Diligent Senior Accounting Analyst with solid background in accounting principles and practices. Successfully managed financial records and performed audits, ensuring compliance and accuracy. Demonstrated analytical thinking and attention to detail in financial reporting and tax preparation.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Treasury Analyst
Harvest Midstream Company
06.2023 - 01.2025
Ensures comprehensive accounting records relating cash activity are maintained in an organized manner
Process miscellaneous deposit items for multiple bank accounts
Maintains cash databases by entering and verifying data
Performs daily bank account reconciliations to ensure that bank activity is authorized
Work with the bank to resolve cash issue in a timely manner
Prepare monthly cash forecast for three companies
Owns working capital balances through working with AP and AR
Prepares wires across various corporate structures an ensures consistency in review
Performs weekly and monthly bank reconciliation to ensure that all activity is recorded in the general ledger
Approves and post cash related journal entries across multiple corporate structures; follows-up with parties for additional and complete information
Control and manage inter-company fund transfers, loans and dividend payments
Assists with the external audit process
Senior Midstream Accountant
Harvest Midstream Company
03.2019 - 06.2023
Confirmed and verified volume and price data with third party counterparts prior to monthly settlements
Prepared and send out monthly purchase and sales statements
Field third party inquiries concerning assigned customers
Prepared monthly journal entries to record transactions into the general ledger system and prepare balance sheet reconciliations to ensure the validity of financial positions and operating results, with emphasis on open receivables and payables
Ensured proper cost categories are in place to support pipeline rate making
Analyzed each pipeline and develop strategies to optimize tariff rates to meet business objectives
Prepared and submit quarterly and annual financial statements for various entities to the appropriate authorities including the state, and government agencies
Worked directly with legal resources to achieve business objectives in negotiations with regulators
Responsible for managing the monthly, quarterly, and annual closing processes
Collaboration and clear communications with all groups is required
Responsible for general accounting functions and entries directly to the ERP system related to equity, cash, various prepaids, allocations, intercompany, and debt issuance with monthly amortization of deferred financing costs and discounts/premiums
Provided accounting support to other groups as needed for regulatory reporting, external financial reporting, and property accounting
Provided audit assistance to external financial reporting
Senior Accountant I, Midstream Accounting
Kinder Morgan
09.2018 - 03.2019
Prepared and analyze monthly statements and invoices shippers for processing plant and gas pipeline transactions
Prepared gas balancing statements and pipeline reconciliation reports
Prepared accounts receivable reconciliation report and resolves outstanding balances for assigned properties monthly
Recorded revenue from the sales of oil and gas production
Prepared Gross Margin schedule for Budgeting and Forecast group
Completed month end variance analyses and provides explanations by asset for related revenues and expenses
Prepared detailed account reconciliations for Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, and Inventory balance
Work closely with business development, commercial departments, and schedulers with new contracts and provides additional support upon request
Managed Fixed Assets register including additions, retirements, transfers and depreciation of plant
Assembled various quarterly and annual Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) schedules, Form 2 & Form 3
Analyzed monthly actual versus budget and quarterly actual versus actuals for Depreciation and Preliminary Survey and Investigations charges
Assess reimbursable billing journal entries in SAP
Determined Administrative and General (A&G) entry to accurately reflect cost to each work order level
Resolved error report discrepancies in power plan
Consolidated data to administer wires for our Joint Venture entities
Senior Accounting Analyst, Gas Accounting – US Operations
Spectra Energy Corporation
08.2015 - 03.2017
Led team project on implementing updates to FERC supplemental pages
Maintained a current working knowledge of accounting rules and regulations, including GAAP, FERC, State Regulations, and Sarbanes-Oxley, and how they impact operations
Enforced and documented operationally efficient internal controls over financial reporting in according with sound business practices and in compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements
Accountable for gas accounting and reporting of 11,040 miles of pipe, which included assuring accurate reporting and reconciliations of monthly, quarterly, and annual gas balances, cash out, obligation balance agreement, gas sales, purchases and park and loans in SAP
Prepare FERC Form 2 and Form 3 Gas pages along with Form 552 and EIA Form 176 & 857
Evaluated Balance Sheet and Earning Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT) variances
Assisted the regulatory group with the Annual Shrinkage Adjustment (ASA) and electric power cost rate tariff FERC filings
Senior Financial Analyst, Corporate Transmission Service
Spectra Energy Corporation
12.2013 - 08.2015
Monitored monthly and quarterly reports including cost and forecast variances, budget variances, annual administrative budgets, Pipeline Integrity costs, and FAS 47 and FR67 contract data requests
Ensured that region operation and maintenance budget information was consolidated, reviewed and reported to senior management within an appropriate time frame
Wrote monthly actual to budget and actual to actual variance explanations
Trained area and region personnel in utilization of changes to automated systems
Senior Accounting Analyst, Corporate Benefits Accounting Department
Spectra Energy Corporation (acquired by Enbridge 2/2017)
06.2012 - 12.2013
Oversaw daily and monthly accounting functions of company benefit plans which included registering net periodic cost of benefit obligations and journal entries, updating rollforwards, submitting reports, and reconciling monthly and quarterly benefit plans
Partnered with third party vendors (e.g
Actuaries and trusts) to ensure accurate information was utilized and reported
Coordinated the preparation of the annual benefit plan financial statements (e.g
Form 11-K and IRS Form 5500)
Collaborated with SEC Reporting to prepare quarterly footnote disclosures for Form 10Q and 10K financial statements
Senior Accounting Analyst, Gas Accounting – US Operations
Spectra Energy Corporation
10.2009 - 06.2012
Responsible for gas accounting and reporting Texas Eastern Transmission, part of 11,040 miles of pipe, which included monthly, quarterly, and annual accounting entries and account reconciliations for gas balances, cash out, OBA, gas sales, purchases and park and loans in SAP
Updated FERC Form 2 and Form 3 Gas pages along with Form 552 and EIA Form 176 & 857
Documented internal controls practices in compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements
Worked closely with gas supply, capacity planning, engineering and regulatory affairs to provide support to complete management and company deliverables (e.g
ASA and EPC rate tariff FERC filings)
Staff Accountant, Global Supply Chain
Schwan’s Company
02.2005 - 04.2007
Supported financial controller with monthly financial analytics, including preparing profit and loss statements and cost and variable margin analysis
Forecasted production volume and overall expenditures
Advised manufacturing management on focus areas to improve production efficiency