Accounting Accountant

Dena Vaughan

**** ** **** ***. ****, Conroe, TX *7384

713-***-**** *******@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

I have about thirty years of oil and gas industry experience in revenue and regulatory accounting. I am an analytical person and enjoy tackling tasks such as analyzing closing reports and account reconciliations and painting a picture of what happened. Proven ability to develop and maintain productive relationships with internal team members at all organizational level as well as external purchasers and third party buyers.

WORK HISTORY

REVENUE ACCOUNTANT 11/2019 to current

Beacon Hill Staffing/XTO Energy - The Woodlands, TX

Recorded Oil, Gas, and NGL revenue monthly, both for actual production and forecasted accruals for Texas and Oklahoma properties.

Assist leadership team with researching discrepancies and trouble-shooting errors.

Worked with multiple groups to ensure accuracy and timelines of revenue distributions and royalty payments.

Gathered audit information and working with inside and outside auditors to gain understanding of processes.

Verified pricing and marketing agreements to ensure all properties have proper revenue amounts captured.

Work with Production Accounting to accurately allocate volume to the correct wells.

Perform balance sheet reconciliations; including intercompany accounts, imbalances with purchasers, and discrepancies with royalty owners.

REVENUE ACCOUNTANT 04/2004 to 03/2019

Newfield Exploration - The Woodlands, TX

During centralization, worked to bring the region into SOX compliance and bring consistency within all regions.

Participated in a team to analyze all field operations, inputs to meters, and system flow into accounting to ensure accuracy.

Recorded Oil, Gas, and NGL revenue monthly, both for actual production and forecasted accruals for Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma properties.

Assist leadership team with researching discrepancies and trouble-shooting errors.

Worked with multiple groups to ensure accuracy and timelines of revenue distributions and royalty payments.

Gathered audit information and working with inside and outside auditors to gain understanding of processes.

Verified pricing and marketing agreements to ensure all properties have proper revenue amounts captured.

Work with Production Accounting to accurately allocate volume to the correct wells.

Assist JIB Accounting with additional LOE charges related to contracts and field operations.

Work with Revenue Regulatory to ensure reported volumes are consistent with Production Regulatory. As well as file and process any amendments from prior year, high cost gas, economically at risk wells, marketing cost, etc.

Perform balance sheet reconciliations; including intercompany accounts, imbalances with purchasers, and discrepancies with royalty owners.

Responsible for reporting timely and accurate royalty and severance tax settlements for Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma properties.

REGULATORY ACCOUNTANT 01/2002 to 03/2004

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. - Houston, TX

Responsible for reporting timely and accurate royalty and severance tax settlements for Texas properties.

Perform balance sheet reconciliations; including intercompany accounts, imbalances with purchasers, and discrepancies with royalty owners.

SKILLS

Excel Enterprise Upstream ART SAP/PRA AVATAR Quickbooks

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