Amanda N. Gatewood

281-***-**** adckvc@r.postjobfree.com

Selected Accomplishments

Progressive increases in project management, accounting and forecasting, and supervisory roles for over ten years primarily in oil and gas services companies.

Served on teams at two public companies during implementation or integration of enterprise level reporting systems including a Fortune 500 company.

Participated in initial documentation and control testing for SOX for a public company and supported internal control testing function for Fortune 500 company.

Extensive experience in working with operations as a strategic partner to process transactions and produce concise managerial financial reports and financial modeling forecasts in which to develop product line financial growth.

Improved efficiency and detail level of reporting and analysis on a per customer as well as per products basis to operational mangers within their product lines, which allows them to more effectively manage profitability.

Work Experience

ALLISON MARINE HOLDINGS, Houston, TX

Accounting Consultant (Temporary) Apr 2017 – Jun 2017

Responsible for Workers Comp audit

Reconciliation of Assets and locations

Liaison with financial auditors so that the information is construed accurately and thoroughly.

SEC Reporting as well as additional reporting detail and reconciliations

NEWPARK RESOURCES, Houston, TX

Eastern US Regional BU Controller & US Accounting Manager Apr 2014 – Mar2017

Business Unit Controller Nov 2012 – Apr 2014

Currently serving the VP & Operational management with financial support for the Eastern US Drilling Fluids product line. (~ $250M revenue)

Prior to promotion, also provided support for Newpark Completion Services and Excalibar Minerals.

Providing extensive variance analysis of customer revenue trends, pricing changes, and operating expenses for monthly and quarterly business performance analysis.

Supervised GL accounting functions for month-end and quarterly close processes.

Prepared and supervised the process for creating yearly budgets and monthly forecasts.

Addressing gaps in financial reporting applications to enable timely and meaningful management reporting and to drive accuracy and dependability of financial data.

Created financial analysis reporting package to gain visibility into product line profitability by departments.

Coordinating system/process enhancements for responsible product lines, as well as the remaining North America drilling fluids areas.

Manage finance team for NDF US as well as responsible for many off the cross functional responsibilities of the business units.

BAKER HUGHES INC, Houston, TX

Interim FP&A Manager Mar 2012 - Jun 2012

Sr. Financial Analyst Aug 2010 – Nov 2012

Served multiple product line operational mangers within Drilling Fluids, Completion Fluids, Fluid Environmental Services, and Baker Petrolite Chemicals.

Increased visibility of forecasting and budgeting requirements to field operations managers in order to improve weekly delivery/ revenue analysis by product line, and profitability analysis by customer and products.

Identified potential general ledger adjustments based on review of variance by relying on extensive past experience in analysis, and consolidations.

Assisted in creating, modifying, and presenting financial management course for non-financial operational personnel in multiple areas and career levels.

Served on the integration team of GOM Completion Fluids division of BJ services.

Supervised and developed financial analyst in order to create clear lines of succession.

Amanda N. Gatewood

TETRA APPLIED TECHNOLOGIES, The Woodlands, TX

Sr. Accountant Dec 2006- Aug 2010

Served as supervising accountant including recurring accounting responsibilities as well as forecasting and budgeting reports for multiple business units comprising of Subsea P&A, Diving services, Land P&A, and Integrated Operation.

Delivered key project cost reports including forecasting by project for senior management.

Managed revenue cycle of project activities including project milestones, completed contract, time and materials, and charge-back items including detailed preparation of calculations to support book revenue estimates on percentage of completion basis monthly.

Monitored project costs and open purchase orders to ensure appropriate and timely cost accruals and profitability by project.

Supervised receiving functions and coordinated with project management and procurement resources to increase accuracy of each projects future complete cost and revenue estimates.

Contributed to additional report development as needed to support goals and objectives.

LGI DEVELOPMENT, The Woodlands, TX

Sr. Financial Analyst Oct 2005- Nov 2006

Completed daily accounting and monitoring of activities for three separate entities, which included preparation of detailed transactions, variance analysis, and debt schedules. Also regularly balanced inter-company transaction schedules as well as overall corporate forecasting and budgeting.

Communicated directly with financial institutions, RBC and KeyBank, regarding Lot Loans, Acquisition and Development loans, and Guidance Line Loan Financing to provide funds necessary for ongoing operations.

Report and maintain schedules for inventory levels based on project needs and cash flow levels.

C’TREAT OFFSHORE – ITT INDUSTRIES, The Woodlands, TX

Finance Manager Mar 2004- Oct 2005

Accountant/ Accounting Supervisor Jun 2003- Feb 2004

Key team member during implementation of initial SOX documentation and controls testing.

Provided specialized Hyperion training as part of developing all accounting department staff

Supervise accounting department while responsible for completing all accounting activities for two divisions of ITT Industries.

Detailed transaction responsibility for general ledger, payables and receivables monthly consolidated data including preparation.

Participated in budgeting, related to inventory values and overall cash flow for two companies on weekly and monthly reports.

SOURCE NET SOLUTIONS, College Station, TX Nov 2002- May 2003

Accounts Payable Resolution

Participated in implementation of SAP program and worked in several systems during process.

Responsible for accurate processing of accounts payable transactions.

Interacted with client analyst to increase the quality of customer resolution and service and participated in creation of additional statistical reporting.

Other Work Experience During College

GRANT PRIDECO, Navasota, TX May 2002- Aug 2002

Cost Accountant [Internship]

Attended training for Advanced Excel, process consolidation, and leadership development. And used learned skills to help develop new standards for creation of allocations tables in a standard job cost environment.

Processed accounts payable and consolidated inventory data.

Conducted monthly internal audits of outgoing materials and manufactured products, which was critical monitoring process for SEC reporting.

Trained on monitoring commodity flow for governmental and corporate reporting.

TEES FISCAL OFFICE, Texas A&M, College Station, TX May 2000- April 2001

Student Worker

Accounting responsibilities related to revenue cycle including balancing cash accounts daily.

VECTOR MANAGEMENT GROUP, Houston, TX Jan 1999 – Jan 2000

Cost Engineer Technician [Internship, 3 semesters]

Gained user experience with a variety of programs including Unix and Oracle including updating of accounting transaction processing to accommodate Y2K.

Involved in projects to improve procurement and inventory controls.

Presented reports in a public forum as participant in team, which were developed, improved method of reporting on cost center status, project presentations, and cost centered deadlines.

Systems Experience

IMPLEMENTATION DESIGN AND TRAINING EXPERIENCE:

JD Edwards Enterprise One

Oracle Peoplesoft

Hyperion Business Intelligence

PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED EXPERIENCED USER:

Unix and Oracle

JDE World

SAP

Hyperion Planning, Financial Management, and Enterprise

EXPERIENCE WITH ADDITIONAL SYSTEMS:

GLI/ Insight, SRC: Business Objects Planning, Image Now, Scala, and advanced user of all Microsoft Office products

Education

HOUSTON BAPTIST UNIVERSITY, Houston, TX

Accepted to the MBA program with plans to start as soon as possible.

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY

Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting, 2002

APC- Aggie Professionals for Christ, Collegiate Representative Chair

Phi Beta Lambda (National Business Fraternity)

Sigma Phi Lambda (Service Sorority), Small Group Leader

TAGS – Transfer Ags, Mentor

Phi Theta Kappa, National Collegiate Honor Society

Scholastic Honors

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