SUMMARY

• Accomplished Finance/Accounting professional and former Big 4 Manager with over eight years of leadership experience in Corporate Accounting and Advisory environments.
• Possesses extensive experience in financial reporting and accounting, project management and contract administration, business policy development and implementation, and assisting clients/ employers in implementing regulatory standards and guidance to support adherence to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Microsoft Excel
• Access
• Word
• Visio & PowerPoint SalesForce CRM
• SAP FI
• CO & RE - FX Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains & AX

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Accounting Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the monthly close function for the Cyber Fraud and Risk Management (CFRM) line of business to include the preparation and review of journal entries and monthly reconciliation of over 40 balance sheet accounts
• Oversee day - to-day accounting operations as it relates to revenue recognition, review of customer contracts, billings and cash receipts, vendor invoicing and disbursement, intercompany transactions, fixed assets, prepaid expenses, and accruals to include payroll items and commissions/referrals due to third party partners
• Coordinate regularly with the Controller of a recently acquired Israel-based subsidiary to facilitate the weekly download of transactional data from their accounting system and integration into BT’s Great Plains system via JE upload; perform detailed review of transactional level data and JEs to ensure compliance with US GAAP
• Develop processes and templates necessary to execute quarterly Vendor Specific Objective Evidence (VSOE) analysis to ensure that Software Maintenance and Professional Service arrangements with customers were established in accordance with geographical VSOE rates
• Prepare quarterly schedules for submission to the SEC and support external audit requirements as necessary

Confidential, Arlington, VA

Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed delivery teams responsible for the review of the NRO’s commercial contracts for compliance with the organization’s Cost Accumulation Policy (CAP); worked closely with the NRO’s Program Offices and Office of Contracts (OC) to ensure contracts and CLINs were set up to appropriately segregate differing work activities and allow for the proper accumulation of costs; responsible for reviewing contract documentation (SOWs, Task Orders, etc.) and designating work activities as expense or capital asset acquisition
• Provided the NRO with valuable financial management, accounting and audit remediation support to include advising client management on key audit readiness issues, fielding and answering audit questions, preparing and delivering audit deliverables (PBCs), briefing the audit team on key property complexities and events, and defending the organization’s financial position throughout the financial statement audit
• Managed Confidential ’s contract administration activities through collaborative efforts with Confidential ’s project control, billing, and contracts teams to facilitate efficient and effective execution of the engagement to include burn rate monitoring, invoice creation, review & submission, subcontract management, facilitation of bi-weekly CO/COTR meetings, and staffing mix strategy and profitability analysis
• Coordinated with the NRO’s Program Offices and Office of Contracts to monitor the organization’s major acquisition programs and provide expertise and advisory in property accounting matters to ensure the proper cost accumulation, valuation, and capitalization of mission assets in accordance with applicable guidance and regulations
• Developed and implemented an organization-wide policy that established the accounting and cost accumulation guidelines for mission IT assets (Hardware and IUS) in accordance with applicable regulatory guidance
• Coordinated with mission Program Offices on issues surrounding asset acquisitions to include the development and approval of new budget line items, contract and CLIN structure, and establishing general ledger account codes in accordance with U.S. Standard General Ledger (USSGL) requirements; supported the annual budget build process to ensure major acquisition program office budgetary requests are established in accordance with Federal regulations and the organization’s CAP
• Served as Team Lead for the Financial Management Evaluation and Review Staff (FM-EARS) engagement; conducted internal financial audit reviews of U.S. Attorney’s Offices (USAO) throughout the country to assess internal controls and compliance with OMB Circular A-123 policies and guidelines
• Compiled and communicated audit and review results to EOUSA management and USAO personnel via obligation scorecards, debriefs, summary reports and corrective action plans; worked with USAO personnel to develop appropriate corrective action plans and effective solutions to mitigate and resolve financial review and audit findings
• Provided client management with direct day-to-day support, including but not limited to fielding and answering component questions regarding finance, budget & auditing matters; facilitating communication between EOUSA staff and appropriate component staff; guiding the production and review of reports, training materials and other pertinent EOUSA documentation; and supporting strategic planning efforts

Confidential, Arlington, VA

Consulting Associate

Responsibilities:

• Provided direct financial management support and advisory to the Confidential Office through the execution and review of mission critical business processes associated with obligating and managing thousands of multi­million dollar grants to state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies
• Supported the requirements gathering, development and testing of a web-based Federal Financial Reporting system and delivered internal training to multiple Confidential Business Units and external grant recipients in preparation for system go-live

Confidential, Reston, VA

Consulting Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Supported DLA’s SAP ERP implementation by testing the new Enterprise Business System upgrade in SAP to ensure that the client’s system maintained proper financial integrity and remained in compliance with all Federal Financial Management Improvement Act (FFMIA) requirements; coordinated with clients and independent auditors to determine applicable requirements and developed acceptance criteria and test steps to be executed for each individual requirement; executed test cases in SAP and documented findings to ensure system compliance; submitted completed test results to independent auditors
• Leveraged functional system documentation to develop and deliver the SAP Flexible Real Estate (RE-FX) training course that was used to educate over 200 client resources prior to system go-live; utilized Adobe Captivate software to created simulated SAP walkthroughs and exercises of business activities and processes to be used in training delivery and post-go-live support

Confidential, Roanoke, VA

Intern/Co-op

Responsibilities:

• Short-Line Business Department
• Assisted Managers with the development and maintenance of multiple business reports and presentations; leveraged databases and information systems to provide managers with detailed traffic history reports and profitability analysis work on both existing and potential traffic patterns and route systems