Anna Washington, Cpa, MBA
About Anna Washington, Cpa, MBA
Anna Washington is a CPA and MBA who serves as the Director of Technical Accounting at New Fortress Energy. With extensive experience in accounting roles at various companies, she has a proven track record in implementing accounting policies and collaborating across multiple disciplines.
Work at New Fortress Energy
Anna Washington serves as the Director of Technical Accounting at New Fortress Energy since 2022. In this role, she is responsible for overseeing technical accounting matters and ensuring compliance with accounting standards. Her work involves establishing performance metrics and evaluating variances in financial plans. Washington effectively collaborates with various departments, including Operations, Legal, Business Development, Planning, Tax, Treasury, and IT, to ensure alignment and compliance across the organization.
Previous Experience at Marathon Oil Corporation
Washington has extensive experience at Marathon Oil Corporation, where she held multiple roles over several years. She began as an Accountant from 2002 to 2004, then progressed to Advanced Accountant from 2004 to 2007. She continued her career there as an Accounting Analyst and Advanced Accounting Analyst from 2007 to 2011. Later, she served as Audit Manager from 2011 to 2013 and as Senior Accounting Analyst from 2014 to 2015. Her roles involved implementing accounting policies and internal controls, as well as evaluating complex contracts.
Experience at Direct Energy
At Direct Energy, Washington held several significant positions. She worked as the Technical Accounting Manager from 2015 to 2016, followed by her role as Director of Business Transformation within the Financial Controller's Organization from 2018 to 2020. She also served as Sr Manager of Derivatives Accounting from 2017 to 2018. During her tenure, she focused on derivatives accounting and played a key role in monitoring compliance with new accounting standards.
Experience at Motiva Enterprises LLC
Washington worked at Motiva Enterprises LLC as the Head of Derivatives and Technical Accounting from 2020 to 2022. In this position, she was responsible for overseeing technical accounting related to derivatives, ensuring compliance with accounting standards, and implementing internal controls. Her leadership contributed to the effective management of accounting practices within the organization.
Education and Expertise
Anna Washington holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Louisiana State University, which she completed from 1992 to 1997. She also earned an MBA in Accounting from the University of Phoenix between 2002 and 2007. Washington has demonstrated expertise in implementing accounting policies, internal controls, and procedures for newly acquired businesses. She possesses a strong understanding of modeling for planning and contract evaluation, as well as the ability to distill complex contracts for finance team members.