Kay Parks
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EDUCATION
BS, Business Administration - Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas
- 1987
SOFTWARE SKILLS
Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, SAP, Hyperion Essbase, Oracle, GL
Company, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, QuickBooks, Navision, Seagate Crystal
Reports, Lotus, Harvard Graphics, Paradox, dBase and Contract Manager
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Richardson ISD - Richardson, Texas 6/10 -
8/10
Budget Consultant (Contractor for Robert Half & Accountemps)
. Reconciled several business bank accounts (Accounts Payable, Payroll,
Bond, Debt, Workers Compensation, Medical Services Insurance, Food
Service & Operating accounts). Uploaded electronic bank statements.
Prepared journal entries.
. Filed Sales and Use Tax Return for all of the Richardson ISD schools and
locations.
. Created and developed procedures for Reconciling 8 Business Bank
Accounts, for Uploading Electronic Statements and for Filing Sales & Use
Tax Returns.
Goodman Networks - Plano, Texas 2/10 - 6/10
Senior Financial Analyst (Contractor for Goodman Networks)
. Responsible for developing and maintaining financial reporting packages
for 66 business units totaling $33 million.
. Responsible for comparing actual expenditures to budgets and creating
variance analysis reports.
. Developed procedures and documentation for updating the financial
reporting packages.
. Created dashboard charts & graphs for monthly financial presentations.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas - Richardson, Texas 3/09 -
7/09
Budget Analyst (Contractor for Kelly Services)
. Responsible for preparing and reviewing 17 Marketing Communications
budgets, analyzing all expenditures, preparing financial variance
reports, expense projections and monthly accruals.
Alliance Data Systems / Direct Energy - Dallas, Texas
9/08 - 02/09
Senior Financial Analyst (Contractor for HLP Solutions)
. Created the 2009 Direct Energy budget for 28 cost centers totaling $6
million.
. Uploaded budget and monthly forecast changes using Hyperion Essbase.
. Prepared monthly financial reporting packages for all cost centers
comparing actuals to budget and forecast.
. Researched all expenses in detail hitting the Direct Energy cost centers.
. Reconciled balance sheet accounts, prepared journal entries and accruals.
. Updated Payroll and Headcount information for all of the Direct Energy
employees and contractors.
Amerisource Bergen Specialty Group, Frisco, TX 4/08 -
6/08
Senior Financial Analyst (Contractor for Accretive Solutions)
. Responsible for creating the FY09 Plan Target by Business Unit financial
package for ABSG Operations using Hyperion Essbase and Excel.
. Created financial statements and reports for each division of ABSG
Operations.
Oracle, Irving, TX 3/07 - 4/08
Senior Business Analyst (Contractor for Kelly Services)
. Created monthly and quarterly overtime reports.
. Worked on aged receivables and collected $369,000 in old accounts
receivables.
. Worked on FY08 Q1, Q2 & Q3 North America ACS Bookings verifying the
contract dates, amounts and status for uploading to a project accounting
system.
. Responsible for updating and pricing 600 Enterprise Linux renewal
contracts in OKS - an Oracle system.
. Processed Enterprise Linux renewals for Q3 & Q4 and sent initial quote
letters to the customers.
ACS, Dallas, TX 12/06 - 2/07
Senior Financial Analyst (Contractor for Spherion)
. Provided Hyperion Essbase reporting for several reports: Variance by
Business Unit, Variance to Budget/Forecast, Internal Revenue Growth
Analysis, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow Statement, Accounts Receivable Status
of Aged Accounts, Summary of Capital Expenditures, Headcount Summary,
Revenue by Customer, Travel Expense, Expense Trend Analysis, Unbilled
Aging, Prepaids, Intangibles and Deferred Revenue.
Samsung/ GVI Security, Carrollton, TX 8/06 -
9/06
Staff Accountant (Contractor for Financial Additions)
. Processed payroll for employees on a bi-weekly basis and made changes to
payroll as needed.
. Prepared journal entries and created credit memos.
. Reconciled account receivable accounts and bank accounts.
First Horizon Home Loans, Irving, TX 11/05 -
6/06
Business Systems Analyst (Contractor for Account Pros)
. Conducted on-site reviews of the delivery services depts. to ensure
existing reports meet the needs of internal customers and are being
utilized effectively.
. Assisted department in defining reporting requirements to meet business
needs.
. Developed and maintained daily, weekly and monthly department management
reports.
. Created procedures for all reports.
. Evaluated department performance based upon established goals,
objectives, and service level.
. Identified trends and recommended needed action, as appropriate.
. Reconciled FHHLC loan level data with investors/agencies, loan custodians
and parties in loan sales or acquisitions.
McAfee, Plano, TX 12/04 - 9/05
Senior Financial Analyst (Contractor for Manpower)
. Set up cost centers and internal order numbers in SAP to track spending
on IT projects.
. Created financial processes and procedures for tracking dollars spent on
IT projects.
. Created monthly financial reporting packages for the IT project managers.
. Prepared journal entries to move expenses in SAP.
PepsiCo, Plano, TX 5/04 - 12/04
Senior Financial Analyst (Contractor for Kelly Services)
. Created and updated Q2 & Q3 Forecast Review templates using Essbase and
Excel.
. Created financial Essbase reports of monthly expenses and headcount for
the CIO's & VP's of the organization.
. Prepared International IT planning templates for Q3, Strategic Plan and
the 2005 Annual Operating Plan (AOP).
. Responsible for making the contractor and employee level changes for the
2005 AOP.
. Created PBSG Spend Map spreadsheets and graphs for the purchasing
department totaling $242 million.
. Updated IT lease contracts in Contract Manager.
Raytheon, McKinney, TX 6/03 - 10/03
Senior Financial Analyst (Contractor for Manpower)
. Financial support for 68 missile programs within the Space and Airborne
Systems organization.
. Created variance analysis reports of contract performance against the
plan.
. Loaded program budget and forecast information into MicroFrame for each
program over $1M.
. Created pivot tables & reports for reporting on large Excel databases.
. Other responsibilities included preparation of weekly, monthly and
quarterly program status reports.
MCI, Plano, TX 1/02 - 5/03
Senior Financial Analyst (Contractor for KForce)
. Created and provided monthly budget variance and trend reports for the
Repair & Maintenance (R&M) organization.
. Responsible for working proactively with a $29 million R&M budget.
. Researched all expenses and purchase orders in detail that hit the R&M
cost centers in SAP.
. Created and provided monthly R&M Detailed Spending reports and charts.
. Responsible for finding and saving MCI $1.7 million on R&M warranty part
expenses that were covered under warranty.
Ericsson, Richardson, TX 3/00 - 10/01
Financial Analyst II
. Prepared SAP operating expense reports and variance analysis reports.
. Prepared quarterly forecasts and uploaded to SAP.
. Developed Annual Operating expense budget for several cost centers
totaling $12 million.
. Provided guidance on accounting issues and oversaw timely and accurate
month end close.
. Prepared journal entries and created Crystal Reports using Seagate.
. Prepared monthly man-hour reports showing time spent on projects,
training, administrative & absences.
. Audited financial information for organization and worked with auditors.
. Time entry administrator for the Global Technologies organization.
PepsiCo - Addison, TX 10/99 - 3/00
Senior Financial Analyst (Contractor for Volt)
. Updated detailed budget models for Frito-Lay, Pepsi Cola and Tropicana.
. Assisted in preparing the 2000 Annual Operating Plan of $78 million for
corporate wide computing.
. Responsible for creating purchase orders using Oracle.
. Tracked dollars spent against purchase orders and projects.
. Prepared monthly financial reports and journal entries.
Nortel, Richardson, TX 10/97 - 10/98
Senior Financial Analyst (Contractor for Manpower)
. Financial support to managers on preparation, submission and analysis of
budgets and forecasts totaling $150 million.
. Prepared analysis of CDMA departmental spending, headcount and capital
spending for review with finance.
. Prepared monthly results and explained monthly variances to budget.
. Prepared monthly journal entries.
Wyndham Travel Partners, Plano, TX 4/97 -
10/97
Financial Analyst
. Responsible for preparing final billing documents for clients.
. Prepared all invoices to clients and worked with accounts receivable to
collect payments on invoices.
. Tracked all sales taxes and prepared quarterly sales tax statements.
. Served as the company contact for all auditors.
. Responsible for journal entries and depreciation schedules.
ICS Communications, Richardson, Texas 11/95 - 12/96
Revenue Financial Analyst
. Prepared monthly financial and revenue reconciliation reports for 175
apartment communities.
. Produced monthly statistics calculating occupancy rates, penetration
rates, and average revenue per subscriber.
. Served as the coordinator for Emergency 911 contracts and payments.
. Ensured proper payment of Emergency 911 service fees and trunk switch
charges.
. Responsible for preparing telephone and cable revenue share statements.
Anderson Consulting, Irving, TX 6/95 - 10/95
Financial Analyst (Contractor for Accounting Edge)
. Worked with financial management to prepare the 1996 Capital budget.
. Responsible for tracking dollars spent on laptops and desktops.
. Created depreciation and inventory schedules.
Crown Media, Inc - Dallas, Texas 7/93 - 5/95
Accounting Analyst
. Created marketing, management and governmental FCC and SEC reports.
. Analyzed complicated contracts.
. Reconciled inter-company accounts monthly.
. Served as the company contact for all audit, programming and pay-per-view
vendors.
. Assisted in the development of a new self-billing database.
. Ensured the accurate payment of over $1 million to programming and pay-
per-view vendors on a monthly basis.
. Prepared variance analysis reports by location.
EDS - (Electronic Data Systems) - Plano, Texas 9/88 -
6/93
Financial Analyst (1990 - 1993)
. Responsible for tracking and reporting on capital expenditures.
. Worked with financial teams to prepare multi-million dollar capital
budgets for several contracts.
. Served as the National Contract Coordinator supporting Pulsat, Postal
Buddy and Small Maintenance Computer contracts.
. Prepared outlooks, P&L budgeting, variance analysis reports, internal
billings and journal entries.
. Automated billing process for all contracts by transitioning contracts to
a fixed price billing system.
. Selected to lead project for department during the implementation of a
new on-line requisition system.
. Created procedures for the new requisition system and trained project
managers how to use the system.
Accounts Payable Specialist (1988 - 1990)
. Processed invoices for payment and performed month-end general ledger
accruals.
. Determined proper general ledger accounts and capitalization.
. Identified, researched and resolved discrepancies in vendor statements.