• Hybrid role: Financial Systems Analyst - SME/Senior Accountant. 
• Presided and Managed on a monthly, quarterly, and fiscal close basis Purchasing, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Cash Management, General Ledger, Financials and System deficiencies.
• Drafted monthly financial reconciliations and forecasts.
• Assist in monthly financial statement close process.
• Prepared & review and post monthly accruals and journal entries.
• Served as the single point of contact for system implementation, integration, system administration issues, knowledge transfer, process improvement and system training.

• Preparing job cost and inventory WIP general ledger (balance sheet) account for Black Line.
• Prepare monthly job cost and fixed asset account reconciliations.
• Prepared and analyzed posted monthly accruals and journal entries.
• Streamlined job cost analysis reporting to a more accurate, efficient and automated process.
• Supported the accounting and IT department during monthly closings.

Accounts payable SME for U.S. Global Shared Services for business operations and SAP (P01, P02, GT) systems.

• Provide detailed performance variance analysis to budget for multiple business units.
• Responsible for investigation, analysis, escalation & resolution of vendor accounts payable issues to ensure timely payment to vendors but also optimize company cash flow, while mitigating risk.
• Working with the direct vendor, Plant, Location, Distribution Centers, third-party servicing companies Gen Pact and IBM.
• Trained and communicated to internal and external AP process stakeholders for continuous process improvement - included gap analysis, knowledge transfer, work with PMO and Workout team.

Member of Legal Entity Structure project. SAP & SAP Hana.

• High-level financial analysis review and analyze high dollar proposed consolidation and statutory journal entries consisting of carve-outs (dissolved, merged, acquired), elimination company, investment, equity, and purchase paid adjustments for 5 parent and 81 subsidiary legal entities.
• Assist in monthly financial statement close process.
  
• Delivered status reports to stakeholders for budgeting and planning purposes.
• Tested the design and effectiveness of internal controls by completing walk-through of complex business processes. Responsible for User Acceptance Testing (UAT) completion.
• Monitored and analyzed various parts of LES Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and financial ratios.
  

• Led the Joint Venture Offshore Operated and Non-Operated project for 3 companies'.
• Prepare monthly account reconciliations and prepared analysis for Op and Non-Op partner's general ledger, sub-ledger and cash call accounts.
• Facilitated month-end close processes, invoicing, journal entries and account reconciliations.
• Support accounting activities and analysis across locations
  
• Aligned all financial activity with the regulations of the GAAP.
• Identified operational processes inefficiencies and recommended necessary improvements.
  
• Executed Joint Venture off and onshore proof of concept implementations to validate feasibility.
  

Partnered with Accounting Shared Services, IT, Sales, Payroll, and Auditing to address automating manual company processes. SAP P01, SAP GTS, Nintex Sharepoint.

• Aligned all financial activity with the regulations of the GAAP.
• Reduced entry input time by 90% and decreased errors by 90%.
• Revised and streamlined inefficient work procedures with automation software.
• Tested the design and effectiveness of internal controls by completing walk-through of complex business processes.
• Served as the single point of contact for project scheduling and changes. Boosted improving company processes and efficiency by 90% by implementing system automation for Vendor Master Record, Down Payment, Escheatment, return-check process, AP Wire Payment, AP Help Desk, Intercompany Netting, Payroll Accrued –US Canada, Purchase Card, etc.
• Responsible for change management and handoff.

• Served as single point of contact for the Revenue cycle from AR Billing, GL, Revenue Assurance integration for Finance and IT.
• Provided BPI and systems gap analysis for the revenue department. Responsible for Revenue cycle testing.
• Develop objectives, test plans, test scripts - for staging and production system environments; developing new processes for system integration (from PeopleSoft to Navision) - working closely with Finance, Auditing, Business Operations (Sales, Inside Sales), IT, Credit, and Collections. Responsible for developing status/static reports, tracking reports, Percentage of completion reports.
• GL mapping (Accounting systems integration to Navision).
• Supervised 5 AR Billing Clerks, 1 GL Clerk.

• Responsible for the Intermediates and Derivatives business annual worth $9.5 million.
• Liaison between the business (Financial Analysts) and the IT team.
• Assist in monthly financial statement close process.
  
• Provide detailed performance variance analysis to budget.
• Elicited stakeholder feedback and input through interviews and surveys.
• Reduced organizational operating costs by 25% by streamlining processes.

• Interfaces with other foreign and local accounting groups to verify transaction report data and issues.
• Designed and created weekly and monthly financial reports.
• Executed and reported variance and gap analysis.
• Facilitated month-end close processes, invoicing, journal entries and account reconciliations.
• Supported the accounting department during monthly closings. Performed debit, credit and total accounts on computer spreadsheets/databases, using specialized accounting software.
• Completed monthly, quarterly and annual balance sheet and consolidations reconciliations for Latin America.
• Managed accounting operations, accounting close, account reporting and reconciliations.

Excalibur and SAP. 

• Responsible for analyzing data related to the closing process of acquisitions.
• Provide support to accounting integration and transition activities such as revenue suspense setup, conversion of contracts, utilities, rental agreements, etc. upon the takeover of operations.
• Collection of divestitures relevant data from accounting system and records.
• Propose multi- million-dollar journal entries to clear any existing owner balances to acquisition costs.
• Responsible for compilation, high dollar analysis of revenue and expense data to support potential acquisition and divestiture activity.

• Provide primary general accounting services to various department executives.
• Prepared monthly and annual expense forecasts, including any necessary recommended action required to manage costs to achieve budget.
• Participates in month end close process including journal entries, accruals, accounting schedules, and variance analysis explanations for Corporate.
• Provided recommendations, documentation and training staff for improved processes and procedures in accordance with GAAP.  
  

• Responsible for multi-million-dollar clean-up of Balance Sheet account reconciliations, from the year 2007 to 2012.
• Improved processes and procedures in accordance with GAAP.
• Provided recommendations, documentation and training staff.

• Responsible for researching and validating the year 2006 to 2011 balance sheet accounts.
• Project coordinator and responsible for clean-up for all Balance Sheet account reconciliations for systems migration over $20 plus million in revenue.
• Monitoring of 37 revenue accounts payable and receivable accounts (suspense, asset to lease operating expense, liability, equity, interest, G&A, PP&E, JIB, MMS, volume allocation, revenue distribution).
• Provided recommendations, documentation and training staff for improved processes and procedures in accordance with GAAP.
• Ensured revenue is recognized in accordance with GAAP.

• Responsible for cost accounting functions relative to specific projects including daily correspondence with project manager(s) in order to effectively document project status, profitability, and cost estimates with Chevron.
• Reconcile monthly accruals and issue upcoming quarterly forecasts for expense and revenue.
• Reconciliation of vendor statement, preparation of expense report, and other information collection for reporting purpose.
• Reviewed and approved monthly balance sheet account reconciliations for business.
• Determined development costs to be capitalized quarterly based on account and project categorization.
• Provided information requested by internal and external auditors and coordinate the resolution of audit issues.
• Advised and maintained billing in accordance with GAAP rules.
• Managed one Accounting Clerk.

• Responsible for performing EOM, quarter and EOY closings including preparation of consolidations, balance sheet reconciliations, and intercompany account reconciliations.
• Coordinate all account reconciliations including an array of General Ledger account reconciliations, variance analysis and complete resolution of reconciling items.
• Prepare journal entries and topsides for HFM reconciliation and HFM analysis.
• Provide guidance to management on improving financial processes. Evaluate company controls and procedures to develop appropriate internal controls and procedures, and ensure compliance with GAAP.
• Trainer for transitioning to outsourcing company virtually.

• Perform General ledger account reconciliations on a monthly basis.
• Prepare, review and present an analysis of worker's compensation, flexible spending accounts, long-term disability data for management on a monthly basis.
• Prepare budget vs. actual analysis as needed on specific costs centers and expenses.
• Prepare statistical and KPI metric reports, analyze, and or review various monthly or quarterly GL related balance sheet account reconciliations specific to benefits/compensation and coordinate bi-weekly reporting.

• Responsible for general ledger account analysis and reconciliation on a monthly basis, third-party balances, AR aging and journal entries.
• Coordinated with Latin America and Caribbean offices for timely billing, settlement, monthly balances, resolving high-dollar, out- of- balance.

• Prepared and reviewed multi-state tax returns for motor fuel indirect and excise tax.
• Conducted reviews and research prior year tax renditions, GL reconciliation, researched high-dollar, aged reconciliation items, and out-of-balances.
• Maintain tax systems and procedures to ensure accuracy of tax filings in accordance with IRS.
• Ensure proper documentation of tax filings for audits and valuation negotiations.
• Developed and implemented policies and efficient procedures to reconcile general ledger.