Michael M. Walkup

About Michael M. Walkup

Experienced accounting and financial manager with broad exposure to various arrays of business problems and solutions. Effective communicator between all levels of management and non-exempt personnel. Able to adapt to diverse environments while remaining focused on organizational objectives. People oriented, time and cost conscious, innovated, and highly computer literate.• Identified $3 million in excessive labor costs and implemented systems to deter reoccurrences.• Managed cash flow resulting in a $2 million positive change over a 24 month period.• Reduced costs $1 million and established controls by developing standard practices in calculating accrued liabilities and implemented them across multiple facilities.• Saved annually by streamlining and managing the external review process which reduced the time of audit engagements.• Secured over in grant funding of energy related projects to promote efficiency, safety, & increases in productivity.• Initiated and implemented a peer review process used to illustrate the company is in compliance via self-audit policies with Sarbanes-Oxley and IFRS.• Involved with a three year restatement of earnings to include forensic analysis of company records, developing a physical inventory schedule and process improvements.• Tracked multiple projects totaling $91 million over 18 months on a percent complete basis.• Reduced annual production costs by by finding alternative mediums in manufacturing.• Saved by resolving state sales and use tax audit by demonstrating the justification of exempt transactions.• Written policies for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance that were ultimately used company wide as a best practice.Specialties: manufacturing, activity based costing, budgeting, planning and forecasting, due dilligence, KPI utilization, inventory management, project accounting, Cost conscious, balance sheet reconciliation, forensic accounting

Experience

1. Controller

   Gas-Fired Products Inc

   Aug 2021 — Present · Charlotte, NC, US

   Manage the company’s accounting, finance, FP & A, payroll, insurance, 401(k), and banking functions.* Identified, quantified, and resolved over in inefficiencies in annual spending.* Manages the company’s ABL, debt, merchant services, and deposit accounts.

Education

• Webster University

  MBA

• The Citadel

  BS

Skills

• Internal Audit
• Process Improvement
• Percentage of Completion
• Account Reconciliation
• Management
• Capital Budgeting
• Project Planning
• Manufacturing
• Contractual Agreements
• Best Practices
• Leadership
• Cash Flow
• Internal Controls
• Auditing
• Forecasting
• Due Diligence
• Management Consulting
• Lean Manufacturing
• Financial Reporting
• Kaizen
• Inventory Management
• Data Analysis
• Payroll
• Analysis
• Projects
• Budgeting
• Streamline
• Consolidation
• Contract Manufacturing
• Financial Modeling
• Cost Accounting
• Strategic Planning
• Financial Planning
• Accounting
• Planning
• Strategic Financial Planning
• Construction
• Budgets
• Financial Analysis
• Data Conversion