Christopher Lopez
San Antonio
Summary
Highly motivated Accounting professional with an excellent track record of managing a news operations division. Eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Financial Analyst
TEGNA
10.2022 - Current
- Work with Regional Finance Directors and General Managers ensuring accurate financial reporting.
- Maintain payroll files for budgeting and forecasting purposes, keeping track of open positions, headcount and contracts.
- Work with Director of Sales to update weekly revenue estimates, comparing with prior week and budget.
- Calculate monthly commissions and quarterly bonuses for account executives, accruing for month-end and ensuring accurate pay.
- Review financials at month-end, comparing with forecast, budget and prior year. Work with department heads, submitting accruals and reclasses where needed.
- Explain revenue, expense and balance sheet variances on a monthly basis.
- Quarterly forecasting- meet with management to accurately report our payroll expenses, review other expenses and make updates where needed, review revenue for accuracy.
- Update and maintain depreciation file with ongoing capital projects, calculating depreciation for forecast and budget.
- Review bad debt, attend monthly accounts receivable meetings, make recommendations to Regional Finance Directors.
- Submit quarterly market revenue share reports and quarterly sales reviews.
- Assist with year-end reporting.
Venue Accounting Manager
Spurs Sports & Entertainment
01.2022 - 09.2022
- Lead month-end close for venue, ensuring all revenues and expenses were captured in correct period and reviewed for accuracy.
- Reviewed balance sheet reconciliations.
- Worked with each department on annual budget, ensuring expenses were entered and uploaded properly for upcoming fiscal year.
- Reviewed and submitted monthly sales tax remittal to the state.
- Assisted in leading annual external audit and assisted with sales tax audit.
Business Manager- News
CBS Television Stations (KTVT/KTXA)
04.2008 - 01.2022
- Oversaw daily accounting and month-end closing for local television news station.
- Worked with executives to create annual budget and tracked actual expenses against projected expenses
- Reviewed bi-weekly payroll, verifying accuracy of all timesheets and assisted with HR-related inquiries.
- Generated and approved purchase orders and expense reports, ensuring compliance with company policy.
- Maintained and updated all contract files.
- Recommended and implemented cost-saving initiatives that addressed long-standing problems.
- Communicated with employees and vendors daily to address inquiries and concerns.
Assistant Controller
CBS Television Stations (KTVT/KTXA)
03.2007 - 04.2008
- Managed daily accounting responsibilities for duopoly.
- Oversaw month-end closing, including financial reporting, variance analysis and reconciliations.
- Assisted with annual budgeting and monthly forecasting.
- Assisted with quarterly Sarbanes-Oxley compliance testing.
- Oversaw accounts payable and receivable operations for local media business with $5 million in monthly expenses
Financial Analyst
San Antonio Express-News
02.2006 - 03.2007
- Performed complex financial and budget analysis to determine budget requirements, and improve internal controls.
- Created weekly and monthly financial revenue reports for management.
- Prepared month-end journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations and variance analysis.
- Assisted with annual budgeting and audit.
- Maintained all trade agreements, including monthly billing.
Accounts Payable
KENS Television
02.1999 - 02.2006
- Managed efficient and accurate processing of invoices and check requests for local television station.
- Verified accuracy of accounts payable payments, resulting in reduction in payment errors and check reissues
- Assisted with month-end duties, including journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations.
- Assisted with annual budgeting and quarterly Sarbanes-Oxley compliance testing.
- Maintained and kept all station expense records organized.
Education
BBA - Accounting
The University of Texas At San Antonio
San Antonio, TXSkills
- Financial Analysis
- Employee management
- Budgeting/Forecasting
- Contract Management
- Customer Relations
- Business planning
- Operational leadership
- Communication
- Operations management
- Microsoft Office 365
- Oracle, Great Plains & Peoplesoft Financials
- SharePoint
- Wide Orbit Traffic
Timeline
Financial Analyst
TEGNA
10.2022 - Current
Venue Accounting Manager
Spurs Sports & Entertainment
01.2022 - 09.2022
Business Manager- News
CBS Television Stations (KTVT/KTXA)
04.2008 - 01.2022
Assistant Controller
CBS Television Stations (KTVT/KTXA)
03.2007 - 04.2008
Financial Analyst
San Antonio Express-News
02.2006 - 03.2007
Accounts Payable
KENS Television
02.1999 - 02.2006
BBA - Accounting
The University of Texas At San Antonio
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