IT ACQUISITION Resume

Job Objective

To contribute to team's success in your accounting position where I can apply my accounting experience and education, as well as my extensive cost analysis and contract experience. I am a dedicated, organized, and detail-oriented professional that has worked effectively with minimal supervision, both independently and in team settings.

Employment History

I obtained an accounting degree during the economic downturn of 2009 - 2010. Please see the Education section of this resume.

Self-Employed, Stephens City, VA 2002 - 2008

REAL ESTATE INVESTOR

Prepared organization and job budgets and financial statistics using Excel.
Used Quickbooks for all financial transactions involving job costing, general ledger, accounts payable, bank reconciliation, month end close, and preparing financial statements.
Researched and purchased target properties.
Identified cost effective improvements needed to maximize the return on investment and improve the attractiveness of properties to potential buyers.
Marketed improved properties with an average increase of 30 percent in sales price over purchase price.

Confidential, Falls Church, VA 1995-2002

MANAGER, IT ACQUISITION; MEMBER OF THE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS CENTER

Managed 2 to 4 technical and support staff that developed and maintained RFPs and contracts for IT and telecommunications services.
Developed and managed work plans including work scope, schedule, and resources. Reported actual results versus plans and budget. This required providing excellent customer service to external customers as well as to internal organizations and management.
Led groups that defined requirements and performed cost/benefit analyses for multiple technology-based programs.
Evaluated program proposals as a member of procurement teams.
Received a Director\'s Distinguished Accomplishment Award and two Special Recognition Rewards.

Professional Experience

COST ANALYSIS:

Identified and recommended improvements to the corporate billing process.
Defined requirements and performed cost/benefit analyses for the implementation of multiple large technology-based programs for federal agencies, which required strong forecasting and analysis skills. The approach and results were touted by the Veterans Administration as the in-house model to follow when documenting information system business cases.
Evaluated and recommended changes to billing customers for computer services at a large federal computer center.
Developed a systems baseline for economic analysis comparisons, identified and forecast activity drivers, performed operations and workload analysis, and developed the master schedule for Tax Systems Modernization.

CONTRACTS AND TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION:

Constructed and prepared over 40 multi-million dollar contracts for IT products and services and telecommunications services as a team leader.
Collaborated closely with contracting officers, legal staff, and technical professionals to prepare requests for proposals (RFPs) and administer contracts.
Evaluated technical, management, and cost proposals and participated in contract negotiations with vendors.

Education

Diploma, Accounting, GPA - 3.93/4.0

Received an Academic Award of Merit. My high GPA was due to my ability to thoroughly verify my work for completeness and accuracy. Coursework included accounting fundamentals, managerial accounting, tax preparation, payroll accounting, Excel, Quickbooks, Peachtree Complete, Word, MS Office, and business communications.

Projects included setting up the accounting system for small service companies and analyzing and entering all financial transactions in Quickbooks Pro and Peachtree Complete for accounts receivable, billing and invoicing, accounts payable, payroll, job costing, bank reconciliation, month end close, and preparing financial statements; preparing 12 individual tax returns; and preparing the corporate payroll for three months of operations, as well as preparing the required federal employment tax forms.

Bachelors in Human Nutrition and Foods, Food Business Management concentration
(earned as Barbara Jean Nelson)

Masters in Computer Systems Applications
(earned as Barbara Nelson Anderson)

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