RENE LOPEZ

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PASADENA, TEXAS

Phone: 713-***-**** E-mail: ac7jp8@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY:

To obtain a position that will utilize my years of experience and talent, and allow for a successful integration of myself to the team.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Calumet Specialty Products July 2015-Mar 2018

Plant Controller

Profit and Loss (Income Statement)

Balance Sheet reconciliations

Purchase order Analysis

Accounts Payable approver

Budget Preparation

Profit and Loss Income Variance Analysis – month to month.

Inventory costing

Labor rate variance

Purchasing price variance

Material yield variance

Hands on approach

Frank’s International, Houston, TX 1998 - 2014

Assistant Controller South America / Senior Internal Control Auditor

Responsible for financial statements, balance sheet, statement of cash flow and the understanding of taxing requirement within each country

Installation of all accounting systems and internal control in South America

Interviewed and employed all in country national controllers

Supervision of year end audits and consolidations of worldwide holdings

Hands on approach to installing all accounting functions

Financial Statement Reporting

Profit and Loss Statements

General Ledger responsibilities

Accounts Payable / Accounts Receivable

Asset Depreciation, balance sheet and income statements

Implementation of new policies and daily contact with all international holdings

Primary country responsibilities included Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela and Trinidad

Responsible for all installations and registration of new startups South America

Major Achievements:

Rebuilt the Venezuelan accounting group and system to be GAAP and corporate compliant

Opened and built the Mexico, Ecuador, Columbian, Peru, Brazil, Argentina and Bolivia offices, which included hiring accounting personnel, install of accounting systems, review of Taxation and established banking and external audit relationships

Lone Star Lead Construction / Doe Run Corporation 1995 - 1997

Division Controller ….(Position Continues from previous Owners)

Created and implemented using a job cost system and the accounting for Lone Star Lead Construction a new Division for The Doe Run Resource Corp., the largest lead mining producer in the United States

Financial Statement Reporting

Balance Sheet

Profit and Loss Statements

General Ledger responsibilities

Payroll implementations using the PY2000 Payroll System

Accounts Payable / Accounts Receivable

Bank Relations

Inventories and Cash Management

Greatly involved in pay estimates, partial lien and waivers and final lien and waivers

Instrumental in budget forecast and sales forecast which are done on a quarterly and yearly basis

Responsible for management of 401k requirements, funding and asset protection

Major Achievements:

Installed and maintained a new computerized network system. Initially using Lantastic and finally switching over to Windows NT

Obtained California, Louisiana and Arizona Contractors License

Federated Metals, Inc./Lone Star lead Construction … (owned by Asarco Inc.,) 1988 - 1995

Controller

Oversaw all accounting procedures for two major companies; Federated Metals a Maquilladora company with foundry operations in Mexico, and Lone Star Lead, a heavy construction and radiation protection company with extensive operations throughout the United States

Federated Metals, Inc., - Manufacturer of corrosive control anodes for the oil industry

Lone Star Lead Construction - lead lining chemical tanks and X-ray radiation protection for the health industry

Frequently travel to Mexico, supervised and consolidated financial statements between Federated Metals and Metales Federados a Mexican subsidiary of Federated Metals

Financial Statement Reporting

Balance Sheet

Profit and Loss Statements

General Ledger responsibilities

Payroll implementations using the PY2000 Payroll System

Accounts Payable / Accounts Receivable

Bank Relations

Inventories and Cash Management

Greatly involved in pay estimates, partial lien and waivers and final lien and waivers

Instrumental in budget forecast and sales forecast which are done on a quarterly and yearly basis

Responsible for all accounting operations

Financial Statements, and accounting for seven plants throughout the United States

Prepared budgets

Cash management

All accounting functions

Responsible for management of 401k requirements, funding and asset protection

Major Achievements:

Performed systems analysis at Mexican plant

Worked with programmers to develop and install a computerized system in Mexico to facilitate getting required information

Obtained contractor’s license for Arizona, California, Louisiana

Jacob Stern & Sons, Inc., Houston, TX 1985 - 1988

Sr. Accounting Manager

Supervised, trained, and evaluated the work of five accounting and export personnel

Managed all accounting functions for four related interstate corporations grossing more than $100 million annually

Account payables and receivables

Payroll

Inventory management

Bank account reconciliation

General ledger

Forecasting and all governmental reporting

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Microsoft Office Suite (Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Word), F9, Certiflex Accounting Package, ADP, Macola, Peachtree, J.D. Edwards, SAP

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE:

United States Air Force Served as an Electronic Technician for 4 years, honorably discharged

LANGUAGES:

Trilingual (English/Spanish/Portuguese)

EDUCATION:

Bachelors in Accounting - University of Houston

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