SUMMARY:

• Dedicated and multi - faceted Financial Professional with solid and progressive experience in various areas of accounting accounts payable, financial analysis, and fraud detection. Extensive experience working with Access, Excel including Pivot tables and V-Lookup. Instrumental in streamlining financial processes. Introducing process improvements, and implementing technology solutions. Comprehensive background for utilizing data from diverse financial and information systems to build tools and forecasting models that enhanced organizational decision making capabilities. Excellent organizational, problem solving, communication, analytical and research skills. Bilingual in French. Core competencies include:
• Accounting & Financial Management Metrics & Financial Analysis Budgeting & Forecasting
• Fraud Detection & Risk Management Spreadsheet Management Pricing Strategy & Modeling
• High volume Accounts Payable Project Controls Process Improvement
• Auditing & Compliance Oversight Business & Data Analysis Developing Models & Workflows

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

SSRS, MS SQL Server, MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Advance Excel, Access), ORACLE, SAGE 500, ADP, QuickBooks,TM1 Cognos, SAP, DOVICO (similar to DELTEK), MFRP Reporting Software, SharePoint Document sharing.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, MD

Project Controls Specialist (Contract)

• Support and coordinate project management through analytical, problem solving and decision making.
• Develop budgets and schedules to conform to project requirements.
• Support monthly financial projections to know the projects Estimate at Completion (EAC).
• Develop and maintain management plans as per contract guidelines.
• Support senior staff and ensure satisfaction of project milestones and customer requirements.
• Setup Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), schedules and budget data for those WBS elements.
• Describe enterprise primary business functions and determine stakeholders.
• Define organization and function transcending support, core and strategic processes.
• Coordinates with Project Manager to monitor project execution to achieve maximum project effectiveness.
• Oversee and report performance and progress through analytical techniques to validate cost and performance.
• Minimize company commercial risk through accountability of major project decisions.

Confidential, MD

Senior Financial Planning and Analysis Analyst (FP&A) (Contract)

• Work closely with other Finance staff and non-financial professionals around the company to develop budgets and forecast and maintain those forecasts in the budgeting system.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual management reports that aided in business decision-making.
• Prepared timely and accurate analysis of financial results as well as variance to budget and tracking to forecast on a weekly and annual basis using Excel.
• Playing a key role in meetings, preparations, and analysis for the management team.
• Prepared monthly Metrics and KPI based on the company’s objectives.
• Prepared adhoc reports using Access and Excel.

Confidential, Elkridge, MD

Finance Analyst

• Responsible for all aspects of financial analysis, forecasting, and modeling.
• Completed monthly, quarterly, and annual management reports that aided in business decision-making for the main contract with State of Maryland (Government Contract).
• Assist with Pricing of new projects proposal.
• Prepared monthly invoice for clients act as liaised with vendors (Subcontractors) to resolve discrepancies.
• Tracked annual capital expenditure budget (CAPEX) and document sharing using SharePoint.
• Evaluated all invoices for accuracy, applied appropriate accounting system coding, and ensured proper documentation and approval electronically using Oracle AP Workflow.
• Led efforts to review inter-company invoices and expenses related to the cost center. Prepared ad hoc analyses.
• Championed efforts to convert contract resources to employees while reducing cost as well as improving productivity and profitability.
• Managed the payment process for all operational expenses, contract payments, and employee expense claims.
• Achieved a 100% timely payment of invoices to vendors.

Confidential, Fairfield, IA

Financial Analyst

• Provided support with detailed financial and operational forecasting.
• Prepared detailed, timely, and accurate analysis of financial results and variance to budget and tracking to forecast on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.
• Performed ad hoc analysis.
• Played a key role in meetings, preparations, and analysis for the management team.

Confidential

Senior Auditor/Accountant

• Maintained responsibility for all aspects of auditing and accounting.
• Provided direction to the audit team comprised of 4 in Financial and Operational audit of mining companies, banks, micro financial institutions, insurance, and manufacturing companies.
• Executed cash budgeting, billing, and work paper filings.
• Reported findings to audit managers, partners, and clients’ management.
• Handled performance management associated with junior staff.
• Played a key role in the implementation and change of internal controls procedures of various clients.
• Established engagement approach inclusive of qualitative and quantitative analysis, industry evaluations, and business risk assessment.
• Assisted in developing the GAAP compliance manual to ensure proper audit procedures and documentation.