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Greater New Orleans Region

Perform all accounting and bookkeeping duties for 20 small businesses in the Oil and Natural Gas, Investment, Property Management, Education, Veterinary , Legal, and Manufacturing fields. Review and analyze financial statements. Monthly and year-end closings and reconciliations.

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Senior Cost Analyst at a Gulf Coast utility company (Contractor).Project based forecasting, budgeting, and analysis.Utilize Cognos, Maximo, and PowerPlan to calculate Estimate To Completion (ETC), Estimate At Completion (EAC), and actual costs. Record and submit monthly accruals. Prepare monthly cost and labor reports.

Geismar, Louisiana, United States

🔷 Launched office from scratch and transformed into a fully functional branch supporting multi-million dollar tank cleaning projects.🔷 Managed all day-to-day operations of Geismar, LA office and warehouse.🔷 Approved all purchase orders and vendor invoices.🔷 Successfully tracked revenue, gross profit, and gross margin for all tank cleaning projects in Louisiana.

Houston, Texas, United States

🔷 As Purchaser, assigned to work closely with Field Operations team to request quotes from vendors.🔷 Issued and updated all project-related purchase orders. Negotiated pricing with vendors. 🔷 As Estimator, received recognition from Engineering, Operations & President for generating an accurate Excel spreadsheet of total costs for equipment, rentals, field personnel, and chemicals for tank cleaning projects.🔷 Attended tank walks.

Houston, Texas, United States

🔷 Created weekly Excel reports to project Revenue, Cost of Goods Sold & Gross Profit on all tank cleaning projects.🔷 Led a weekly meeting with senior management to review variances.🔷 Calculated Company Labor Burden and individual Daily Project Burn Rates.🔷 Created Post Project Profitability Reports.🔷 Created and managed company-wide Field Employee Bonus Program.🔷 Tracked costs of Rental Equipment, Labor & Travel, analyzed profitability factors, and made suggestions to improve margins.🔷 Reconciled bank and credit card accounts. Assisted with month/year end close.

Houston, Texas, United States

🔷 Directed all general daily accounting activities, Accounts R/Payable, Purchase Order Approval, Payroll/Per Diem, and Customer Invoicing.🔷 Implemented new Purchase Order & Accounts Payable authorization program.🔷 Utilized QuickBooks to track Monthly Revenue and introduced the operation’s first accounting controls by launching an Accounting Department, subsequently handing it over to a VP of finance.

Houston, Texas, United States

🔷 Created and managed schedule for up to 60 field employees.🔷 Coordinated all transportation of company equipment and field crew travel.🔷 Worked closely with field operations to ensure each project had the correct mix of personnel.

🔷 Managed project execution for all phases of tank cleaning projects.🔷 Directly managed all equipment, personnel, and plan deviations throughout project.🔷 Updated refinery and terminal personal on project progress and scheduling.

🔷 Installed fluid transfer equipment, including piping, hoses, pumps, roof-mounted nozzles, and heat exchangers.🔷 Monitored process equipment and recorded pressure, temperature, oxygen levels, and flow rates.

Greater New Orleans Area

🔷 Conducted research on the use of BLS averages for fringe benefits in wage loss cases. 🔷 Research topics -Methodology of the National Compensation Survey (NCS) /Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC), Work Life Expectancy, Discount Rates, ADP Annual Health Benefits Report, and the Kaiser Foundation Employer Benefits Survey.

Greater New Orleans Area

🔷 Provided forensic accounting and litigation support to plaintiff firm specializing in maritime personal injury and Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) exposure cases. 🔷 Responsible for organizing and updating settlement financial data, lien amounts, medical bills, and employment history by utilizing Microsoft Excel (SUMIF, COUNTIF, MATCH, VLOOKUP, and PivotTables) and Microsoft Access (Queries, Forms, and Reports).🔷 Financial analysis of settlement data. Created financial reports for partners which were used to maximize firm collections and cash flow. 🔷 Calculated economic damages related to lost wages and medical expenses.🔷 Managed Medicare, Medicaid, Veterans Administration, and private medical lien records.

New Orleans, La

🔷 Performed forensic accounting reviews and audits related to commercial fishing and seafood claims.🔷 Created financial reports using PivotTables, VLOOKUP, and other functions in MS Excel that streamlined analysis and yielded key indicators of fraud.🔷 Fraud analysis and due diligence included examining tax documents, business profit and loss statements, balance sheets, sworn written statements, and other financial documents in order to determine if there were any accounting or financial irregularities.🔷 Provided decision support to team leader by presenting fraud analysis and recommending further action if necessary

Washington D.C. Metro Area

🔷 Lobbied House and Senate staff for homeland security appropriations funding.🔷 Conducted legislative research on homeland security and transportation issues.🔷 Prepared talking points, question and answer sheets, and letters to members of Congress.🔷 Attended committee hearings, industry meetings, markup.🔷 Authored summaries for senior SUNY staff.🔷 Monitored appropriations legislation for earmarks.🔷 Provided political news clips for bimonthly federal relations update.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

🔷 Prepared legislation to curb wasteful government spending by reducing funding for agencies that make improper payments or show accounting deficiencies.🔷 Conducted research projects on homeland security and judiciary issues and composed constituent correspondence.🔷 Monitored all oceans and fisheries and government spending issues.🔷 Served as acting Legislative Correspondent from October-November 2006.🔷 Managed front office operations, including constituent tour and liaison services.🔷 Assisted in hiring and managing interns.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

🔷 Assisted in constituent services, including tours and other inquiries. 🔷 Performed administrative duties such as answering phones and logging constituent mail.

Greater New York City Area

🔷 Recruited and managed volunteers and interns.🔷 Assisted Communications Director with a variety of media projects.🔷 Prepared press releases, and conducted research on critical campaign initiatives.• Monitored seven daily newspapers and political websites for relevant campaign information.• Organized and coordinated Election Day operations. Hired and the managed 85 employees, volunteers, and poll watchers.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Finance And Financial Management Services

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Political Science

Semester Abroad