TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Proficient at Microsoft Word, Publisher, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint, and Access
• High - Threat Integrated Tracking System (HITS)
• Personnel Tracking System (PTS)
• Integrated Logistics Management System (ILMS)
• Ariba Spend Management
• Global Financial Management System (GFMS)/Momentum
• Budget Resource Management System (BRMS)
• Consolidated Overseas Accountability Support Toolbox

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Rosslyn, VA

Executive Director

Responsibilities:

• Serves as the Overseas Contingency Operations Budget Analyst and Financial Planning Advisor to the Confidential Chief Financial Officer, with responsibilities of planning, analyzing, formulating, and presenting the Bureau’s annual financial plans and budgets and for providing advice and guidance to program management officials throughout the Bureau in analyzing and estimating resource requirements and in developing and implementing financial plans. Directly responsible for the financial planning and accountability of over $2 billion in appropriated funds. Funds support all Department security programs located in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan (AIP).
• Maintains expert knowledge of the Department, Congressional, and Federal budget process along with all associated policies, directive, procedures and regulations to develop and provide authoritative advice and interpretations of Overseas Contingency Operations and Enduring Operations related legislation, policies, and precedents.
• Applies advance knowledge of Federal principles of Appropriations Law.
• Applies expert knowledge of the Confidential mission, programs, and legislative history to develop budgetary policies and to determine how they impact and interact with other programs and budgets of the Department and other Federal and state agencies.
• Maintains close communication with financial management and security personnel, of both program offices and posts, involved in High Threat/High Risk operations to ensure proper planning of financial requirements.
• Applies a wide range of qualitative and quantitative methods in order to identify, assess, and improve the overall effectiveness and efficacy of submitting and executing budget plans for appropriated funds.
• Perpares estimates for budgetary request, and develops budget justification for submission to the Department, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and Congress.
• Develops cost factors, ratios, and tests within financial documents in order to evaluate the status of obligations and execution of funds.
• Maintains up - to-date understanding of contractual burn rates and their impact on cash flow of High Threat/High Risk posts.
• Prepares the spending plan and recommended budget allocation for Overseas Contingency Operations and Enduring Operations as it pertains to Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan funds.
• Estimates short and long-range financial requirements for a wide range of diplomatic security programs and activities.
• Provides technical guidance on a wide variety of administrative and analytical duties related to program/budget planning with formulations, justifications, and presentations for the Bureau.
• Oversees the interpretation of legislative and regulatory guidance, prepares financial estimates and reviews of budget submissions to ensure they are consistent with Bureau and Department policies, plans, and priorities.
• Interprets budget policy, coordinates and plans budget services, management of resources and forecasts budgetary trends and activities; Researches and applies a wide range of and/or quantitative methods to identify, assess, analyze and improve project effectiveness, efficiency and work products.
• Gathers, compares and correlates prior year and current year expenditures and conducts trend analyses to establish baseline budgetary data for inclusion in the budget estimating process.
• Provides comprehensive comparisons and correlates prior year and current year expenditures and conducts trend analyses to establish baseline budgetary data for inclusion in the budget estimating process.
• Prepares information for inclusion into briefing packages for the participation of Confidential senior officials participating in the briefings.
• Responds to complex, time sensitive inquiries from senior Department officials, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and Congressional Committees (both Appropriations and Foreign Operations) on Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) and Enduring Operations funding issues. Responses inform the decisions of senior Department and post officials, to include the U.S. Ambassadors to Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan, the Assistant Secretary of the Confidential, the Under Secretary of Management and the Secretary of State.
• Proactively monitors the impact of Congressional Authorization and Appropriation Legislation as it relates to Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) and Enduring Operations as it pertains to Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan funds and security programs.
• Organizes and develops the annual financial plan for Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) funds and analyzes financial plan requests submitted by Bureau offices.
• Supports the Division Chief for Financial Planning on all matters regarding Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) and Enduring Operations as it pertains to Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan funded operations.
• Serves as secondary financial planning analyst in support of over $3 billion in non-AIP, Confidential programs located at over 180 missions worldwide.

Confidential

Financial Management Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Served as a Financial Management Specialist with responsibilities of providing expert analysis, financial planning, monitoring, and reporting in support of the Confidential Office of Confidential, the Office Director, Division Chiefs and their staff, and senior officials within the Confidential and at overseas U.S. Missions on budget planning, budget formulation, and budget execution.
• Served as a liaison with the Confidential Office of Chief Financial Officer ( Confidential /CFO) to ensure timely allocation, obligation, recovery, and transfer of funds for the Worldwide Protective Services Programs.
• Applied advance knowledge of Federal principles of Appropriations Law to evaluate whether planned obligations and expenditures are appropriate and prepares justification for funding increases, as needed.
• Provided Regional Security Officers and Financial Management Officers with status of Advice of Allotment requests.
• Conducted comprehensive analyses of financial needs of the high threat and high risk Worldwide Protective Service Programs; to establish a cost-benefit, and political feasibility of alternative budget and program actions.
• Evaluated cost estimates for procurement requests and contract proposals to provide adequate justification and consistency with approved security programs budget, plans, and priorities.
• Participated in audits and reviews of financial management activities, including recommending specific actions which impacts program improvements.
• Designs and develops spreadsheets, graphs, charts, and other documents to present financial accounting and management information in clear and understandable reports for senior officials.
• Maintained an understanding of current and historical high threat high rick Worldwide Protective Service Programs to develop budgetary polices and how they impact each program.
• Provided financial and budgetary support for the Worldwide Protective Service Program Office by responding to tasking; gathering and analyzing information; resulting in preparation of estimates for budgetary requests and development of budget justification for submission; and presenting the final assessment.
• Managed the budget planning, budget formulation, and budget execution for Worldwide Protective Service Contracts, to include Iraq, Afghanistan and Jerusalem.
• Developed and provides authoritative advice and interpretation of complex Congressional legislation and Federal budget process regulations.
• Managed the planning, formulation, and execution of the Worldwide Protective Service division fiscal year budget by monitoring resource utilization for local guard force, residential security, and surveillance detection services provided through the reviews of financial reports to ensure consistent spending with financial plans.
• Responded to Congressional queries to provide justification in support of the Worldwide Protective Service budget requests.
• Developed financial data to ensure accurate reimbursement of fund and provide future estimates for services in support of other agencies/organizations.
• Advised on estimating, acquiring, & managing the resources required to carry out program responsibilities.
• Analyzed and evaluated the U.S. Government’s financial needs, trends, and forecasts future financial requirements related to high threat, the local guard force, residential security, and surveillance detection programs.
• Evaluated procurement and contractual rules, regulations, and policies.
• Reviewed current financial management concepts, principles, and practices.
• Prepared financial plans and monitors program expenditures.

Invoice Compliance Specialist / Security Programs Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Evaluated and ensured the compliance of procurement and contractual rules, regulations, & policies.
• Monitored overseas security operations and requirements in high and critical threat environments.
• Reviewed program expenditures and ensured contractual compliance.
• Develop financial reports and analyses used by the Office Director in planning and decision-making.
• Presented spreadsheets, graphs, & charts to Director level management to effectively outline program expenditures.
• Implemented effective business processes to enhance the efficiency of the invoice review and payment.
• Reviewed complex legal and contractual documents, including the Section G of the Worldwide
• Protective Service base contract, as well as, the FAR 32.905 Payment Documentation and Process, to ensure compliance.
• Provided administrative and technical support to the Worldwide Personnel Protective Services & Worldwide Protective Service contracts.
• Recommended changes to established plans, policies, and methods to enhance the capabilities of the Operations Center.
• Implemented procedural changes for the tracking of statistical reporting in order to better support the program office.

Confidential, Capitol Heights, MD

Financial Management and Project Assistant

Responsibilities:

• Tracked and analyzed company expenditures and assessed financial impact.
• Prepared financial documents - to include price proposals, financial plans and budgets for each client.
• Established and maintained financial spreadsheets for accounts payable and accounts receivable.
• Evaluated cost proposals for procurement requests to ensure proper maintenance of company budget and priorities.
• Designed spreadsheets, charts, graphs, and other visual documents to present the fiscal breakdown of costs for each assignment.
• Developed spreadsheets to track deposits received, payment plans, partial payments received, and ensuring final remaining payment is received within 30 days from the completion of the project.
• Researched past commissions and/or records for possible relevance to current and/or potential jobs.

Confidential, White Marsh, MD

Financial Operations Internship

Responsibilities:

• Prepared official correspondence, reports, and financial documents in order to provide continued support to the program.
• Maintained office records, databases, and spreadsheets in support of financial activities and operations.
• Reviewed financial regulations and directives in order to ensure appropriate reporting.
• Formulated and recommended changes in financial policies and procedures to improve program efficiency.
• Tracked payment of services for monthly membership fees, training costs, merchandise, and equipment purchases.
• Developed tracking system to ensure employee success in meeting monthly sale and revenue goals.

Confidential, MD

Study Abroad Peer Advisor

Responsibilities:

• Assisted in establishing recruiting requirements for mini-mester programs.
• Organized plans, events, and presentations throughout campus to attract potential candidates to the programs.
• Prepared advertisements for the programs by utilizing both print productions and the appropriate internet resources.
• Arranged interviews and meetings for supervisors with potential candidates by coordinating schedules.
• Prepared and forwarded the required documentation packages for study abroad applicants.
• Coordinated the development of the office’s quarterly newsletter - including conducting interviews and collecting resources.

Confidential, Arlington, VA

International Foundation Intern

Responsibilities:

• Developed and managed spreadsheets necessary for the organization of monetary donations to Confidential .
• Facilitated and organized the shipment of donations to the appropriate recipient.
• Fore-fronted the advertising of our participation in the Confidential
• Developed regional meeting documents, including PowerPoint’s, banners, and awards