Project Manager

PROFILE

An excellent self-motivated Job Cost Accountant/Supervisory Professional

with extreme vast organized and extraordinary diverse experience of 16

years in the Accounting and 11 years in the Management/Supervisory

workforce with very strong analytical, interpersonal leadership, strong

communication skills, and ability to solve problems and manage multiple

tasks, while utilizing quick thinking skills. An educated and energetic

professional recognized as a quick learner, a hard worker with strong

analytical and computer skills with the ability to manage several tasks

simultaneously while working in a stressful environment as well as standing

up for the challenge. Ability to work at own pace under little or no

supervision.

EDUCATION

Dual Bachelors in Management, 12/2005

American InterContinental Online University, Atlanta, GA

CPA Candidate - 150 Credit Hours Completion

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Cost Analyst Accountant/Controller, Universal Personnel Contracted by

Marathon Petroleum Co., LLC, Gonzales, Louisiana

2007-2009

. Analyze incurred costs versus budgeted cost as work progresses and

prepare variance reports as requested for all appropriate cost items,

while tracking and monitoring the project's cash flow requirements

versus planned cash flow projections.

. Review contractor's agreed upon contract and procurement reports to

confirm Marathon is being invoiced according to agreed upon terms.

. Work with Project Manager and M&TE Project Control Supervisor to

perform project cost forecasts based upon contractor's monthly cost

and progress reports, while reconciling the project's progress reports

against contractor verification reports.

. Log, analyze, and route all project deviation forms and change orders,

update contract cost model as appropriate, while working with Project

Manager to ensure reports and contracts are completed with accuracy

and efficiency.

. Review progress and cost reports from contractor(s) to ensure accurate

reporting, while logging review comments and progress verification,

resolve inconsistencies between budgeted and actual expenditures, to

resolve situations of processed transactions.

. Perform preliminary invoice analysis including, validating invoiced

amounts against project progress reports and contractor timesheets,

the job costs as well as determining the accuracy of our project cost

forecasts per EPC Contract, prepare disputed items prior to invoice

payment/approval.

. Ensuring invoiced amounts are consistent with contract and verifying

applicable back-up documentation is attached and properly coded.

. Provide services and generate reports and perform occasional resource

audit at field locations as requested by the Project Team.

. Establishes code of accounts and ensure/detect proper or improper

coding of information.

. Work using budget/accounting and other financial management procedures

to resolve difficult problems such as analysis and determination to

validate transactions. Resolved inconsistencies between budgeted and

actual expenditures, to resolve situations of processed transactions.

. Knowledge of skill investigating in a personal manner, while analyzing

internal problems and concerns within a written and verbal manner to

develop a resolution.

. Track and monitor project costs based on items in the Project's EPC

Contract. Internal Audit of all areas of GME Project according to

Audit guidelines and EPC Contract.

. Utilize professional accounting and auditing practice to perform a

variety of job assignments, maintain journal entries and general

ledger accounts on a daily basis.

. Develop procedures in which provide solutions for accounting &

operational problems, while maintaining the implementation of

regulations, internal control procedures and analysis of automated

systems.

. Prepares internal audit reports, which identifies questionable

situations, present findings, and recommendations of corrective

action, expert in the resolution of accounting systems problems and

recommendations.

. Knowledge of professional accounting principles, theories, and

techniques to analyze facts, devise solutions, and provide expert

advice on the interpretation of new legislation or laws affecting the

payroll accounting system.

. Knowledge of the payroll accounting system and various feeder systems

in order recognize and isolate problems and make recommendations for

system improvements.

. Make decisions concerning retentions, terminations, reassignments, and

nominations for incentive and honor awards for subordinate staff.

. Daily role of accounting process over $3.2 billion dollar major

expansion project.

. Daily role of full bookkeeping on major accounts of multiple contracts

and commercial contractors for GME.

Accounting Supervisor/Controller, Belfor Restoration Construction Company,

New Orleans, Louisiana 2005-2007

. Managed 12 employees in the accounting/administrative office, while

performing and processing payroll and accounting functions showing

accountability to the Finance and Human Resource Department while

focusing on maintaining, processing and updating employee 401K

retirement plans.

. Managed and reviewed government contracts, ensure that Project

Managers were always in accordance and up to date with policies and

procedures of contracts.

. Managed and assisted with the preparation, process, calculation,

reporting and distribution of the payroll by way

of The Timberline Accounting Computerized System while

documenting pay rules from union contracts, including

rates of pay, per diems, expense reimbursement.

. Maintained accounting system as needed while entering journal and

general ledger entries, while balancing and reconciling accounts,

made credit and/or debit adjustments as needed or required.

. Oversaw and assisted with the calculation of payroll timesheets,

wages, deductions and federal and state laws as well as coding and

checking for accuracy of vendor invoices, revenue accounting and

unbilled revenue.

. Preparation of payments to federal, state tax organizations, as

well as insurance organizations while documenting withholding

requirements and amounts deducted from employees payroll on a bi-

weekly basis.

. Weekly meetings with the Project Managers/General Manager to

discuss and review vendor invoices, job

costs, budgets as well as development of new implementation of

company procedures, while coordinating calendars and schedules and

ensuring financial data and management control systems, while

coordinating and preparing monthly forecast while utilizing US GAAP

through strong organizational and communication skills.

. Informed Project Managers and General Manager if there was a

problem or discrepancy within the invoices, budget or contract or

contractor issues.

. Processed and established all job costs and cost code accounts

changes, while ensuring and detecting if project managers were

coding invoices properly as well as charging the codes to the

correct accounts with the proper information.

. Recorded, tracked and reported all job project costs as well as

cost forecasting to ensure and assist project managers in areas of

concern of profit margins.

. Processed and reviewed weekly invoices to ensure that their

validation and accuracy is in accordance with federal and state

guidelines, while ensuring invoices are coded properly according to

their jobs, the job costs as well as determining the accuracy of

our project cost forecasts and resolving if invoice was in

question.

. Processed the end of month accounting reports as well as handling

general ledger statements and journal entries while processing

account reconciliation entries.

. Provided assistance to the Human Resource Department in issuing

out and explaining benefits packages to employees by being

knowledgeable of payroll and associated withholding rules for

employees and retirees.

. Provided assistance to clients which consisted of contractors, the

government, project managers, general managers and corporate

management in a discrete manner, while responding to any requests

that each may have concerning the project.

. Audited and Processed the billing for the Account Receivable and

Payable Department and generate invoices to clients using the

Peachtree Accounting 2006 software.

. Developed procedures in which provide solutions for accounting &

operational problems, while maintaining the implementation of

regulations, internal control procedures and analysis of automated

systems.

. Performed complex professional accounting activities involving in-

depth project analysis of records and milestones.

. Prepared internal reports in which identifies questionable

situations, present findings, and recommendations of corrective

action.

. Evaluated the validity of findings and recommendations identified

by both internal and external audit agencies.

Controller/Office Manager, Inflatable Zoo, Laplace, Louisiana

1998-2005

. Managed 10 employees, processed daily schedule and weekly payroll

for all employees while preparing a well documented work product

based spreadsheet on templates and accounting database designed.

. Processed timesheets, schedules, calendars and withholdings for

weekly payroll, calculation of payroll timesheets, wages, and

deductions, federal and state laws.

. Analyzed and reconciled computer printouts, customer invoices,

payroll and branch corporate business.

. Balanced and reconciled bookkeeping on accounts, reconciled cash

and invoices on a daily basis as well as ensured that payments are

made to the federal and state government, balanced spreadsheets

involved with daily orders and entries as well as organized a

weekly inventory control check.

. Finalized monthly, quarterly and year-end reports for tax

preparation and prepared year end 1099 statements for employees,

while maintaining in-house payroll, state and federal tax as well

as insurance and retirement deductions and plans.

Collection Analyst, Trans Oceanic Shipping Company, Kenner, Louisiana

2000-2002

. Collector of problem accounts of 60-120 days old for companies

largest and most esteemed customers.

. Advised clients on accounts and made adjustments accordingly while

reconciling data billed in error on accounts.

. Finalized monthly, quarterly, and year-end reports while ensuring

companies check wires are billed accurately.

Payroll / Human Resources Analyst, GES Exposition Services, New Orleans,

Louisiana 1999-2000

. Processed payroll for over 700 + plus employees, attended to

Accounting H/R entries not limited to handling employee 401K

retirement plans, child support payments and other legal payroll

deductions.

. Handled garnishments, and other payroll deductions by employees

while submitting payment to federal and state government while

processing End of Month Closures and Finance Reconciliation's.

COMPUTER SPECIALIZED SKILLS

. Microsoft Office XP, Word, Excel, Works, PowerPoint, MRO MAP AP

Workflow 8.0, GME SharePoint, NVision, SAP, Primavera, PeopleSoft,

QuickBooks, Peachtree Accounting, Mas90/200.

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