PROFILE: Serving over 13 years in the Accounting, Finance and Budget fields for the Corporate and Government arena. Extensive knowledge of financial management systems, budgeting and costing systems, program and project management solutions. Possess skills in representing the serviced organization's viewpoint in formal meetings headed by the West Point Garrison leadership. Resolve critical and current program matters that directly affect in the accomplishment of the organization's mission. Acquired a great skill in analytical reasoning and applying that skill to the identification, analysis, and evaluation of program. Earned a Masters of Business Administration with a Human Resources Concentration and a Bachelor's of Science (in Accounting).

TECHNICAL SKILLS: Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project and Access programs, GFEBS (General Fund Enterprise Business System) Power User, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) System, Business Intelligence, Defense Travel System, Federal Procurement Data System, Information Technology Solutions Systems (ITSS), Central Contractor Registry (CCR), Army Performance Workload System and Installation Management Command (IMCOM) Online and MAS90

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential- West POINT- (09/27/09 -09/26/11) NTE 2 yr Project Manager, PMP and Cost Analyst West Point, New York United States

Duties: PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Served as Primary Point of Contact for the United States Army Garrison-West Point for GFEBS Implementation at the Installation Command for over 260 Employees with over $135mil in the Annual Operating Budget. Conducted strategic planning, transition and project implementation for GFEBS. Carry out GFEBS Wave 4 Implementation and Deployment of Business Processes and Training Requirements for 260 End Users. Conducted briefings for Management and represent the organization at meetings and conferences, conveying technical information regarding GFEBS Project. Interact effectively with Senior Management, Co-workers, Vendors and Customers to resolve complex issues. Composed clear, concise, and technically accurate work products conveying detailed information. Manage and coordinate logistics and Site Visits, Conferences, TDY (Temporary Duty) Training for the United States Army Garrison-West Point.

IDENTIFYING, ANALYZING, REPORTING AND RESOLVING BUDGET PROBLEMS such as analyzes trends, forecasts and quarterly estimates based on historical data and new resource requirements. Research complex issues which require extensive probing and analysis to resolve system errors. Knowledge of Cost Data and Cost Accounting Standards, certified in Cost Management. Develop and provide managerial reports and cost Analysis for all Budget Analysts (NULOS- Negative Un- liquidated Obligations, UMDs- Unmatched Disbursements, Weekly Awards and Open Purchase Requisitions, Invoices w/out Receiving Reports, Interest Penalties). Execute the (JRP) Joint Reconciliation Program Goals on a Quarterly basis

MONITORS AND TRACKS REQUIREMENTS, and establishes and monitors milestones for assigned long-range tasks for implementing the GFEBS deployment. Tracks obligations and expenditures, both direct and reimbursable, for Activities throughout the execution phase of the Annual Operating Budget.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Accomplished Nov 2009-present

• Served as Project Liaison , CMD(Change Management Deployment) Network POC, Power User, UA (User Assignment) Coordinator, Training Coordinator, Data Conversion Coordinator, GRC (Governance, Risk and Compliance) Coordinator
  • Provided communications and change management
  • Provided functional and GFEBS expertise
  • Monitored requirements, scheduling and completion
  • Provided organizational lead for data collection and data conversion
• Implementation successfully accomplished January 1, 2011 on time, within budget and without exception for which a performance award was received as well as a monetary bonus.

Confidential- GSA (06/15/2004 -07/05/2009) SR. Financial ANALYST - BUSINESS MANAGEMENT/ FEDERAL ACQUISITIONS NEW YORK, New York United States

Duties: Performed budget functions involving the formulation, justification, and/or execution of budgets for organizations, programs, or projects. Applied knowledge and skill in the application of related laws, regulations, policies, methods and techniques of budgeting. Advised business managers on the status of their budget goals and financial objectives through review of output from our Information Technology Solutions Systems (ITSS) and Federal Procurement Systems (FPS).

ReviewED, prepareD and analyzeD reportS covering analysis of revenue and expenditures of actual versus targets. Applied knowledge of cost and price analysis techniques sufficient to compare proposals against previous history vs. actual expenses to determine rates for negotiation for Contracting

FINANCIAL ADVISOR, acted as an advisor to Network Services and IT directors by briefing them on a monthly basis regarding budget goals. Provided managerial accounting support to the business line directors and validated projections based on anticipated work and unforeseen costs for the budget in the future.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Accomplished June 2004-July 2009

• Created trend reports and charts to track progress on budget targets for Annual Operating Budget
• Consolidated business divisions into one Annual Operating Consolidation with spreadsheet rollup
• Produced quarterly Small Business reports to measure quarterly performance objectives
• Executed an approved mid-year submission for business divisions of Annual Operating Budget for Financial Service Centers and central office in Washington D.C.
• Executed a full Cost Recovery Plan with Top Customers, Profit Margin, Funding Obligations

Confidential (03/2002 - 06/2004) ASSISTANT CONTROLLER/SENIOR ACCOUNTANT LONG ISLAND CITY, New York United States 

Duties: PerformED FINANCIAL EXECUTION functions in the execution of an annual budget for Operations for a small sized organization of 300 employees across eleven states with Annual Operating Revenue of $99 mil. Executed month-end close procedures, monthly accruals, reversals, adjustments for journal entries. Prepared balance sheet analyses and profit and loss statement. Reconciled general ledger balances and bank statements in accordance with GAAP. Oversaw daily cash flow of billing requirements for A/R and A/P departments.

ANALYZED the direct and indirect expenses, sales profitability, and quarterly sales commissions. prepared monthly Accounts Payable and Payroll Account Bank Reconciliations

AUDITED and assisted Arthur Andersen and Chief Financial Officer with Bank Requirements for Repayments of Loans and Year End Audit of Bank Reconciliations, Accounts Receivable, Collections

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• Created monthly excel spreadsheets to consolidate bank reconciliations and cash flow
• Reconciled accounts payable/vendor items which helped us process more payments faster
• Generated reports to manage the Collections process Days Still Outstanding from 180 days to 90

Confidential (05/1998 - 02/2002)

SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST

NEW YORK, New York United States

Duties:

ANALYZED and PROCESSED production/distribution expenses for a $2.5 million Budget for Newsletters and Newswires GENERATED monthly cost estimates based on accruals and budget analyses for journal entries PREPARED complex Excel statistical reports for Senior Management and Financial Reporting IMPLEMENTED financial and analytical forecasting models for preliminary operating budget TRACKED and VERIFIED costs for capital expenditures budget with Purchasing and Info Technology CALCULATED and PROCESSED quarterly sales commission reports for US and International sales

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• Consolidated Sales Commission Excel Report/Access Database - US / International Salespeople

EDUCATION:

M.B.A.- HUMAN RESOURCES Course work included (3 hours each): Compensation; Negotiation Skills; Business Administration; Accounting and Finance: Managerial Use and Analysis; Leadership and Organizational Behavior; Marketing Management; Legal, Political and Ethical Dimensions of Business; Managerial Applications of Information Technology; Managerial Accounting; Budgeting; Business Economics; Managerial Decision-Making Strategic Staffing; Managerial Finance; Business Planning Seminar

B.S.-ACCOUNTING and MANAGEMENT Accounting; Management; Marketing; Business Law; Quantitative Analysis; Economics; Statistics

LICENSE: NOTARY PUBLIC CERTIFICATES: PMP (Project Management Professional) May 2012; ARMY/GFEBS 2011 Power Users Level 1 and 2, Cost Management Certification -2010

HONORS/AWARDS: USAG RMO Performance Award, GSA-Everybody Wins Power Lunch Reading Program, SCAN Volunteer Community Service Award by Manhattan Borough President, Employee of the Month.