Kimberly Gaskins
Martinez,GA
Summary
Skilled professional with a focus on results-driven performance. Proven ability to foster team collaboration and achieve organizational goals. Reliable and adaptable, meeting changing demands while maintaining high standards. Experienced in developing O&M and capital budgets aligned with SNC, SOCO, and Co-Owner objectives. Proficient in financial and operational budget and reporting. Expertise in generating reports, conducting cost analysis, tracking nuclear outage costs, performing variance analysis, and developing year-end projections. Demonstrated formal and informal leadership abilities, including managing a team of analysts as Site Controller, providing oversight for construction invoice processing and monthly close processes and by training peers and budget coordinators on budgeting, projections, financial initiatives, and system usage. Strong interpersonal skills, positive work ethic, exceptional analytical capabilities, and effective written and verbal communication. Knowledge of FERC, SEC, GAAP accounting principles. Proficiency in SoCo Financial and Budget Systems. Experience in managing Maximo Labor Rate Contracts and executing close processes while facilitating effective communication across functional areas within SNC, GPC, and SoCo AFT organizations.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Budget Analyst - Staff
Southern Nuclear Operating Company
09.2021 - Current
- Outage Lead – Developed a partnership with Outage Management and Planning team to ensure alignment of outage budgets with the outage scope and outage plan of record.
- Proactively met with the outage planning team to ensure continued alignment to meet financial milestones for refueling outages.
- Provided financial guidance on O&M budget development and accounting determinations for Vogtle 3&4 project to department directors, managers and budget owners.
- Facilitated cross-department communication to ensure consistent understanding of budgetary goals and constraints.
- Collaborated with the outage financial team to track financial performance of outage expenditures against projections for multiple refueling outages.
- Managed the monthly outage close process for the site and collaborated with peers to process accounting entries and ensure appropriate cost allocation.
- Mentored junior analysts, fostering a collaborative work environment while developing their technical skills and expertise.
Senior Accountant II
Georgia Power Company
06.2018 - 09.2021
- Team Lead for review, reconciliation and processing of invoices for Vogtle 3&4 project, ensuring proper oversight and review, contract adherence and substantiation of charges related to the project
- Coordination of month end close process for Vogtle 3&4 project, including review of accrual submissions, processing of accounting entries related to Bechtel expense, materials accrual related to procurement and review of monthly expenses to ensure the accurate and thorough capture of costs
- Lead for review of monthly Bechtel CCA non-labor expense detail to ensure appropriateness of charges and completeness of documentation for substantiation
- Identified gaps relative to invoice reconciliation process and provided coaching to team members to close the gaps and improve invoice reviews and timeliness of processing
- Provide site interface and support with GPC, SCS Internal Audit and External Auditors, of audit processes; including sample collection, support documentation and clarification related to questions from internal and external parties
- In collaboration with department manager, maintain and update internal process guidelines related to invoice processing, accrual process and other ad hoc items
- Collaborative development of enhanced processing notes for review and reconciliation of invoices and development of month end accruals
- Development and Implementation of training for team members on invoice review / reconciliation and month end accrual processes
- Provide appropriate guidance to customers on proper accounting treatment, budgeting and system usage for invoice processing, iExpense, and purchasing
Accountant, SR
Southern Nuclear Operating Company
05.2014 - 06.2018
- Coordinated the site month-end close process, including preparation of journal entries; and fully supported the overall accrual process
- Processed invoices, ensuring adequate documentation to substantiate charges given the high scrutiny of the project by owner companies, internal controls and the public service commission
- Executed the Operational Readiness O&M reporting package, including maintenance of year-end projections, review and analysis of expenditures for appropriate capital versus O&M accounting treatment
- In coordination with budget owners, developed contract labor and services budgets related to in service facility maintenance needed during construction period on Vogtle 3&4
- Provided training to peers and customers on use of financial systems, budget development and financial analysis of actuals to forecast
Site Controller
Southern Nuclear Operating Company
05.2012 - 05.2014
- Provided direct supervision to accountant and accounting assistant reporting to Site controller position
- Coordinated site financial accounting, reporting and internal control activities, including period close, and review and approval of journal entries
- Provided oversight and review of Maximo Labor Rate Module for time and material contract labor timesheets and payments
- Assisted site management and department budget coordinators with development of monthly and annual projections, including recommendations to manage costs to achieve budget
- Cooperatively developed and refined accounting guidelines for ARO, Radwaste and Outage Accounting
- Coordinated, organized and administered training in collaboration with a co-worker to approximately 100+ employees
- Initiated and supervised analysis of ten years of accounting entries related to particular rotating spares at Vogtle and successfully worked with GPC and SNC accounting departments to formulate and implement proper accounting corrections
- Initiated an in-depth review of radwaste liability, resulting in a correction of excess accruals and savings of $750K and implemented targeted cleanup of deferred 186 asset account which resulted in identification and resolution of non-nuclear transactions
Accountant (Progression to SR)
Southern Nuclear Operating Company
06.2002 - 05.2012
- Financial reporting and analysis, development of year end projections, budget development, development of outage estimates and cost tracking
- Monitoring of site capital expenditures, consulted with appropriate SNC & GPC accounting on capital versus O&M determinations
Education
Masters of Business Administration -
Augusta State University
Augusta, GA05.2008
Bachelor of Business Administration - Accounting
Augusta State University
Augusta, GA12.2001
Skills
- Leadership skills
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Attention to detail
- Interpersonal skills
- MS Office Suite - Microsoft Excel
- Budget Development
Affiliations
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Women in Nuclear
Technical Summary
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel, MS Office Suite, Enterprise Foundations Management Reporting Applications, Maximo (Work Management, Inventory, Labor Rate, Purchasing), Oracle ERP, OACS/SOARS and Oracle Planning.
- Legacy Enterprise Solutions PowerPlan (Utility Budgeting and Reporting, Journal processing).
Timeline
Budget Analyst - Staff
Southern Nuclear Operating Company
09.2021 - Current
Senior Accountant II
Georgia Power Company
06.2018 - 09.2021
Accountant, SR
Southern Nuclear Operating Company
05.2014 - 06.2018
Site Controller
Southern Nuclear Operating Company
05.2012 - 05.2014
Accountant (Progression to SR)
Southern Nuclear Operating Company
06.2002 - 05.2012
Masters of Business Administration -
Augusta State University
Bachelor of Business Administration - Accounting
Augusta State University
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