Finance FP&A professional

EXPERIENCE:

HESS Corporation August **** - November 2016,

Advisor Bakken Finance July 2014 - November 2016

Stewarded ND Capex Budget, and Forecast process, $2.7 B at peak.

Improved CIP process by Leading Lean Kaizen events and A3 reviews.

Saved 25 Days in AFE process thru Lean data management improvements.

Helped to improve well cost by 25% year on year by developing monthly process for Full well cost analysis for the Bakken Leadership team (BLT).

Insured COPAS compiance by Developing Pad Reallocation process for multi batch pads.

Automated the full well cost process to save 20 hours of preparation time and went from twice a year to monthly reporting.

Specialist Bakken Finance July 2013 – June 2014

Improved accuracy of monthly accruals for Well Factory Facilities, Mineral Land, Well Planning, .F Skids, and Lease Acquisitions.

Improved accuracy of monthly forecast for Well Factory Components.

Improved efficiency of Executive reviews by developing the consolidated forecast model for Well Factory.

Focused Area Work teams on costs by developing monthly reports.

Improved accuarcy, data integrity, and scalability by converting Excel model to SQL database with Access front end and View output.

Automated Excel output file for Executive presentations.

Improved user experience to the SAP upgrade by being the super user interface.

Prepared Capital in Progress for all ND Capex projects.

Facilitated Lean A3 reviews for process improvement.

Specialist IT Finance and Budget 1999 To July 2013

Liaised between Finance and IT.

Managed Budget, Forecast, and commentary for Global E&P IT with over 20 senior managers or above, 19 countries, 100 cost centers, $240 M total spend.

Continuously improved the Budget and Forecast processes by integrating Excel, HPS Smartview, and SAP actuals.

Improved budget change cycle time from one week to one hour.

Monitored and analyzed actuals. Coordinated correcting entries.

Insured completeness, compliance, and proper funding for all IT AFE’s.

Managed benchmarking and efficiency studies.

Presented commentary for monthly close meeting with the Global Reporting Group.

Specialist Decision Support Services 1998 To 1999

Improved budget and forecast processes working with Center of Excellence.

Coordinated Capital and Expense Forecasts along with associated variance commentary.

Coordinated G&A worksheets and analysis of payroll.

HESS Corporation continued

Specialist Controllable Expense 1995 To 1998

Turned a 1.5 FTE job into a .75 FTE job by eliminating the need for redundant interface tables and associated maintenance by converting three models to one.

Coordinated the controllable expense budget process for all E&P.

Helped with SAP implementation and configuration, custom report design, and OBVR training during the transition away from mainframe.

Automated the Business plan consolidation model in Excel for Flex analysis.

Personnel and Balance sheet Analyst 1994 To 1995

Coordinated all personnel schedules for budget, monthly and quarterly reports.

Coordinated the preparation of the monthly forecast for the balance sheet.

Improved process flow by automating the interface between NICF and balance sheet for the monthly forecast.

EXXON USA December 1989 - August 1994

Senior Accountant Natural Gas Liquids Accounting 1993 To 1994

Recorded NGL revenue, expenses, payables, and receivables for 11 gas plant locations.

Created a contract matrix to improve accuracy of data.

Developed Price uploads for lease settlements, saving 1-2 workdays per month and cut potential errors by 40%.

Senior Accountant Gas Revenue Accounting, 1989 To 1993

Coordinated 12 accountants for the Inland Texas Unit over and short reporting

Member of the over and short tracking team that analyzed and improved the over and short reporting process for all of Exxon Gas accounting and discovered over $40 M of value imbalances that had been previously unreported.

Saved over 50 work days per year by improving the process and creating Lotus programs to improve accuracy.

EDUCATION: Bachelor of Business Administration, Finance

Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

Distinguished Student Award,

COMPETENCIES AND PROVEN EXPERTISE:

Database development A3 reviews Process Management Budgeting Forecasting Executive Reporting Process Flow analysis LEAN thinking Sharepoint design and maintenance Variance reporting Variance analysis Insured compliance of Afe’s Benchmarking coordination creative problem solving leadership time management presentation accounting skills SAP BI BOBJ Excel Access SQL SmartView Form Flow Outlook Hyperion Planning HFM Power Point Financial Planning Word

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