Finance/Treasury Professional

JAMIE SIMS, MBA, CTP

Qualifications for FINANCIAL ANALYST/TREASURY MANAGER

Detail-oriented cash management and accounting professional offers progressively responsible experience in investments, short-term borrowings, cash positions, cash managing tools, and cash forecasting. Provides a background in SEC reporting, financial statement preparation, account reconciliations, general ledger journal entries, and accounts payable. Adapts well in changing environments. Demonstrates strong leadership, organizational, analytical, and interpersonal abilities. Technically proficient in ICMS Treasury Workstation, Solomon, Great Plaines, FRX Reporting, MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, Visio, and Lotus Notes. Certified Treasury Professional and MBA.

SELECT CONTRIBUTIONS

• Completed an entire annual operating budget on time for a $30 million company.

• Created an Access database that reduced the creation of the quarterly investment report from one week to two days.

• Played an integral role in the successful relocation of department duties to Texas, all of which were completed in two months.

• Led the upgrade of the ICMS Treasury Workstation, resulting in no down-time for users.

• Documented and tested all cash management Sarbanes-Oxley controls within two months.

• Developed financial statements for SEC filings; documented and verified accuracy of financial information included in the 10-Qs and 10-Ks, which were edited for calculation and grammatical errors.

• Completely reformatted the corporate investor’s report and reduced the distribution of accounting updates from one week to one day.

• Launched an Internet-based expense management program and provided training for the new system; training materials were rolled out to over 5,000 exempt employees.

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

The Expo Group 2007-2008

Treasury Manager

Monitored line of credit and operating balances and all outgoing payments. Initiated electronic payments. Developed and maintained company’s cash forecast. Compiled data and prepared the 2008 and 2009 operating budget for the entire company. Perform monthly budget variance analysis. Prepared and presented budget materials to senior management. Managed the external vendors and internal customer expectations. Supervised two accounts payable employees. Hired, trained, and developed staff.

HBK Capital Management 2007

Liquidity Analyst

Monitor investments’ margin requirements. Reconciled internal margin reporting to external counterparty party. Researched and resolved capital and requirement differences. Reported capital and requirement changes to Management. Managed counterparty data import process.

Fluor Corporation 2006

Cash Manager

Administered and reported daily cash balances. Invested cash domestically and internationally. Conducted bank analysis for cost reduction fees. Tracked intercompany debt. Facilitated international account changes.

BNSF Railway 2002—2006

Manager of Treasury Operations (2004-2006)

Monitored the company’s 50+ bank accounts. Investigated unusual bank activity and joined forces with bank, accounts payable, and payroll staff to resolve issues. Transferred more than $100M daily through wires and ACHs. Supervised users and upgrades to the ICMS Treasury Workstation. Implemented a revised corporate short-term investment policy.

Senior Analyst, External Reporting (2003-2004)

Evaluated subsidiaries utilizing FIN 46: Consolidation Variable Interest Entities framework. Developed an electronic-based solution to distribute accounting updates to the finance department. Drafted disclosures for SEC filings and accounting research memos for executive management. Ensured compliance with new accounting standards. Compiled and distributed audit committee reports. Facilitated and coordinated audit of benefit plans and annual audits with external auditors.

Senior Analyst, Accounting & Reporting (2002-2003)

Composed monthly mailings to the Board of Directors. Reconciled corporate cash accounts. Managed accounting efforts for intercompany debt. Recorded interest accruals for corporate commercial paper. Completed a year-end accounting close.

Senior Analyst, Accounts Payable (2002)

Drafted changes to corporate travel policy. Maintained corporate VISA vendor relations. Developed delinquent corporate card holder’s reports for executive management.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS & AFFILIATION

Texas Christian University, M.B.A. (GPA 3.5) University of Missouri, B.S., Finance (GPA 3.59)

Association of Finance Professionals Certified Treasury Professional (2005)

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