DEVIN ROPP

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Bartlesville, OK *****

918-***-****

acwsyt@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

Phillips University - B.S. Business Administration

Major Accounting - 1998

Minor Marketing - 1998

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SPRINGBOK & ADDAX COMPANIES October 2015 – April 2016

Assistant Controller 9 Minerals Companies (Corp. Finance)

Worked with an old established company that funded multiple minerals deals and multiple no operated positions in the oil and Gas industry

Reported on multiple companies with many different funds and feeder funds and took care of most of the corporate banking and financial reporting

The company has grown and added three new companies, completed a good audit with Whitley Penn and finished the field work for the Deloitte & Touche audit

Prepared most all of the funds tax reporting for several hundred investors and created monthly financial statements for eight plus companies and year end closing entries

Managed and mastered hundreds of excel spreadsheets and workbooks

Created and distributed several private equity quarterly reports

PUTNAM OIL & GAS July 2015 – October 2015

Chief Operations Officer

Took control of an Oil and Gas Company; the owner had passed away, I had to take producing leases from an operator in default of his note

Analyzed maps, formations and zones and implemented a plan that successfully double production

Fixed wells, pumping units, electrical systems, and saltwater disposal systems, to stabilize production and bring the leases back up to industry standards

CULBREATH OIL & GAS, & SUBSIDIARIES (DEAL STRUCTURE CO.) February 2014 – July 2015

Controller and Acting Chief Financial Officer

Excelled as the Controller & CFO of a Mid-sized Oil Gas Company with more than fourteen subsidiary companies

Currently oversee in excess of eighty five million dollars in private equities monies

Kept twelve other companies moving and growing while nurturing two more startup companies while changing accounting systems

Implement a multi-lateral accounting and production system that down streamed six additional companies for the private equities funds

Built a sox compliant accounting system with internal controls and audit capabilities for future growth

With frugal management of the company’s employees and resources we have managed to stay drilling during the recent down turn and have remained profitable for our investors and as a company

Through some tax strategies and planning we have saved the company several million dollars in the past year and streamlined some of the functions of the company

PERFORMANCE OPERATING COMPANIES, Barnsdall, OK November 2011 – February 2014

Manager of Accounting and IT

Had the opportunity of most facets of Exploration and Production divisions, service companies and accounting

Oversaw the company’s twenty five million dollar joint venture; cash calls partnership accounting and billings

Managed their accounting for pipelines, land, drilling, engineering, divisions of interest, accounts payable, revenue, joint interest billing, applications for expenditures, field mangers and superintendents to remedy coding, divisionary problems, fixed asset and Internal control issues

Restructured the workflows process to eliminate erroneous errors, drove the process to delegate roles and responsibilities throughout the divisions

Audited and recoded months in arrears and maintained a week plus lead-time for timely filings for the Lease operating statements and financials

Setup and implemented the structure that fixed 120 million dollar venture that was six plus months in arrears

Setup human resources and employee handbooks and initiated company safety policies and procedures closed three different years’ full audits and most of the fourth audit

Information technology manager that restructured and designed all of the servers, voice, video and data to create synergies of saving throughout the company with five remote locations all on one network through VPN and VOIP

WELLCO ENERGY, INC., Oklahoma City, May 2003 – November 2011

Accounting consultant

Supervised day to day operations, human resources, and monthly closings and reporting on: Oil and Gas Operating companies, Roustabout, Swabbing, Well servicing companies, Asset holding company, Financial Banking Company, and numerous ranch properties

Developed growth strategies for consolidated outlook and policy for Cash flows, taxes, risk management and financial statements

Projects consisted of governmental reporting for (BIA, ONRR, BLM, MMS, DEQ, EPA, GAAP and Internal Controls ) marketing contracts/nominations, production credits, production strategy, well sales, well acquisitions, and Land ownership disputes and settlementsImplemented complete Oil and Gas accounting systems and trained the staff

Built and managed data and Telco networks

Set up data security protocols, mobile, and remote office locations

DOMINION EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION, Oklahoma City, OK August 2002 – January 2003

Accounting Specialist (Contract)

Worked on a team that converted E&P accounting software from Artesia to Novistar 6O (Oracle energy)

Wrote all of the rates, equations, quantitative calculations, and process to implement and distribute 18 states domestically and in internationally net dollar amounts to company and investors

PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY, Bartlesville, OK May 1999 – June 2002

Oil and Gas Accountant

Responsible for entering thirty to sixty million dollars of revenue monthly in seven different states and internationally

Automated and improved processes for booking revenue to increase payment accuracy, productivity and efficiency

Severance Tax Accountant

Completed past due severance tax reports for Oil and Gas. Developed and implemented adhoc reports, which simplified processes, reported data accurately and eliminated audit assessments

PHILLIPS UNIVERSITY, Enid, OK August 1996 – May 1998

Accountant Interim predecessor for Controller, March 1998 – May 1998

Created cash flows and special chapter eleven bankruptcy reports

Reviewed accounts receivable and account payable

Accountant, August 1997 – February 1998

Responsible for twelve million dollar budget

Liaison between management and department heads

Wrote accounting manual for new multi-conglomerate system

Restructured the accounting system to comply with financial accounting standards

Reconciled accounts between legacy systems and new systems

Student Accountant, January 1997 – May 1997

Audited cash, student billings, receivables, payables, payroll, and general ledgers

Reconciled balance sheet accruals, cleared sinking funds and governmental funds

Reconciled accounts for a new accounting system

Accounting Internship, August 1996 – December 1996

Constructed ten million-dollar budgets, audited and reconciled monthly accounts, and reconciled bank statements

COMPUTER EXPERIENCE

Oracle, SAP, Novistar, As400 Legacy Systems (Phillips 66), Artesia As 400 Platform now Avatar 400, Petroware windows, Wolfe Pack, SSI, Isynergy, Scan Dox, Adobe, Microsoft Operating Systems, Roughneck, QuickBooks, Microsoft Office, Lotus Notes, Lotus Smart Suite

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