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JOSE A. IBARRA

**** **** ***** **. • CLEBURNE, TEXAS 76031 • PHONE 817-***-****

Successful manufacturing controller that teams up with plant management to provide detail performance information that allows management to make operational decisions to improve the efficiency and profitability of an organization

Areas of Responsibility:

Financial Stmt Prep/Review Capital Project Justifications Accounting Staff Development

Inventory Controls (FG & WIP) Production Operations Mgmt Production Controls/Reporting

Raw Materials Management Labor Productivity Analysis Financial Due Diligence

Corporate/Operations Liaison Cost Performance Reporting Multiple Location Acctg

Production Scheduling Acquisition Integration Developed Annual Budget

Six Sigma Champion J.D. Edwards KPI analysis/Dashboard

Monthly Cost Forecasting QuickBooks Enterprise -Mfg Matl Usage Variance Analysis

Financial Results Presentation Corp Fin Stmt Consolidation International Accounting

Bilingual:

Speak, read, and translate Spanish & English fluently.

EXPERIENCE

West-Tex Enterprises, Odessa, Texas June 2017 to Present

President – Family Owned Business

Managed Oilfield Hydration company

Responsible growing the business from $350,000 to $2.650,000 by expanding product offering

Introduced daily profitability/operational result report

Maintained inventory levels at minimum level to achieve inventory turns of 131

Responsible for identifying cost reduction opportunities by leveraging volume discounts

Managed delivery fleet of ten heavy duty trucks.

Grew delivery fleet from 2 to 10 trucks in two and half years to maintain 98% on-time delivery percentage

Responsible for adding major distributorships with Nestle, Sqwincher, Artesia Springs & ReddyIce

Implemented company website in 2019

Central States Mfg, Cedar Hill, TX May 2016 to June 2017

Site Controller

Major responsibility is to partner up with Managing Director to assist him in explaining spending variances and identifying cost reduction opportunities, offering alternatives or suggesting capital investment to mitigate rising operating costs.

Responsible for the production of monthly Financial Statement of two roll forming operations.

Maintained monthly KPI file for Sales, Profit %, Labor, Scrap, Productivity by Line and Logistics for both Facilities.

Prepared and presented annual budget for Cedar Hill & South Texas operations.

Responsible for identifying cost reduction opportunities such as scrap, labor and transportation fleet costs

Capital Expenditure justification writing, project narratives and financial pay back calculations

Managed plant Cycle Count Program, taught reconciliation techniques to warehouse employees.

Conducted weekly review and variance analysis of budgeted operating expenses. (Skinny P&L)

Main plant contact with internal audit team.

Responsible for calculating monthly RMA % by department, presented monthly results to employees.

Analyzed Purchase Price Variance, summarized major causes for variances – Steel, Freight or Other.

Work closely with production manager to reduce overtime from 28% to 8%, understanding need for OT.

Managed the accounting responsibilities for setting up new plant in Seguin, Texas

EXPERIENCE CONT.

Weatherford International, Benbrook, TX Oct 2014 to Apr 2016

Plant & R&D Controller

Responsible for the Financial Statement of Wireline Mfg & R&D operation.

Prepared and entered month end close journal entries for Wireline & R&D Facilities.

Prepare and revise annual budget for Wireline Mfg & R&D operation.

Responsible for revisions to monthly operations and capital spending forecast.

Capital Expenditure justification and monthly spending control.

Assist warehouse personnel manage plant Cycle Count Program to meet with auditor’s requirements.

Perform monthly review and variance analysis of budgeted operating expenses.

Main plant contact with internal audit team.

Responsible for monthly reconciliation of WIP and Perpetual Inventory.

Manage the analysis of Purchase Price Variance and Job Close Variances.

Work closely with plant manager to reduce workforce to match lower plant production demand.

Recommended Tax Management Advisor to Corporate that is expected to save the company $600,000.

Annex Manufacturing, Fort Worth, TX 2010 to Oct 2014

Controller

Responsible for all Financial Reporting of an Automotive Air Conditioning business.

Managed all Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable & Invoicing functions using QuickBooks Enterprise.

Developed a weekly cashflow spreadsheet that improved the financial visibility for the owner.

Served as main business banking contact for Line of Credit covenants - Borrowing Base and Fin. Ratios.

Established yearly operating budgets based on OEM & Aftermarket Sales forecasts.

Developed daily inventory reconciliation between GL & Perpetual Inventory.

Served as Human Resource manager for salaried and hourly employees.

Responsible for the weekly and semi-monthly payroll functions in QuickBooks.

Eliminated 25% health insurance cost increase by introducing the use of HRA.

Decreased business Property Tax by 50%, saving the company $42,000 per year.

Managed the daily financial transactions between company and Chinese manufacturing plants.

Accounted for the transfer and relocation of Thermal Transfer Valve plant to China.

Broan-NuTone Storage Solutions, Cleburne, TX 2007 to 2010

Strategic Business Unit – Controller

Responsible for the Cost and P&L Performance results of Medicine Cabinet businesses.

Managed nine employees (Six Accounting employees & three IT employees).

Integrated Jensen business and Triangle acquisition into Cleburne Facility.

Transferred Range Hood fixed assets to new plant in Tecate, B.C. Mexico.

Established Plant Departmental Operating Budget based on Outside and Intercompany Sales.

Developed interface between ASI (order entry, invoicing, A/R) & Manbase ERP systems (mfg & Inv).

Balanced interfaced transactions between ASI and Manbase systems.

Merged Med. Cab. Balance Sheet & Inc Statement into Range Hood Financials in middle of the year.

Integrated Third Manufacturing plant into the Cleburne Facility (Nov. 2008).

Created and implement 2010 budget that reduced Direct Labor by $2.0 million, Indirect Labor by $3.6 million and Overhead expenses by $1.4 million dollars in response to declining Home Building Market.

Worked directly with Departmental Supervision to raise labor efficiency from 67% to 83% in 4 months.

Created dynamic “What If P&L” template using Xcelsius dashboard software (Business Objects) that allowed for the flexing of sales price, sales volume and variable expenses to determine the effect to the financial bottom line.

Hanson Brick, Fort Worth 2003 to 2007

South Central Region – Operations Controller

Responsible for the Cost Performance results of nine brick plants.

Managed seven employees (Acct. Mgr., Cost Acct., Acct. Payable Supervisor, two A/P clerks, A/R clerk and Payroll clerk).

ROSS system integration for the operations side of business (Inventory, Purchasing, Production Mgmt, Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable).

Established yearly operating budgets all nine manufacturing facilities.

Write capital project justification narratives and create financial models

Conduct monthly P&L review with V. P. of Operations

Variance analysis of labor, raw materials and overhead.

Performed due diligence on acquisition of Athens brick plants from TXI.

Integration of Athens acquisition (Payroll, Inventory, Production, A/P, A/R and Purchasing)

Identified cost saving opportunities by identifying process improvement opportunities via capital projects.

Created departmental Labor productivity reports for hourly incentive program.

Member of Merger & Acquisition team negotiating purchase of south Texas Ready Mix Operation.

Six Sigma Champion as financial support of Six Sigma Black Belt for the Region

TEXWOOD IND., (Subsidiary of Masco) Duncanville, TX 2001 to 2003

Cost Accounting Manager

Responsible for the Cost Performance results of three plants (two cabinet assembly plants and a door plant).

Managed three cost accountants.

Set yearly product cost standards.

Created AS400 queries to produce Standard Material Usage report.

Established 2002 operating budget all manufacturing facilities.

Produce and analyze monthly profit margin by product segment.

Participate in monthly P&L review with V. P. of Finance

Variance analysis of labor, raw materials and overhead.

Identified cost saving opportunities by identifying root cause of material variances.

Created departmental Labor Productivity reports for plants.

TANDYCRAFTS, INC., Fort Worth, TX 1999 to 2001

Corporate Cost Accountant

Liaison between Mexican plant operations & corporate office.

Report daily production results and issues to Chief Operating Officer.

Established daily plant production results meeting.

Work with product managers and production scheduler to ensure production deadlines.

Set product cost standards for YE 2000 (Mexican plant).

Active in streamlining of product design and development.

Analyzed product management’s estimated product cost and profit margin.

Calculated Fort Worth distribution center overhead, freight and import duties rate.

Set distribution center standard cost for all products produced in Mexico.

Established Mexican transfer price / inter-company purchase price.

Set freight and distribution percentage rates for items imported from overseas.

Knowledgeable of the documentation requirements for Mexican segmentation program.

Responsible for yearly physical inventory count and reconciliation.

JAMES HARDIE BUILDING PRODUCTS - Cleburne, TX 1996 to 1999

Plant Controller

Accounted for plant construction project of $57.5 million, created CIP accounts and budgets.

Established direct labor, variable and fixed overhead rates.

Created all standard cost bill of materials Fiber Cement siding plant.

Responsible for production of monthly cost performance statements for largest fiber cement plant in the U.S.

Reduced plant costs by 39% by focusing operations team on “big hit” items, such as, (delay, raw material efficiency, direct labor usage, factory supplies & repair materials and waste). Plant cost was reduced from 29 cents per square foot to 18 cents.

Managed annual physical inventory audit by PricewaterhouseCoopers without any exceptions.

Successfully negotiated lower property valuation during the first year of operation reducing company taxes by $250,000.

UNITED STATES GYPSUM CO. (USG) - El Centro, CA 1993 to 1996

Distribution/Specialty Manager 1995-1996

Cost Accounting Supervisor 1993-1995

UNITED STATES GYPSUM CO. (USG) - Sweetwater, TX 1987 to 1993

Sr. Cost Accountant 1990-1993

Cost Accountant 1987-1990

EDUCATION

Texas Tech University – Lubbock, Texas 1982 to 1986

B.B.A. in Accounting

1996 Certified Zinger Miller facilitator

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