Theresa Vanicek
League City,United States
Summary
Dynamic Senior Consultant with extensive expertise at AXIA Partners, specializing in SOX compliance and financial analysis. Demonstrated success in process improvement and impactful communication, enhancing operational efficiency significantly. Acknowledged for creating standardized reconciliation templates that optimized documentation and training, promoting cross-functional collaboration in energy sector.
Overview
38
38
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Consultant
AXIA Partners, Consulting
Houston, United States
09.2019 - Current
- Manage details of SOX testing for multiple clients across multiple industries, including Oil & Gas production, Oil & Gas Services, Restaurants/Entertainment, Manufacturing
Senior Consultant
Sirius Solutions
06.2005 - 09.2019
- Deployed to Shell Energy North America
- Sox Documentation, control writing, testing
- Sox Remediation/Process Improvements (Natural Gas Operations) - developed standard reconciliation template for use in reconciling scheduling systems to pipeline statements
- Shipper Must Have Title (project coordinator)
- Process Improvements (Natural Gas Operations, developed standardized scheduling template, provided group training sessions, individual training, and wrote use manual.
- Assist STUSCO with month end close
- Tradebook to Financial Reconciliation
Classroom Teacher
Santa Fe ISD
06.2004 - 08.2005
- Teaching internship for the College of the Mainland, Partners in Alternative Certification for Teachers (PACT). Contract assignment was for one school year to teach 8th Grade Math and Pre-AP Algebra I to 8th Grade students at Santa Fe Junior High (SFJH) to over 110 students
- Named Outstanding First Year Teacher for Secondary Teachers for the Santa Fe ISD, LaMarque ISD, and Hitchcock ISD areas
- Named First Year Teacher of the Year for SFJH
- 89% Success Rate for the State Mandated 8th Grade Math Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS). (Preliminary State Average is 69% Passing for 8th Math)
- 98% Success Rate for the course for students enrolled in Pre-AP Algebra I
- 93% Success Rate for the course for students enrolled in 8th Grade Math
- Contribute to teaching team through, student discipline management, and parent/teacher conferences, quarterly grade reviews
Senior Specialist - Lead
Enron
Houston, United States
08.1994 - 10.2000
- Volume and dollar reconciliation for wholesale power transactions, settlement for California open market related power transactions, balance sheet and income statement account entries and reconciliations, cash flow management.
- Served as group liaison for SAP implementation
- Provided training and direction for 8 new hires to the department
- Promoted to Lead of Volume Management/Allocations in August 1998 for a staff of four
- Scheduled natural gas flows for HPL, various West Texas third party pipelines and Tennessee Gas Pipeline
- Daily balancing for the gas day volume changes between the trading system and the scheduling system
- Trained individuals to schedule the West Texas third party pipelines
- Improved the nomination process for Tennessee Gas Pipeline by working with systems support to implement Electronic Data Interface of nomination files
Business Analyst SG
Amoco Gas Company
Texas City, United States
10.1989 - 08.1994
- Maintained accounting transactions for all natural gas and natural gas liquids activity at gas processing plants and along the company's 400+ mile pipeline system
- Served as team representative for the change from a mainframe computing environment to a network computing environment
- Reconciled transportation imbalances with gas transporters
- Prepared invoices for purchases, sales, and transportation of natural gas
- Examined the results of the invoicing process to perform month end balancing
- Promoted to Business Analyst (SG) in March 1993
Intermediate Accountant
Houston Pipeline (Enron Corp.)
Houston, United States
06.1987 - 10.1989
- Processed information related to the gas purchases for HPL.
- Reconciled gas purchase payable and shrinkage receivable accounts
- Prepared journal vouchers to record cost of gas sold and gas shrinkage revenues
- Reconciled unaccounted for gas for the pipeline system
- Reconciled transportation imbalances
Education
Master's degree - Accounting
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, TX12.2023
BBA - Accounting
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX12.1987
Skills
- Financial analysis and SOX compliance
- Process improvement and documentation standards
- Effective communication and problem solving
- Attention to detail and analytical thinking
- Team collaboration and cross-functional teamwork
- Time management and flexibility
- Business development in energy and natural gas
- Project management and documentation
- Regulatory reporting and corporate governance
- Improvement recommendations and business process reengineering
Timeline
Senior Consultant
AXIA Partners, Consulting
09.2019 - Current
Senior Consultant
Sirius Solutions
06.2005 - 09.2019
Classroom Teacher
Santa Fe ISD
06.2004 - 08.2005
Senior Specialist - Lead
Enron
08.1994 - 10.2000
Business Analyst SG
Amoco Gas Company
10.1989 - 08.1994
Intermediate Accountant
Houston Pipeline (Enron Corp.)
06.1987 - 10.1989
Master's degree - Accounting
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
BBA - Accounting
Texas A&M University