PATRICIA MATTHEWS

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Missouri City, Texas 77489

281-***-**** adwt1g@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Financial Accountant with extensive experience in the Oil & Gas and Information Technology Industries. Skilled in training, researching, problem solving and meeting customer needs. Effective communicatorwho can collaborate with people of all organizational levels to achieve company objectives. Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, JDE and SAP.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

EAST MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH 2015-2021

Financial Secretary Jan-Sept

Responsible for setup and maintaining weekly/monthly financial reporting for each member

Responsible for payment of all church weekly/monthly payroll and expenditures

Perform monthly reconciliations of banks accounts

Prepared reports for yearly church finance meeting and members individual financial contributions

Make church banks deposits when required

Prepared year-end and submitted 1099 for employees taxes

CHEVRON, Houston, Texas 2004-2016

Project Accountant/SASBU Finance 2014-2016

Jan-July

Ensure all monthly accounting transactions are recorded accurately and meet the requirements of all company manuals, auditors and the joint venture accounting procedures.

Perform monthly reconciliations of A/P accounts and project expenditures with the project accounting systems (SAP and JDE)

Review and ensure that significant reconciling items between Project and CABGOC finance team are researched and resolved in a timely manner.

Review; verify invoices for accuracy and in compliance with contract terms, proper tax treatment and supporting documentation. Process and track invoice approval to ensure timely payment to vendors.

Prepare and issue monthly accruals, cash call and cost reports for project expenditures and forecasted spending.

Liaise with Luanda Finance team to ensure timely and correct set up of Master WO and initiating set up of intercompany GO113 in SAP and Ariba.

Ensure compliance training for all Project team members are up-to-date

Process FCPA requests as needed.

Project Accountant/ALNG 2004-2013

July-Dec

Ensure monthly reconciliation between Cost Manager, SAP and JDE project expenditures are done correctly and timely

PATRICIA MATTHEWS

714 Foxglove Dr.

Missouri City, Texas 77489

281-***-**** adwt1g@r.postjobfree.com

Review and process invoices for payment and monitor expenditures against contracts for amendments when necessary

Assign and setup GO113 as requested from project teams and maintain monthly status for owners update.

Update project procedures (Invoicing, Reconciliation and Accrual) yearly.

Provided guidance and supervision for CABGOC trainee in their development plan.

EXXONMOBILE, Baytown, Texas 2004

Accountant/Product Accounting Feb-July

Created monthly Purchase Orders for and Solvents (Chemicals)

Processed new sales orders and returns of Chemical products.

Reconciliation of daily crude pipeline inventory.

Daily confirmation of Texas Eastern P/L (NGL’s, Mogas, Diesel) and Sulfur movements in SAP and mainframe system.

Validate daily movement of marine products (receipts and shipment) via pipeline and barges in SAP.

Generated a four point comparison report of in transit crude loss greater than 4% to track potential claims.

CHEVRONTEXACO, Houston, Texas 1985-2003

Financial Analyst/Financial Accounting International 1999-2003

Trained and assisted new employees in accounting procedures and SAP resulting in a smoother transition and shorter learning curve.

Reconciled and cleared old inter-company balances with Nigeria and Angola to eliminate backlog for SAP conversion.

Complied reconciliation of monthly balance sheet accounts and bank statements for these countries to ensure adequate money coverage for expenses.

Managed Nigeria’s inter-company settlements of expense repayment to Headquarters.

Processed invoice payments, wire transfers, foreign currency payments to eliminate company fraud.

Financial Analyst/Financial Accounting Domestic 1997-1999

Worked closely with Business Units to provide assistance and monitor late financial entries affecting close.

Initialized, balanced and transmitted monthly 1006A wire for WWU Accounting using Hyperion reporting.

Prepared various financial reports, which included production and expense for management.

Reconciled balance sheet accounts and preparation of G809 to ensure financial accounts were maintained on a current and accurate basis.

Gas Balancing Coordinator/Analyst 1994-1997

PATRICIA MATTHEWS

714 Foxglove Dr.

Missouri City, Texas 77489

281-***-**** adwt1g@r.postjobfree.com

Assisted internal Auditors with answering questions and explaining accounting procedures.

Facilitate cross training for employees involved in a 6-month program to gain more insight about balancing pipelines.

Supervised contract employees in the elimination of account receivables backlog.

Helped train and assist the balancing group in attaining goals in completing pipeline reconciliation for historical months.

Review and analyze all invoices (cashout, transportation and 3rd Party) to ensure timely payments for accurate recording of pipeline profits.

Worked closely with Revenue accounting to clear any and all inter-company pricing discrepancies.

Financial Analyst/Revenue Accounting 1990-1994

Setup of new wells into Floodway Plant for accurate account of all gas processed.

Recorded revenue, cost and price adjustments for all leases processed at the Floodway Plant.

Analyzed and reported earning variances and explanations for monthly and quarterly reports.

Ensured accuracy of royalty payments to owners.

Senior Accountant 1988-1990

Coordinator of inter-company billings and royalty compare clean up project for Revenue accounting.

Worked closely with Gas department to clear G-9 billing pricing discrepancies.

Selected employee of the year for assisting and helping to improve JIODE earnings by $780,000.

Accountant 1985-1988

Performed various revenue accounting functions (recording revenue, cost and expenses) for

various onshore and offshore leases.

Set up of working interest for new leases to record earnings and royalty payments.

Helped resolve problems with royalty owners concerning non-payments and discrepancies.

Presented to management research data of incorrect gas prices paid to Texaco, which increased company profits by $4 million.

CONTROL DATA, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1979-1985

Accountant 1982-1985

Maintain the company books, which averaged $100M a year.

Reconciled inter-company and general ledger accounts (domestic and international), billings to divisions and financial forecasting.

Prepared monthly operations review charts and delivered monthly presentations to management.

Participated in involvement teams that developed new procedures to improve customer relationships with the company.

Suggested and help implement warranty bill-back program, which resulted in a change from $700K loss to $500k profit.

Pricing Administrator 1979-1982

Gathered and analyzed cost data provided to management for customer quotations, which helped determine price increase.

Maintained cost records for competitive pricing analysis and profit planning on equipment.

Assisted in the yearly publication of the retail catalog sent to customers.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science, Accounting

Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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