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Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

Dallas, Texas, United States

Plano, Texas

Plano, Texas

Fort Worth, Tx

• Oversee all, budgeting, forecasting, month-end close, financial reporting, procurement, storeroom, payroll, and TTB compliance processes for brewery with ~$145M annual operating budget (~$500M annual spend when consider all procurement activities)• Strong focus on driving continuous improvement initiatives• Finance lead on Asset Care strategy committee• Led brewery to cost savings commitment target of $4M in 2012• Identified weakness in cash deposit process that resulted in cost savings of ~$400k and a cash recovery of $1.6M• Implemented improved stale inventory review process that led to spare parts inventory reductions of over $100K year-over-year for 2012 and 2013• Improved brewery’s forecast accuracy by guiding brewery to within $74k of July’s YTD full year forecast (against $60M spend during that period) • Supported annual capital plan of $25 - $30M by ensuring target ROI achievement and ensuring that capital guidelines were followed and best investment decisions were made• Member of the brewery’s Asset Care Leadership team focused on driving improvements in the facilities maintenance efficiency and cost reduction• Led brewery’s Macro Extract Loss team focusing on waste elimination and efficiency improvement• Instrumental in implementing organizational design strategy to restructure salaried workforce • Currently board member for the Fort Worth Cowtown Marathon• Serve as Treasurer for brewery’s Employee Resource Group (ERG) that centers around leveraging our company’s diversity & inclusion

Fort Worth, Tx

• Responsible for managing and developing a workforce of six salaried personnel• Lead and direct annual budgeting effort in excess of $145M pertaining to production output in excess of 8M barrels • Instrumental in the development and implementation of a co-product revenue reporting tool utilized company-wide to track revenue performance• Accurately track brewery scorecard and performance metrics• Created and conducted valuable financial policy training for all salaried personnel• Conducted annual 3-year planning discussions to ensure plans are in place to support enterprise savings objectives• Oversee month-end close process to ensure financials reflect actual financial performance• Conduct monthly balance sheet review to ensure GL balances are appropriate and fully supported• Active member of management strategy team focused on the brewery’s cost reduction efforts• Member of the brewery’s volunteer committee

Fort Worth, Tx

Provide financial analysis, budgetary, and forecasting support for brewery with annual output exceeding 8 million barrels. • Very strong emphasis of financial forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis• Experience in financially supporting the following departments within the brewery: Brewing, Packaging, Maintenance, Quality Services, Distribution, and Utilities• Created labor efficiency model that helped attain greater forecast accuracy and more efficient labor management• Developed financial forecast models for a monthly labor budget in excess of $1.7 million dollars and monthly maintenance expenses in excess of $400,000. Model has allowed month-end forecasting to be within +/-$10K of actual spending, compared to approximately +/-$40K prior to implementation• Created and implemented maintenance cost forecasting model and spending plan to involve front-line leadership in weekly and monthly forecasting process. Dramatically improved accuracy of weekly forecast and budget management• Implemented new format for brewery monthly financial package that separates uncontrollable cost components (economics, timing, and volume/mix) to more accurately capture true financial performance

Arlington, Tx

Manage all accounting, finance, purchasing, shipping, HR, and Customer Service for a paint manufacturing plant with annual production in excess of 6 million pounds and 65 employees.• Monitored actual expenses on P&L vs. budget, providing upper-level management with support/explanations for variances outside of the norm and also made necessary entries to correct errors identified• Oversaw annual budgeting process for site and compiled monthly forecasts in relation to established budget • Accountable for entire FCA addition/retirement process for site. Including the preparation of proposals, obtaining approvals for projects prior to spending, monitoring actual spending vs. approval limits, ensuring proper support of all spending for projects, creation/distribution of monthly CPURs (Capital Project Update Reports), final submission of projects for capitalization, and monthly reconciliation of CIP account• Identified over $30,000 in cost savings within first year by identifying errors made in the site’s monthly employee incentive plan• Participated in Six Sigma project that was validated to save over $200,000 in 2006 by greatly reducing production line down time and scrap yield• Implemented a team-oriented daily production reporting change that has increased daily production by 20%

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Supervised 11 internal auditors conducting detailed financial and operational audits of more than 500 retail paint stores located throughout the southeastern United States.• Conducted detailed financial analyses of reports such as P&L, Trial Balance and Inventory Trend Report• Recruited, interviewed (more than 100 candidates per year) and hired Field Auditors• Recommended improvements in company operations to ensure proper controls were in place to avoid identified risksField Auditor, Little Rock, Arkansas (March 2003 – September 2004)Conducted detailed, risk-based audits for more than 50 retail paint stores in assigned territory to protect company assets and identify operational and financial risks.• Selected to train new field auditors after only seven months in the position• Analyzed and investigated financial data, including GL entries, in order to optimize store profitability and verify the accuracy of financial reporting• Identified and reported significant audit findings that appeared in five of six consecutive quarterly Executive Summary Letters• Conducted Inventory investigations for store’s with excessive (>2% to sales) shrink/pick-up in order to identify errors made or support the results

Master'S Of Professional Accounting

Bs, Finance

Activities and Societies: Sigma Chi fraternity

Bachelor'S Degree, Corporate Finance