DEBORA J. CULLUM
ACCOUNTING MANAGEMENT
Aurora, CO 80012
720-***-**** Cell
*****@***.***
PROFESSIONAL STRENGTHS
• More than 20 years full-cycle Accounts Payable experience
Five+ years experience in the oil/gas field to include JIB, Accounts Payable and Division Orders.
Fifteen plus years Accounts Payable management / supervision experience
Six years Accounts Receivable management/supervision experience.
Set up procedures to comply with Sarbanes Oxley guidelines and participate in SOX audits
Advanced computer skills (hardware and software) with the ability to learn new systems quickly.
Strong team player / AP-AR team leader.
Outstanding vendor relation’s abilities with a proven history of handling more than 90,000 vendor accounts.
Excellent communications skills – written and verbal.
Experience interviewing, hiring, training, and motivating accounting staff members.
Extensive multi-site, multi-state, and multi-country accounting and banking experience.
Ability to work in a high-stress environment, multi-task, and complete all projects on time. COMPUTER SKILLS
MS Word MS Excel MS Access SAP AS400
MAS90 Oracle 11i Lawson Bolo Baan
Peoplesoft Excalibur Jiblink Shelby CARE
Agilpoint
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CONTRACT POSITIONS:
AP SUPERVISOR/JIB LEAD/DIVISION ORDER SPECIALIST/AP LEAD/SR ACCOUNTANT 2007-2016
Arrow Electronics – AP Specialist – 5 months
SM Energy AP/JIB lead – 9 months
CoBank -AP Supervisor – 12 months
DCP Midstream – AP Lead – 12 months
Bona USA Inc – Sr Accountant – 9 months
Tracker Resource & Development – AP/JIB Lead – 9 months Noble Energy Division Order Specialist – 6 months
Newfield Exploration & Production – AP Supervisor – 1.5 Years Whiting Oil & Gas – AP/JIB Lead – 9 months
• Ran monthly Joint Interest Billing process.
• Performed Journal Entries for accruals, account coding, overhead, payroll, pro-rated rent.
• Update, verify and maintain JIB/Revenue decks.
• Book and net revenue withheld from revenue checks against outstanding JIB invoices.
• Monthly Journal entries for accruals, freight, asset depreciation, account reverse/rebooks.
• Research & resolve working interest owners inquiries.
• Established, verified and maintained accurate revenue and joint interest billing division of interests.
• Set up new JIB, AFE, LDO, Entitlement decks with proper working and revenue interest.
• Prepared lease operating expense and capital accruals.
• Process suspense account clearing and cash calls.
• Analysis of LOS versus budget analysis.
• Trained AP associates to utilize the Oracle 11i Energy software to improve productivity. Oracle functions that were implemented included invoice canceling, reversing distribution lines, posting vendor refund checks to the AP invoice history, clear revenue unapplied cash account against net JIB invoices, set up payment terms to capture vendor discounts, recurring invoices.
• Reviewed all invoice vouchers for sales and use tax accruals..
• Coded AP invoices to include Report Center, GL Account Code and AFE.
• Reconcile trade accounts payable account, unapplied cash account.
• Ensure Cash Call payments are applied to current invoices.
• Experience with drilling, well costs, and all other costs associated with new well drilling through well completion/re-completion.
• Multi-state /jurisdiction Sales and use tax computation and submission on a monthly, quarterly and yearly basis.
• 1099 processing.
• Monthly credit card and bank statement reconciliations. FULL TIME POSITIONS:
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE SUPERVISOR
Salvation Army – Denver, CO 2016-2021
• Responsible for all aspects of company issued credit cards to include ordering, canceling, coding and booking all expenses and rectifying all problems employee's encounter with charges
• Trained all employees on new paperless invoice software and new Corporate Credit card software.
• Oversaw 3 staff members processing all invoices for 127 locations. ACCOUNTS PAYABLE SUPERVISOR/MANAGER
Transmontaigne Oil & Gas – Denver, CO 2006-2007
• Oversaw the processing of Netouts between JIB invoices and revenue withheld.
• Changed Company’s payment cycle / payment schedule from a daily process to a one-day-a week process. Revising check-run schedule brought A/P clerk productivity from 60 invoices entered per day to 150 invoices entered per day.
• Responsible for all aspects of company issued credit cards to include ordering, canceling, coding and booking all expenses and rectifying all problems employee's encounter with charges.
• Implemented new procedures for check matching to meet Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.
• Removed immediate payment terms on all vendors/invoices to capture all discounts and pay invoices within vendor payment terms.
• Set up all utilities to be paid by bank drafts and posted all payments on bank draft day.
• Overall responsibility for invoice payments for 52 national terminals and for one partnership.
• Organized and reassigned duties within the A/P department to better utilize individual strengths and maximize productivity.
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE SUPERVISOR
Coram, Inc. – Denver, CO 2000 - 2005
• Served as the AP Supervisor for this healthcare organization.
• Trained and supervised 18 Accounts Payable staff members, reviewing work on a daily basis.
• Overall responsibility for invoice payments for 84 national branches and for four healthcare partnerships.
• Was consistently recognized for handling my position “above and beyond” job responsibilities and all expectations.
• Organized / streamlined accounts payable duties for the most efficient use of time and staff responsibilities.
• Trained AP teams members on sales/use tax accruals for multi-state locations.
• Trained all new employees on company software, procedures, and policies.
• Wrote departmental policies and procedures to provide tighter internal controls.
• Prepared monthly W-9 letters and processed all 1099’s.
• On an annual basis, performed team reviews – individually coaching and mentoring AP staff as applicable.
EDUCATION
Completed Accounting and Finance courses
Front Range Community College – Westminster, CO
Boise State University – Boise, ID
Completed Computer Science courses
University of Idaho – Moscow, ID