United States Navy Reserve
3105 – Supply Corps Officer
I really enjoy working with the people at Enterprise Products. My current position is Supervisor of Property Accounting. I manage a team of 7 accountants and we maintain the fixed asset records for the company’s physical assets, i.e. pipelines, tanks, pumping equipment, etc. We also prepare reconciliations between our subsystem and the General Ledger and prepare numerous reports, analysis and Net Book Values upon request. I enjoy the fact that in Property Accounting, I kind of feel that we’re on the front edge of all of the activity. We see all the assets that the company owns, purchases and constructs, and at the same time we’re one of the first ones to know if there’s a divestiture that’s about to occur. Over the past three years Enterprise has spent a large sum of money on new construction. Being in Property Accounting and seeing that construction, and seeing dollars they spent, it tells me that I’m working for a very strong and solid organization.
I’m a Commander in the United States Naval Reserve. Some of the skills that we learn in the military that translate easily into the civilian sector are decision making, dedication and contingency. As a Commander, the position is equivalent to a supervisor/manager in Corporate America. Supervising my personnel in the military is similar to supervising my civilian staff here at Enterprise. The difference is just the particular jobs that are being done.
I enjoy a number of things about being Supervisor of Property Accounting. It’s nice to know the actual physical assets operating and earning the company’s revenue. It’s very interesting to know the value of these different assets and understanding the time required to construct them as well. Each year, we take a site visit to tour and understand the operations for that facility. It really helps us better understand the asset details we’re recording on the books as well as how it operates.
What I like most about working for Enterprise Products are the people I work with. Property Accounting has a great team and I really enjoy working with them. We “feed” off each other and we all learn from each other as well. In my position, I have the opportunity to communicate with some senior level management as well and that has always been a great experience. It’s a motivator to work with such good, professional people.
I would advise anyone that’s interested in joining Corporate America from the military to plug straight ahead and come into it with an open mind. I know in the military we have harsh deadlines we have to meet and in the civilian sector we have hard deadlines we have to meet. The dedication that we put into performing our tasks in the military, we put that same dedication to it in the civilian sector. It’s the same business being done, just different tasks.
