Bryan Claypool Email & Phone Number

• Responsible for contract compliance reviews and validation that suppliers are billing according to agreed contract terms for our clients.
• Identify and recover lost revenues due to contract misinterpretations and non-compliance.
• Document and recommend internal process improvements to increase efficiency and internal controls.

• Responsible for the coordination of the Sarbanes Oxley audits for the gas & power group of BP.
• Assist department managers in discovering, documenting and resolving process control deficiencies.
• Maintain the integrity of numerous process control documents.
• Ensure finance employees are educated on common risks of spreadsheets and trained on proper spreadsheet use and controls.
• Served as instructor of the finance spreadsheet standards class taught across North America.
• Train new users on FCM (Open Pages) a Sarbanes Oxley control documentation database system.

North American Gas and Power division of BP

• Calculated and reported daily and monthly Mark to Market P&L statements.
• Maintained valuations of over 150 illiquid point marks on multiple pipelines.
• Monitored compliance of Internal Trading Controls for the Southeast Gulf Trading group.
• Maintained transfer activity and monthly asset valuations for several storage caverns.
• Updated and insured accuracy of pipeline rates for Transportation Agreements entered into by Southeast Gulf traders. Areas of accomplishments include:
• Designed and implemented the North American Gas & Power spreadsheet operating standards class.

• Responsible for Financial Accounting including General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Cash Management, Inventory Control, Job Cost, Accounts Payable, Budgets, Cash Flow Statements, Forecasting, Billing, Payroll, Facility.
• Supervised Payroll Department, which processed weekly payroll and the IT department.
• Monitored and maintained debt covenant compliance for loans in excess of $52 million.

• Responsible for all financial reporting including Profit and Loss Statements, Balance Sheets, Key Performance Indicators, Sales Activity Reports, Department Spending Variances and Inventory Levels.
• Responsible for the Payroll Department and for all general accounting functions including General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Inventory Control, Budgeting, Forecasting, Billing and Auditing.
• Member of the Lead Team, reporting directly to the Plant Manager, involved in the long range planning for the plant including Capital Spending Projects, Cost Reduction Teams, Production Capacity and Budgeting.