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Pasco, Washington, United States

Strategic management of the District’s power supply, risk mitigation, analytics, and The Districts participation in National and Pacific Northwest regional dialogue.

Eugene, Oregon, United States

Taking a mid-career break to spend time with family

Pasco, Washington

Strategically work with the GM and AGM to identify, evaluate long term planning needs and mitigate risk within the utility. Serve as Power Supply Manager. IT, Broadband, Customer Service and Internal Audit report through the Director of Risk Mitigation as well. Also worked on regional policy and international contract negotiations related to West Coast Power Supply needs.

Tri-Cities, Washington

Senior Manager reporting to the GM serving as the Chief Financial and Risk Officer overseeing Accounting, Enterprise Risk Management, IT and Broadband divisions. Report to the Board of Directors as Internal Auditor. Involved in budgeting, rate setting, strategic planning, AMI planning, policy setting, labor negotiations. Additionally interim manager over Customer Service, Meter Readers and providing interim managerial support to Power Resources.

Eugene, Oregon Area

Involved in power cost accounting and budgeting, revenue accounting and budgeting, rate setting, cost of service studies, integrated resource planning, rate design, strategic planning, community solar project management and risk management as well as ad hoc project management (community solar) and supervisory roles as necessary.Designed first known new concept for low income community solar participation.

Actively involved with mid and long term power supply forecasting, sales reporting, sales accounting, hedging and risk management decisions and the subsequent hedge accounting as well as many other ad-hoc analysis/reporting requirements.We are a BPA Slice customer.

Promoted to Eugene Controller in a $700M organization as part of a saleOversee all aspects of accounting including financial close, audit, GL, AR, AP, Payroll, Credit, Budgeting, Customer Analysis , Customer Service and Pricing . Analyzed financials against budget and prepare presentations for the bank and board of directors monthlyServing as project coordinator for implementation of SAP accounting system.Analyze product and customer profitabilityAnalyze new product pricing and advise on marketing and R&D initiativesDeveloped 2011 Eugene budgetImplemented Cost Accounting programInternalized transfer drivers while increasing FTE by two and reducing costs by $38K/yearOversaw various cost savings initiatives, reducing annual expense burden by nearly $3 million/year

Managed split of financials, payroll and consulted on Oracle system split through sale of the cereal division.Directly managed general ledger, accounting and payroll - consulted AP, AR and Corporate AnalysisManaged all accounting, subledgers and financial close, ultimately reducing monthly close from 4 to 2.5 days.Re-configured ADP payroll system, renegotiated contracts and reduced staff, resulting in $53,000 annual savingsServed as point for 2009 domestic financial and controls audit - noted as smoothest audit in company history.Implemented account reconciliation standards (US and Germany) and various controls to improve financial integrityOperated Oracle 11 tier 1 ERP systemManaged annual R&D audit, reducing fees by $4,000 and maintaining level tax creditHelped redesign of international financial consolidation process

Supervised staff of up to 13 employees, including CPA's, Senior Accountants and non-exempt employeesOwned three systems - SAP Vendor Master, Concur Expense Reporting and ESSManaged reconciliation of cash including concentration account and various sweep accountsOversaw and approved weekly electronic and check payments in USD and FX in excess of $20 millionManaged, re-wrote and enforced US and Canada travel & expense reimbursement policyServed as centralization point for all Disbursements related auditCoordinated of European installation and go-live of Concur (integrated T&E processing and reporting software)Managed and implemented all phases of a global Concur new user interface rollout

Reconciled accounts totaling roughly $100M on a monthly basis, including miscellaneous accruals, prepaids and receivablesServed as interim supervisor of GL department daily operations while current manager's time allocated 90% to projectPerformed income statement analysis for budgetary or special purpose needsDramatically improved financial reporting surrounding special compensation by coordinating with Payroll and HRServed as frequent resource for Corporate Controller and Assistant Corporate ControllerSpecial Projects As NeededManaged 8-state, unclaimed property audit with over $100M in potential exposure, including coordination of 15-20 employees in 6 departments, 2 external vendors and a consulting group while meeting deadline.Designated as a Super-user and SME and finance corporate training officer for SAP implementationReviewed SOX controls by conducting walkthroughs of Capitalization/Depreciation and T&E processesManaged logistics for task force researching and correcting $106 million GR/IR outage due to system errors-met deadlineDesigned and oversaw accounting for brand sponsorship of AT&T Park in conjunction with the SF Giants of MLB

Bachelors Degree, Business Administration; Sports Marketing. Minor In Communications.

Mba, Finance And Accounting

This was a full two-year in-class program; not the online version currently offered. Thesis topic: Successful Implementation.

Accounting Certificate, Accounting And Finance

Additional accounting credential in order to help prepare for the CPA exam.