Duties, Responsiblities and Accomplishments at BHP Billiton Petroleum
1. BHP BillitonPetroleum May 2013 – October 2016
Servedasa single pointof accountabilityforFixedAssetsTax supportworkingcloselywiththe Federal Tax
compliance team:
Monthlypreparationof the Intangible DrillingCost(IDC) reportforShale andConventional entities
Monthlypreparationof the Tax Unitof Production(UoP) reportanduploadof Tax depreciationkeys
Monthlypreparationof the Plant,Property&Equipmentrollfowardforexternalbusinesspartners
Monthlypreparationof the Fixed Assets"Tax Packet"reportforShale entities
o Additionsanalysisandreconciliation
o Intangible DrillingCost(IDC) analysisandreconciliation
o Disposals,including:
The calculationof bookgain/lossforsalesof assetsabove andbeyondnormal monthly
dispositions
Providingsupporttoconfirmingapprovedassetdisposalshave beenrecordedinthe FixedAssets
subledger
o Impairments,including:
Providingsupporttoconfirmingapprovedassetimpairmentshave beenrecordedinthe Fixed
Assetssubledger
o Special transactionsincluding:Sales,Purchases,Like KindExchanges(LKE),andexpiredleases(monthly
lease accounting) withdatesverifiedwiththe Bureauof OceanEnergyManagement(BOEM)
o CapitalizedOverhead
o CapitalizedTimewrite
Exercise governance of Tax FixedAssetmasterdataona periodicbasisthroughreview andcorrectionof the
following:
o Depreciationkeys,useful life andsupernumberbasedonassetclassand projectdefinition
o Negative additions(acquisitions) review andanalysis
o Positive depreciationreviewandanalysis
o Negative NBV assetreviewandanalysis
o ZeroNBV assetsreview
o UnTECO’d WBS elements(adverselyimpactsmonthlydepreciationexpense)
o Namingconvention(tangible /intangible inthe descriptionmatchesassetsource assignment)
o Assets UnderConstruction(AUC) vs.final assetmasterdataalignment
o Periodicreviewof fixedassets(i.e.physical verification,notinuse assets)
SupportTax teaminobtainingdocumentationneededtosupportIRSauditof the FY13 and FY14 Tax returns
SupportTax teaminobtainingdocumentationneededtoprepare the FY15,FY15 and FY16 Tax returns
SupportTax teaminobtainingdocumentationneededforCorporate Tax andPWC review of the FY14, FY15 and
FY16 Tax returns
SupportTax teamincompletingannual Tax FixedAssetsTrue-upforGulf of Mexico,Fayetteville ProductionUnits
and otherShale entities
Servedasa single pointof accountabilityforassignedProductionUnits workingcloselywithrespective PUFinance
teams:
Monthlyreviewandvalidate AUCand FixedAssetRegister(GBV,accumulateddepreciationandNBV)
Monthlybookingandanalysisof reservesandproductiondata
Supportproductionunitwithassetdisposals;recordingof disposalsinFixedAssetRegister
Supportproductionunitwithasset transfers;recordingof transfersinFixedAssetRegister
Provide monthendsupportrelatedtoassignedPUandprepare consolidatedjournal entries(CJEs),asneeded,to
correct the financial accountingbooks
Provide supportforWBSelementTECO,closure, settlementrule changes
Provide supportformasterdataset-uprelatedtofixedassetswhichincludes:
o Final assetcreation(AS01)
o Final assetchange (AS02) (EE&D phase change,UoP keychange,cost center,etc.)
o Create assetsubnumber(AS11) and super number(ZFI_SUPNUM)
2. Ad Hoc Responsibilities:
Monthlyaccount reconciliationsanddataverificationchecks
Monthlypreparationof a Transfersschedule (assettoasset) toreview transferactivity
Cleanup/ cleansingof dataimpactingSAPand BI reporting fromprevious1SAPconversions
Preparationof half-yearandyearendExternal BriefingPaperscommentaryandvariance analysis
Provide supportanddocumentationasrequestedforinternalandexternalaudits
Awards:
Special RecognitionAward –Participatedin24 hour close insupportof SAPR4 implementation
ProspectAward – Peernominated - Locatingsupportthat avertedanauditexception
ProspectAward – Supervisornominated - Abilitytomanage large dataset andhavinga helpful nature
ProspectAward – Supervisornominated - Goingabove andbeyondduringmonthend(worked21hoursstraight)