Manager Customer Service

SHERRI FREEMAN

**** ******* ****, **********, ** 72740

Phone 479/665-2555

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

OBJECTIVE

To obtain a position with a secure stable company that will allow me use my

knowledge and experience.

EDUCATION

1997 - 2002 Alcorn State University

Natchez, MS

Masters of Business Administration

GPA 3.91

1996 Mississippi State

Board of Accountancy

Certified Public Accountant

1979 - 1982 University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, MS

Bachelors of Science in Accounting

GPA 3.2

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2004 - Present Southwestern Energy Company

Fayetteville, AR

Revenue Distribution Supervisor / Revenue Special Projects Supervisor -

This position reports to the Senior Manager, Revenue Accounting.

- Worked with IT to reformat the royalty check stub

- Developed procedures and process to implement changes to Revenue

distribution and division of interest for changes in marketing

arrangements. Received Bottom Line Impact award. This change saved

the company millions of dollars.

- Developed procedures and processes for system changes for

implementation of new Arkansas Severance Tax

- Participated in development, testing, modification and implementation

of new accounting software

- Created reports and internal control procedures for Sarbanes-Oxley

- Analyzed errors and made necessary corrections for Revenue

distribution that had accumulated over many years

- Completed many requested special projects and reports as mandated by

management some spanning years of data

- Inter-company Elimination Entries and analysis

- Duties: Supervise all Revenue Accounting Functions; Revenue Reporting,

allocations, payment and analysis; Division Order Maintenance; General

Ledger Entry; Price/Volume Variance Analysis; Revenue Accruals;

Revenue Distribution Process; Sarbanes Oxley Internal Control

Procedure Development; Documentation of revenue processes and

procedures; Training new personnel; Special Projects including testing

of all software or process changes in revenue software

2003 - 2004 Eureka Springs Hospital

Eureka Springs, AR

Controller - This position reports to the Administrator.

- Completed Not-For-Profit Corporation Documentation

- Worked with management and staff to development documentation and new

requirements due to new HIPPA regulations

- Worked with the administrator on completion of forms for funding of

new hospital and purchase of clinic

- Completed forms for new doctor registration and insurance

- Duties: Supervise all financial related processes and employees in

General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Central Supply,

Insurance Coding, and Business Office; Financial Statements; Budgeting

and Forecast; Pricing and Contracts; Insurance; Payroll and Reporting;

Medicare, Medicaid and Insurance Enrollment; Computer Maintenance and

Supervision

1993 - 2003 Callon Petroleum Company

Natchez, MS

Revenue Accountant - This position reports to the Revenue Manager.

- Worked with IT department to develop upload process from spreadsheets

to Artesia for both revenue and cash saving time due to duplicate or

triplicate input of information

- Set-up allocations, pipeline and revenue reporting for Callon's first

major interconnecting pipeline property where Callon was the owner of

the pipeline, including co-mingling of gas with other non-owned or

operated property

- Set-up spreadsheets for State of Alabama Royalty reporting by lease,

later sent to the State of AL and adopted for use by companies. Saved

time and allowed the state to receive the reports by e-mail.

- Implemented Minerals Management royalty reporting in Artesia. Worked

with IT to change existing printed reports in Artesia to meet the

requirements allowing royalty reports to be sent to MMS.

- Implemented Minerals Management Internet Royalty reporting

- Reconciled inter-company differences for revenue related accounts

- Duties: Supervise revenue distributions, cash receipts, and accrual

processes; Revenue Reporting, allocations, payment and analysis;

General Ledger entry and analysis of revenue related accounts; Federal

and State royalty reporting; Price/Volume Variance Analysis; Contract

Analysis; Gas Balancing; Special Projects as requested by management

1992 - 1993 Ater Warehouse, Inc

Ferriday, LA

Accountant - This position reports to the owner.

- Set-up Financial Statements and General Ledger for new shipping

company, Ater Brothers, Inc.

- Implemented a system to track shipping by Ater Brothers, Inc.

- Set-up all financing agreements on computer system saving time, no

typographical error are allowed on the forms.

- Duties: Financial Statements and General Ledger; Payroll, Reporting

and Workmen's Compensation; Accounts Receivable and Accounts

Payable; Cash Receipts and Disbursements; Notes Payable; Inventory;

Financing Agreements, Title Transfer, Vehicle Registration; Sales

Taxes; Office Manager/Supervisor

1984 -1992 Krouse & Co., Inc.

Natchez, MS

dba Natchez Pecan and Krouse

Metals

Accountant - This position reports to owner.

- The financial statements and general ledger were more than a year

behind when I was employed. Worked with the local CPA to update the

financial statements to current status in approximately 4 months.

- Set-up computerized financial system for both companies, first on

Excalibur and later on Shared Logic, a software program designed

for the scrap metal industry. I worked with Shared Logic to make

need changes to use this system for the pecan shelling industry.

- Set-up cost systems for both companies.

- Duties: Financial Statements and General Ledger; Accounts

Receivable and Payable; Inventory Control and Analysis; Payroll,

Reporting and Workmen's Compensation; Cash Receipts and

Disbursements; Sales and Use Taxes; Insurance; Bills of lading and

shipping coordination, Advertising and customer service; Office

Manager/Supervisor

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Office Access, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, Lotus, Visicalc,

Quatro Pro, Word Perfect, Word Star, Artesia, Horizon, Excalibur, Dbase,

Quicken, Quickbooks, Turbo Tax

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND AWARDS

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Mississippi State Society of CPA's

Council of Petroleum Accountants Societies

Southwestern Energy President's Award - Bottom Line Impact

REFERENCES

Randy White, Revenue Manager, Callon Petroleum, 601-***-****

Wendy Keith, Financial Reporting, Southwestern Energy, 832-***-****

Summer Morton, Accounting Supervisor, Southwestern Energy, 479-***-****

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