Director of Finance

KRISTIN LOPEZ

adkcfj@r.postjobfree.com - 908-***-****

Summary: Meticulous Accounting Professional with diverse industry expertise who undertakes complex assignments, meets tight deadlines and delivers superior performance.

Core competencies include:

Financial Reporting * Financial Statements * Budgeting/Forecasting * Expense Management * Internal Controls * Treasury/Cash Management * Financial Analysis * Strategic Planning * Audit Preparation * Group Benefits Administration * Bank, AP & AR Reconciliations * Payroll Processing * Asset Management * QuickBooks * Solomon * Lawson * Shared Logic * Great Plains * Microsoft Office * People Soft * UltiPro * Hyperion

EXPERIENCE

Universal Technical Institute Bloomfield, NJ & Exton, PA Controller 7/19 - Present

Prepares financial and analytical support for campus and corporate management and manages the accounting and purchasing functions for both campuses.

Performs monthly, quarterly and yearly close. Identifies risk factors, analyzes and creates trend information related to both business units.

Prepares analyzes and interprets statistical, financial and management planning data for decision making and strategic planning through quarterly ops reviews.

Develops and leads the budget and reforecast process for each business unit. Provides analysis to the Campus Presidents and Corporate on trend and growth.

Ensures compliance with established controls.

RBF International, Inc. Edison, NJ

Director of Accounting 04/18-7/19

Prepared consolidated financial statements including analyzing General Ledger account activity, account reconciliations and sales tax filings.

Developed revenue and expense analysis, projections, reports and presentations. Analyzed monthly, quarterly and annual reports and ensured all information had been recorded accurately.

Processed management reports; Brand/Customer top account reports; margin reports by store.

Provided forecast updates annual/monthly/weekly forecast to budget and Prior Year comparison.

Reviewed NetSuite software packages and POS systems to upgrade from QuickBooks.

Presented annual budget models for P&L and Balance Sheet along with supporting analysis for Sales, Margins and SG&A expenses. Assisted in the process of asset acquisitions and purchase price allocations.

Implemented QuickBooks setting up COA from the ground up.

Created Accounting Policy and Procedure Manual.

Negotiated lower fees with Bank of America. Implemented Cash Pro Treasury Management System.

Processed payroll with ADP and Viventium payroll services including training of back up.

Marist High School Bayonne, NJ Finance Officer 07/15-4/18

Spearheaded a Save the School campaign raising over $700K.

Reduced operating expenses by 25% by renegotiating contracts.

As part of a team, initiated Marist High School’s first ever carnival which generated additional income for the school also increased facility rental income by $50K annually.

Reduced salary expense by 25% by restructuring faculty positions and staff positions.

Reduced Bad Debt expense from tuition accounts through persistent follow up and communication with parents.

Created Accounting Policy and Procedure Manual.

Managed vendor contracts and payment of all bills.

Assisted families with the application of tuition assistance; reviewing eligibility for financial aid.

Managed and reported overdue tuition accounts; communicated with parents whose tuition accounts were in arrears.

Monitored Advancement Office revenues including detailed analysis on all grants.

Generated teacher contracts; oversaw vetting and paperwork for new hires; processed payroll and oversaw all benefit plans.

Provided monthly reports to all directors who have been assigned financial oversight responsibilities; prepared annual budget and monthly projections to Head of School, Finance Committee and School Board.

Prepared Annual Financial Reports for annual review conducted by Moore Stephens.

Reconciled all banking and investment statements; managed cash flow; maintained banking relationships.

Maintained and evaluated all insurance policies to ensure coverage was adequate and policies were up to date; reported all losses, accidents and injuries to the insurance company.

Nuts.com Cranford

Accounting Manager 04/13-07/15

Oversaw all accounting functions including accounts payable, receivable, benefits and payroll for retail and wholesale operations.

Provided CEO and CFO daily reports of credit card sales and product sales.

Reconciled all QuickBooks accounts and provide daily, weekly and monthly reports to senior management. Very hands-on position, always wearing multiple hats.

Set up chart of accounts in QuickBooks.

Coordinated daily automatic bank feeds to minimize manual entry of banking and credit card transactions.

Processed payroll for 150+ employees and worked with ADP to automate upload of payroll journal entry.

Consistently lowered wholesale accounts receivable past due accounts to less than 1%.

Metalico, Inc. Cranford, NJ

Assistant Corporate Controller *Promotion from Divisional Controller at The Total Cat Group, Inc. 01/08-3/13

Assisted in the management and coordination of all aspects of the accounting and treasury management functions.

Collaborated with senior management to compile annual financial plan using extensive spreadsheet modeling and analysis.

Reviewed all subsidiary financial statements and completed consolidation of all submitted reports.

Managed all company cash including lockboxes and controlled disbursements for $115 million dollars line of revolving credit with JPM Treasury Management System.

Prepared and maintained support for all SEC filings.

Main point of contact with Control Solutions for Sarbanes Oxley audits and JH Cohn for audits.

Aggressively worked with divisional controllers to reduce over 60-day accounts receivable from 15% to 2%.

Reduced interest expense by $100K per year by managing short term credit availability involving revolving credit agreements and reduced bank fees by $25K per year by negotiating with JPM Chase.

Spearheaded smooth transition of treasury management system from Wells Fargo to JPM Chase including set up of all lockbox accounts and controlled disbursements.

The Total Cat Group, Inc. Newark, NJ

Divisional Controller 03/07-12/07

Hands on controller overseeing accounts payable, receivable, benefits and payroll functions at three subsidiaries.

Managed all cash for driver purchases of converters and warehouse deliveries.

Responsible for the preparation and consolidation of Federal Autocat, LLC, Hypercat LLC and Hypercat DMG financial statements.

Main point of contact with Freidman, LLP, auditors.

Provided new hire orientation for all new employees.

Revised chart of accounts to develop uniformity within all divisions.

EDUCATION

B.A. in Organizational Management/Accounting

Felician College, Lodi, NJ

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