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• Manage Director of Revenue Accounting and CA team and Revenue Accountants• Oversee the reconciliation of monthly revenue and creation of monthly journal entries for all businesses• Responsible for all ASC 606 lifetime value accounting processes, including loading and reviewing all assumptions, reviewing monthly computations, and monitoring reviews performed by the Revenue Accountants• Maintain a deep understanding of customer contracts and the interaction with the Company’s revenue systems, as well as interacting with divisional operation teams regarding customer terms• Meet revenue reporting deadlines important to achieving monthly accounting close• Review and analyze revenue system output before creating entries into general ledger• Challenge current processes and improve efficiency• Participation with annual financial audit, including leadership in revenue work• Assist the financial reporting team with all revenue-related financial reporting and disclosures• Key contributor in the Company’s revenue system development and enhancement projects• Work closely with FP&A on revenue forecasts and variance analysis

• Supervise 5 direct reports and a total organization of 34 accountants. Responsible for providing feedback, career development and guidance. Ensure organization goals link to accounting division and Company balanced scored objectives.• Direct the monthly close process to ensure timely and accurate financial statements• Manage preparation of qualitative and quantitative variances analysis to budget and prior year for income statement, balance sheet and key performance indicators. Partner with business unit leads to ensure analysis is accurate and complete.• Responsible for ensuring variance results are included in monthly forecast process. In addition, oversee the annual budget support for Supply, Delivery and Support functions.• Oversee all internal reporting to senior management for monthly results. Accountable for the accounting for complex transactions such as derivatives, stock-based compensation and business combinations.• Provide accounting guidance and support to operations. • Directs the organization for continuous process improvement by challenging accountants to innovate to streamline processes and create efficiencies without sacrificing accuracy.• Responsible for development and adhering to sound internal controls to be compliant with Sarbanes-Oxley.• Selected by Senior Strategy Team to represent KCP&L in UMKC’s Executive MBA program and participate on Sustainable Resource Strategy team to develop long-term business strategy.

• Direct the monthly close process for revenue and energy accounting to ensure timely and accurate financial statements• Manage preparation of qualitative and quantitative variances analysis to budget and prior year for income statement, balance sheet and key performance indicators. Partner with business unit leads to ensure analysis is accurate and complete.• Responsible for utility gross margin analysis compared to budget and prior year.• Oversee accounting and reporting of wholesale margin and fuel clauses. • Accountable for the accounting for complex transactions such as derivatives and business combinations. • Directs the organization for continuous process improvement by challenging accountants to innovate to streamline processes and create efficiencies without sacrificing accuracy.• With the implementation of a new energy trading system, responsible for accounting phase of the project by ensuring system access, controls, accuracy and completeness were tested and validated.• Responsible for development and adhering to sound internal controls to be compliant with Sarbanes-Oxley.

• Responsible for ensuring compliance with GAAP/FERC reporting requirements.• Lead corporate accounting group to ensure timely and accurately reporting of financial transactions, including equity compensation, pension plans, revenue and derivatives for all legal entities.• Ensure the Company’s policies and procedures are compliant with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.• Actively support the Company’s rate cases by responding to data requests, meeting with state auditors and preparing testimony for officers.• Accountable for ensuring the Company’s financial transactions are recorded in accordance with Regulatory Orders.• Responsible for financial statement analysis and reporting results to management• Co-led the accounting integration related to the acquisition of Aquila, Inc. Developed day 1 organization structure and ensured all accounting functions were properly staffed. • In connection with the acquisition, responsible for coordinating third party asset valuation and accountable for the financial section of the joint proxy.

• Led the Company's compliance with accounting authoritative pronouncements by tracking new/newly applicable literature, identifying potential applicability to the Company, and coordinating/preparing research/recommendation white papers regarding identified issues.• Responsible for the timely and accurately preparation of derivative, equity compensation, pension and postretirement and asset retirement obligations footnotes as well the market risk disclosures for SEC filings.• Prepared GAAP/SEC checklists and reviewed with external auditors.• Responded to SEC comment letter on Great Plains Energy 2004 10-K.

• Considered the technical accounting expert at Interstate Bakeries. Responsible for researching new and existing accounting pronouncements and SEC regulations. Provide recommendations to management on the appropriate accounting treatment for transactions.• Prepare the financial statements including the statement of cash flows for Interstate Bakeries. Participate in quarterly review sessions with Executive management. This includes contributing to the quarterly press release.• Coordinate the interim reviews and annual audit with external auditors. This entails answering fluctuation questions as well as explaining accounting position on various issues.• Responsible for managing the fixed asset department at IBC. Ensure that company policies are adhered to for acquisition and disposal of fixed assets.

• Reviewed Sprint’s consolidated financial statements and ensured consistency of reporting among divisions.• Analyzed monthly balance sheet and communicated variances to management.• Reviewed financial press releases to ensure accuracy of information.• Prepared and reviewed various sections of SEC filings (10-K, 10-Q and 8-K).• Researched accounting issues and communicated recommendations to management.• Reviewed financial statements for local telephone companies to meet SEC requirements.• Provided detailed review of Sprint’s balance sheet each quarter to senior management.• Reviewed monthly financial package for executive management.• Supervised four staff accountants.

• Reviewed operating and capital financial assumptions for new restaurant sites.• Prepared and analyzed monthly financial package for senior executive period review.• Provided financial analysis and recommendations for various departments on new projects.• Prepared daily sales report and communicated results to management.• Built and interpreted annual restaurant budget to ensure company targets were met.

SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST – Government Systems Division (6/99 to 5/00)• Led team in preparation of monthly income statement forecast package.• Provided key business driver statistics to senior management.• Prepared analysis of actual results to forecast and budget on a monthly basis.• Prepared customer revenue detail for the sales force to aid in monthly review. SENIOR ACCOUNTANT, Corporate Financial Reporting (10/97 to 5/99)• Prepared and analyzed Sprint’s consolidated financial statements.• Researched accounting issues and communicated recommendations to management.• Prepared financial statements for local telephone companies to meet bondholder and SEC requirements.• Prepared monthly financial package for executive management. Sprint Publishing and Advertising, Inc. TAX ACCOUNTANT (3/96 to 10/97)• Analyzed company invoices and sales reports to prepare sales/use tax returns.• Prepared monthly tax accrual and explained budget variances.• Filed timely and accurate returns in multiple state and local jurisdictions.• Reviewed incentive programs to prepare payroll adjustments. Sprint Publishing and Advertising, Inc. TREASURY ANALYST (1/95 to 3/96)• Assisted in the cash flow budget development and monitoring process.• Prepared Statement of Cash Flows and explained significant variances.• Analyzed bank and credit card statements for accuracy.