Manager Accounting

EXPERIENCE

CORRUGATED SERVICES, INC - FORNEY, TEXAS 2008-2009 (400 MILLION DOLLAR

PAPER AND RECYCLING MANUFACTURER)

Divisional Finance Controller - (January 2008 to Present)

. Hands on Manager involved in all finance and accounting activities

including month end process and close, bank and accounting recs, tax

returns, GAAP and SOX compliance, and all financial statement preparation

and reporting.

. Manage all AR, AP, payroll, accounting and finance for 8 manufacturing

plants and plant brokerage business in various states

. Supervise all close and month end process including journal entries,

account and bank reconciliation, and financial statement preparation.

. Provide technical accounting and financial support and to operating

managers, interpreting accounting reports and statements.

. Supervise multiple personnel in various states and maintain general

ledger in Oracle for all plant transactions.

. Manage entire budgeting, forecasting and planning function for CSI,

responsible for $400M revenue and expense budget

Synned, Inc - Dallas, Texas 2006-2007

Franchisee of 18 Burger Kings, 11 Blockbusters, 38 Applebee's and Real

Estate Investments

VP of Finance - (November 2006 - Dec 2007)

. Supervised all accounting activities including month end process and

close, bank and accounting recs, tax returns, GAAP and SOX compliance,

and all financial statement preparation and reporting.

. Managed all financial planning & analysis, strategic planning,

accounting, real estate, HR and analytical functions for Synned, Inc

. Coordinated the planning and analysis on all budgeting, accounting, cash

flow management, reporting, strategic analysis and plans, pricing models,

acquisitions, and potential financing of restaurant chains and concepts

. Focused on financial and operational improvements at all levels within

the organization for all restaurant chains and provide direction and

models around all M&A activities to owner

. Managed and coordinated the relationships with independent auditors and

CPA firm, banks, outside legal counsel, and investment institutions,

including Banks and Venture Capitalist firms

APEX RESTAURANT GROUP - Plano, Texas 2005-2006

VP of Financial Planning & Analysis - (April 2005 - November 2006)

. Managed all financial planning & analysis, strategic planning, and

analytical functions for Apex which includes 4 restaurant chains:

Dakota's Steakhouse, Sirloin Saloon, Blue Chalk Caf , and Left at

Albuquerque

. Coordinated the planning and analysis on all budgeting, accounting, cash

flow management, reporting, strategic analysis and plans, pricing models,

acquisitions, and potential financing of restaurant chains and concepts

. Managed all planning and analysis and acquisitions to support over 20

potential acquisitions in 2005 and 2006, including due diligence and

auditing function on all deals

. Coordinated major projects for new initiatives and mergers &

acquisitions, including budgeting and new concept development, potential

acquisition analysis, customer retention and acquisition analysis, gift

card program creation, HR improvements, and new credit card policies and

savings

. Provided analytical services for Marketing on advertising effectiveness,

customer retention, and penetration promotions

. Focused on financial and operational improvements at all levels within

the organization for all restaurant chains

BLOCKBUSTER - Dallas, Texas 2000-2005

Senior Manager of Finance, Domestic Finance Operations - (2004-April 2005)

. Managed and supervised all finance operations for the Southwest

Blockbuster Stores.

. 3 financial analysts reported into me, and helped support the Area and

other key projects under my supervision.

. Managed all financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and ad-hoc

analysis for over 4,500 stores and budgets that exceed 4.5 Billion

dollars in revenue.

. Became Team Leader for entire 2005 Store Level and Top Level Budgeting

Process

. Directed and Supervised all Reporting and Financial Systems for Domestic

Finance Operations

. Finance business partner with IT and Subject Matter Expert on Peoplesoft

conversion

. Coordinated all forecasting and models as it relates to Blockbuster's

new initiatives such as No Late Fees, DVD Trading, and Game Rush

Manager of Finance, Domestic Finance Operations - (2002-2003)

. Managed all finance operations for the Midwest and Southwest Blockbuster

Stores.

. 3 financial analysts reported into me, and helped support the Area's

under my supervision.

. Supervised all financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and

accounting responsibility for over 1500 stores and budgets that exceed

1.5 Billion dollars in revenue.

. Helped to provide financial support to over 150 District Leaders, and 15

Regional Director's of Operations in the field.

. Provided key financial support to 2 Area Senior Vice President's of

Operations.

Senior Strategic Planning Analyst - 2000 to 2002

. Focused on support for the Real Estate Development group and Marketing

Group.

. Built models using SAS and SPSS, examples are the new store revenue

model, cannibalization model, and an optimizer model.

. Developed applications in Access and Excel to further enhance analysis

and decisions, this included the entire Store Renewal process, Capital

spending on stores (built tool that budgeted and determined spending of

over 50 million a year).

. Major projects: Negative Margin Stores Analysis and Report, Analysis on

pricing issue in stores and determining ways to correctly price stores,

developed analysis on potential acquisition of Competitors stores such as

Video land and Video Update, joint venture with Radio Shack and

McDonald's.

. Financial analysis and ad hoc reporting for Direct Mail, CRM, and other

Marketing Programs.

RAYTHEON - McKinney, Texas 1999-2000

Budget Analyst II - (1999-2000)

. Analyst for the factory, this included the Operations and Quality

portion, responsible for maintaining overhead and financial budgets for

over 300 people.

. Maintained monthly and yearly forecasts for the factory and built yearly

budgets that exceeded 10 million dollars .

. Developed crossover labor reports and maintained all financial and

accounting reporting for the factory.

. Statistical specialist for Raytheon Six Sigma program, provided analysis

on all projects in McKinney.

. Developed and designed key financial metrics and reporting tools for

things such as cycle time and variance reports.

CENTER FOR REGIONAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Commerce, Texas

Research and Forecasting Analyst - (1997-1999)

. Major Projects: Developed complete Business plan for Santa Fe Energy

Resources in Houston, which contained complete market and financial

analysis of oil industry and the feasibility of employees owning the

company.

. Developed Economic project for the State Park Service on Lake Sam Rayburn

in Lufkin, focused in on developing the area and attracting visitors to

the lake and park, complete study including financial analysis on what it

would cost and recommendations to the State Park Service.

EDUCATION

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY - COMMERCE

Master's of Science in Economics

Master's of Science in Finance

Bachelor's of Science, Double Major in Economics and

Agriculture

computer skills

E-VIEWS, SORITEC, SPSS, SAS, MINITAB, IMPLAN PRO, CONTROL EXCEL, HYPERION

ESSBASE, PEOPLESOFT, AND TM01; MICROSOFT OFFICE PRODUCTS, ORACLE,

QUICKBOOKS AND JD EDWARDS

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