Accounts Payable Financial Analyst

Annette Hall Wade, CPA

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Fernandina Beach, FL 32034

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Beaumont, TX 77706

Cell: 409-***-****

Email: *****.***@*****.***

www.linkedin.com/in/annette-wade-09866412/

CAREER OBJECTIVE:

Seeking remote or hybrid mid-level financial position responsible for managing broad spectrum tax and financial accounting functions, including property tax/tax planning, budget planning/forecasting, financial analysis, treasury/banking, cash management (including AR/AP), financial reporting, and accounting stewardship functions.

PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS:

Certified Public Accountant, licensed in Texas (041138) and Florida (AC55803)

Licensed International Financial Analyst

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS, Murray State University, Murray, KY

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Golden Pass LNG Terminal LLC, Supervisor – Taxes & Payables (February 2010 to present)

811 Louisiana Street, Suite 1500

Houston, Texas 77002

February 15, 2010 to present, in the following positions:

Supervisor, Taxes & Payables (2/1/2016 to present)

Corporate Planner/Budget Planning Specialist (10/1/2012 – 2/1/2016)

Controls Advisor (2/15/2010-10/1/2012)

Supervised teams responsible for taxes, accounts payable, and also treasury, banking, insurance, and risk

Taxes – Primary focus on Property taxes

Secured ~ $1Billion in property tax abatements over ten years for major plant expansion

Responsible for coordinating compliance with abatement agreements (five jurisdictions)

Oversaw property tax processes of renditions, appraisals, property tax accruals & payment

Responsible for corporate tax filings including income tax returns and sales and use taxes

Responsible for coordinating special projects relating to tax credits and tax law changes

Systems Upgrade – managed transition from ExxonMobil SAP system to SAP S/4 HANA for taxes,

banking, accounts payable, and vendor master (January-July 2021)

Continued upgrades to Concur expense reporting

Transitioned from Concur Invoice Processing to SAP S/4 HANA (June-November 2017)

Accounts Payable – responsible for timely payment of accounts (over $500 million in 2019)

Oversaw vendor maintenance and review of new vendors to banking system

Managed on-line banking requirements and token security

Treasury/Credit/Banking – oversaw credit processes for FERC-regulated pipeline

Provided credit and risk support for commercial strategies for gas supply

Established rapport with members of CitiBank commercial advisors; company liaison

Established LOC for contractual risk compliance

Worked with Project Team on risk analysis and LOC requirements with EPC contractor

Monitored EPC contractor compliance with LOC’s and parent company guarantees

Insurance/risk – coordinated insurance coverage on leased office space, company vehicles, and CAR (construction all risk) with insurance provider and ExxonMobil Risk Management

Golden Pass LNG Terminal LLC, continued:

Corporate Planner/Budget Planning Specialist - responsible for operating and capital budgets

Coordinated assumptions among departments & vetted with executive management Aligned budget strategies and expectations

Collected data across departments, led meetings to check for overlap/gaps

Compiled data into a uniform budget package for submission to shareholders

Prepared briefings for Board Members and responded to ad hoc questions

Prepared seasonalization for stewardship process to compare to actuals

Process & Controls Advisor – responsible for establishing internal controls in new joint venture

Examined company banking and treasury processes; mapping controls

Coordinated FinCom – Finance and Tax Committee – vetting GAAP applicable to venture

Established accounts for two new LLC’s meeting KYC requirements

Coordinated close-out of construction LOC’s for initial import Terminal build

Coordinated responses for IRS inquiries regarding Hurricane Ike losses

Coordinated annual audit controls and reviews for management representation letter to auditors

Established Business Practice Reviews to inform employees of core policies and controls

Annette Hall Wade, CPA and Financial Advisor (February 2003 to April 2011)

Managed an independent CPA practice providing tax, payroll, accounting and business consultation services to a number of small business entities, trusts, and individuals in Ultratax

Conducted analyses of investment opportunities, including financing obligations and ROI

Provided professional services for compliance with federal and state agencies

Analyzed capital expenditures to determine cost/benefit, current and future needs, impact on current and future costs of operation, and return on investment

Analyzed insurance requirements for buildings and automobiles, obtain competitive bids, and negotiate contracts for services

Analyzed property tax appraised values, file for appropriate exemptions and negotiate valuations

ENGlobal Corporation, Accounting Manager, Financial and SEC Reporting (12/2006 to 01/2009)

Responsible for compiling and filing Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly 10-Qs to the SEC

Coordinated annual audit and quarterly reviews with external independent audit firm

Coordinated SOX review with external consultants

Coordinated corporate income taxes for seven subsidiaries with over 100 state returns, doing business in nearly every state and Canada

Recorded Parent company journal entries in Solomon (MS Dynamics) and ran forex translations

Cash management, daily review, checks, wires, and ACH

Equity functions – including Black-Scholes option valuation and EPS

McClelland Samuel & Fehnel, LLP (November 2000 – November 2002)

Prepared tax returns for individuals, corporations, partnerships and non-profits in Ultratax

Provided financial advisory services - small business retirement & college savings programs

PaineWebber (September 1999 – November 2000)

Held Series 7, 63 and 65 licenses from January 2000 through December 2006

Provided financial advisory services and researched various stocks

Gulf States Utilities Company/Entergy (September 1981 – June 1999)

September 1, 1981 to June 25, 1999, in the following positions:

Sr. Analyst, Pricing, April 1998 to June 1999

Sr. Analyst, Marketing Technical Support, April 1994 to April 1998

Supervisor, Financial Planning and Analysis, February 1988 to April 1994

Senior Financial Analyst, Financial Planning and Analysis, June 1985 to February 1988

Financial Analyst, Financial Planning and Analysis, June 1984 to June 1985

Staff Accountant, Business Systems Group, September 1983 to June 1984

Accountant, Business Systems Group, September 1981 to September 1983

Gulf States Utilities Company/Entergy continued:

Marketing/Pricing:

Part of a marketing team involved in meeting with large industrial, refining, and petrochemical customers to determine strategies to continue to provide electric service and compete with their options of installing cogeneration systems. This included providing the customer with a menu of rates specific to their plans of plant additions, expansion, diversity, and the addition of jobs, and assisting in the preparation of contractual terms.

Monitored customer compliance with contractual obligations

Prepared pro-forma rate analysis for large industrial, commercial, and business accounts

Mergers and Acquisitions:

Dealt with negotiating parties, financial advisors, consultants, upper management, and legal counsel to provide cash flow and financial analyses

Prepared presentations and analyses for Board of Directors

Major Litigation Support:

Modeled financial forecasts of opposition in major litigation defending costs of nuclear power plant

Developed settlement offers, analyzed value of offers, and examined counter-proposals Prepared presentations to inform Board of Directors, opposing party and mediating counsel

Analyzed opposing party's remarks to Wall Street and prepared rebuttal

Prepared information for regulatory agencies, researched financial transactions and briefed execs

Wrote direct and rebuttal testimony and prepared exhibits for financial witnesses

Prepared responses to interrogatories, briefings and provided support to financial witnesses

Negotiated terms/analyzed lease/purchase of computing & industrial equipment and buildings

Securities Issuance:

Forecasted securities issuance tests and performed sensitivities on the ability to issue

Responsible for intermediate-term to long-term financial planning, including financial assumptions

Prepared presentations for the Board of Directors in the key decisions of reducing common dividends, omitting common dividends, omitting preferred and preference dividends, tracking dividend obligations, and repayment methodologies to cure dividend arrearages

Developed program to track preferred/preference dividend obligation

Researched reorganization efforts by other companies to cure dividend arrearages

Prepared “road shows” for securities analysts to perform ratings reviews and issuance of securities

Financial Reporting:

Published Five Year Forecast and Financial & Statistical Report

Assisted with Annual Report to Shareholders

Assisted with Quarterly Reports to Shareholders and proxy statements

Assisted with prospectuses for issuance of securities, including $1.2 billion refinancing

Cash Management:

Analyzed cash flow, earnings and interest impacts of emerging refinancing opportunities

Provided key cash flow forecasts to regulatory agencies for emergency interim rate requests

Prepared regulatory cost of money schedules and performed yield analysis

Analyzed the Company's long-term cash position and prepared five- and ten-year forecasts

Prepared sensitivities to the Board of Directors on the earnings impact under various scenarios

Prepared details of maturities and sinking funds and other major cash requirements

Analyzed the cash flow and financial impacts of various regulatory settlement options

Assisted with refinancing of $1.2Billion of GSU debt in connection with Entergy merger

Entergy/Gulf States Utilities Company continued:

Other Financial Planning duties:

Supervised staff, hired, reassigned, prepared annual evaluations, and justified staffing levels

Presented financial overview and ratemaking fundamentals to Southeastern Electric Exchange and Lamar Energy Institute

Member Accounting Policy Review Committee, including input to FASB for the development of Financial Accounting Standards Board Statements 71, 90, and 92, 1988 to 1993

Member Edison Electric Institute (EEI), Statistical Committee, 1988 to 1993

Led non-profit accounting seminar at John Gray Institute (Lamar University) for TSCPA

Business Systems Group:

Developed Production Accounting Commitment System (PACS) to control budgets

Prepared training video on Financial Accounting System (FIS) and trained accounting staff

Programmed accounting statements to comply with statutory requirements of regulatory agencies

Lawrence Blackburn Meek & Maxey (tax seasons 1996, 1997 and 1998)

Worked part time in the preparation of individual income tax returns

Comptroller of the Treasury/State of Tennessee

Student Auditor, Cooperative and Experiential Education Program

Drafted audit program and performed audits of HUD Section 8, federally assisted public housing

Performed financial and compliance audits of state colleges and universities and state agencies

Prepared workpapers, findings, final reports and assisted in exit presentations at state agencies

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)

Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants (TSCPA)

Greater Houston Texas Chapter of TSCPA

PROFICIENCIES:

Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Ultratax, Quicken, MS Solomon, Concur Invoice Processing, Concur Expense Reporting, American Express Business Reporting, SAP S/4 HANA

References Available Upon Request

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