Robert Trabing

Experience

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  Grouse Mountain Environmental Consultants

  May 2013 - Aug 2013

  Field Technician

  Undergraduate Internship:• Conducted environmental assesments on proposed and existing oil well locations.• Assisted in the assembly of Application for Permit to Drill (APD) packages for submittal to the Bureau of Land Management. • Performed ocular and stubble-height assessments to identify livestock grazing utilization on US Forest Service allotments.

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  Petroleum Field Services, LLC

  May 2014 - Aug 2014

  Marketing Consultant

  University of Wyoming MBA Summer Project:• Research initiative focused on identifying important outcomes, positive and negative, that current clients associate with the company brand, and perceived drivers of these associations from both client and company personnel perspectives.

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  Union Pacific Railroad

  May 2015 - Sept 2016

  • The Internal Audit Department is designed as a Management Trainee/Feeder Program for the Company.• Promoted to Corporate Auditor Staff after 1 year.• Supervised Associates and Summer Interns.• Presented audit findings to executive leadership.• Member of Corporate Audit’s Quality Assurance Improvement Program (QAIP)• Conducted Microsoft SQL training for new hires to help develop data analytic skills• Performed financial, operational, special investigation, and contractor audits to determine the accuracy of records, evaluate the adequacy of controls and procedures, and independently assess the overall effectiveness of operations across the broad spectrum of the organization. Show less

  • Corporate Auditor Staff

    May 2016 - Sept 2016

  • Corporate Auditor Associate

    May 2015 - May 2016
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  Black Hills Energy

  Sept 2016 - Sept 2019

  • Successfully managed project teams. Performed project planning activities (scheduling and budgeting), provided guidance and strategic direction to audit staff, communicated audit findings to executive leadership, and prepared audit reports.• Evaluated the design and effectiveness of SOX controls (e.g., account reconciliations, payroll, revenue, tax, IT General Controls, etc.).• Broad exposure and deep understanding of the business through risk based audits (Regulated Natural Gas and Electric Operations, Non-Regulated Operations, Corporate Functions, etc.). Show less

  • Senior Internal Auditor

    Feb 2018 - Sept 2019

  • Internal Auditor

    Sept 2016 - Feb 2018
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  Educational Institution

  Oct 2019 - Feb 2021

  International and Domestic Travel Sabbatical

  • Traveled internationally to India, Nepal, Southeast Asia (Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, etc.), Australia, and New Zealand.• Traveled domestically to 24 (of 63) United States national parks.

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  Black Hills Energy

  Feb 2021 - now

  • Project Manager Internal Audit

    Mar 2022 - now

  • Senior Internal Auditor

    Feb 2021 - Mar 2022