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Van Akers is a seasoned finance professional with extensive experience in financial analysis, accounting, and project management. He has worked with top companies including Huntsman Corporation, KBR, Inc., Hewlett-Packard, and Arthur Andersen Business Consulting. Van holds a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting from Bowling Green State University and an Associate's Degree in Business Administration and Management from Kellogg Community College.

Experience

  • North Shore Steel
    • Houston, Texas, United States
    • AP Supervisor
      • Nov 2023 - Present
      • Houston, Texas, United States
  • Huntsman Corporation
    • The Woodlands, TX
    • US Source to Pay Manager
      • 2015 - Present
      • The Woodlands, TX

      • Manage a team of 4 US employees using a third party outsource processing center in Kolkata, India. Processing 250,000 invoices per year. • Address the aging of un-cleared items GRIR Account Reconciliation. Improvements in the first 6 months included GRIR aged open items reduced by 52%, GRIR d...

  • KBR, Inc.
    • Houston, Texas Area
    • Accounting Manager
      • Nov 2005 - 2015
      • Houston, Texas Area

      SAP Implementation TeamManager of KBR Accounts Payable - CanadaManager of KBR Global Fixed AssetsManager of KBR Global Accounts ReceivableManager of KBR Capital Budgeting

  • Hewlett-Packard
    • Houston, Texas Area
    • Accounting Manager
      • 1997 - 2005
      • Houston, Texas Area

      Lead for SAP Accounts Payable implementationLead for transition of Digital Corp Accounts Payable Hewlett-Parckard (Compaq)Project fuctional lead for SAP upgrades 3.1 and 4.6Project lead to migrate AP vendor maintenance functionality from Houston, TX to Bangalore, IndiaProject lead to outsource AP...

    • Senior Consultant
      • 1998 - 1999
      • Houston, TX

      Senior consultant working on the SAP implementation which included consolidating current Halliburton mergers with Brown&Root, Landmark and Dresser Industries.

  • Tenneco
    • Houston, Texas Area
    • Project Analyst
      • 1996 - 1997
      • Houston, Texas Area

      Lead Analyst for the implementation and conversion of multiple financial applications for Tenneco Management Corp., Tenneco Business Services and Tenneco Automotive, (Walker Muffler and Monroe Shock Absorber). This responsibility included the development and execution of mock and production conv...

    • Business Analyst
      • 1990 - 1996
      • Houston, TX

      Supported the following D&B financial applications at ENRON Corp.: Accounts Payable, General Ledger, Financial Controller, Labor Distribution, Journal Processor, EMR Expert Management Reporting and IE Information Expert.Managed several financial system implementations, conversions and softwa...

  • PwC
    • Charlotte, North Carolina Area
    • Senior Consultant
      • 1989 - 1990
      • Charlotte, North Carolina Area

      Served as Project Manager for the implementation of an automated Accounts Payable, Purchasing and Reporting applications for NCNB National Bank, Dallas, Texas. Coordinated with the bank’s Vice President and Operations staff to centralize these applications for processing all accounting transacti...

    • Senior Financial Analyst
      • 1987 - 1989
      • Houston, TX

      Served as Project Manager for the System One Financial Systems Integration Project. This project centralized accounting systems from Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and Miami to the Houston office. Accounting applications included AP, GL and Payroll. Responsibilities included following a s...

  • Houston ISD
    • Houston, TX
    • Financial System Analyst
      • 1981 - 1986
      • Houston, TX

      Served as Lead Financial Analyst to convert accounting processing from a batch, card input, remote service bureau system to an on-line/real-time integrated software system including Accounts Payable, Budgetary Control and General Ledger. Trained and instructed accounting staff of 150 users in on...

Education

  • 1979 - 1981
    Bowling Green State University
  • 1975 - 1977
    Kellogg Community College

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