Experience

Square Mile Energy, LLC

• United States
• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior JIB/AP Accountant

  • Oct 2011 - Present

  Square Mile Energy LLC., Houston, Texas 10/2011-Present Senior Joint Interest Billing (JIB)/Accounts Payable Accountant • Managed all aspects of billing, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and expense report processes. • Code each invoice with the correct GL account, route the invoices to engineering for approval, and enter into OSGYS. • Manage the process of 100 checks weekly. • Evaluate new vendors to determine 1099 eligibility and sales and use tax evaluations. • Execute the posting of vouchers and general ledger processes to complete the JIB monthly close. • Manage the setup of new AFEs and maintain spreadsheets to report any AFEs over the budget. • Oversee the full cycle joint interest billing process, including deck maintenance, cost analysis, and statement preparation issuance. • Prepare monthly JIB/AP entries, including Overhead, material transfers, insurance, and facility allocations, ensuring compliance with all governing documents, including accounting standards, Joint Operating Agreement (JOA), COPAS Guidance. Responsible for scheduling Joint Interest. • Conduct audits of operated properties, resolution of resulting exceptions, and coordinates audits of non-operated properties with auditors. • Review all Ad Valorem tax bills for each well owned, process cash call (goes with prepare monthly JIB/AP entries), track Oil and Gas inventory (casing, well head equipment, etc.). Review, analyze & process non-operated Joint Interest Statements, prepare quarterly Texas Dyed Fuel report and parish sales tax monthly. Accomplishments: • Processed AP, including checking the invoices against the quote for drilling, completion, and workover. • Saved over $50K by detecting errors with vendors. • Prepared review of all 1099s for revenue and AP for all entries, reviewed all W-9 for owners and AP for accuracy, and saved the company over 10K.



Patara Oil & Gas

• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• AP/JIB Supervisor

  • Oct 2010 - Aug 2011

  Primarily responsible for all aspects of the billing, accounts payable and expense report processes, including identifying areas requiring process improvement and developing potential solutions. Additional duties include plan, schedule and direct the work of the accounts payable unit. I oversee the coding of all invoices, check requests and expense reports. I verify accuracy of invoices and reconcile vendor discrepancies. I evaluate new vendors to determine whether they are 1099 eligible and do sales and use tax evaluations. I am responsible for final review and approval on documents project and processes that are generated within the department. I execute the posting of vouchers and general ledger processes to ultimately achieve the completion of JIB monthly close. I manage the set up new AFE’s and maintain a spreadsheet to report any AFE that is over the budget. I oversaw the management of the full cycle joint interest billing process including deck maintenance, cost analysis and statement preparation and issuance. I coordinate the implementation of the DocVue system to function with OGSYS with the many workflows to process over 1000 invoices for routing and approval.



Omega Protein

• United States
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• AP Manager

  • May 2006 - Jul 2010

  Primary responsibility on a day to day basis was to manage staff of 6 payable clerks which included reviewing their work for accuracy and completeness and ensuring their work was finished in a timely manner. Additional duties included processing invoices with a 3-way matching purchasing order system, run audit and code expense reports, manage check requests and all direct approved invoices (including P-card transaction payments through AmEx and monthly reallocation of expenses), write journal entries for month-end expenses including invoices that did not make month-end cut off, and estimate and accrue expenses for which invoices have not been received. Prepare and review month-end accruals. Reconciled open invoices and A/P aging on a monthly basis for all companies. Additional reconciliations included employee advances and 19 sales and use taxes monthly (which included the preparation of the sales and use tax returns for a variety of states and local jurisdictions). Other duties included working with the Controller - Vice President of Finance to determine availability of funds, process wire and ACH payments, void checks, working with purchasing buyer to receive W-9 information on all new vendors, prepare and process 1099’s for all companies, and ensure accounts payable department is SOX compliant.



Atos Origin IT Services Inc.

• Houston, TX

• Accounts Payable Lead Supervisor

  • Aug 2003 - May 2006

  Primary responsibilities include processing and code invoices for payment (includes review for approvals, proof of delivery, payment terms, matching to purchase orders, etc.), run cash requirements for all entities and review invoices selected for payment. Additional duties include working with Cash Management to determine availability of funds, process “direct deposit” payments (i.e. expense reports and some third party vendors), voiding of checks and/or rejected “direct deposit” payments, process paperwork on new employees for payment of expense reports, etc. Additional duties performed on an “as needed” basis include acting as back-up to Cash Management in maintenance of the manual check register, preparation of all 1099’s for all entities, maintenance of accounting record archive system, and prepared procedures manual and assist in training of new staff members.



El Paso Oil and Gas

• Houston, Texas Area

• Sr. Analyst

  • Jun 1993 - Jun 2003

  Primary responsibilities included processing invoices for payment, which includes review for approvals, verification of receipt of goods, terms of payment, extensions, discounts, etc. and coding of invoices using the General Ledger and Chart of Accounts. Other duties performed included capital tracking, training of new departmental employees on PeopleSoft as well as coding procedures, and reconciliation of unpaid invoices. Additional responsibilities included verification of IADC reports (tour sheets) from the rigs and maintaining a manual worksheet for each well; matched invoices received from Rig Operator to worksheet and making necessary corrections to invoices as it related to crew shortage and/or downtime which in turn saved El Paso Oil and Gas Company in excess of $3,000,000 last year. Also prepared Joint Interest billings for 5 rigs owned by El Paso; verified boat and helicopter logs recording each stop and verifying each well, platform or construction site had been recorded and coded to the correct accounting intensity; and logged all fuel charges on a spreadsheet keeping a running total of fuel consumption and costs.