Served as the lead accountant on the team tasked with system development and conversion to the Oracle Cloud instance for Midcoast Energy. Project successfully completed on time and within budget.• Developed the organizational hierarchy, chart of accounts, and account string structure based on input from Midcoast department leads• Worked closely with IT and outside consultants to make key decisions on the chart of accounts, data conversion, and reporting needs • Tested sub-ledger interfaces with GL and validated conversion of historical data• Identified and tested general ledger cross-validation-rules• Prepared the user guide and trained home office and field personnel on the Oracle Cloud software, including new OTBI reports• Created required OTBI analytical reports for management use• Served as gatekeeper for chart of accounts update requestsGeneral Ledger Accounting Advisor • Monthly journal entries for various internal functions, including Operations, Treasury, Finance, Marketing, Payroll, and Tax• Monthly expense variance analysis for presentation to management and external auditors• Balance sheet reconciliations• Annual preparation of audit PBC schedules and 10K footnotes• Texas Railroad Commission regulatory reporting• Ad hoc reporting and special projects as necessaryOperations and Project Accountant• Provided monthly variance-to-budget expense analysis explanations to management and corporate accounting• Developed and maintained an operations report that presented monthly project expenditures versus budget and annual forecast projections• Produced financial reports as required to support Midcoast Energy loan covenants• Simplified the annual operations budget submission and summarization process by creating uniform Excel templates for use by the field locations• Eliminated accounting system coding errors between purchase orders, expenditure types, and general ledger natural accounts within the Oracle Cloud Project Accounting module

General Ledger Accounting Advisor • Monthly journal entries• Distribution of interim financial reports to management• Extensive and timely monthly expense variance analysis for presentation to management and external auditors• Monthly balance sheet reconciliations• Creation and maintenance of monthly overhead cost allocations• Annual preparation of audit PBC schedules and 10K footnotes• Facilitation of the annual Texas Railroad Commission regulatory reporting requirement• Accounting and reporting support for asset acquisitions, dispositions, and company reorganizations• Ad hoc reporting and special projects as necessary

Opportunities for both general ledger and financial reporting accounting responsibilities. • Coordinated the monthly general ledger close in a challenging work environment • Prepared monthly journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and reports• Designed and implemented complex automated cost allocations• Analyzed, converted, and summarized large sets of data• Served as administrator of the Hyperion Enterprise financial reporting database • Facilitated system updates to the corporate accounting structure as required by ongoing reorganizations, acquisitions, and dispositions• Member of the "Horizon" in-house software testing and implementation team