May 14, 2024

Budgeting Headcount & Vacancy Factors – Roundtable


Virtual, Instructor-Led

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
When

From 05-14-2024 2:00 pm CST until 05-14-2024 3:00 pm CST


Where

Virtual


Registration Information
Member$295
Non-Member$495

3% fee applied if paying by a credit card

Who can attend?

SGA Cancellation Policy "C"

Have any questions? Contact us. memberservices@southerngas.org