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Life as a Corporate Accountant is full of excitement and may be the most rewarding hat I’ve worn yet. While I do still have daily duties, below are some of my favorite experiences so far:• Mentor junior staff and facilitate their growth• Facilitate more informed decision-making through in-depth financial analysis and reporting to Executive Management• Research accounting issues and suggest resolutions• Research and resolve system issues and educate users• Formulate… Show more Life as a Corporate Accountant is full of excitement and may be the most rewarding hat I’ve worn yet. While I do still have daily duties, below are some of my favorite experiences so far:• Mentor junior staff and facilitate their growth• Facilitate more informed decision-making through in-depth financial analysis and reporting to Executive Management• Research accounting issues and suggest resolutions• Research and resolve system issues and educate users• Formulate automated reports to proactively identify potential reconciliation/accounting issues Show less

As a Senior Accountant, my focus shifted to analysis, Oracle Cloud implementation, and problem solving. In this new, challenging, and rewarding chapter of my career I gained a variety of new experiences:• Served as subject matter expert in Payroll, Absences, and Time and Labor for Oracle Cloud implementation• Facilitated discussions between the Oracle Cloud implementation team and key users• Designed reports for Oracle Cloud data conversion and validation for Payroll, Absences… Show more As a Senior Accountant, my focus shifted to analysis, Oracle Cloud implementation, and problem solving. In this new, challenging, and rewarding chapter of my career I gained a variety of new experiences:• Served as subject matter expert in Payroll, Absences, and Time and Labor for Oracle Cloud implementation• Facilitated discussions between the Oracle Cloud implementation team and key users• Designed reports for Oracle Cloud data conversion and validation for Payroll, Absences, Time and Labor, and Benefits• Assisted with Oracle Cloud Payroll configuration and design.• Lead testing and information gathering sessions for Oracle Cloud implementation• Analyzed testing results and worked closely with Oracle Cloud implementation team to resolve issues• Trained and provided guidance to junior staff in AR, Plant, and Payroll. Show less

In addition to my accountant I responsibilities, I have enjoyed many other opportunities as an accountant II:• Served as subject matter expert in AR, AP, GL, and Expenses for Oracle Cloud implementation.• Played an integral role in data validation, system configuration, and testing• Served as lead representative in coordination with FEMA closeout specialists• Created dashboard with visual plant analytics through Cognos Workspace Advanced• Provided audit support and… Show more In addition to my accountant I responsibilities, I have enjoyed many other opportunities as an accountant II:• Served as subject matter expert in AR, AP, GL, and Expenses for Oracle Cloud implementation.• Played an integral role in data validation, system configuration, and testing• Served as lead representative in coordination with FEMA closeout specialists• Created dashboard with visual plant analytics through Cognos Workspace Advanced• Provided audit support and answered annual audit questions• Compiled information for EPB’s Annual Report (MD&A, footnotes, and plant financial info)• Compiled plant information and detailed explanations of variances for the TVA Annual Report• Provided job cost support to external departments• Created research tools for external departments to use in managing expenses• Built reports in Power Plan and Cognos Workspace Advanced to provide data for Finance executives, Construction personnel, and various other departments• Automated tax base calculation through creative excel solutions and Cognos reporting• Integral part of major enhancement project to Work Management System (Power Plan)• Created and designed work orders for construction crews• Employed creative problem-solving skills to troubleshoot work order issues, interface kickouts, account issues, module/system imbalances, etc.• Analyzed variances between budgeted and actual depreciation expense• Identified incorrect design on work order as primary cause for large variance between budgeted and actual depreciation.• Reconciled and analyzed 70 balance sheet accounts on quarterly basis• Provided extensive troubleshooting assistance to external departments during budgeting process• Created reports out of Prophix budgeting/reporting software to make other processes more efficient. Show less

As an accountant I, my role grew into plant processing and analysis, job cost support, more detailed analyses, tax base calculations, and financial reporting:• Analyzed plant closing results and researched large month-over-month variances• Created excel solutions to produce plant financials and construction expenditures analysis• Analyzed overhead and allocations results and researched unusual variances over prior month• Calculated depreciation and analyzed… Show more As an accountant I, my role grew into plant processing and analysis, job cost support, more detailed analyses, tax base calculations, and financial reporting:• Analyzed plant closing results and researched large month-over-month variances• Created excel solutions to produce plant financials and construction expenditures analysis• Analyzed overhead and allocations results and researched unusual variances over prior month• Calculated depreciation and analyzed results• Created a hierarchical methodology for determining inventory obsolescence• Formulated inventory obsolescence provision• Formulated and analyzed tax base computations and accruals• Computed budget for depreciation, capital expenditures, and building allocations• Improved processes for applying contributions and compiling financial information• Automated several departmental job cost reports using Cognos Query Studio• Created dashboard analysis and reporting for complex/high-dollar balance sheet accounts• Identified coding errors during DOE reconciliations for EPB’s Stimulus Grant• Integral part of testing, training, and verification processes for conversion to new Work Management System (Power Plan) Show less

As an accounting assistant, I navigated my way through the intricate details of AP processing, AR processing, daily interfaces, reconciliations, analysis, and reporting: • Processed company expense reports and invoices and identified incorrect account usage • Processed customer refunds and various correcting and recurring journal entries • Researched and documented the components of daily interfaces between systems • Reconciled daily transactions to system… Show more As an accounting assistant, I navigated my way through the intricate details of AP processing, AR processing, daily interfaces, reconciliations, analysis, and reporting: • Processed company expense reports and invoices and identified incorrect account usage • Processed customer refunds and various correcting and recurring journal entries • Researched and documented the components of daily interfaces between systems • Reconciled daily transactions to system uploads to ensure accuracy and completeness • Analyzed the activity in 35 balance sheet accounts on a monthly basis • Identified erroneous/duplicate entries • Provided visual representations of account trends using graphs, charts, and sparklines • Reconciled job cost to invoices submitted to the Department of Energy for EPB’s Stimulus Grant Show less

As an intern at EPB, I had so many wonderful opportunities to put into action all of the interesting accounting processes and concepts I had learned in the first two years of my curriculum. My first journal entry was absolutely exhilarating. Along with recurring journal entries, I had many other responsibilities:• Organizing and filing company documentation• Mail handling and organization• Error-checking and processing company invoices and expense reports• Processing… Show more As an intern at EPB, I had so many wonderful opportunities to put into action all of the interesting accounting processes and concepts I had learned in the first two years of my curriculum. My first journal entry was absolutely exhilarating. Along with recurring journal entries, I had many other responsibilities:• Organizing and filing company documentation• Mail handling and organization• Error-checking and processing company invoices and expense reports• Processing customer refunds• Variance reporting• Daily cash reconciliationsAlthough the above duties were important and interesting contributions to the company, I found the special projects assigned to me to be the most rewarding and interesting of my duties. These projects played to my strengths and allowed a deeper insight to the business:CHANNEL PROVISIONS PROJECT• Served as an advertising guide for EPB’s Video & Internet sales team.• Provided detailed analysis of channel contracts• Created a tangible, organized quick reference advertising guide• Designed a clean, detailed spreadsheet outlining each channel’s advertising provisionsMARKETING PROJECT• Entailed a detailed analysis of EPB’s marketing expenses. • Pulled and analyzed three years’ data• Digitized and categorized the data in Excel• Provided visual analysis to upper managementFRANCHISE PROVISIONS PROJECT—Four years after I created this gem, it is still being used in various departments around the company.• Served as guide to franchise agreements for areas accepting EPB’s cable services • Compiled pertinent franchise agreement information and requirements• Organized and tabulated this information in an Excel quick reference guide• Hyperlinked original contract documents to Excel quick reference guide for ease of reference Show less

Master'S Degree, Accounting

Activities and Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Accounting

Activities and Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma