Manager Accounting

SHARON A. NELSON

***** *. **** *****, ******, CO 80007 - 303-***-**** - email:

**********@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior Financial Reporting Analyst/Consolidations Analyst

(Sep-06 to Mar-11)

Newmont Mining Corporation, Greenwood Village, CO

. Performed SEC reporting including Consolidating Financial

Statements, Results of Operations and several footnotes and

disclosures

. Responsible for month-end consolidation including journal

entries and reconciliations

. Prepared internal management reports

. Prepared U.S. Department of Commerce financial statements and

reports

. Responsible for loading corporate entity budget/forecast files

and preparing consolidation journal entries

. Worked with external auditors and prepared, audit workpapers,

variance analysis and other projects as required

. Updated SOx documentation as necessary

. Advanced use of Hyperion Financial Management, Smartview,

Essbase, Clarity Financial Reporting and Excel

Senior Financial Analyst (Apr-05

to Sep-06)

Alta Colleges, Inc., Denver, CO

. Prepared full financial package for upper management on a

monthly basis along with ad hoc reporting when required

. Assisted in preparing and reviewing budgets/ forecasts including

actual to plan variance analysis

. Performed duties as Hyperion Administrator for Planning, Essbase

and Reporting systems

. Attended several Hyperion training classes including Planning,

Analyzer and Application Link

. Attended SEC Reporting Skills Workshop presented by the SEC

Institute to prepare for possible upcoming IPO

Financial Reporting Consultant - contract position

(Nov-04 to Apr-05)

Coors Brewing Company, Inc., Golden, CO

. Worked as a consultant with new general ledger and financial

reporting project team to implement new financial reporting

processes

. Used SAP to reconcile Investment and Capital accounts related to

consolidation

. Performed account analysis as needed.

Completed MBA in Wichita, KS and moved to Denver, CO

(May-03 to Nov-04)

Koch Industries, Inc., Wichita, KS

(Sep-97 to May-03)

Koch Industries, Inc. is a large privately held company involved in

oil & gas exploration and refining, pipeline operations, a wide range

of commodities trading, and entrepreneurial investment opportunities.

Held three different positions:

Financial Reporting Supervisor

. Member of Hyperion Enterprise implementation team in Capital

Services Financial Reporting group

. Hyperion system administrator

. Responsible for consolidation of 30 to 40 entities including

international entities and foreign currency translation

. Project was successfully completed - continued to provide

consulting assistance to other Koch companies in building

Hyperion applications

. Supervised five employees

Senior Accountant - Tax Planning

. Moved into tax accounting role and gained experience with

foreign tax credits, accounting for foreign currency

transactions and translation, interest rate swaps

. Additional experience with international consolidations and

various other complex accounting issues

. Project was successfully completed and produced several million

in tax savings

Cash Manager and Senior Trading Accountant

. Transitioned into new treasury group to set up processes and

procedures

. Developed daily and monthly cash position reports for

controllers, traders and corporate office

. Set up new bank accounts and developed banking relationships

. Monitored approximately $20 to $100 million incoming and

outgoing wire transfers daily and prepared or reviewed

approximately thirty general ledger and bank reconciliations

. Completed research projects and monitored cost of capital and

loans from corporate office

Accounting Manager/Assistant Controller

(Oct-85 to Sep-97)

Worked at four different banking institutions in California, Ohio and

Kansas - moved due to spouse's employment transfers. Responsible for

operations of the accounting groups and supervised 3 to 5 employees.

SHARON A. NELSON

17817 W. 78th Drive, Arvada, CO 80007 - 303-***-**** - email:

**********@*****.***

EDUCATION:

. Master's in Business Administration (accounting emphasis), Wichita

State University (2003)

. Bachelor of Business - Finance Major, Western Illinois University,

Macomb, IL (1985)

CERTIFICATION:

. Certified Public Accountant, State of Kansas (1997) - current

active status

COMPUTER SKILLS:

. Oracle and other general ledger systems

. Advanced experience with Hyperion applications

. Clarity Financial Reporting

. Microsoft Office including Excel, Word and Outlook

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