Experience

Republic Plastics

• United States
• Plastics Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Accountant/Financial Analyst

  • Apr 2011 - Present



Souper Salad

• United States
• Restaurants
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Accountant

  • Jan 2008 - Nov 2010

  Responsibilities included forecasting weekly sales and preparing monthly and yearly sales, labor, expense, and EBITDA forecasts Assisted in the preparation of the monthly and yearly financial statements and packages presented to both internal management and external reporting entities Prepared ad hoc reports and scenario analysis for marketing and management regarding changes in promotions, guest counts, and controlled expenses Processed, reported, and filed multi-state sales and use taxes Maintained lease files for corporate-owned properties, processed rent and rent-related payments, and verified landlord-submitted expenses and year-end NNN reconciliations Developed the yearly budget for sales, rent, rent related expenses, and labor expenses. Show less



Taco Cabana

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Senior Financial Analyst

  • Mar 2005 - Jan 2008

  Prepared and distributed the monthly financial statements and internal monthly reporting packages. Prepared end-of-month GL analysis on selected accounts and A/R ledgers and coded invoices for capital expenditures. Responsible for credit card sales reconciliation and analysis and credit card chargeback investigation and processing. Worked on weekly COGS analysis and sales reporting, charity Benefit Night donation processing, private liquor club reporting, and functioned as the point of contact for most inter-company queries and documentation transfers. Assisted in the development of the yearly budget and monthly forecasts and trained as a backup for payroll processing. Received Rising Star Award (Salaried Employee of the Year) for 2006. Show less



Columbia Industries, Inc.

• Accountant/Credit Manager

  • Dec 1999 - Mar 2005

  Processed all A/R payments, generated weekly and monthly A/R reports, performed collections, miscellaneous billing and related G/L entries. Responsible for selected G/L account reconciliation, bank statement reconciliations, and sales tax reporting. Responsible for certain aspects of cost and waste monitoring Liaison with MIS/IT for anything relating to accounting software. Functioned as a backup on all aspects of payroll, A/P, and insurance billing and enrollment. Processed all A/R payments, generated weekly and monthly A/R reports, performed collections, miscellaneous billing and related G/L entries. Responsible for selected G/L account reconciliation, bank statement reconciliations, and sales tax reporting. Responsible for certain aspects of cost and waste monitoring Liaison with MIS/IT for anything relating to accounting software. Functioned as a backup on all aspects of payroll, A/P, and insurance billing and enrollment.



Nolato GW, Inc.

• United States
• Plastics Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Accounting Manager

  • Oct 1998 - Nov 1999

  Responsible for finished goods inventory, standard cost monitoring and analysis, manufacturing and quality reports and financial statistics. Supervised an accounts payable/recievable assistant. Functioned as the system administrator for the San Antonio site. Responsible for finished goods inventory, standard cost monitoring and analysis, manufacturing and quality reports and financial statistics. Supervised an accounts payable/recievable assistant. Functioned as the system administrator for the San Antonio site.



Columbia Industries, Inc.

• Product Support Specialist

  • Dec 1997 - Sep 1998

  Functioned as an assistant network administrator supporting accounting software (Solomon IV and Abra) and user hardware and software (MS Office). Functioned as an assistant network administrator supporting accounting software (Solomon IV and Abra) and user hardware and software (MS Office).



Boys and Girls Club of San Antonio

• Controller

  • Oct 1996 - Dec 1997

  Responsible for all financial aspects of the organization and presentation of the monthly financial statements to the Board of Directors and external monitoring agencies. Also functioned as PC technician for the organization. Responsible for all financial aspects of the organization and presentation of the monthly financial statements to the Board of Directors and external monitoring agencies. Also functioned as PC technician for the organization.