Amy Kendall
Brighton,CO
Summary
Dedicated Asset Management Analyst known for strong attention to detail and effective communication skills. Experienced in streamlining processes, utilizing a variety of software platforms and improving work order reconciliation, ensuring accurate asset assignment and project execution.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Asset Management Analyst
United Power
Brighton, Colorado
07.2024 - Current
- Analyzed and reconciled completed member driven, capital, maintenance, and general plant work orders using ABS, Box, Project Tracker, MS Office, and Trimble Unity Construct. Verified correct asset application for capitalization and unitization. Engaged external contractor support to expedite work order reconciliation and led weekly touchpoints to resolve complex project issues.
- Partner with internal and external stakeholders to mitigate labor and material issues across completed work order reconciliation and active work order lifecycle through line-by-line breakdowns of project actual costs. Enable stakeholder understanding of work order issues through ABS module education covering estimate versus actual cost charges, charge code explanations, and documentation access via a hyperlink or Doc Vault.
- Participated in Construction Workplan group to develop centralized document outlining needed capital budget projects, prioritizing projects for appropriate budget year and summarizing cost breakdowns for active projects, particularly those with significant overages.
- Collaborate with operations department, warehouse, engineering, system design and third party construction company to analyze material requiring either a new Construction Unit (CU) or the revision of a current Unit. Review associated CU material with Asset Management to decide whether there is a current asset within our system that can be applied to the CU or if a new asset needs to be created. Update any revisions or changes with Asset Management Plant Analyst , GIS and CU Committee.
- Coordinated with asset management department to execute asset management module clean-up, asset G/L clean-up, and CU review in ABS, alongside recent new item number generation to assess necessity of CU and/or assets. Eliminated duplicate entries in the Master CU folder in Box to enhance organization and accessibility.
Accounting Specialist II
United Power
Brighton, Colorado
04.2020 - 07.2024
- Navigated various ABS modules to resolve material and labor issues on completed work orders. Developed strong internal and external partnerships for accurate work order reconciliation and discrepancy resolution.
- Ensured correct asset assignment for all work orders, especially for non-construction materials.
- Refined labor overhead spread calculations for United Power in collaboration with other cooperatives to ensure accurate financial reporting.
- Managed month-end plant accounting module closing while training new staff member.
- Improved project tracker program with project managers and designers to enhance visibility and tracking.
- Revamped work order estimate process with system design and GIS teams, increasing accuracy and reliability of estimates.
- Established weekly cycle count process, reducing man hours spent on annual inventory.
- Edited outdated Plant Accounting processes to reflect updated procedures.
Education
High School Diploma -
Western Illinois University
Macomb, ILSkills
- Asset management
- Work order reconciliation
- Cost analysis
- Stakeholder collaboration
- Process improvement
- Post-project management
- Problem solving
- Attention to detail
- Effective communication
- Team collaboration
Work Related Training/Skills
- Nuts and Bolts of Work Orders - CREA course
- NISC Asset Management module training
- Work Order, Fleet Management and Asset Management module overview
- Part of internal Trimble Unity Construct implementation team - have admin capabilities
- Advanced Work Order Workshop - CREA course
- Plant Accounting for Cooperatives, Anatomy of a Work Order, Components of Construction Costs - NRECA online courses
- Extensive knowledge of Work Order, Asset Management and Material Inventory module. Able to navigate in Purchase Order module to gather important material information
Timeline
Asset Management Analyst
United Power
07.2024 - Current
Accounting Specialist II
United Power
04.2020 - 07.2024
High School Diploma -
Western Illinois University