PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Seeking a career in a challenging, rewarding and diverse atmosphere that utilizes my skills in my areas of finance, contracts, and procurement.
• The ideal role would be one which is full of creative opportunities for growth and advancement and enriches my knowledge.
• I am eager to utilize my strong work ethic, education and expertise while aiding in achieving the goals of the organization.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Special Projects Officer, Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

• Create performance work plans, business and project related management plans, budgets and procedures for Customer Service, Communications and Marketing, Media Relations, and Customer Research.
• Participate and lead various internal and external committees and task forces, building and maintaining effective working relations to ensure internal and interdepartmental cooperation and coordination and productive, mutually beneficial interface with external, public, and private entities and individuals.
• Develop, monitor, and coordinate special project budgets within Confidential offices and other departments.
• Develop department’s annual budget and enters the proposed budget in financial database.
• Conduct analyses and prepare position papers and reports relative to the System Safety Plan, including the COOP plan, reports and presentations to the Board of Directors and their special committees.
• Act as COTR for Confidential to include all functioning areas - core departments. Responsible for contract document management.
• Monitor and analyze Position Management Report, advising AGM about variances that can be filled, alternatively reclassified or used for other departmental priorities.
• Write position papers, written and/or audio visual materials including presentation reports, articles, correspondence and copy of publications.
• Support departmental procurement requirements. Prepare requisitions, scopes of work, evaluation criteria, timelines and vendor prospects.
• Provide advice to AGM, office directors, and others regarding procurement process, contracting requirements, contracting issues, simplified acquisitions, p-card compliance, and accounting activities ensuring compliance with Authority procedures

Confidential

CIP Administrator, Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

• Develop, monitor, and maintain complex financial models, analyses, work program progress reports, and tailored capital program financial statements.
• Perform complex budget and financial analysis, using financial and accounting concepts or techniques.
• Monitor contract compliance.
• Maintain fiscal control of the Bus Operations budget and contractor payments.
• Prepare internal and external financial and budgetary reports.
• Work closely with program managers to prepare, monitor and track budget expenditures, revenues, and on-going project financial performance; payroll charge-out, and provide guidance on procurement process.
• Create comprehensive monthly, quarterly, annual, and multi-year analyses.
• Executes purchase requisitions, blanket purchase orders, and coordinate contracts.
• Perform complex ongoing reviews and analyses of budget performance to evaluate achievement of short /long range/multi-year capital funding and operating goals.
• Manages and administers budget in PeopleSoft Financial to include managing and reconciling accounts, activities, budget expenditures, purchase orders, purchase requisitions, and available budget. Establishes annual fiscal budget.
• Develop, implement and maintain grant reimbursement processes.
• Analyze federal, local, and other grant regulations.
• Coordinates with auditors for Internal and External Audits. Interprets audit findings.
• Enforce compliance of internal policies and procedures (purchasing and accounting, Travel and Expense Reports). Records management. Audit contract estimates, bid specifications, RFP’s.
• Audit internal/external documents for compliance and completeness.

Confidential

Management & Budget Specialist, Arlington, VA

Responsibilities:

• Perform complex budget and financial analysis, using financial and accounting concepts or techniques.
• Maintain fiscal control of the Transit Operations budget and contractor payments.
• Prepare internal and external financial and budgetary reports.
• Work closely with program managers to prepare, monitor and track budget expenditures, revenues, and on-going project financial performance; payroll charge-out, and provide guidance on procurement process.
• Audit ADA Compliance for all program initiatives.
• Monitor cash flow, Confidential management, and multi-faceted revenue sources to ensure usage is in accordance with budget intent, legal requirements, and County Board directives.
• Prepare annual grant and other funding applications and reimbursements to State and Federal agencies, while maintaining all fiscal records, in compliance with all relevant regulations and established record retention policies and procedures.
• Review and approve electronic Travel Expense Reports.
• Enforce compliance of internal policies and procedures (purchasing and accounting, Travel and Expense Reports). Records management. Audit contract estimates, bid specifications, RFP’s.
• Manage P2P business process.
• Purchase goods and services using county government credit card. Reconcile monthly purchasing card statement.
• Audit internal/external documents for compliance and completeness.

Confidential

Confidential Contract Budget Specialist, Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

• Perform financial functions in support of budget preparation and cost analysis to International and Domestic Program Managers.
• Contract/grant administration, cost control, project administration for funded and non-funded programs.
• Execute procurement functions. Monitor contract compliance and completion of deliverables.
• Draft consulting agreements, statements of work, MOUs, MOAs, and contract modifications.
• Conduct periodical internal operations and compliance audits.
• Ensure data integrity of all supporting documents.
• Assure contractor’s compliance with Cost Accounting standards, and other laws and regulations.
• Maintain financial monitoring systems to track obligated funding and project costs - Federal and non-
• Conduct detailed analysis of budget proposals, interpreting contracts specifications.
• Use a variety of contracts to include FFP, cost reimbursement, performance based, time & materials, and indefinite delivery.
• Purchasing card administrator (Regions Bank) - review documentation and approve p-card invoices for payment.
• Review/audit/approve invoices, vouchers, travel expense reports, consultant timesheets - payments, field office advances, wires, journal entries and other expense related vouchers as required for accuracy and compliance.

Confidential

Administrative Associate I - Business Operations Supervisor, Memphis, TN

Responsibilities:

• Monitored and tracked posting transactions against departmental operating accounts.
• Provided a variety of business and administrative tasks to provide operational support to Physical Plant Directors. Ad hoc financial reporting.
• Purchased, managed and audited use campus fuel supply for all state owned vehicles.
• Reconciled $6.5 million campus utility operating budget for campus, off site, and auxiliary facilities.
• Conduct periodical internal operations and compliance audits.
• P-card administrator. Audited monthly p-card statements and receipts.
• Prepared journal entries, performed financial analysis, account reconciliation.
• Compiled monthly data and facilitate monthly campus billing, credits and adjustments, to all departments for worked performed.
• Utilized e-procurement on-line purchasing system to secure materials and supplies.
• Authorized invoice payments, journal entries, purchase orders, rfp’s, and fuel purchases.
• Maintained campus vehicle inventory master listing.
• Oversight of records and vehicle inventory management, in accordance with state regulations.
• Facilitated group-training sessions for e-procurement purchasing system.
• Tracked project costs and budget expenditures.
• Wrote and edited publications and coordinated activities for printed materials.
• Supervised Supply and Central receiving supervisor and support staff.
• Audited financial documents for accuracy and compliance with Tennessee Board of Regents.
• Prepared staff for annual state audit. Prepared year-end audit reports.

Confidential

Accounts Payable Specialist, Memphis, TN

Responsibilities:

• Primary contact for Confidential - matching purchase orders and invoices for system entry.
• Analyzed and review invoices for compliance with corporate and government policies.
• Verified authorized signature levels.
• Entered invoices using dual entry accounting systems (Tymetrix and Computron).
• Researched, applied, monitored open credits. Reconcile AP related accounts.
• Vendor relations - efficiently maintained vendor master listing.
• Designed essential internal job aids. Trained new employees on automated accounting system.
• Processed journal vouchers, high priority check requests, expense reports and wire transactions.
• Revised and edit written correspondence for content and clarity.
• Provide accurate and effective document preparation and records management in accordance with policies and law.
• Selected for specialized processing of Intellectual Property & Trademark legal invoices.
• Improved departmental report card grade by consistently maintaining high productivity.

Confidential

Finance Supervisor, Tunica, MS

Responsibilities:

• Established count-room procedures in accordance with Mississippi Gaming Commission.
• Streamlined count process, eliminated overtime, increased proficiencies.
• Recognized as Team Player of the Month.
• Perform daily variance analysis, accounting reconciliation and financial reporting. Balance daily revenue count.
• Conduct periodical internal operations and compliance audits, address audit issues.
• Compile data - create financial reports for internal audit department
• Supervised count room staff. Oversee recruitment process (interview, hire, coaching, and training).
• Complex analysis, ad hoc reporting, administrative support to the Manager and Director of Finance.
• Internal/external communications. Design internal training aids. Facilitated training sessions (OSHA) (PPE).
• Evaluated employee job performance.
• Community involvement - represented the company at a host of community events.
• Volunteered for marketing promotions as needed.