Laura Wall

Responsibilities include monthly forecast for rentals and commercial product division, backlog, revenue accruals and recognition, cost accruals, project, contract and budget setup, invoicing, WIP and prepaid, job monitoring for job profit and overall status.

• Work closely with several project managers to setup and maintain their projects, working together on forecasting, cost and revenue accruals and monthly invoicing.

• Responsibilities include high volume invoicing (including the uploading to external websites ADP, Cortex, Oildex and Ariba), processing credits and debits, research and resolution of disputed and rejected invoices, reporting and aiding department collectors in the collection of aged receivables.
• Was part of a two member team that invoiced a backlog of field tickets that resulted in the company exceeding its daily cash collection goal by approximately 1M.

• Responsibilities include full cycle accounts receivable, invoicing for multiple business units, lockbox retrieval, bank deposits, posting cash, aiding project managers in the collection of aged receivables, monthly cash balancing, cash analysis and reporting, processing and maintaining paid time off reports, payroll reporting for special class employees
• Participated as a team member in the successful transition of corporate headquarters (North America) from Boston to Houston resulting in minimal interruptions to the customer.
• Instrumental in the collection of over five million dollars in aged receivables. Most notably in accounts over one hundred twenty days resulting in a substantial increase in cash.
• Successful in meeting cash collection targets monthly.

• Responsibilities include the invoicing of time, travel and expenses for contract personnel hired to work for oil and gas firms, nationally and internationally.
• Worked as a team member with payroll to invoice a backlog of up to one year’s worth of data resulting in a substantial increase in receivables.

• Responsibilities included: collections, customer billing, serving as liaison with utility companies, providing customers with savings reports and administrative assistant to a department of nine engineers.
• Billed over $18M through concentrated efforts, resulting in substantial increase in collections.
• Assisted in the creation of billing models with data collected from utility companies, resulting in providing a detailed overview to customers, which itemized project history and tracked savings.
• Reviewed and assessed customer contracts to setup unique billing models for each customer based on terms, rates, savings and incentives, assuring customers had clear picture of value of services that were being provided.
• Reported monthly accruals to Director of Energy Services that provided forecasting information, allowing sound business planning and decision making.

• Responsibilities include: purchase order processing, making travel arrangements, maintaining Outlook calendar, logistics, hospitality and senior level administrative support.
• Created organizational system for new department which resulted in greater department efficiency.
• Prepared correspondence and documents for internal and external distribution that provided project updates ensuring timely management capabilities.

• Responsibilities included: preparing monthly, quarterly and yearly invoices, savings reports, collection of past due accounts and providing administrative support to the engineering department (Way Engineering, formerly a sister company of CES/Way which is now Sempra Energy Services).
• Set up and maintained filing system for new department which organized and provided ease in accessing client data.