SUMMARY:

• Highly dynamic, skilled and qualified professional with over ten years of experience in project management and client support.
• Proven effectiveness in defining, organizing, and executing multifaceted projects within time and budgetary constraints.
• Stellar entrepreneurial and leadership skills, in conjunction with a sharp acuity for coordinating teams to accomplish objectives and meet critical deadlines in fiercely competitive and fast - paced environments.
• Accomplished leader known and respected for facilitating successful change in projects and building credibility with executive teams and staff.
• Quantitative thinker, outstanding analyst and forward thinking Financial Officer with strong technical qualifications, skilled at developing, maintaining, and reviewing spreadsheet-based financial models.
• Adroit communicator, adept at face-to-face meetings with clients, senior level executives, as well as members of the media.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS:

• Project Management
• Process and Productivity Improvement
• Budget Management
• Financial Analysis
• Human Resources
• Strategic Planning and Forecasting
• Earn Value Management
• Resource Management
• Schedule Development
• Full Systems Development Life Cycle

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Microsoft Project
• SharePoint
• Excel
• Visio
• Macros
• SAP
• Microsoft Office
• Deltek MPM
• BOBJ/BOBJAO

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

SENIOR BUDGET ANALYST

Confidential, GREENBELT, MD

Responsibilities:

• Aggressively monitor and present project performance and milestones to project stakeholders, while identifying impact on project baselines.
• Lead the team in identifying, distributing, and balancing workload and tasks among employees in accordance with established workflow, skill level, and/or occupational specialization; make adjustments to accomplish the workload in accordance with established priorities to ensure timely accomplishment of assigned team tasks; and ensures that each employee has an integral role in developing the final team product.
• Develop ways to resolve problems or issues that directly affect accomplishment of program goals and objectives.
• Served as a project manager in the development of an Confidential Microsoft Access Database for tracking meetings, conferences, etc., in response to new Agency regulations.
• Participate in developing, monitoring, and updating schedules for projects during planning and implementation phases.
• Collaborated with various Federal agencies, Budget Division and Finance sections to build relationships and improve reconciliation processes and communication.
• Hand-picked by executive team to turn around underperforming programs and implemented new costing reports that provide actionable data to Program Managers for the entire Science Mission Directorate at Headquarters. Improved processes and procedures to streamline $1 million budgeting for civil servant travel.
• Improve communication and implemented monthly reconciliation between Confidential various offices resulting in improved reconciliation processes - differences on the CMPs reduced to 75%.
• Train and development junior/senior staff with varying skill-sets on reconciling Standard General Ledger Chart of Accounts (USSGL), trial balance analysis transactions, Fund Balance with Treasury (FBwT) reconciliations and Statement of Transaction (SF-224) preparation, and audit.
• Assists management in identifying opportunities to streamline and improve processes.

LEAD PROJECT COORDINATOR

Confidential, WASHINGTON, DC

Responsibilities:

• Selected to be a part of the Prime Minister’s Advance Team to oversee all logistical aspects of the transportation, schedule, and travel for the Confidential Office and his delegation.
• Managed a team of 10 to review logistics, financial modeling, schedule management, change control and configuration management.
• Plan, budget and select contractors for hire.
• Expertly track, monitor, and execute all project activities/tasks, plans, schedules, action items, risks, resources, and costs, for multiple projects, concurrently.
• Led coordination and implementation for the Confidential and his delegation for major summits, conferences, and meetings within the United States
• Coordinated advance trips with delegates, Confidential and Confidential a week prior to events to determine logistics with precision
• \Participate in developing, monitoring, and updating schedules for projects during planning and implementation phases.
• Created and maintained an active and responsive filing system and database establishing a life cycle tracking mechanism to use as a research tool in addressing future actions.
• Develop short-range plans for high-level financial and budget related issues and activities.

FINANCIAL MANAGER

Confidential, WASHINGTON, DC

Responsibilities:

• Financial facilitator between Confidential in Confidential and local delegates at the Confidential .
• Oversaw cash operations, monitor daily cash position, fund movements, and daily/monthly bank reconciliation. Reconcile credit card accounts and other vendor accounts (i.e. large contract budgets, etc.) for month end closing. Create financial coding and monitor expenses for Specified Purpose Accounts for departmental events and projects.
• Provide ongoing individual training to mission program assistants. Implemented Confidential Procurement Guidelines to all embassy projects and major events.
• Worked closely with project managers and budget authorities across business spectrum to develop business cases, funding structures, and budget matrices for international programs, ensuring program objectives are achieved on time and on budget for over 450 events and projects
• Key player in reorganization of the financial services into four global regions; assisted in new structure model, configuration management, communication, risk, budget, scope, schedule and stakeholder management plans
• Proposed overseas operation business configuration based on in-depth analysis of local tax system, foreign currency regulation, and patent issues, ensuring accounting, billing, and contracting structures correlated with planned business models
• Designed resource and expense tracking systems to analyze over $5B in corporate program budgets against respective accruals
• Diagnosed risks and conducted ad hoc operation analysis for senior management decision-making involving projects exceeding $5M
• Recommended corrective actions to senior management with ESR and variance analysis reports on multiple million-dollar projects
• Develop and maintain relationships with internal and external customers, including sponsoring agency officials

FINANCIAL ANALYST

Confidential, WASHINGTON, DC

Responsibilities:

• Review, process and post payables (about 600 invoices/week) in Sage accounting software for payment.
• Ensure accuracy of all pertinent information such as amount, terms, GL account, codes & compliance with policies.
• Make journal entries to maintain general ledgers and analyze procedures for efficiency & maintain sound controls.
• Process semi-monthly payroll, vacation pay, court ordered deductions, payroll tax report for 700 employees.
• Increased invoice turnover rate 150% by creating consolidated tracking system to monitor real-time material/equipment traffic, billing, and payment status. New system and procedure accepted by all parties of consortium.
• Managed and executed invoice/revenue initiative, utilized the support of the existing operational team to create process improvement and streamlined tasks by more than 40%
• Assisted in the overhaul of the HR legacy system to an improved ERP module by assisting in Confidential trials, identifying key improvements, creating new processes and procedures, and training a team of 30 employees across the country