SUMMARY:

Proactive, results - oriented, and vision-driven professional with more than 12 years of experience in finding solutions that help government leaders with issues in Accounting and Auditing, Financial Management, Human capital, various financial software packages and Performance Management at the Federal level. Competent manager of resources. Demonstrated exceptional leadership through sound decision-making and strong organizational skills; able to motivate cooperation of employees to achieve peak productivity and achievement of target goals. Committed to inclusiveness, with the ability to work effectively with diverse groups and key leaders and organizations; utilize excellent public speaking, written communication, and interpersonal skills in establishing and cultivating strategic partnerships and key alliances

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Oracle Federal Financials, Momentum Federal Financial, Travel Manager
• Oracle Federal Financial System
• Momentum Federal Financial System
• Windows XP and Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Management Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Manage a team of 12 professionals researching and providing Program Management Office support to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
• Recruit, train, supervise, and evaluate staff
• Conduct weekly status meetings and provide regular project communications.
• Act as primary customer contact for program activities. Regularly meet with and updates the customer on project status. Leads program review sessions with customer to discuss cost, schedule, and technical performance.
• Manage portfolio management artifacts, decisions, communications, metrics, and reporting.
• Responsible for collaborating on and assisting with the improvement of existing IT processes for the client, with an emphasis on Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC) process in support of OMB A-11, IT Portfolio Management, and process improvement.
• Research develop and update the portfolio management plan to ensure alignment with the portfolio strategic plan objectives, the portfolio charter authorization and the portfolio roadmap.
• Provide subject matter technical knowledge in financial management areas of financial reporting, internal controls, and/or financial business systems
• Responsible for assisting the agency in planning and implementing large IT programs and systems, and helping them to develop, implement or optimize a portfolio management and capital planning program.
• Review draft deliverables prepare by engagement teams and present final results to management
• Develop accounting and financial management policies and procedures for manuals, reports and internal controls.
• Use advanced knowledge to lead team application of Laws, regulations and related Federal financial management guidance (i.e., Chief Financial Officers’ act, OMB Circulars and FSIO Core Financial Requirements,
• Perform Quality Assurance (QA) on business and functional requirements to ensure they can be easily translated into test plans
• Provide analysis and support in the Department-wide annual A-123 internal controls assessment
• Review Momentum financial management system to determine needed enhancements, plan system modifications, manage contract support activities, ensure accounting financial system integration, manage system control reference tables, manage application security, and provide support for various audits.
• Created an atmosphere that eliminated impediments and promoted innovation, collaboration and cross-serving.
• Provided timely and cost effective reports, analysis, and advice to customer, client, managers, and other decision makers, which increase productivity by 85%.
• Identified five process gaps and recommended corrective actions to align processes to authoritative requirements, which led to 95% increase in productivity
• Provided employee training and balance workloads, which increase productivity by 85%
• Provided leadership role in team building and conflict resolution which increase morale and reduce employee turnover by 95%
• Coordinated business process improvements and automation initiatives, software implementation, obtained user acceptance, provided system training, provided technical assistance to users, and maintain day-to-day system operations, which resulted in 95% customer service satisfaction rating.
• Worked with 10 technical staff regarding financial data Reconciliation and cleanup, as well as interfaces setup needed.
• Prepared, reviewed, and scored OMB Business Case (formerly Exhibit 300)/53.
• Developed and implemented process improvements for financial reporting.

Confidential

Financial Management Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Provided financial management, and program management support to the Confidential.
• Coordinated financial management and program management organization (PMO) lifecycles that met and exceeded client goals. Oversaw and coordinated day-to-day activities, monitored and reported on progress, developed program plans and objectives, and problem-solving.
• Oversaw contract compliance and management.
• Supported the Oracle Functional Subject Matter Expert (SME) for U.S. Coast Guard’s (DHS) financial management systems.
• Provided day-to-day professional guidance and leadership as appropriate to the area of financial management.
• Tracked Obligations / Expenditures in ERP.
• Supported the Procurement Operations Support Team with the review and certification of Unliquidated Obligations (ULO).
• Developed and maintained productive relationships with senior client management. Managed expectations of service delivery and directed staff to accomplish deadlines across business service areas.
• Provided support services that included program management, strategic planning, Business Case Analysis, tracked development progress and implementation success, requirements analysis and other miscellaneous program and project support to assure the success of the FMSII project.
• Participated in development meetings regarding methodology, strategy and approach as an independent entity reporting findings, recommendations and observations through weekly and/or monthly reports
• Worked as part of a team that provided oversight and analysis of financial system modernization activities performed by the Confidential a component of Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
• Determined the accounting and financial management requirements for program-oriented financial management systems that interface with the core accounting system (CAS). Considered requirements imposed by legislation, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Department of Treasury, Government Accountability Office (GAO), General Services Administration (GSA), Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board, and other Federal agencies charged with financial or programmatic oversight responsibilities.
• Provided support in preparing the agency’s annual and quarterly Financial Statements: Balance Sheet, Statement of Net Position, Statement of Net Cost and Statement of Budgetary Resources (SBR); coordinated the development, compilation and reporting of agency-wide consolidated financial statement.
• Streamlined and standardized various accounting processes to improve efficiency, accuracy and responsiveness
• Participated in formal and informal gate reviews at predetermined points throughout the systems engineering life cycle.
• Developed financial models and responded to OMB and agency data calls
• Researched and developed templates to manage information flows.
• Participated in reviewing and updating strategic plan.
• Completed Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) review.
• Worked with test team to develop system integration test cases and ensured the testing results corresponded to the business expectations
• Gained in-depth understanding of federal financial management requirements including OMB Circulars (e.g., A-11, A-136), Treasury’s USSGL, and internal control requirements.
• Developed Risk Assessments.
• Constructed narratives and flowcharts for each major cycle.
• Led the interfaces, data clean up and data standardization processes.
• Ensured that all work products were complete, accurate and conformed to defined standards.
• Researched and developed Internal Agency Agreement (IAA), which was a basis for contract negotiation with the Shared Services Provider (SSP).
• Provided budget execution, financial management and financial reporting support for the agency.
• Member of team that prepared, defended, and managed the operating budget: which included providing programmatic information to justify annual budget submissions.

Confidential

Expert Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Critically evaluated information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs.
• Elicit requirements using document analysis, business process descriptions, task and workflow analysis.
• Proactively communicated and collaborated with external and internal customers to analyze information needs.
• Provided functional support (O &M) for UFMS Oracle(R)11i Federal Financials part of Oracle E-Business Suite.
• Created business process baseline documentation that was accepted by the user community.

Confidential

Project Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for leading the Business Process Analysis (BPA) team.
• Facilitated and coordinated cross-functional work sessions to establish and document current procedures (as-is), desired results (to-be) and identified process gaps. Elicited information using research, interviews, document analysis, business process descriptions, scenarios, business analysis, task and workflow analysis (as-is & to-be), and/or viewpoints.
• Defined BPA project scope work to include a list of deliverables and deadlines.
• Participated in implementing and managing project changes and interventions to achieve project outputs.
• Responsible for supporting the visioning and conceptual development of integrated programs including strategic planning, and management studies.
• Researched and apply auditing, budgeting, grant, and procurement concepts and best practices to related BPA activities and interaction with client.
• Constantly monitored and reported on progress of the project to all stakeholders.
• Identified and captured opportunities to improve processes for sustained efficiencies and savings.
• Evaluated information gathered from multiple sources, reconciled conflicts, and decomposed high-level information into details.
• Facilitated decision making sessions to develop and formalized process and procedure improvements.
• Led and mentored two project staff.
• Prepared and delivered reports and recommendations to many stakeholders.
• Developed and presented reports on project progress.
• Assisted business units in developing tactical and strategic tools, services, and/or programs to support COPS strategic goals.
• Delegated authority and accountability to team members for appropriate responsibilities and decisions that were consistent with the scope of their capabilities (where applicable).
• Oversaw progress of work to ensure delivery of all work product within established timeframes and standards of quality.
• Developed procedures and systems for tracking and assessing the effectiveness of the grant programs/management processes.
• Basic understanding of Continuous Improvement tools to include but not limited to: Value Stream Analysis, DMAIC, Kaizen and Six Sigma methodologies /tools.
• Lead cross-functional Business Process Analysis team and coached team members, as appropriate, to develop skills and confidence in their ability to examine work processes, created solutions, and measured improvements that were deemed critical to closing organizational performance gap.
• Researched, developed, and recommended changes in policies and procedures to senior management, including strategies and plans for implementation of new policies.
• Developed technical materials for accounting manuals, procedures, administrative instructions and presented all findings and results to client in a clear, concise manner with recommended actions for implementing improvements in business processes.
• Produced budget, financial management and grant procedures for the entity.
• Created and implemented financial process, project management operating procedures utilized by client staff, which included project management methodologies, forms, reports, templates, standard operating procedures, guidelines.
• Planned, developed, and implemented Division-wide accounting policies and procedures as required by law; ensure department remained compliant with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
• Expressed a willingness to resolve problems within area of responsibility. Sought pertinent data, recognized what was important recommended action and had the ability to solve difficult team problems or in some cases, sought out advice from others. Used logic and intuition to arrive at decisions or solutions to problems that achieved the desired outcome.
• Participated with management in the development of financial policy and control utilizing accounting and fund control systems to maintain proper financial balance and to assure that management obtains maximum benefit from financial resources. Supervised four employees.
• Took action to promptly and proactively accomplish objectives and achieve goals beyond what were required. Identified what needed to be done and took action before being asked, when the situation required it. Acted as a self-starter and sought out team members’ involvement in a situation to learn their perspectives.

Confidential

Manager

Responsibilities:

• Worked as part of a team that provided oversight and analysis of financial system modernization activities performed by Confidential
• Managed employee performance by establishing clear goals and expectations, tracked progress against the goals, ensured timely feedback, and addressed performance problems and issues promptly.
• Delegated authority and accountability to staff for appropriate responsibilities and decisions that were consistent with the scope of their capabilities (where applicable), rules and regulations of regulatory authorities, and policies of the organization.
• As the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Budget and the Accounts Receivable, served as principle advisor to the Office of the Chief Finance Officer (OCFO) staff on agency financial management practices and issues during the Software development life cycle (SDLC) implementation process.
• Participated in development meetings regarding methodology, strategy and approach as an independent entity reporting findings, recommendations and observations through weekly and/or monthly reports
• Improved cost accounting, analysis and reporting for the client
• Established and maintained cross-functional collaborative relationships
• Performed quality assurance on UAT standards, processes, and procedures based upon best practices for business application testing. Performed metrics reporting. Reviewed End user training materials.
• Serve on a multi-disciplinary team supporting Business Process Reengineering (BPR) efforts to improve performance, standardize processes and to ensure the client met its future financial management needs with minimal customization.
• Coordinated analytical duties such as requirements gathering and documentation in support of the Information System.
• Coordinated requirements development for the project as they related to Budget Execution and Accounts Receivable, processes, procedures, and integration with CGI’s Momentum Federal Financial Management System.
• Worked individually and in teams to define the business process operations and associated operational steps to be executed by the client.
• Supported the development of user roles and the associated access to the system that a user receives based on those roles for the project.
• Coordinated review and provided feedback on requirement and configuration documents.
• Developed threshold and objective values for requirements validation during testing activities.
• Coordinated System and Configuration testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT)Test result in Zephyr and produced management status report.
• Reviewed End user training materials for completeness, consistency and clarity.
• Supported the budget lifecycle process.
• Prepared financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and OMB A-136
• Applied expert knowledge of resource control functions of financial planning, financial reporting, and accounting systems ensured that requirements were met in accordance with laws, regulations, and standards.
• Participated in DRT recruitment process and ISO 9000, developed and presented A-123 power point to the firm.
• Key member of team that implemented the Confidential $109.8 million Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP- Momentum) system which aligned with the agency strategic business goals.
• Spearheaded the Budget and Accounts Receivable modules quality review and system testing which resulted in delivering a system that met federal reporting requirements, within budget and on schedule.
• Knowledge of quality assurance standards and practices.
• Developed Working knowledge of GAAP, FASB, and FASAB principles, guidelines and standards.
• Utilized agency automated financial system to accomplish the year-end closing of the books; reviewed comprehensive financial statements on the activities of the agency; detected trends, made recommendations, and took action for favorable outcomes.
• Coordinated research and development of test strategy/plan definition, scenario, and script development; participated in User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Developed and implemented IT capital planning and investment control (CPIC) policy, procedures, and guidance.
• Client was consistently pleased with the work and services provided. Received commendation and cash bonus every six months for the duration of the project.
• Influenced others to accomplish the mission in ways consistent with the values of Confidential . Held self-accountable to meet goals and objectives. Accomplished desired outcomes. Sets an example of integrity and ethics through demonstrated performance and models desired behaviors.
• Maintained 100% employee retention rate during the duration of the project.
• Made informed and timely decisions and took responsibility for these decisions. Modified decisions based on new information. Involved others in the decision-making process from all levels when necessary to enhance decision-making.
• Generated/Updated/Maintained Standard Operating Procedures for the organization.
• Knowledge of Software Engineering Institute Capability Maturity Model Integration (SEI CMMI).

Confidential

Principal Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Supported Medicare contractors with General Ledger, Cash Management, and Accounts Receivable and Payable modules transactions and reconciliation processes in CMS’ Oracle 11i HIGLAS.
• Applied accounting principles and techniques, regulatory knowledge, and an automated system to support the Medicare contractors benefit accounting and CMS administrative accounting functions during the month end close review processes in HIGLAS.
• Independently analyzed the requirements and lead for Account Payables functions, Oracle Federal Administrator and General Ledger module.
• Researched and analyzed the effectiveness and efficiency of work processes.
• Worked directly with the business process owner (and technology users) on the HIGLAS project to design a survey to identify where financial reporting/month end processes could be reengineered, and how the technology solutions supporting these processes could facilitate that improvement.
• Identified CMS business processes changes required by Medicare contractors’ business changes.
• Coordinated the multi-stakeholder reengineering business process team, which was responsible for making recommendations for streamlining portions of the month end close process.
• Key member of team that developed and delivered business work flow diagrams to the working group to facilitate better understanding of the current process.
• Coordinated the weekly activities of the team in order to meet the mission critical goal of generating timely and accurate financial reports.
• Participated in the development of effective policies and procedures to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations in the General Ledger, Cash Management and Accounts Receivable areas.
• Tracked legislative changes on billing and collections, worked with appropriate staff to develop policy/procedure changes, and implemented such changes.
• Took full responsibility for results and ownership of all responsibilities while also honoring commitments. Delivered results within prescribed time while taking into account cost and quality standards. Operated in compliance with organization’s regulations and rules
• Demonstrated an ability to work collaboratively with other employees to achieve CMS goals supporting the mission, vision and values of CMS. Worked cooperatively with others and minimized conflict while achieving CMS goals

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Acted as the point of contact for all task-wide interaction, issues, and represented the Contractor at all post-award status meetings. Responsible for all issue resolutions, program management, and other contract and management support that included providing comprehensive accountability for all requirements of the contract. Oversaw contract performance and ensured visibility into the contract.
• Collaborated with high level officials and management on the formulation of short and long range organizational plans, goals, and objectives, and financial management for allocation and control of resources.
• Supported the oversight of fiscal, operational, administrative, and resource management aspects of the program.
• Performed overall coordination of operational initiatives with minimal direction.
• Prepared comprehensive recommendations that enhance work processes; identified efficient work methods; evaluated employee work products and determined accuracy; implemented training programs if necessary; and determined the appropriate distribution of work for professional, technical, and administrative personnel.
• Provided Implementation Support services for the new GAO Oracle Federal financial system - Oracle Federal Financials Modules of Oracle Apps 11i.
• Interpreted requirements data, mapped current and future state business processes to the packaged application(s) being implemented, and developed plans to address functional gaps between the packaged application and the redesigned processes (Business).
• Researched and presented information/data regarding how other companies in the client's industry were using specific application products to improve business performance (Business).
• Performed data analysis and lead data cleanup in preparation for the conversion and implementation of the Oracle Federal Financial Management System.
• Reviewed Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Purchasing, General Ledger and Budgets BR100 documents for clarity, consistency and completeness.
• Developed Oracle Discoverer 10g web reports for the user community.
• Provided timely and cost-effective reports, analysis and advice to customers, client, managers and other decision-makers.
• Developed financial reports, documents, presentations, or briefing materials in order to communicate short and long range organizational plans; financial issues or concerns; and solutions to management.
• Managed a team of analysts - assisted with recruiting, conducted performance reviews, conducted weekly staff meetings, provided regular reports to other departments on the status of client work, new program initiatives.
• Coordinated the planning, developing and administering of all aspects related to the overall organization, accounting, payroll, procurement, Information Technology, reporting and personnel.
• Reviewed and approved functional design documents for product enhancements.
• Managed client expectations and balanced the needs of the company and the client to ensure satisfaction for both (Relationship Management).
• Performed business analysis and capital planning duties associated with the Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC) process in satisfying OMB Circular A-11 " Preparation, Submission and Execution of the Federal Budget", all parts, including development, review of Exhibit 300s and 53s (federal IT Budget materials); Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS); and CPIC Select-Control-Evaluate processes and documents throughout all the CPIC phases. This included providing detailed comments for strengthening the division’s Exhibits 300/53
• Team developed tools and systems to provide critical financial and operational information to management and directed monthly preparation of financial reports to the executive leadership team.
• Developed budget estimates, executed budgets as approved and within guidelines, and provided detailed financial analysis of monthly variances; and answered inquiries with detailed explanation of the results to executive management.
• Served as a mentor to employees regarding their development in order to set career expectations that were beneficial to both employee and the company.
• Led in coordinating and streamlining the client month end close process, thus reducing the wait time by 50% in generating timely and useful financial management decision making reports.
• Client was ecstatic and praised me for being knowledgeable and calm under pressure in coordinating the entire process
• Played a vital role in our customer’s (GAO) fiscal year-end process that was completed in record time- four years in a row with no disruption in daily production work. The client was very happy and commended Mr. Intsiful and team for being knowledgeable, calm and always going the extra mile during that stressful period
• Managed team that developed creative and innovative solutions to client complex financial, budget, and program management issues.
• Experienced with Program / Project life cycle implementation support.
• Instituted management controls and conducted internal reviews that led to revising section procedures to be in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
• Used effective techniques to define project outcomes and expectations. Focused on the outcomes and achieved results while working with staff to develop a work plan with tasks, timeframes, milestones, and resources. Used resources efficiently and managed effectively within budget limits.
• Team Demonstrated continuous effort to improve operations, decrease turnaround time, streamlined work processes and work cooperatively and jointly with other departments
• Presented all project deliverables and findings to senior client stakeholders and practice area leadership, as required.
• Led the interfaces, data clean up and data standardization processes.