Lynn Willis Email & Phone Number

Houston, Tx, Us

Houston, Tx, Us

Houston, Tx, Us

Houston, Tx, Us

Houston, Tx, Us

Managed all accounting, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, tax and compliance functions for multi-national organization.• Planned and led transition of the remaining assets and staff of Endeavour International Corporation into a privately held company.• Developed financial due diligence process and established appropriate purchase accounting.• Prepared quarterly and annual communications with partner/owners and managed owner transfers.• Created and presented financial information to audit committee.• Prepared all financial statements including statutory financial statements for various foreign subsidiaries according to US GAAP, IFRS and local country GAAP.• Managed tax process for K-1s, domestic and international tax compliance.• Communicated with tax authorities regarding complicated tax issues, resulting in allowance of previously disallowed tax deductions and tax refunds of $20 million.• Partnered with tax and legal advisors to complete the final tax filings and dissolution of the company.• Managed communications with external auditors, external SEC counsel and reserve engineers. • Interpreted, implemented and maintained compliance with GAAP principles and internal controls over financial reporting. • Prepared annual budgets, forecast updates and multi-year strategic plans.• Mentored/developed direct reports to promote employee effectiveness and minimize employee turnover.

Joined Endeavour upon initial formation as a small international oil and gas company as one of only two personnel in the finance function. Involved in all areas of accounting, reporting, acquisitions, dispositions and budgeting as company grew and all reorganization and bankruptcy processes as company dissolved.• Generated initial and monthly filings with bankruptcy court during Chapter 11 proceedings.• Conceptualized and implemented efficient processes and procedures for accounting, budgeting and tax departments leading to a 50% reduction in staff and faster close schedule.• Prepared all financial statements including SEC requirements (10-Q’s, 10-K’s, registration statements, 8-K’s, proxy statements and Section 16 filings), multiple country stock exchange listings and statutory financial statements according to IFRS and local country GAAP.• Prepared annual budgets, forecast updates and multi-year strategic plans.• Prepared merger, acquisitions and disposition analyses.• Led selection process and installation of budgeting and reporting solution (Oracle Essbase), a new general ledger system (Microsoft Dynamics) and financial reporting software solution.• Implemented initial SOX procedures and subsequent annual updates.• Led valuation efforts regarding embedded derivative, commodity derivative and company goodwill valuations.• Generated initial and monthly filings with bankruptcy court during Chapter 11 proceedings.• Conceptualized and implemented efficient processes and procedures for accounting, budgeting and tax departments leading to a 50% reduction in staff and faster close schedule.• Presented and researched new accounting pronouncements and accounting treatment for new debt, equity or acquisition transactions. Completed financial impact calculations and trained accounting staff upon implementation of the new accounting.• Lead contact for all accounting systems, including coordinating interface with software systems within other business functions.

formerly, Seagull Energy• Prepared annual budget, forecast updates and multi-year strategic plan.• Prepared merger and acquisitions analyses, including management and Board of Directors summaries.• Prepared SEC filings including 10-Q’s and 10-K’s.• Installed budgeting and reporting solution (Oracle Essbase) and served as on-going database administrator.• Prepared financial statements for subsidiaries and 401(k) plans.

Masters, Accounting

Ba, Economics, Management Studies