Accounts Payable Staff Accountant

BRIAN HERRON

Phone: 918-***-****

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

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-herron-32aa0117/

CORE COMPETENCIES

Accounts Payable - Journal Entries - Monthly Accounting Reconciliations

Research of Audit Requests Received -Tax and Royalty Discrepancies - JIB Entry Preparation

Audit Process Improvements Excellent Communicator Integral Leader

Bachelors of Arts in Business Administration, Northeastern State University - Emphasis in Accounting

Staff Accountant (Contract - Sutherland Global Services) Mar 24 – June 24

● Helped with monthly reconciliations.

● Oversaw and booked all the liquid and gas chemicals for Motiva.

● Prepared journal entries as needed and helped in month-end close.

● Helped management with large projects that helped with efficiency and more accurate reporting.

Accountant II – Petroledger Financial Services May 21-Dec 23

● Set up and maintain vendor master records for all vendors and processed AP invoices.

● Managed severance taxes for various states agencies including Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Mississippi.

● Prepare royalty payments for clients and internal management.

● Work on audits we receive from various clients and state agencies.

● Assisted with financial forecasting and financial analysis.

General Ledger Accountant - Accounts Payable Specialist (Contract – Holly Frontier) Aug 20- May 21

●Reconcile balance sheet accounts.

●Prepare monthly reconciliations.

●Helped with monthly JIB process.

●Monitored sales and use tax for various departments within the company.

●Worked on accounts payable and reviewed all AP invoices processed by others in our group.

●Prepare required monthly and quarterly reports to management.

●Assist with research and analysis projects.

UNIT PETROLEUM COMPANY, Tulsa OK Sep-12 to Apr-20

Oil & Gas Accountant/Revenue Accountant

●Assist with financial forecasting and financial analysis. Prepared audit reports of findings and recommendations to management./*

●Helped in the AP department as needed monthly.

●Helped with monthly JIB process.

●Maintained existing revenue contracts and created new billing contracts as needed for ONRR, New Mexico and other states.

●Performed monthly accounting reconciliations.

●Reviewed budget proposals with management.

●Researched and resolved tax and royalty discrepancies, by utilization of information from the Production Department within an internal spreadsheet created independently.

●Was responsible in researching and resolving audits that came from ONNR, Arkansas and other outside agencies.

●Prepared monthly severance payments for various states and tribal agencies.

BHP BILLITON (Formerly Petro hawk Energy Corporation), Tulsa, OK Mar-10 to Sep-12

Accountant II

●Reviewed and analyzed audit exceptions from 3rd party audits and provided responses and documentation.

●Developed annual budgets with upper management for Big Hawk Services.

●Lead Accountant in Tulsa responsible for handling account receivables and AP of Big Hawk Services (subsidiary of Petrohawk).

●Served as liaison between Tulsa employees and key individuals at Petrohawk offices located in Louisiana, South Texas, and West Texas.

●Developed process improvements to support accurate and timely recordings.

●Validated all team journal vouchers before submission to supervisor for approval.

●Helped revenue review and interpret joint operating agreements when needed.

WILLIAMS, Tulsa, OK Sep-08-Oct-09

Senior Accountant

●Generated financial forecast and statistics for tax and regulatory group. Prepared and analyzed financial reports for management.

●Developed a tool to track monthly accruals for staff accountants which resulted in much more accurate payments. Tool allowed staff accountants to reconcile these accounts for a six-year period that accruals had not been tracked.

●Involved with contracts on new and existing oil and gas wells with Williams.

●Worked heavily in income statement and balance sheet accounts that impacted the group. Reconciled monthly balance sheet of approximately $6 million per month.

●Coordinated efforts with staff accountants and financial analysts in the revenue and tax groups. Performed account reconciliations and journal entries for our group.

●Worked with both internal and external auditors regarding discrepancies with royalties, tax severance, and ad valorem taxes. Worked with both sales and use taxes within the group.

IBM, Tulsa, OK May-05 to Sep- 08

Financial Analyst

Responsible for oil and gas reporting to various state agencies including Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Louisiana.

●Developed detailed operation procedure manuals to train staff to file Texas production reports, New Mexico C115’s, Oklahoma 1004/1005, and Louisiana OGP and R5D reports. Each manual included every step needed for monthly processing of reports. This project took 9 months, and every manual was between 75-100 pages.

●Responsible for calculating New Mexico severance taxes.

●Experience with revenue booking to disperse between various owners.

●Calculated royalty reporting for the State of Louisiana.

●Managed month-end journal entries for gas and oil production.

●Continually looked for billing inconsistencies, inventory inconsistencies, and tax and tariff exceptions related to voice and data communications.

●Responsible for booking month-end entries and reporting all significant month-to-month variances.

●Managed month-end entries for natural gas and pipeline divisions.

WILLIAMS COMMUNICATIONS, Tulsa, OK Jun-01 to May-05

Financial Analyst II .

●Investigate 100% of all charges related to new and existing circuits. Credited with over $5 million in

dispute credits in 2003.

●Continually looking for billing inconsistencies, inventory inconsistencies, and tax & tariff exceptions

related to voice and data communications.

●Responsible for booking month-end entries and reporting all significant month-to-month variances.

Also was responsible for month-end entries for natural gas and pipeline divisions.

timely manner.

●Investigate inventory discrepancies, billing inconsistencies, and tax & tariff exceptions related to voice

and data communications. Prepare month-end booking and accrual invoices relating to communications costs.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Enertia, SAP, Microsoft Office ( Excel, Access, Outlook), AS400, OGSYS, Bolo, Munis, Oracle, Wolfepack

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