Houston, Texas, United States
Certified Public Accountant - Texas State Board of Public Accountancy September 2012 - Present
Oversee company accounting operations, leading budgeting, forecasting, and reconciliation processes to ensure accuracy and compliance. Conduct detailed financial planning and analysis to strengthen investment evaluations and capital allocation decisions. Create dashboards and cost-monitoring processes, reducing reporting time and improving accuracy for management insights. Managed end-to-end property acquisition, renovation, and leasing processes, increasing portfolio value and rental income to over $30M in total sales volume.
Primary contact of all variance analyses and ad-hoc reports for senior management regarding budget, forecast and internal reporting. Supervised month-end close process for financing reporting, internal audit requirements and business reviews. Presented continuous improvement initiatives in budgeting, divisional cost accounting and reporting efforts to division directors each quarter.
Providing solutions for Accounts Payable related inquiries and complications, raised by other county departments. Overseeing the entire Accounts Payable cycle, including purchase requisitions, requests for payments, invoicing and employee expense reimbursement processes. Managing the procure-to-pay cycle and purchasing contract activities. Building and maintaining great rapport with employees and staff members across county offices and departments. Hiring, developing and supervising a dynamic AP team of six members, including one supervisor and five clerks.
Performed monthly variance analyses of budget-to-actual and prior-year with respect to revenues, expenses and other key performance indicators for senior management. Improved team efficiency by streamlining Board financial packages to deliver only key and critical information. Led the lease contract review and revenue recognition process in compliance with new lease accounting standards. Worked closely with operations to ensure revenue is properly captured, reported and explained in monthly reports. Coordinated and maintained compliance with appropriate accounting principles, practices, controls and processes to ensure SOX compliance. Prepared quarterly and annual FERC Form 6 filings for the company’s common-carrier pipeline subsidiaries.
Oversaw monthly and quarterly accounting close process to ensure timely and accurate reporting. Prepared and recorded non-recurring journal entries; reviewed account reconciliations prepared by junior accountants. Executed business processes and performed SOX controls to ensure compliance with accounting policies and procedures. Replaced previous manual invoicing process by implementing a new, streamlined OpenInvoice system. Reviewed contracts to ensure financial relevant aspects of the agreements were up to date. Hired, supervised and developed and oversaw the work of 3 staff Accountants.
Coordinated the first-year audit of Era Group Inc., following the successful spin-off from Seacor Holdings Inc. Planned and executed audit procedures for the post-acquisition audit of Ashbrook Simon-Hartley by Alfa Laval. Supervised newer associates in performing audit testing procedures for multiple standalone audits of Waste Management. Utilized analyst reports to compare client results with market expectations and justified significant variances. Bridged communication between client and firm management for audit support and all follow-up requests. Documented and analyzed clients’ accounting processes to fully understand all internal control policies.