Penny Abate

*****Arrowhead Ridge, Humble, TX **396

Phone 832-***-****

Email: ad0sah@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Summary

Highly reliable and experienced Project/Cost Control Analyst with a superb record of sound project financial management. Considerable breadth and depth of experience in the oil, gas, and construction industry. Strongly adept at handling multiple projects simultaneously and bringing them to close out in a timely and cost-effective manner.

Work Experience

2017-Present Brown and Root Industrial Services, LLC. (OCC) Houston, TX

Subcontract Associate Specialist

Coordination and admin for procurement contracts by utilizing specialized or technical information, customer service requiring confidentiality and advanced communication skills, and perform diverse data management processes with a variety of software applications, and database structures.

2007- 2016 Marathon Petroleum (formerly BP/Amoco) Texas City, TX

Cost Analyst/Project Controls

Responsible for establishing, maintaining, and forecasting $32 M-$50 M budgets, under the areas of Infrastructure, Facilities and Services, Warehouse and Central overhead accounts as well as creating WBS/CBS structuring. Planning and coordination with operations and maintenance to create base-line budgets as well as major maintenance projects in working spreadsheets. Analyze incurred cost and work in progress to assist in monthly forecasting updates and cost tracking in SAP and other in-house software programs related to A/P and accrual reporting as well as AFE creation and reporting. Implemented TRACK system for contractor equipment, maintained and scrubbed for accuracy and reporting for supervision and management, which entailed reviewing contract requirements, rates as well as invoice cost coding. Instrumental in the reduction of $6M in cost for Facilities area over 4 years of area assignment.

2006-2007 KBR - Granhern, E & C. Houston, TX

Billing Specialist

Monthly Billing of clients, reconciliation of general ledger accounts for receivables. Maintenance of hours for supporting access database. Upkeep of all subcontract data for each project, as well as consultant agreements. Logged all POP for each project against master agreements. Also, responsible to for team building activity for the group.

1999 – 2006 Halliburton KBR Government Services. Bagram, AFGH

Sr. Cost Specialist

Cost Reports, Non-Labor, Commitment, and Reversal Corrections for clean-up of all Task Orders. Rough Order of Magnitude, Basis of Estimate and proposal support as needed as well as creating WBS/CBS structuring. Communication coordination with Frontline Area Managers and responsible for management Ad Hoc projects and reports with emphasis on analysis and reconciliation. $784 M in Task Order Budgets. Responsible for training new cost personnel on processes, procedures and reporting. Provided relief for staff R&Rs at various out-post areas in Kabul and Kandahar.

Cost Specialist

Cost Reports, Non-Labor, Commitment, and Reversal Corrections for clean-up of all Task Orders. Rough Order of Magnitude’s, Basis of Estimate’s and Proposal support as needed. Previous project included billing and cleanup of assigned Job Numbers. Reconciliation of GL accounts for billing purposes. Petty Cash Reports. Local Labor Insurance and accruals. Enter PO’s, Payments, Requisitions, and Travel Requisitions on an as needed basis. Collect and append Transfer files from in-country and run the project reports on an as needed basis. Also responsible for retention and maintenance of files as well as updating and maintaining procedures as needed.

Education

2014 - Present University of Phoenix Phoenix, AZ

BSB/MGT

BSM Degree in July 2017 and member of the International Honor Society in Business, Management, and Administration.

1991 - 1993 Brazosport Junior College Clute, TX

Associate of Applied Science

References

Mike Kirkland, Project Controls Manager, Marathon Petroleum – Texas City, Texas

Michelle Hetkes, Project Controls Analyst, Marathon Petroleum – Texas City, Texas

Stephanie Summerall, Sr. Project Controls Analyst, On Sabatical

Priscilla Corona, QAQC Manager, Abox Container Corporation

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