ALLY Energy Professional Profile: John Ainsworth
John Ainsworth
Friendswood, TX, US
Professional Summary
I've worked in the oil & gas industry for over 25 years as an accountant and financial analyst. I've done everything from accounts payable to in-depth financial analysis on offshore deep water rigs/wells, fuel pricing and pipeline right of way spend. At this point in my career, I care less about growth and trophies and more about doing the right thing at the right time. I think continuous improvement should be a daily mindset, as opposed to a one-time project. As for clean energy, there's absolutely room for improvement in the physical world (i.e. emissions), but I think it starts with culture in the work place. That is, if profits drive everything, clean vs dirty energy doesn't matter...it's just a buzzword. However, if a company truly wants to achieve clean energy, it must have a "clean" work culture...one that actually believes in the journey and the mission.
Experience
Circle K
Houston, TX, USA
Business Controller
Jun, 2021 - Feb, 2023

• Central accounting contact for new joint venture with Musket to various accounting groups including shared services, financial reporting, taxes, treasury, etc. • Leads and coordinates overall business planning process • Coordinates and aligns CAPEX needs/targets/plans with stakeholders • Interfaces with shared services for request transfer of funds from shared services, have invoices reviewed including cost allocation and approved by key stakeholders • Implements processes and controls between Musket and Circle K for all joint venture activities • Interprets financial reports for the joint venture and ensure proper back-up exists for the amounts invested by Circle K • Provides journal entries to be booked in Circle K book of records based on transactional details from the joint venture • Maintains and matures P+L model • Ensures Department costs are controlled and anticipates any risks/opportunities

Equinor
Houston, TX, USA
Principal Team Lead
Jan, 2016 - Oct, 2020

Job responsibilities are bucketed into three main areas: • Invoice Resolution: - Work closely with the Oildex Coding team, Supply Chain Performance Analysts and Suppliers seeking resolution to their invoicing issues. - Manage a broad range of stakeholders to solve billing issues, identify invoicing trends and work proactively to resolve problems, which requires a close working relationship with Operational SCM Analysts. - Troubleshoot and manage workflow of the organization’s invoicing/payment issues - Actively investigate and identify invoicing trends/problems and proactively seek solutions - Work closely with Operational SCM Analysts for transition of supplier-generated invoicing issues - Manage collaboration with Treasury, Indirect Tax and Business Procurement IT - Coordinate with Treasury to resolve duplicate invoice issues - Coordinate delivery of Open Invoice communications - Respond to and resolve assigned ‘Service@Statoil’ tickets • Supplier Management

Statoil
Houston, TX, USA
Statoil logo StatoilStatoil 9 yrs9 yrs Rig Accountant - Offshore Deepwater Exploration
Nov, 2010 - Dec, 2015

• Coordinated authority for expenditure (AFE) preparation, approval and monitoring in conjunction with JV partners • Supported economic analysis and modeling with regard to project and investment decisions • Prepared/reviewed monthly asset level variance analysis including capital and operating expenses, production volumes • Provided monthly operational and financial reporting to asset team, management and JV partners • Prepared end of project accounting reports for field estimate verification, and leads the project cost (D&W, O&M and facilities) reconciliation process • Prepared annual capital and operating business plan (target) • Provided financial support to short and long-range forecasting activities related to production, expenses, capital and price differentials (dynamic) • Coordinated and prepares annual post-audit review of development program • Coordinated and prepares reconciliation of working interest used in reserve calculations

Kinder Morgan
Houston, TX, USA
Senior Right-of-way (ROW) Analyst II
Feb, 2023 - Present

• Collaborating with ROW Lease Analysts and Field Agents to track and monitor Rental/Renewal spending by: o Updating monthly forecasts cost reports and other reports. o Performing mitigation measures required for resolution of supplemental funding requests, invoices and purchase order/commitment issues and transfers of incorrect project costs. o Identifying cost overruns by monitoring contingency and project completion dates. • Reviewing ROW Rental/Renewal costs for compliance with regulatory, company/department guidelines, processes and procedures. Examples include proper classification of costs in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and/or federal energy regulatory commission (FERC). • Creating/updating AFE write-ups including monitoring through review and approval process. • Reporting and analyzing significant cost variances, trends, and irregularities to document primary driver(s) for ROW Rental/Renewal costs, as well as ROW Capital costs.

Education
University of Houston
BBA Accounting
Jan, 1994 - Present

Skills
  • Excel
  • SAP
Awards