Mark F. Wolk.

abncfm@r.postjobfree.com

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Gulfport, MS 39507

228-***-****)

Experience

Controller

November 2008 to Present

ThysseenKrupp Steel USA

Responsible for accounting of a greenfield project worth three billion

dollars. Duties include accounting and cost controls of the project and

creating the SAP ERP system, which the plant will use when the project is

operational.

Controller - Gulf Coast Division September 2004 to

November 2008

WG Yates and Sons Construction Co- General Contractor(Entertainment,

Infrastructure, Residential, and Government markets)

Prepare financial statements, forecast, and budget for the division.

Managed a staff of 33 people that provide the general accounting (AR, AP,

Payroll, and Subcontracting) services for the division and all job site

accounting.

Review projects for cost control (Viewpoint) and monitor per budget.

Develop, improve and make recommendations on accounting/operational policy

and procedures for the division.

Keep Joint Venture accounting for a number of Yates JV's.

Work with the project managers, project executives, and general manager of

the division on special projects needed to analyze specific jobs and /or

the division as a whole. Prepare required reports for bonding agencies,

federal agencies and insurance companies.

Experience with US federal government jobs.

Vice President of Finance and General Manager of Liberty Lumber Company,

LLC

Lanier Edwards and Companies October 2002 to

September 2004

Forestry Products and Real Estate

Improve internal controls and upgrade the financial reporting process.

Negotiate, implement, and maintain equipment leases and performance bonds.

Monitor and forecast compliance with bank facility covenants.

Maintain relationship with banking institutions and provide necessary

support to banks on the various real estate transactions and working

capital needs. Advise on tax consequences of the real estate and timber

transactions. Oversee all accounting operations including cost accounting.

General Manager for a $15 million sawmill facility.

Achievements

Promoted to General Manager of Liberty Lumber Company, LLC

Startup manufacturing operations made profitable in first year

Secured $30 million loan and $5.5 million loan

Corporate Controller

Magnatrax Corporation, Eufaula, Alabama June 2000

to April 2002

Manufacturer of Steel Buildings

Public reporting of the Canadian and US operations.

Developed and implemented a comprehensive standardized reporting package

used by the divisions for use in operations reviews and internal financial

reporting.

Coordinate, consolidate, review, and analyze operating budgets, operating

forecasts, and five-year strategic planning process.

Supervise corporate accounting staff.

Coordinate with outside auditors the year-end audit and quarterly reviews

and address any issues, which arise at the divisional levels.

Achievement:

Integration of a $500 million acquisition into the existing accounting

structure while cutting the closing process from three weeks to one week

without the help of a consolidation system.

Controller

Foster Wheeler Corporation, NJ

September 1996 to June 2000

Manufacturing and Construction (Energy and Power Markets)

Prepare, review, and analyze internal management summaries and SEC filings.

Review contracts and proposals that were going out for bid.

Responsible for cash management and budgeting process for the division.

Cost Control review of all jobs associated with the division.

Achievement:

Part of a management team that brought net income from a 1 million dollar

loss to a seven million dollar profit.

Given full financial responsibility of two manufacturing plants after one

year into the job.

Promoted to Corporate Accounting Manager

Hoechst Celanese Corporation, NJ February 1988 to

September 1996

Manufacturer of Plastics, Fibers, Chemicals, and Pharmaceuticals

Prepare, review, and analyze internal management summaries, SEC filings,

and German financial statements.

Responsible for integrity of the corporate general ledger and fixed asset

system while management the six staff accountants.

Project controller for $20 million implementation effort to rebuild

essential chemical equipment for a Hoechst's major product line while

continuing corporate accounting functions.

Supervised the maintaining and reconciling of the pension, fringe, and

benefit areas. This area included preparation of annual financial

statements, development of fringe benefits accounting, and being the

liaison for the company with external auditors and pension administrators.

Served as corporate accounting information systems liaison, duties included

reengineering of the general ledger and financial reporting.

Achievements:

Part of a team that redesigned the company's consolidated reporting system.

The successful project redesigned a consolidation system (Hyperion) for a

$13 billion company with 7 operating units and over 150 product lines.

Lead a team that changed the process on how information fed into the

corporate general ledger while still proving monthly close support. Saved

corporate accounting staff 2 days in closing process.

Promoted to Senior Tax Analyst/Tax Accountant

Research major tax issues for federal, international, state and local

areas, which included planning techniques used to minimize taxation in

various tax areas.

Supervised the preparation of the international, federal, partnership,

state and local returns.

Administered current software package used for company's consolidated

federal and state returns.

Achievements:

Implemented new tax software (Corptax) using client server technology for

all tax returns done by tax department, which total over 5,000 returns.

The length of time saved by the change amounted to a full year of man-hour

savings.

Tax Supervisor

AT&T (Basking Ridge, New Jersey)

1986 to February 1988

Responsible for the consolidated federal tax return.

Rated # 1 in the federal tax group.

Accountant promoted to Senior Tax Accountant

Research Cottrell, Inc. (Bedminster, New Jersey)

1982 to 1985

Manufacturing, Engineering, Construction of Pollution Control Products

Prepared consolidated federal and state returns and tax models for state

estimated returns for sales and use, income and franchise taxes.

Prepared consolidated financial statements.

Reconciled the general ledger and supervised A/R and A/P functions.

Strong exposure to project cost systems.

General Accountant

Mennen Company (Morristown, New Jersey)

1980 to 1982

Manufacturer of Consumer Goods

Prepared consolidated financial statements.

Reconciliation and analysis of general ledger and bank statements.

Supervised internal audit of warehouse inventory and accounts receivable.

Assisted with preparation of budgets and forecasts.

Strong exposure to standard cost systems and LIFO inventory.

Education

University of Scranton- BS in Accounting

Seton Hall University- Masters

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