Accounting Sales

MARIE THOMAS

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Home: 504-***-**** Cell: 504- 495-7392 Email: abhtsx@r.postjobfree.com

A results-oriented, accounting professional with diverse individual

contributor and management roles in dynamic, multi-disciplinary

environments in three Fortune 500 companies and one local company

international in scope. Expertise includes:

- Business Planning, Analysis and Reporting - Strategic Organizational

Teamwork

- System Implementation and Training - Project Development and

Management

- Identifying Cost Reduction Opportunities - Control and Process

Development

- Revenue and Cost Accounting - Managing and Developing Staff

SHELL OIL COMPANY, New Orleans, LA 2001-2010

Regional Financial Analyst (United States, Canada and Brazil) (2005-2010)

Responsible for providing financial and SAP support to a regional multi-

disciplinary Vice-President, 24 managers and 140 staff inclusive of

building the annual business plan (total annual spend of $100mln);

monthly/quarterly actual-to-budget analysis/reporting and forecasting;

monthly accounting; presentations/training on new financial

systems/processes; regional functional cost reporting; and other projects

assigned by the Strategic Cost Leadership Manager.

. Sole provider of SAP conversion/training support to the organization

for 2006-2007.

. Director and significant contributor to a major U.S. operations'

expense business plan totaling approximately $250mln annually for 2007-

2008.

. Lead and primary contributor to an external comprehensive general and

administrative benchmark survey for the lower U.S. 48 states and Gulf

of Mexico for 2006-2008.

. Spearhead of the regional financial effort to provide health, safety,

and environmental external contractor capital and expense spend for

2008 ($254mln) to Shell headquarters as part of a global initiative to

identify/reduce these costs.

. Recipient of awards for business plan efforts, SAP implementation

support and training, and Shell diversity employee network officer and

annual event chair contributions.

Offshore Revenue Accounting Controls Developer (2004-2005)

Responsible for developing a standardized accounting controls framework

utilized by up to 35 people. The framework included appropriate levels of

risk mitigation, SOX requirements, provisions for continuous updates,

templates for specific product/pipeline/platform/field monthly recordings

and departmental self-audits, and online/hard copy reference repositories

of working spreadsheets, training, regulatory, and policy documents for

ongoing staff coverage, development and succession planning.

. Hosted an Alabama Severance Tax audit for 2001-2004.

Prepared/successfully defended a $700K reduction to the state audit

assessment of $960K.

. Designed a complex excel database to compute/report Alabama severance

taxes. Received an award for this effort.

Offshore Revenue Accounting Supervisor (2001-2003)

Supervised 5 accountants who recorded/valued oil and gas production for

several deepwater and shelf properties and platforms with annual revenues

totaling $700mln.

. Realigned team workload to ensure good staff development and work/life

balance.

. Streamlined income fluctuation and accounts payable/receivable

analysis/reporting.

. Prepared/successfully defended a $300K reduction to the Alabama

Severance Tax Audit Assessment of $450K for 1997-2000.

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PETROTECH, INC., New Orleans, LA 1996-2001

Project Accountant (1996-1997, 1999-2001)

Supported 10 engineering managers responsible for the manufacturing

oversight of international electrical, systems integration, switchgear,

compressor and control panel projects; finalized billings from 5 project

accountants for firm price, percent complete, cost plus, and time and

material jobs; forecasted and recognized revenue/costs, reconciled

actual/committed costs; calculated/paid commissions to foreign agents;

handled all foreign letters of credit; and trained engineers on time,

material and expense coding to jobs.

. Initiated the practices of advising management on proper sales/use tax

applications for proposals and billings, and highlighted potential cost

overruns for early circumvention.

Accounting System Implementation Team Member (1997-1999)

One of a 3-person team tasked to implement a Great Plains accounting

system. Responsibilities included account mapping; planning and developing

implementation strategies; modifying business processes/reports;

installing/troubleshooting software applications; testing software for

specific applications, developing procedures for performing tasks; training

and supporting 13 users in accounting and purchasing; establishing system

securities and performing system maintenance.

GENERAL ELECTRIC MARINE SYSTEMS, New Orleans, LA 1994-1996

Project Accountant

Job responsibilities were similar to Project Accountant at Petrotech but

also included the consolidation of local accounting tasks into corporate

headquarters. Recognized for excellence

FREEPORT MCMORAN, INC., New Orleans, LA 1987-1993

Oil and Gas Accounts Payable Supervisor (1990-1993)

Supervised 12 staff responsible for annual cash disbursements totaling

$400mln and the 1099 reporting function; reviewed sales/use tax audits to

negotiate reductions of assessed taxes and identify potential refunds;

restructured work assignments for cross training and staff development; and

established enhancements to improve internal controls and reduce staff,

central processing unit, and online storage costs.

. Streamlined the check write review/distribution function saving 50 man-

hours a week.

. Persuaded vendors to significantly reduce the number of invoices sent for

processing.

. Saved the company $3.5mln in sales/use taxes by researching/applying tax

exclusions/exemptions to vendor invoices.

Supervisor, Revenue Accounting (1987-1990)

Supervised 6 accountants responsible for $600mln of revenues and joint

interest cast receipts and $420mln of cash disbursements annually inclusive

of the 1099 reporting function.

. Located and resolved $1.5mln suspended revenues held by other companies

due Freeport McMoRan as a result of mergers and acquisitions.

EDUCATION/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

B.S. in Business Administration - Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge,

LA

Major: Accounting Minor: Management

Member, Project Management Institute, Working toward PMP Certification

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