

Automotive Industry

Controller 2004-2007, Senior Cost Accountant - Aug/2007 to Feb/2008

. Overall authority for financial operation of the division

. Led all budgeting, forecasting, long range planning and analysis

activities

. Designed and produced monthly financial & statistical package

. Managed standard cost system for approximately 350 individual parts

. Summary and analysis of operations to corporate managers

. Inventory Accounting - standard and average cost valuations

. Managed Energy procurement - supplier selection, contracts, pricing,

hedging

. Led general accounting - audit, monthly close, account reconciliation,

journal entries, audit

. Managed payroll - approximately 550 employees

. Overall authority for Finance, Payroll, Purchasing, and IT/Systems

. Monitored and maintained internal controls.

. Supervised and led staff of 13.

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Abitibi Consolidated, Lufkin Mill - Lufkin, Texas

Newsprint & Specialty Paper Manufacturing

Senior Cost Accountant - Dec/1980 thru Mar/2004

. Led the processes in budgeting, forecasting, long range planning and

analysis

. Designed and produced monthly financial & statistical package

. Designed and produced product costing process (standard and actual cost

hybrid)

. Produced all sales analysis reports and analyses

. Inventory Accounting - standard and average cost valuations

. Heavy involvement in general accounting - audit, monthly close, account

reconciliation, journal entries

EDUCATION

Bachelors of Business Administration: Stephen F. Austin State University,

Nacogdoches, Texas (1979)

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