SUMMARY:

• Confidential brings over 18 years of relevant experience with large scale and complex projects as a Program and Budget Financial Manager including budget formulation, fiduciary accounting, planning, programming, financial analysis, auditing, and internal controls compliance, and resource management as well as financial reporting in Federal and State.
• Her extensive background and subject matter experience has been recognized as the ‘go to’ person and played propionate roles such as the right - hand person to the Lieutenant Colonel to prepare the Program Objective Memorandum (POM), document, and validate the proper accounting of all colors of money.
• Additionally, this includes roles in the development and management of full life-cycle project plans.
• She is highly experienced in working under austere conditions, diverse work groups, and able to set priorities in an environment with competing/changing demands and constrained timelines.
• Confidential is a motivated self-started, leader and team player who requires little to know supervision.
• This is attributed to her strong organizational, management, and interpersonal skills, with emphasis on self-initiation and follow through. Confidential is proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and data/web based systems.
• Furthermore, she has managed and reported financial terms and the results utilizing enterprise operating systems while reporting results to internal and external stakeholders.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Project/Business Management
• Program Analyst
• Budget Analyst
• Fiscal Specialist
• Financial Analyst

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Grants Analyst

Confidential, Richmond, VA

Responsibilities:

• Assists the Associate Administrator for Research in providing oversight, training, and direct support to Confidential divisions in the compliant administration of sponsored projects. As assigned, will work directly with investigators, administrators and other research administration staff to provide support for proposal submissions, financial administration of awards, and sponsor reporting.
• Conducts routine monitoring of fiscal and administrative processes to ensure divisions are managing sponsored projects in accordance with established guidelines of both Virginia Commonwealth University and sponsoring agencies.
• Monitors spending on sponsored accounts, effort reporting, account deficits, indirect cost recoveries, and timeliness of project closeouts, as well as department wide audits.
• Assists in the development and updating of resource and training materials for dissemination to Confidential division faculty and staff.

Lead Financial Program Analyst

Confidential, Rosslyn, VA

Responsibilities:

• Prepare reports using program schedules, budget and execution data.
• Research - Procurement strategies, program documents, procurement requests and procurement schedules. Analysis of execution and updates to the Program Manager (PM) and staff. Written plans and briefings regarding milestone documentation reviews and stakeholder communication.
• Analysis and coordination between acquisition management and financial management to support program objectives.
• Management of Financial Management Team to include weekly team meetings, HR issues, Monthly Reporting to Program Manager on employee goals and inputs for the month, etc.
• Monthly financial reporting to Program Manager
• Interpret procurement schedules as they relate to financial execution data; report risks.
• Forecast PMO progress with respect to financial execution goals.
• Determine Better Buyer Power Initiative applications and improvements.
• Cost/benefit recommendations, including Program Objective Memorandum (POM) support.
• Develop and track schedules to award for procurement requests.
• Reporting in multiple financial DoD databases to include PMAT, etc.

Program and Budget Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Served as Program analyst and manager with oversight of approximately $223.9 million dollar program; provided direct support on a broad range of budget issues including developing and managing budget policies, budget formulation, budget justification, and budget execution; coordinated with immediate supervisor or designated representative and Division Chiefs on budget formulation, justification, and budget execution.
• Compiled, consolidated, reviewed, analyzed, and edited budget estimates; evaluate data submitted for consistency with previous estimates, current levels of program operations, and anticipate changes in funding; revising data, as necessary for inclusion in budget reports and schedule; review request for allotments of funds; analyze budgetary and financial data plans submitted by program managers for consistency with financial plans, policies, and timetables; and prepare analyze and justifications of requests for allotments of available funds.
• Monitored the day-to-day allocation and control of resources for projects; running all reports through SOMARDS, FEM, and SQL TAPO database as well as SHAREPOINT; coordinates, prepares, and briefs budget and Program Objective Memorandum (POM) issues, staff, and management decision papers; developed and presented supervisor and senior level leadership within the agency and higher headquarters the mid-year reviews of funding availability, long-range income/expense projections and special reports. Supporting the development, preparation, submission and justification of budget exhibits.
• Monitored and evaluated effectiveness of centralized pre-validation, financial tracking, resource allocation and financial document control activities; prepares, interprets, and analyzes financial and statistical reports to provide management guidance and advice in determining long and short term courses of action to solve management and operational problems
• Performed liaison services with financial management, accounting, and budgeting components and counterparts throughout DoD and other Federal agencies; reviews and analyzes proposed legislation by Congress and the proposed language that may/will be incorporated into DOD Authorization/Appropriations, including various DOD issuances
• Proofread documents for PMs and Budget Chief as needed for Confidential .

Fiscal Manager

Confidential, Williamsburg, VA

Responsibilities:

• Prepared for signature vendor payments (journal vouchers), travel reimbursements, moving and relocation reimbursements, grants and salary authorizations, deposits, and intra agency transfers according to Confidential & Confidential /state rules and regulations.
• Communicated with vendors regarding problems, questions, or discrepancies related to invoices and payments; entered fiscal data into departmental database and budget for multiple accounts; monitored Banner-Finance to ensure that all fiscal transactions are properly entered into the system
• Communicated with appropriate departments on campus to resolve problems with incorrect charges/deposits showing on accounts; prepared monthly account statements for review by Business Manager and reconcile against College's Banner System and previously Colleges Confidential System
• Maintained voucher and deposit logs, maintain departmental account list and maintain all fiscal files; provided requested data on expenditures in various accounts to Business Manager; purchased goods and services for the School of Education according to Confidential & Confidential /state policies and procedures
• Coordinated and provided oversight of financial document preparation.
• Code, process, copy and file invoices and reconcile credit card accounts, Code and administered small purchase credit card or other similar purchasing methods, performed monthly reconciliations
• Entered all purchases into automated tracking system; coordinated use of the state motor car for the School of Education including maintenance of car; coordinated all surplus items according to state policies; made all travel arrangements for Dean as well as prepare travel authorizations and travel reimbursements; assisted with special events (graduation and conferences) Purchased goods and services
• Provided financial support to grants as assigned
• Created salary redistribution’s as assigned by Director of Finance & Administration