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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

- Prepared and settled daily electricity invoices with up to 35 various counterparties – creating outgoing wires, tracking and following up on incoming payments and coordinating with our bank in case of issues and to ensure timely processing - Prepared and settled monthly financial and physical multi-currency settlements with 200+ counterparties, preparing all outgoing wires, tracking and following up on incoming payments, coordinating with our bank in case of issues and to ensure timely processing - Created upload files for all settlement invoices to be added to the accounting system (ORMB) and then moved into the General Ledger, reviewed the files once complete and worked with our Atlanta team to resolve any upload issues- Created and reconciled the monthly bank transactions for both ICE NGX & its affiliated company, Alberta Watt Exchange - uploaded and reconciled all cash transactions in both currencies and worked closely with the accounting group to make sure the General Ledger was accurate- Coordinated with internal teams when new customers were signed up as Clearing Members – setting up needed Clearing accounts with our bank, coordinating with the customers regarding payment instructions and how to use the website, creating wire templates for any outgoing payments and adding them to our website and accounting systems - Collaborated on various ad-hoc projects involving process improvements, audit requests and customer queries

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

- Prepare and settle a high volume of natural gas invoices on a monthly basis, tracking incoming cash - Work closely with the Front Office, Middle Office and external counterparties to resolve any issues in a timely manner- Balance pipelines to internal gas management system to ensure accurate billing and work with Gas Scheduling and Trading to resolve discrepancies- Responsible for financial settlements between Cargill Inc and Cargill Limited for NYMEX, Gas Daily and Basis instruments- Manage daily and monthly margin call reconciliation process including position close outs with JP Morgan for Cargill Limited- Complete and file monthly regulatory reporting for the Alberta Energy Regulator, National Energy Board, Department of Energy and U.S. Customs and Border Protection agencies along with providing audit support- Reconcile and arrange payments for the monthly taxes including GST, HST, QST, PST and BC Carbon Tax- Update the monthly Forward Storage reconciliation, the Forward Unrealized MTM, Present Value Discount, and Park and Loan fees/trades, booking all relevant journal entries to properly account for them- Prepare monthly GAAP reporting for management and corporate reporting- Responsible to train and oversee settlements accountants in maintenance of the trading and accounting system interfaces while ensuring data is accurately captured in all systems- Provides daily credit reporting for Cargill subsidiaries and ensuring collateral and margin credit calls are processed

- Responsible for accounts payable and receivables, cash receipts, general ledger entries and monthly balance sheet reconciliations- Reconciled monthly sales and tracked actual to budgeted amounts for SGA for analysis - Prepared of company’s annual SGA budget, including very detailed work reviewing Market Data Services costs and renewals- Responsible to train and oversee accounting team in maintenance of the trading and accounting system interfaces and ensuring data is accurately captured in all systems- Managed the daily & month end margin call reconciliations process including position close outs with JP Morgan for Cargill Ltd - Responsible for the daily margin call reconciliations and position close outs for Cargill Inc and Cargill IES companies- Oversaw cash and forward transport reporting including setting up new transport in the transport model, daily volume balancing, reconciliations and valuations - Transacted cash flow hedges and hedging basis and fixed swaps

- Invoiced customers, balanced and reconciled netback pool to pay members- Balanced the sales and purchases of natural gas to pipeline statements- Responsible for regulatory reporting and associated audit requests for the Cargill Netback pool for the Alberta Energy Regulator, National Energy Board, Department of Energy- Responsible to train and oversee others in maintenance of the trading and accounting system interfaces while ensuring data is accurately captured in all systems

- Data entry of all natural gas trades enacted daily into the Gas Management System- Confirmed trade activity with counterparties, resolved discrepancies and ensure all information was properly captured and stored- Minor accounting tasks

Cappa, Production Accounting

Certificate, Accounting

Bachelor'S Degree, Linguistics

Focused on linguistics with an eye to teaching ESL & high school Social Studies once my degree was completed.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Linguistics