Human Resource Management

MICHAEL E. LOPEZ

**** ****** **** *********, *******, AL 35055

Home: 256-***-**** - Cell: 205-***-**** - acz0ph@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

Seeking a position in Accounting where I will be able to expand my knowledge and skills developed in previous employment. With over 20 years’ experience in Accounting, Human Resource Management, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Balance Sheet Reconciliation and Financial Statement preparation, I have confidence, I could be an asset to your organization.

SKILLS

MS Office 36 (Excel)

Financial Reporting

QuickBooks Pro

Budget Development

SAP / AS 400

SAGE

Account Reconciliation

J D Edwards

US GAAP Compliance

WORK EXPERIENCE

09/2016 – Present

Cost Accountant (Contract Position)

Lear Corporation – Montgomery, AL.

Month End close, all Journal Entries and all costing duties.

Populated all current cost to Standard cost monthly, updating the

Bill of Materials and Invoices were Popped at the Hyundai plant for Seat Sets.

Posting all daily sales and updating the Popped Invoices for all seat sets.

Rolling the standard cost monthly and researching all variances.

04/2016 – 8/2016

Cost Accountant / Assistant Controller (Contract Position)

Fire Rock Products – Birmingham, AL

* Performed all month end close functions and maintained the costing

System, by setting up products and maintaining the Bill of materials.

Maintained all Payroll personnel files and booked all payroll journal entries.

Hands on approach to monthly physical Inventories and researched all variances.

Worked with A/R and A/P on all issues and made sure we had clean cut-offs monthly.

01/2014 – 4/2016

Financial Administrative Manager (Plant Controller)

Saputo Dairy USA LLC. – Decatur, Al.

Led monthly meetings with directors to analyze spending and provide financial recommendations, comparing variances of actual cost to budget cost.

Perform all financial activities to include P&L statements and created journal entries.

Management reports and balanced all general ledger accounts monthly.

Developed forecasting tools and dashboards to analyze revenue variances.

Monitored industry trends and updated monthly standards to actual costs.

Maintained all scrap and cost efficiency reports for management daily

and weekly and explained variances compared to standards.

Prepared weekly financial statements and tracked all labor and

overtime and overhead expenditures.

Created a 2-day month end close that was accurate and beneficial for senior

management to make timely decisions.

04/2013 – 12/2013

Cost Accountant

Perfection Chain – Cullman, AL

Maintained integrity of general ledger, including the chart of accounts.

Analyzed monthly balance sheet accounts for corporate reporting.

Generated financial statements and facilitated account closing procedures each month.

Compiled general ledger entries on a short schedule with nearly 100% accuracy.

Created periodic reports comparing budgeted costs to actual costs.

Maintained all Scrap and Cost efficiency reports for Management weekly.

All Inventory Control functions, maintained and created all bill of materials.

Collections of all accounts receivables and maintained customer relations.

01/2012 – 04/2013

Plant Controller

Mitchell Plastic – Huntsville, AL

Modified a comprehensive financial reporting package to reflect growing organizational complexity.

Analyzed monthly balance sheet accounts for corporate reporting.

Financial statement preparation with timely and an accurate 3 days close.

Maintained and set up all Bill of materials, and maintained costing system.

Directed three annual physical Inventories and responsible for all variances.

Prepared daily Labor Efficiencies variance reports and explained variances weekly.

Prepared daily scrap analysis reports and explained variances weekly.

03/2001 – 06/2011

Plant Controller

Serta Mattress – Cullman, AL

Financial statements preparation with timely and accurate 3 days close.

Compiled general ledger entries on a short schedule with nearly 100% accuracy.

Responsible for all Human Resource activity and Plant management decisions.

Created periodic reports comparing budgeted costs to actual costs.

All Inventory control functions, maintained and set up all bill of materials, calculated monthly Material cost and verified all variances.

Managed and conducted 4 - physical Inventories annually, reduced our average shrinkage from $250K to $10K per Physical Inventory.

Collections and Receivables, were at over 60 days DSO and within 1 year

were below 31 DSO, took a hands on approach with customers.

06/1989 – 02/2001

Plant Controller / Assistant Controller

Sepco – Birmingham, AL

Started as assistant controller and was promoted to Plant controller after 5 years.

Maintained integrity of general ledger, including the chart of accounts.

Generated financial statements and facilitated account closing procedures each month.

All bank Reconciliations and balance sheet reconciliations for 12 companies.

Inventory management and maintained costing system and bill of materials.

Responsible for all Human Resource activities and supervised all office staff.

Handled all Collection and Accounts Receivable directives and final decisions.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science: Accounting / Banking & Finance

Jacksonville State University - Jacksonville, AL

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Comprehensive knowledge of accounting and auditing principles, A/P, A/R, payroll, general ledger postings, invoicing, taxation reporting, SOX compliance and guidelines, GAAP principles, developing and delivering monthly, quarterly, and annual profit and loss statements and balance sheets within strict deadlines, balancing reconciliations in a timely and accurate manner. Performed warehouse distribution managerial duties for two years while performing all logistic and cycle count inventory functions and supervising 250 employees, performed all human resource responsibilities for a unionized plant and coordinating all union contracts and negotiations, keen ability to analyze cost control, providing timely and frequent finance reports that supports corporate goals and objectives, proven ability to identify and implement improvements that streamline processes and increase efficiency and productivity, proficient with programs such as: MS office (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint), JD Edwards, SAP, AS400, BPCS, Eskers A/P, and QuickBooks Pro.

REFERENCES

Serta Mattress – Frank Clark – Tri-Management Team 303-***-****

Mitchell Plastic – Michael Hudson – General Manager 256-***-****

City of Hanceville – Mayor – Kenneth Nail 256--590-7159

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