Event Summary
Roundtable discussion to explore business and system processes for budgeting headcount with a focus on the vacancy factor.
Attendees will receive 1 Professional Development Hour (PDH) upon approval.
Who Should Attend
Accounting, Financial and/or Business Analysts or others with responsibility for planning and forecasting headcount and the corresponding impact that headcount has on the financial plan.
Meet the Panel
Suzanne Gonzalez, Controller | Southern Star
- 7 years at Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline
- Previous roles- Manager, Financial Planning &Analysis; ERP Project Manager; Analyst, Financial Planning &Analysis
- Planning and analysis of Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow and CapEx
- Implementation of Accounting, HR, Supply Chain, Financial Reporting, and Forecasting Systems
Stephanie E. Gray, Manager Financial Planning & Analysis | CenterPoint Energy
- 9 years at CenterPoint Energy & predecessor companies
- Electric side of the business
- Planning and analysis of both income statement & capital
Ashley Meredith, Manager, FP&A | Southern Star
- 20+ years in utility business Gas & Electric (Southern Star and CenterPoint Energy and predecessor)
- Roles in Regulatory, Accounting, Budgeting (O&M and CapEx), Investment Planning, Engineering and Continuous Improvement
- Planning and analysis of Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow and CapEx.
Lisa Watson, Director, O&M and Project Accounting | Boardwalk Pipelines
- 26 years at Boardwalk & predecessor companies
- Roles in Financial Reporting, Tax, O&M and Capital budgeting and Fixed Assets
- Planning and analysis for capital project spending and Free Cash Flow (Growth and Maintenance)
- Planning and analysis for Operations and Maintenance spending
Christopher Wood, Director Process & Data Governance | CenterPoint Energy
- 33 years at CenterPoint Energy
- Roles in Finance/Accounting/Regulatory
- Business Lead on projects to implement and/or upgrade financial systems
- Primary focus on use of SAP master data to support financial, operational and regulatory reporting requirements