Azama Ghani-Finance

To build a long term career in the oil and gas industry with opportunities for career growth.

Specialties
• Oil & Gas Accounting, Project Accounting
• Internal Control, Compliance & Optimization
• Contracts/ Contractor Audit
• JDE system administration
• Offsite facilitization

Experience
CHEVRON TEXACO CHINA ENERGY COMPANY: January 2011-Present
INTERNAL CONTROL AND COMPLIANCE COORDINATOR, DEEPWATER PROJECT, SHEKOU, CHINA
• Manage “Foreign Corrupt Practices Act” (FCPA) transactions and address / resolve FCPA issues with Chinese Government officials.
• Strengthen Compliance awareness by developing training programs
• Manage Deepwater delegation matrix, Organized compliance and financial reporting
• Design procedure to address compliance and internal control issues.
• Conduct and manage remediation for Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) audits.
• Manage and administer Finance master data set up in the system
• Execute global standardization initiatives for accounts payable, project accounting and monetary revaluations
• Develop JDE E1 system for Deepwater project
CHEVRON BANGLADESH: December 2007-January 2011
COMPLIANCE ANALYST
• Develop Conflict of Interest, Data Privacy Account Reconciliation Procedures.
• Designed and implemented FCPA Tracking tool & reduced processing time by 125%
• Conducted yearly SOX audits, contractor audits, petty cash audits.
• Coordinated Corporate/ Price Water Cooper’s audit
• Performed as secretary of the Leadership Compliance Team
• Designed and launched Finance website, designed Finance performance tracker
• Conceptualized and published Finance Newsletter

CHEVRON BANGLADESH: Mar 2006-Dec 2007
ASSOCIATE PROJECT ACCOUNTANT
Bibiyana project: US$ 250 million
• Managed project budgeting, supported project manager in developing projections/ budget forecasting/ managing AFEs.
• Managed the Intercompany loan and funding for the project
• Performed as Treasurer of Chevron Bangladesh, managed short term investment of the company.

2010-2012: Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka, Masters of Business Administration
2002-2006: Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka, Bach.of Business Administration
2001-2002: Edexcel International, A’levels
1993-2001: University of London, O’Levels

2011, Shekou, China: JDE Training as System Administrator.
2009, Bangkok: SOX Training for Power User, Delegation of Authority Training.
2008, Bangkok: SOX, Anti corruption and Fraud detection Training.
2007, KualaLumpur: Management Development Training on Basic Petroleum Accounting

Profile
Performance driven & finance/ business/ compliance professional with 6 years experience in oil & gas industry.
Expertise includes:
• Experience on Oil & Gas accounting, internal control & compliance
• Expert experience in ERP system like JD Edward, Oracle financials, SAP, Ariba
• Advanced computing skills in MS Office, MS Outlook, MS Project etc.
• Self-motivated, highly organized and excellent in communication skills.
• Able to foresee the big picture/ behind the scene while paying attention to small details with sense of urgency.
• Sound understanding of legal terms and conditions.