Christian Garza

Owner at 2CL Specialties Construction, LLC
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Grand Prairie, Texas, United States, US
Languages
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Spanish Native or bilingual proficiency

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Experience

    • United States
    • Construction
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Owner
      • Dec 2018 - Present
    • Australia
    • Airlines and Aviation
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Regional Financial Manager
      • Oct 2016 - Oct 2017

      • Managed 22 portfolio accounts in different airports - across Florida and Islands (Puerto Rico & Dominican Republic) • Prepared monthly profit and loss statements, monthly closing accruals & monthly KPI’s • Prepared and reviewed business unit budgets and forecasts - revenue, labor heads, labor hours, operational expenses • Prepared and submitted weekly flash reports to senior management • Prepared and submitted business unit RFP’s – staffing model with labor cost, maintenance cost, operational cost and revenues • Created ad-hoc billing and reporting (in Excel) due to system inabilities • Reviewed and approved all expenditures in iPOS for vendor payment • Maintained iPOS user-approval matrix on an as-needed basis • Reviewed and interpreted all contracts to General Managers for proper billing set up in system • Scheduled and performed forecast and budget meetings with General Managers and Regional VPs for presentation to senior management • Conducted and investigated costs, variances, and risk analysis to determine explanations • Oversaw all billing and collections, monitored all aging invoices and reported financial status to senior management • Analyzed revenue and expenditure trends to ensure controls are in place • Hyperion: Manual Uploads and reporting balancing/reconciliation Show less

    • United States
    • Construction
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Project Engineer
      • Jun 2015 - Oct 2016

      • Responsible for safe delivery of projects to schedule and cost. • Manage Project Teams from project initiation through to Project completion. • Provide leadership to internal project teams and clients. • Manage the Project costs and create monthly reports, including profit and loss. • Maintain customer and client relationship to achieve long-term retention & satisfaction. • Report project progress to a project sponsors & senior management. • Coordinate personnel & managing contractors. • Identify project risks and planning with appropriate people to resolve them • Resolve problems and design work procedures • Prepare subcontractor contracts and scope of work • Make additions to contracts and agreements, work with consultants, clients, suppliers and subcontractors • Work on designs, technical writing or specifications • Interpret plans, contracts and other blueprints of responsible projects Show less

    • United States
    • Oil and Gas
    • 400 - 500 Employee
    • Senior Accountant
      • Nov 2014 - Jun 2015

      • Prepared profit and loss statements, monthly closing and cost accounting reports • Compiled and analyzed financial information to prepare journal entries to GL accounts • Established, maintained, and coordinated the implementation of accounting and accounting control procedures • Analyzed and reviewed district budgets and company revenue and expenditures • Monitored and reviewed accounting and related system reports for accuracy and completeness • Prepared and reviewed budget, revenue, expense payroll entries, invoices and other accounting documents • Analyzed revenue and expenditure trends to ensure expenditure controls are in place • Interacted with internal and external auditors in completing audits • Reconciled, reviewed and analyzed the intercompany accounts during the 6-month transition phase • Reported and explained all out-of-balance variances from both systems: SAP v. QAD Show less

    • United States
    • Oil and Gas
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Fixed Asset Accountant
      • Jan 2013 - Nov 2014

      • Perform and maintain the accounting, processing and analysis of the fixed assets system • Prepare, monitor and distribute project status monthly reports to management • Monitor and maintain all AFE daily workflow activity for appropriate classification to subsidiary ledger • Reconcile the balance in the fixed asset sub-ledger to the summary level account in the general ledger • Track the compilation of project costs into fixed asset accounts, and close out those accounts once the related projects have been completed • Track company expenditures for fixed assets in comparison to the capital budget and management authorizations for expenditure (AFE) • Preparation of monthly/quarterly fixed asset schedules for the company in accordance with GAAP and SOX; assist the auditors in their inquiries • Schedule monthly conference calls with Project Managers to discuss project overruns and fixed asset in-service dates • Record and calculate fixed asset acquisitions and dispositions in the accounting system • Calculate depreciation for all fixed assets and investigate potential obsolescence assets • Review and update the detailed schedule of fixed assets and accumulated depreciation • Recommend to management whether any fixed assets should be disposed of • Prepare and perform monthly reconciliations of bank accounts • Prepare various ad-hoc reports, perform project accounting analysis and record journal entries as needed • Maintain all fixed asset reports in Excel for historical/future analysis Show less

    • United States
    • Construction
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Project Accountant
      • Jul 2012 - Jan 2013

      • Maintain project ledgers• Audit and process monthly subcontractor billings• Prepare monthly billings to owner• Assume responsibility for cash forecasts and reports• Perform account analysis and reconciliations

    • Senior Analyst (Corporate)
      • Sep 2008 - Jul 2012

      • Monitored and reported monthly capital expenditures • Generated monthly depreciation accounts and annual account reports to Management• Assisted in maintaining fixed asset system for accounting• Prepared and sent monthly reforecast reports and analysis to all HQ VP’s with no direct supervision• Responded to budget liaison requests for invoice copies, re-classes, JE support and remaining accruals• Uploaded reforecast provided by department heads into Hyperion• Conducted and investigated forecast variances and seeks to determine explanations• Prepared and posted any necessary journal entry corrections to HQ departments• Assisted in quarterly tie-out of CMIC/Hyperion/TFS and in quarterly surety report packages• Prepared various ad-hoc reports, account analyses and performed special projects as needed• Coordinated Year-end and Budget Plan process for all HQ departments with no direct supervision• Shadowed Treasury Cash Manager extensively to temporarily perform position (5 months) Show less

Education

  • Southern Methodist University - Cox School of Business
    Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Finance, General
    2001 - 2005

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