Michael E. Stewart
Dayton, NV 89403
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EDUCATION
MBA Business Administration with an Accounting emphasis - July 2000
Utah State University, Logan UT
GPA 3.46
BA Production Management with a Spanish minor - March 1995
Utah State University, Logan UT
GPA 3.33
COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE
Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Oracle
Applications, AS400
WORK EXPERIENCE
Senior Cost Accountant September 2009 - Present
Chromalloy - Carson City, NV
. Responsible to track and analyze ~$30M of turbine vane and blade
inventory at 3 sites in NV and CA.
. Monthly closing of inventory accounts and material cost of sales.
. Setting standard labor, overhead, and material rates.
. Working with production, planning, and purchasing to provide them
information to increase efficiencies and lower costs.
United States Gypsum Corporation May 2001 - August 2009
Financial Manager Sept 2006 - August 2009
L&W Supply Corporation (Subsidiary of United States Gypsum) - Midvale,
UT
. Prepare monthly financials for 14 wholesale/retail building
materials centers in Utah and Idaho.
. Reconcile Monthly depository, disbursement, and payroll bank
accounts for all centers.
. Prepare and submit state income, withholding, and fuel tax returns
for the division
. Provide Internal Audits at least 3 times a year for all centers in
Utah and Idaho. This consists of reviewing PO's, invoices,
inventory adjustments, etc to make sure we are compliant with
Sarbanes-Oxley standards.
. Maintain fixed asset depreciation schedule.
. Analyze costs and make recommendations of how to better manage our
resources.
. Oversee division payroll process.
. Make updates to, answer questions, and fix problems dealing with
mainframe system.
Supply Chain Manager June 2005 - Aug 2006
United States Gypsum Company - Shoals, IN
. Oversaw all materials purchasing for manufacturing plant that
produces over 50 types of products
. Coordinated with trucking companies on arrival and departure times
for an operation that ships out materials 24 hours a day 61/2 days
a week.
. Oversaw all loading of finished products. Daily shipments average
100 loads a day.
. Oversee all receiving of raw materials.
. Coordinate with operations departments to make sure product will be
available when needed.
. Ensure all loading and loading safely and daily inspections are
being done.
Assistant Plant Controller Feb 2004 - May 2005
United States Gypsum Company - Detroit, MI
. Prepared monthly financial statements which provided an analysis of
costs verses prior year standards for each finished product.
. Analyzed Price and Volume variances on all products at the facility
. Performed reconciliation of inventoried raw materials.
. Calculated production and variance analysis for offsite quarry.
. Accounted for all capital assets depreciation schedules
. Oversaw office personnel of 3 who performed payroll and payables.
. Reported monthly costs and posted to General Ledger
Cost Accountant May 2001 - Jan 2004
United States Gypsum Company - Empire, NV
. Prepared Monthly closing journal entries
. Reconciled monthly inventory counts of raw materials including
gypsum mined from quarry
. Set Yearly standards and analyzed Price, Usage, and Prior Year
Variances for quarry, mill, plaster, and board departments
. Allocated Direct Labor, Raw Materials, and overhead costs to
finished products
. Processed Payroll and accounts payable as needed
. Prepared monthly cost book detailing all product costs for the
month.
. Prepared quarterly tax information to submit to corporate
. Updated all computer spreadsheet from Lotus 123 to Excel.
. Billed out all mill finished goods
Tax Preparer Dec 2000 - April 2001
Tax One LLC - Orem, UT
. Oversaw marketing, finance, and operations of branch
. Prepared Federal and State Income taxes
. Prepared daily reports and forecasts
Assistant Production Manager Aug 1996 - Feb 1999
D.A.S. Company - Orem, UT
. Coordinated production operations
. Oversaw inventory control
. Prepared daily reports