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E X P E R I E N C E
S U M M A R Y
Financial manager with over 25 years of experience in Department of
Defense and Civilian Agencies with financial management operations,
staff and audit responsibilities.
Employment Chronology &
Experience
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Blair Builders
(November 2001 – Present)
Responsibilities include; prepare the Adjusted Financial Statements,
maintain the books, assure the payroll is accurate and timely,
perform reconciliation of accounts, prepare annual budget,
variance analysis, and recommendations for software updates.
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Systems Accountant,
Department of Housing and Urban Development-FHA (September 2000 to
September 2001)
Financial Analysis and
Controls Division for FHA
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Reviewed and provided
comments for the exposure draft of the Core Financial Systems
Requirements, and the draft policy guide for the reconciliation and
elimination of intergovernmental transactions.
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Evaluated, analyzed,
and identified sustained audit costs in excess of $10 million
dollars not recorded as receivables on the books. Reviewed,
evaluated, and identified that the payment system at HUD/FHA does
not have all the required internal controls to guard against fraud,
waste, and abuse, and to mitigate the unnecessary use of scarce
resources.
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Verified and
reconciled the U.S. Treasury's monetary electronic data transfers
sent to HUD's cash division, for the FHA's Multi Family Property
Program. These transfers of funds are analyzed to the program's
contractor summary reports, records and documentation, of cash
receipts and disbursements. Prepared adjusting entries while
furnishing detailed support.
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Identified and
reported weaknesses to FHA management found in processes performed
by the contractor who provides automated records for the receipts
and disbursements of FHA cash funds.
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US DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION (1991 to September, 2001)
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Determined program and
financial management rental requirements for client agencies of the
Coast Guard GSA Rent Program.
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Analyzed Coast
Guard\GSA leases and rent accounts and recovered over $6.3 million
of rent credits in a two-year period, while reducing Coast Guard
responsibility for over 200,000 square feet of unused space.
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Avoided an
Anti-deficiency Act violation by identifying $8 million of
non-utilized funds and $1.5 million in potential excess spending
authority used to offset areas of apparent overspending.
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Analyzed specific FAA
contract files and discovered $564 million of capital assets not
entered on FAA property ledgers. Prepared schedules and entries
that recorded these assets on FAA's property records and the DOT
general ledger.
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Developed and wrote
FAA Real and Personal Property policies and procedures. Obtained
consensus within FAA for those policies and procedures.
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Developed and wrote
financial policies and procedures and developed financial
performance measures for the Coast Guard.
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Reviewed and Analyzed
Specific Coast Guard line items to determine if funding was used
appropriately and in compliance of budgetary regulations
anti-deficiency.
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Responsible for the
assurance of; Corrective actions, implementation of enhancements and
changes, on site review and testing, meetings and communications
with Coast Guard, Department of Transportation and GAO officials,
for the Coast Guards Federal Manager’s Financial Integrity Act
(Financial systems).
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Coast Guard liaison
with the General Accounting Office, DOT/OIG and other agencies
involved with the Chief Financial Officer’s Act (CFO Act), and the
Federal Managers’ Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA).
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Coast Guard
representative to the Department of Transportation for the
development of Receivables, Cost, Projects, modules for the
Departmental Accounting & Finance Information System (DAFIS).
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Reviewed and
determined if the Coast Guard Ship Building Yard new automated
system (Using Oracle Software) complied with strict system
development controls.
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US DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION (June 1991, to September, 1991)
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Determined Pell grant
funding to educational institutions.
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Optimized cash
management on draw downs by grantees.
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Recovered $10 million
from 15 institutions and reclaimed $68 million in excessive cash on
hand at educational institutions.
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US DEPARTMENT OF
TREASURY (1988 to 1991)
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Developed policies and
procedures for accounting operations of the Securities Transactions
Branch
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Prepared review guides
for conducting Federal Manager’s Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA),
vulnerability assessments and internal control reviews.
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Conducted
multi‑divisional and branch special projects consisting of
operational, financial, analysis and compliance reviews.
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Trained 20
professional staff on policies governing sale and redemption of
government securities.
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DEFENSE CONTRACT
AUDIT AGENCY (1987 to 1988)
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Conducted audits
resulting in the recovery of $2 million in excess claimed cost.
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Modeled improvement
curve projections for labor, materials and the cost of money.
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US DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION (1986 to 1987)
Maintained
the Department’s general ledger to ensure proper classification and
the timely and accurate recording of transactions.
E D U C A T I O N
& C E R T I F I C A T I O N
S
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Bachelor of Business
Administration (June 1973) Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
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Associates Degree
(December 1971) Community College of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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AWARDS:
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Coast Guard
Performance Award; June 2001
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Coast Guard/FAA
Distinguished Performance Award; June 1999
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Coast Guard
Meritorious Performance Award; June1998
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Coast Guard
Performance Award; June1992
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Bureau of the Public Debt Special Service Performance Award;
December1989
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