Energy Engineering Careers

Candidate # NA-9379487443

E&P Accounting

Employment

Confidential Royalty Company (E&P)

Financial Accounting, Reporting Manager 1/2008 – 5/2009

• Supervise 5 accountants, prepare monthly closing schedule for accounting department,
• Evaluate and prepare Amortization schedules, Lease Operating Statement to Production/Engineering group.
• Evaluate non-equity investor sub-ledger and audit schedules and maintain reconciliation to GL for 20 investment companies.
• Calculate and verify investor dividends to pay-out status.  Process dividend disbursements, issue annual 1099’s.
• Reconcile property detail ledgers in each entity. Clear acquisition, divestiture control GL accounts.
• Evaluate and prepare multiple consolidated financial statements for monthly closing including supporting schedules and documents for presentation to partners, auditing group and investors.
• Supervise cash/bank statement reconciliations and interface with Treasury and bank functions.

Confidential Major Independent 6/2006 – 12/2007

Joint Interest Billing Manager

• Perform all billing functions for properties, prospects, facilities and cost centers.
• Produce monthly Lease Operating Statement reporting to 5 district managers. Review and establish system functions within the Joint Interest Billing and ownership distribution maintenance areas.
• Administer project based Authority for Expenditure budgeting/cost process and reporting.

Confidential Mid-Sized Independent 11/1989 ­- 6/2006

Decision Support Analyst (2001-2006)

• Perform cost-benefit and return on investment analyses for proposed software (Enertia)system to aid management in making implementation decisions.
• Assist in planning, design, development, and deployment of new applications and enhancements to existing applications.
• Lead SOX compliance evaluation team process.  Develop and implement SOX compliant components of Enertia software.
• Manage $1 million dollar application development budget with Enertia and Chaparral management teams.
• Meet with decision makers, system owners, and end users to define business requirements and system functionalities.
• Approve deliverables, participate in project planning meetings and identify corresponding trade-offs.
• Create system design proposals and ensure projects adhere to scope.

• Keep management informed of project progress, status, cost and escalating issues. Communicate application problems and issues to key stakeholders, including management, development teams, end users and unit leaders.
• Test fixes and perform post-resolution follow-ups to ensure problems have been adequately resolved.
• Corporate Trainer.
• Manage migration from SSI Oil and Gas system to Enertia Software system.
• Manage two internal conversions due to system operational modifications made by software vendor.  Manage two external data conversion due to acquisition and mergers of internal entities.

General Ledger/Financial Reporting Manager (1999-2001)

• Supervised partnership accounting and reporting for a $75 million dollar partnership with GE Capital, including monthly Lease Operating Statement data uploading to their website.
• Responsible for the financial reporting, data modeling and general ledger accounting for seven entities including daily entries, closings, and accruals (revenue, production volumes, Lease Operating Expenses, etc.).
• Managed the Treasury functions including daily cash reporting, wire transactions, sweeps, ZBA’s, cash account reconciliations and cash projections.
• Supervised three General Ledger accountants.

Joint Interest Billing Manager (1989-1999)

• Supervised billing for 1,066 operated wells, 1,870 outside operated wells, 12 field offices, 22 facilities and 125 profit center producing 5,100 invoices monthly.
• Supervised and maintained internal audits, Authority For Expenditure costs and budgeting setup, maintenance and all function reporting.
• Administer capital expenditure payouts, property detail ledgers, property acquisition payouts and sub-ledger analysis and account reconciliations to the GL.
• Produced monthly and quarterly Lease Operating reports, Lifting Cost
• Analysis, Authority for Expenditure budget/variance reporting for the Engineering/Production group.
• Supervise three Joint Interest Billing accountants, four AP accountants and one file clerk.
• Worked directly with Engineering/Production management to resolve invoice expenditure coding and departmental accounting procedural issues.

Education

Trinity College & University

BBA, Accounting

Skills

Excel, Access, Word, Outlook, SSI Oil and Gas, BOLO Oil and Gas, Integra Oil and Gas, Enertia Oil and Gas, EDI, SQL and Access report writer. Data file importing/exporting.  Familiar with CODE, GRADE, CDEX and SCADA file formats.

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