Experience

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  CORPORATION

  • Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

  • External Audit Accountant

    • May 2012 - Oct 2014
    • Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

    • Responsible for auditing acquisitions, accruals, and receivables. • Responsible for scheduling and preparing financials for annual external audits.• Acquisition Audits: Responsible for ensuring property acquired are accounted for, and that all funds were received from the date of acquisition, and are currently receiving payments from the correct source. • Accrual Audits: Responsible for researching if production occurred and why payments have not been made, and collecting any payments due.• Receivable Audits: Responsible for determining why payments received have not been recorded. Work with the revenue analyst to develop a resolution for any issues with properties.• Work with extremely large amounts of data and translate it into useful information.• Identify and recommend resolutions to issues which impact the accuracy and completeness of accounting data and financial statements within the general area of responsibility. • Developed processes to capture how the financials are affected within the scope responsible.• Research and document backlog issue. Assign these issues to the correct group and work with that group to come to a resolution.• Ensure work gets completed according to excepted timelines and processes in place to ensure accuracy.• Track results and report them to management on a consistent basis.• Liaison between various departments to work on outstanding issues.• Developed desk documentations training material. • Identified, developed and documented new streamlining processes.• Contributed to continuous improvement processes within the team.

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  Various financial & commercial assignments

  • Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

  • Accountant

    • Mar 2009 - Jan 2012
    • Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

    Review costs, distribution and returns of inventory Managed to identify, investigate and correct errors in a timely manner to ensure the validity of financial data.Performed audits to ensure product costs are accurate and ensured to record bill of material and price changes.Issue credits for returns, co-op and promotional deductions Responsible for month-end reconciliations and closing

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  Gateway Mortgage Group

  • Sr. Accountant

    • Jul 2008 - Nov 2008

    • Assist and backup to Controller • Provide guidance to staff• Manage daily activities: AP, AR, and banking• Prepare, analyze, and reconcile accounts• Perform month end closing • Assist in preparing monthly financials

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  IBM

  • Revenue Accountant

    • Oct 2003 - Jul 2008

    • Record Revenue Wet Gas, NGL, & Residue, MMS, Gas Balancing• Set up new wells, re-completed wells & payouts.• A/R & A/P & Joint Interest• Ensure SOX compliance by preforming monthly compliance audit for Sec 404 of the internal audit processes. This involved documenting and writing up any exceptions of an analyst who did not follow procedures; setting up wells, recording financial information, information and account activity. This required reviewing 3-4 analyst per property per month estimate of 3 properties audited per month for the region responsible for.• Reconcile various contracts, review and explain any exception that affect the financial statements• Participated in special projects such as; Well Expansion, Payouts, Gas Balancing, ONRR(MMS) Lawsuits• Replied to owner relation questions

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  G.C.D.C

  • Senior Accountant

    • Jan 2001 - Oct 2002

    • Implemented accounting department• Implemented company networking system• Managed daily activities: payroll, AP, AR, banking, • Provided guidance to staff• Ensure all contract requirements were performed to specification.• Worked closely with other departments to set quarterly goals. • Assist in the preparation of annual budgets. • Prepared all financial statements.• Prepared various reports for filing with government agencies.• Prepared financials for external audit.