Contract Position as Financial, Cost, Research, Intelligence Analyst

James R Verwey

Contact Information

Houston, TX *7098

832-***-**** (Temporarily use Gmail contact while both phone systems are reprogrammed & repaired due to recent storm damage.)

OBJECTIVE – FINANCIAL, COST, RESEARCH & INTELLIGENCE ANALYST – CONTRACT POSITION

LINK TO WEBSITE (copy and paste – note work portfolio has been uploaded to website –

https://sites.google.com/site/accomplismentsworksamples/home/accomplishments-and-work-samples

SUMMARY - COMPUTER SOFTWARE EXPERTISE -

Numerical analysis with resolution of problems in financial, cost & research areas.

Process development & documentation to enhance bottom line.

Worked in SAP’s FI/CO. Used SAP’s Business Warehouse to perform analyses e.g. trending, general reconciliations, and reconciling end of year account balances to new year’s opening balances.

At Accenture, developed BW queries to replace Business Object queries.

At Direct Energy, developed new SAP-based set of internal financials to replace Excel-driven processes.

Used JD Edwards GL to perform analysis of updated data on project requiring restatement of prior 3 year’s financials & refilng multiple year 10-Qs, 10-Ks, 8-Ks.

MS Visio, Access, and advanced Excel skills – including application development, use of high level functionalities e.g. pivot tables, querying, V-Lookups, macros, automation of processes using both Excel and Access.

Combined Excel, Access, other programs to analyze Enterprise Resource Programs (e.g. SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards) data downloads to resolve problems requiring complex analysis.

CONTRACT PROJECTS - EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

INTRODUCTION AND 2010-2012

I'm currently seeking a temp/contract position as a financial analyst.

My rate is flexible.

I've been a senior financial analyst for most of the last 12 years - working on complex, high level projects. During several projects I worked directly with a COO to carry out his or her goals.

Here is a synopsis of my last two years of work -

I performed a combination of pro forma tax work and compliance work for 2 individuals one of whom is seeking U.S. citizenship through asylum route and the other who is seeking permission to bring his wife and children to this country.

This work, particularly the asylum matter, has required thorough analysis, research, and compliance effort on my part.

What follows immediately below are additional bullet points re this work.

Tax & Immigration Consultant for two immigration applicants

Researched, analyzed, documented immigration data for 2 applicants from India.

Assisted in the preparation of USCIS documents that will be used to enable their families to

Immigrate to the U.S.

Asserted that 1 applicant using another person’s Social Security Number did not commit a crime – Update: His defense is “he didn’t know the stolen social security number he used belonged to a US citizen." Citing a 2009 Supreme Court ruling -

Immigrants who use stolen or purchased Social Securities Number to work are not guilty of identity theft if they assert they didn’t know the information belonged to another person.

Thus there was no crime committed by the 1 applicant described above. (However, See Below)

Courts: Using another's SSN not a crime - Red Tape

redtape.msnbc.msn.com/_ 6345521-courts-using-anothers-ssn-not

Nov 30, 2010 – Is using a forged Social Security Number -- but your own name -- to obtain ... he did not knowingly use another person's identifying number. ... In many cases, SSN "borrowing" is successful and the imposter goes undetected for years. ...But the 2009 Supreme Court ruling essentially took that bargaining tool ...

Located, analyzed data to be used for one applicant to apply for asylum

The above was a highly technical exercise due to gray areas in the law and the ever changing

ICE & INS regulations

FISCAL DEPARTMENT, TEXAS CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, 2010

Senior Financial Analyst – Contractor

Analyzed financial and related data to determine amount of bonus overpayments made to physicians.

SPECTRA ENERGY, 2008, 2009

Senior Analyst - Contractor

Financial & Cost Analysis of engineering costs; Account Analysis.

Reconciliations including Work Order costs to Project total costs.

Process Development Including -

FERC Initial and Amended Exhibit K Filing Process (Including Interim Cost Engineering, Purchasing Activities) using MS Visio.

AFUDC Process – Automated for Cost Engineers Performing Forecasts on Expansion Projects – for Expansion Project Planning through 2016.

Freeze applied to the rehiring of Contractors.

MERICHEM CHEMICALS & REFINERY SERVICES LLC, 2008

Business Analyst – Permanent Position, Project Oriented

Lead, Participant in project to convert Excel-Driven Forecasting & Budgeting Model to Access Application then to an Oracle Application.

Laid off - Projects cancelled due to decisions made by senior management re negative cash flow: Sought outside equity infusion, also sought to retain prior Excel-Driven Forecasting & Budgeting Model

BRITISH PETROLEUM PROJECTS, 2007, Contractor (2 BP positions)

BP Payroll Project

One of two Consultants hired to analyze and reconcile British Petroleum’s North American Payroll Account at BP outsourcing company, Hewitt, The Woodlands.

BP PMO Refinery Reconstruction Project, Texas City Amoco-BP Refinery

Contractor with PMO at British Petroleum in Texas City as Interim Financial and Performance Manager.

DIRECT ENERGY, HOUSTON, TX, 2006

Senior Financial Analyst, Process Developer

Developed Business Warehouse-based Internal Financial Reporting Package for Senior Management.

ACCENTURE, LTD, HOUSTON, TX, 2003 – 2005

Senior Financial Analyst on Accenture’s BP Financial Reporting Team, Intercompany Reporting Team & Senior Compliance Analyst on Sox 404/302 Projects (Multiple Team & individual Projects).

Financial Analysis Work at Accenture

Performed account reconciliations, analyses on financial reporting data between each period close, during month-end & year-end close processes during year-end roll forward process, and on ARCO data following conversion to BP’s SAP’s GL system.

Sarbanes Oxley 404 Project Work at Accenture

SOX 404 Balance Sheet Assurance Project

EDUCATION -

BA with 27 undergraduate hours in accounting and 4.0 accounting GPA. UT, Austin.

Additional 12 accounting hours earned in Accounting Master’s program. (50% completed)

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