Manager Financial Analyst

Marilyn K. Rush

Oklahoma City, OK *****

********@*****.***

Cell: 405-***-****

Dedicated accountant and manager with 16+ years’ of experience in telecommunications, 6 years’ experience in natural gas midstream services, 1 year revenue owner relations experience, and 3 years’ consulting experience in accounting, finance and problem solving.

Self-starting and able to grasp new responsibilities. Continually updating skills and education. Effective as motivator and mentor to others.

Areas of Expertise

Fixed Asset Management

Federal and State Tax Management

JV Experience- Acctg. & Contracts

Accounting Software Implementation

Quorum, SAP, Great Plains, etc.

Midstream Processing, Gathering & Trans.

Revenue Margin Analysis

Business Writing Skills

Telecommunications

Software Conversion

Upper Management Reporting

Design Financial Stmt. Reports

Property Tax

Budgeting and Implementation

User Testing Software

Professional Experience

AMERICAN FIDELITY ASSURANCE CO — Oklahoma City, OK 10/19 to 06/20 Contract Employee – Billing Analyst

Working on special contract assignment helping with billing reconciliation in new Oracle system. Daily application of deposits to teams’ billing as well as researching suspense payments and correcting in both old and new system. Only essential employee for Billing Department during COVID-19 initial phase. MAMMOTH ENERGY — Oklahoma City, OK 05/17 to 03/19

Senior Accountant – Cobra T&D

First accountant hired by company to set up accounting systems and procedures for monthly close and reporting. Selected Contributions:

Set up fixed asset system and related reporting.

Monthly general ledger entries and reconciliations.

Managed monthly credit card expenditures and credit card distribution.

Managed cash expenditures/cash flow and banking activity.

Journal entries

CHESAPEAKE ENERGY — Oklahoma City, OK 01/15 to 11/15 Accountant III (Lead) – Revenue – Owner Relations

Lead Accounting Revenue Owner Relations for team of four for advanced Working & Royalty Interest Owners. Selected Contributions:

Resolved complex questions for interest calculations, Division Order setup, and JIB.

Summarized contributions of group and reported indices to management. Maintained inquiry log.

Coordinated team projects with other departments and served as subject matter expert.

Streamlined calculations and processes used by department for more efficiency.

Documented ROR reference materials and coordinated resource materials. ENOGEX LLC — Oklahoma City, OK 04/06 to 07/12

Senior Accountant – Gathering, Transportation, and Processing Adept at all phases of GTP departmental group. Able to find solutions that are often “outside of the box”. Selected Contributions:

Within first six months, set up Gathering position processes and recorded flow of Quorum System processes for all applications involved for the production month close. Posted revenue GL entries via SAP and took over TIPS.

Designed Quorum update testing for GTP department and worked on team to verify 100% accuracy of results.

Implemented monthly report to aid in checking for margin component mistakes; this report has become an important tool for many departments to make business decisions.

Took responsibility for updating GPA 2145.09 conversion factors in Quorum, and worked up new chart for the plant reports which were updated with these calculations. Verified NGL calculations used in all systems.

Implemented more accurate means of valuing NGL Inventory, Keepwhole, POP, and Purchase for Resale Margin. SIMONS PETROLEUM — Oklahoma City, OK 04/05 to 04/06 Accounting Project Manager

Recruited for position to implement Great Plains software usage in the accounting department and design financial statement package for Board of Directors and Bank. Selected Contributions:

Took financial statement preparation to automated process.

Designed and implemented plan to prepare all financial reports by customer segment; this was accomplished with small amount of data insertion which was a minimal cost for Simons, no outside consultant required.

Automated budget information upload for budgeting reports through General Ledger software.

Setup Forecaster software, a Great Plains product.

Trained accounting department to use Great Plains software, upload JEs, and run necessary reports. ROBERT HALF, INC. — Oklahoma City, OK 04/02 to 04/05 Accounting Consultant

Full-time job consulting with various large businesses in Oklahoma City and Norman. Most consulting engagements were to replace an existing controller. This position required quick understanding of the business, duties of vacated controller position, and training the new replacement controller for assuming the position. Selected Contributions:

Able to document processes and responsibilities of the exiting controller. Assumed business and management functions until ready to turn over to replacement employee with smooth transition.

Creatively implemented new processes or ways to add value to companies.

Ease of transitioning to different job responsibilities and different business structures.

Assignments always lasted longer than scheduled; retained for longer period due to vast experience. DOBSON COMMUNICATIONS CORP. — Oklahoma City, OK 08/86 to 04/01 DOBSON CELLULAR SYSTEMS, INC, LOGIX LONG DISTANCE, DOBSON FIBER COMPANY, DOBSON TELEPHONE COMPANY, McLOUD TELEPHONE COMPANY

Manager of Taxes, 1999-2001

Manager of Fixed Assets, 1997-2000-

Accounting and Financial Analyst, 1993-1997

General Ledger Staff, 1986-1993

Performed every function possible in the accounting department and managed a group of four in fixed asset and Federal, State, and Local taxes. Selected Contributions:

Built and maintained fixed asset records and depreciation books, when none existed.

Built work-in-process records and functions.

Built processes to run payroll and reconcile YTD reports.

Set up system to maintain and review real estate and airplane records, which was later turned over to Legal.

Converted fixed assets, depreciation, and P&E records into Lawson software, and designed reporting via Crystal Reports.

Integrated Fixed Asset records with Property Tax functions.

Designed and built processes to comply with tax reporting requirements of 50 states and 26 different companies. Consistently met deadlines.

Oversaw 6 concurrent sales tax audits with different states.

Tracked capital projects for telephone company, fiber system, and cellular company. Accountable for REA and RTB federal funds, payments on plant expansion a cable projects, and clarifying completion of work with engineering firm. Perfect record with REA auditor.

Maintained good business relationships with state and property tax officials and saved the company hundreds of thousands of dollars each year due to protesting property tax valuations and protesting at local tax hearings. Education and Training

OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY — Oklahoma City, OK 1990 to 1992 Bachelor of Science – Accounting

Cum Laude

SOUTHERN NAZARENE UNIVERSITY — Oklahoma City, OK 2008 to 2009 MBA - Finance

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