Project Manager Accounting

CINDY M. CHRISTIANSON, CPA

303-***-**** abnqoy@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Financial Executive with over 20 years of accounting experience in both public and private sectors, including

domestic and international operations. Heavy emphasis in SEC reporting, SOX implementation, project

management, systems review, development and implementation, and acquisition and divestiture experience.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ST. MARY LAND & EXPLORATION COMPANY, Denver, CO 2008-2009

$1 billion publicly-traded exploration and production company

Exploration & Production Accounting Manager (2008-2009)

JIB Accounting Manager (2008)

Managed a team of 3 direct and 14 indirect reports responsible for all exploration and production (E&P) accounting

areas for 6,000 + wells. Supervised Joint Interest Billing (JIB) and responsible for Authorization for Expenditure

(AFE) generation, tracking, and approval. Oversaw and reviewed E&P monthly depreciation & depletion (DDA),

capitalized interest, Lease Operating Expense (LOE) accruals, AFE accruals, Ad Valorem tax accruals, and

insurance accruals. Reviewed and implemented FAS pronouncements and drafted financial accounting and

development area memos for the Financial Accounting area. Coordinated audits conducted by outside partners and

external auditors. Supervised E&P SOX process mapping and documentation. Prepared and managed department

budget.

• Designed and implemented process improvement for LOE, AFE, and Ad Valorem accruals and for the DDA,

Impairment, and capitalized interest processes which decreased man hours by over 50%

• Restructured the JIB department into both a financial analysis group and joint venture accounting group within

9 months of hire

• Implemented JIBLink software for outside JIBs and imported JIBLink scanned images directly into

DocView and Excalibur saving processing and scanning time of JIBs by 40%

• Team member on policy development and implementation for inventory and AFE areas

CREDIT MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC, Denver, Colorado 2007

$27 million privately held servicing company which markets, issues, and manages credit cards

Controller

Managed a staff of four direct reports responsible for all accounting, financial, and cash flow reporting and human

resources function. Reviewed and analyzed daily, monthly, and annual consolidated financial statements and daily

and annual cash flow projections. Prepared monthly reporting to debt financiers, budgets, and cash flow projections.

Invested daily cash and handled banking and warehouse loan services. Managed operations of parent company and

subsidiary. Coordinated annual audit and tax return with external auditors.

WESTERN GAS RESOURCES, INC., Denver, Colorado 1996-2007

$5 billion publicly-traded exploration and production, transportation, and gas gathering and processing company

Exploration & Production Accounting Manager (1998-2007)

Managed a team of 5 direct and 21 indirect reports responsible for all E&P accounting areas for 10,000 + wells.

Compiled and reviewed all E&P MDA and 10-Q & 10-K footnotes. Reviewed and analyzed monthly financial

statements for six domestic and one international development areas. Supervised JIB and responsible for AFE

generation, tracking, and approval. Oversaw and reviewed E&P monthly revenue estimation, DDA, asset retirement

obligation (ARO), and capitalized interest. Reviewed and implemented FAS pronouncements. Project

Implementation Manager for P2ES JIB and AFE modules, enVision Canadian software, and upgrade/patch release

testing. Coordinated audits conducted by outside partners and external auditors. Supervised E&P SOX process

mapping and documentation and related IT SOX functions. Team member of E&P acquisitions and divestitures,

land trades, contract review and approval, and litigation support. Prepared and managed department budget.

• E&P team member for sale of WGR to Anadarko Petroleum Company and related SAP conversion team lead

• Member of all E&P acquisition, divestiture, and land trade teams

• Implemented P2ES JIB and AFE and Canadian enVision software and JIBLink for outside JIBs

• Designed and implemented FoxPro interface to upload a joint venture partner JIB into an automated validation,

approval and Oracle upload process

• Designed and implemented Lease Operating Statement reporting and automated financial reports using Oracle

FSGs, Toad, and MS Query

• Uncovered $17 million in AFE well costs and Lease Operating Expenses not billed to outside parties resulting

in $8 million recovery and updated three years of balance sheet reconciliations and billing for 500+ wells for a

two-year period within six months of taking position

• Developed all accounting procedures including capitalized interest, ARO, DDA and producing leasehold

assignment and team member for AFE Reporting and Corporate Financial Reporting manuals

• Project manager for accounting development and implementation for Canadian exploratory area

Project Manager, Internally Developed Software-STARS (1996-1998)

Managed a team of six and one programmer to design a three-phase software program which tracked marketing

margins, invoiced customers for gas sales, and provided automated payments for gas purchases. Successfully

implemented first two phases of project before accepting new position.

• Project implementation resulted in staff reduction of 43% in System Control area

• Developed reports using Crystal Reports and Business Objects, which eliminated manual preparation time of

roughly 10 days work per month per staff member

Systems Control Accounting Manager (1996-1998)

Managed a team of 4 direct and 15 indirect reports responsible for review and analysis of gas marketing margin

transactions, including pipelines, plants, gathering, and imbalances of the marketing department. Developed an

automated process to fax pipeline sales invoices for 600+ customers. Responsible for department budget.

XCEL ENERGY, Denver, Colorado 1995-1996

$2.2 billion publicly-traded utility company

Unit Manager, Subsidiary & Joint Ownership Accounting

Managed a staff of eight direct reports responsible for review and analysis of corporate monthly and annual financial

statements of subsidiaries (gas & electric, gas pipeline, insurance, real estate, credit union, transportation, energy

management, and gas storage companies) and jointly-owned plants and transmission lines. Oversaw audits of and

provided management consulting to subsidiaries and jointly-owned facilities. Served as audit committee member

for jointly-owned facilities. Assisted in the development of corporate overhead rates and policy. Accounting liaison

for marketing programs developed and decommissioning of Ft. Vrain nuclear facility. Responsible for department

budget and assisted with subsidiary budget preparation.

HIGHLINE FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., Boulder, Colorado 1988-1995

$56 million subsidiary of Xerox Credit Corporation

Controller (1990-1995)

Assistant Controller (1988-1990)

Managed a staff of six direct reports responsible for all accounting and financial reporting functions. Reviewed and

analyzed corporate monthly and annual consolidated financial statements. Prepared monthly reporting to debt

financiers, budgets, financial projections and estimated lease residuals. Invested daily cash and handled banking

services. Managed operations of parent company and 14 domestic & international subsidiaries. Coordinated annual

audit with external auditors. Accounting liaison on leveraged buyout. Accounting member of McCormick Dodge

software systems conversion. Beta tester, trainer, and speaker at annual software conference.

NBI, INC., Boulder, Colorado 1987-1988

General Accountant III, General Accounting

Prepared corporate monthly consolidated financial statements, SEC reporting forms 10-Q & 10-K, annual report and

proxy statement. Supervised and trained a staff of three.

PRICE, WATERHOUSE COOPERS, CPAs, Denver, Colorado 1986-1987

Senior Auditor, Emerging Business Services

MCGLADREY & PULLEN, CPAs, Rapid City, South Dakota 1982-1986

Senior Auditor

Supervised and trained accountants on audit engagements in a variety of industries including high tech, software,

construction, transportation, healthcare, government, insurance, and manufacturing. Prepared review and

compilation engagements and corporate, partnership, and individual tax returns (federal and state). Performed

management consulting for new business start ups and existing businesses. Created special projects utilizing

computer applications for clients.

EDUCATION

BS, Business, Major: Accounting, Cum Laude Graduate, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Proficient in MS-DOS, Windows 5.1, Excel, Word, Power Point, Explorer, TOAD, PL/SQL, Access, Business

Objects/Crystal Reports, SAP, Oracle, Oracle FSGs, & Excalibur

• Performed systems review, designed in-house applications, and managed system implementation projects

• Team lead for Anadarko SAP conversion (fixed assets-book/tax, JIB, AFE, and Business Associates) and

Well/JOA setup in TOBIN

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Colorado Society of Certified Public Accountants

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

COPAS

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