Power Plant Accounting

VLADIMIR FEDOROV

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PROFILE

A highly educated professional with MBA and accounting degrees, with

analytical mind and cross-cultural experience. Possesses a proven success

record and more than 14 years of experience in accounting, financial

analysis/reporting/forecasting/taxing, settlements and contract

administration, marketing and management; fluent in English and Russian.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY (RESPONSIBILITIES & ACCOMPLISHMENTS)

Halliburton International Inc.

August 2009 - current

Accounting Manager

- Completed reconciliations between very complicated Russian tax fillings

for 2008 and Halliburton's provision in short period of time;

- Created excel model to evaluate activities in different regions that lead

to a new approach in tax accounting which was presented to F&A and tax

management on corporate and regional levels, and has received high

complements;

- Discovered errors in tax accounting for the previous years, and developed

recommendations to fix them; approved accuracy of tax provision, and began

mapping of the processes;

- Took the first steps to develop recommendations to minimize tax effects,

optimize tax registrations and consolidate tax fillings;

Halliburton Inc. - WellDynamics Inc.

July 2006 - July 2009

Business Systems Analyst - Finance, Financial Analyst

- Prepared individual and consolidated financial reports (BS, P&L,

Operating Statement, Inventory, NOVA) for a few companies, created

analytical package with ratio and trend analysis;

- Implemented inter/intra company eliminations for consolidated reports;

- Created /modified / updated FRx reports, weekly P&L forecasting, Gross

Profit analysis, etc

- Performed additional analysis and research upon CFO's requests;

- Assisted in preparation of the materials for 10-Q and 10-K and SEC

compliance;

- Uploaded accounting data from Avante to FRx;

- Initiated and improved efficiency of budgeting process which led to a

reduced processing time, from 300 to 20 man- hours;

- Coordinated work with legal department and regions to gather information,

create brochure and sell FastQ assets which have not been used by

Halliburton for two years;

- Assisted to implement migration from Peachtree 2002 to FAS 50 for fixed

assets;

- Worked w/USA and Dutch auditors for statutory disclose, Sarbanes Oxley

testing, assisted with quarterly SEC reporting, fulfilled requests from

Halliburton tax and consolidation departments;

- Reconciled depreciation/inventory discrepancies for companies with

different functional currencies.

NRG Texas LLP - Reliant Energy - Houston Lighting & Power Co.,, Houston,

TX (All the same company) August 1994 - July 2006

Financial Analyst - Engineer

- Prepare financial reporting package (quick P&L, LCM analysis, Inventory

analysis, etc.);

- Responsible for fuel accounting (gas, oil, coal) for the whole company;

- Created cash forecasting package with graphical presentation and earned

complements from Company's executive management, applied cash for the

complex structure;

- Revenue accounting, PUC reporting, Sarbanes Oxley testing;

- Support for internal & external audit requests and CNP's Regulatory

Department;

- Capacity auction (CA) reconciliations and settling ERCOT statements;

- Verified and processed around 85-95 % of the company revenue on the

monthly bases;

- Performed PUC filing for Asset Group, contract administration for coal

and lignite;

- Increased efficiency rail delivery forecasting by reducing cycle time

analysis from two days to an hour;

-Operational and economic evaluations of major utility company's coal and

lignite assets and projects;

- Reduced the capital budget by $280,000 by using my own developed

analytical computer program for the economical evaluation of purchasing

used versus new equipment analysis, and the economical evaluation of

leasing equipment versus purchasing;

- Completed research showing very attractive opportunities for HL&P to

participate in privatization of the power industry of Kazakhstan.

Independent Trade Union Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Alma-Ata,

Kazakhstan

Deputy Head of the Bureau of Recommendation, Analysis and Consulting,

Director of the Center for Labor Training

- Prepared programs for labor training, and analyzed political situations

in the Republic of Kazakhstan and prepared statements and appeals;

- Maintained contact with representatives from different independent trade

unions;

- Inspected a situation in the Uralsk region of Kazakhstan as a member of

the government commission;

- Founded an Investment Fund during the privatization process in

Kazakhstan.

Asia - IMM, Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan,

Deputy Director of Marketing

- Estimated opportunity purchasing and selling domestic and foreign goods

in the market.

The Alma-Ata Managers' School, Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan,

Expert Consultant on Economy

- Prepared programs for accounts and tax courses;

- Maintained contacts with heads of different departments of major tax

inspection departments;

- Revised programs and prepared materials for training courses.

Mining Institute of the Kazakh Academy of Science, Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan,

Senior Research Scientist - Research Scientist

- Conducted research on methods of material transference with the use of

liquid, and found optimum methods of the complex development of mineral

deposits;

- Developed methodical provisions and practical applications of adaptation

of mining methods with complex development of mineral resources.

Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia,

Research Associate

- Selected optimum methods of complex development of mineral deposits for

iron mines;

- Worked out the methods of the separate mining and selective dumping of

mineral resources, used by the Major Project Institute, for the complex

development of big iron-ore deposits;

- Diploma of XVI All-Union mining conference of young scientists, Moscow,

USSR.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS/ACCOMPLISHMENTS

- MBA with Distinction from Keller Graduate School of Management, DeVry

University, USA

- Ph.D. in Open-Pit Mining from Academy of Sciences of USSR, Moscow, USSR

- MS with Distinction in Mining Engineering, Polytechnic Institute, Moscow,

USSR

- Certification of State Committee to work in investment funds of

Kazakhstan

- Published 27 times, holds 2 patents in the field of open-pit mining

CLASSES/TRAININGS

Hyperion Essbase, Smartview and Web Analysis (2009), Hyperion Financial

Planning System (2009), Risk Control Tracking System (2009), Foreign Income

Tax (2009), TALISMAN (2009), Account Reconciliation Tool (2009), 5S

Overview (2009), Finance and Accounting certificate (2008); Cash Value

Added (CVA) and Net Operating Value Added (NOVA) analysis (2008); FRx

reports I and II (2006); FASB 133 (2005); Critical Financial Tools for

Managers (2004); ERCOT Operations Seminars (2002-2004); ERCOT Settlements

and Billing (2002); Principals of Accounting I & II (2003); CPA Close

Course (2003); Natural Gas - Wellhead to Burnertip (2002); Gas Accounting,

The How To's and Why's (2002); Facilitative Leadership (2002); Power Plant

Principles (2002); Facilitative Leadership (2002); Economic Evaluation and

Investment Decision Methods (2001); Future, Options, Swap Training (2001);

Financial Analysis Workshop (2000); etc.

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

SAP R3, Axapta, FRx, Avante, Sungard, Microsoft office (Excel, Pivot

Tables, Word, Power Point), some knowledge about PeopleSoft, fluent in

English and Russian (dual USA/Russian citizenship), work on completion of

CPA certification.

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