·   6+ years working in a Government Contracting environment

·   Microsoft Excel expert level

·   Managed full cycle invoicing process for assigned FFP, T&M, and CPFF

·   Drafted and negotiated contracts including but not limited to Non-disclosure agreements, Teaming agreement, and RFQ

·   Providing post award project/program Accounting, Forecasting, and Budgeting

·   Pricing analyst

·   Overarching budget and financial management on contracts/programs for SEAPORT- E, USAID, DHS, DOS, and DOD

·   Accounting System- Deltek Costpoint 7, GCS, WAWF,  Time & Expense, Peoplesoft

·   MS Excel- Advance Level- Pivot tables, Vlookups, Macros, Formulas, and VBAs

·   MS Office Suite- Access, Powerpoint, Outlook

·   Sharepoint

·   Knowledge of GAAP, FAR, DFAR, CAS

·   Eligible to obtain a security clearance

·   B1 Spanish Proficiency

2009-2011Barry UniversityMiami, FL

§    Masters

§    Finance MBA

2005-2009Coppin St. University     Baltimore, MD

§    Bachelor

Mathematics, B.S

Financial Analyst

TORRES Advance Enterprise Solutions

Falls Church, VA

March 2013-September 2016

Reported directly to the CFO and controller in directing all activities regarding finance, accounting, pricing, cash management, forecasting, strategic planning, budgeting, and financial analysis. Provided financial and accounting services in support of international government contracts (USAID, DOS) located in Africa, Europe, the Americas, and the Middle East.

Financial Analysis and Budgeting

·   Prepared budget and financial related presentation - budget to actual spreadsheets, contract balance sheets, and monthly revenue analysis spreadsheets used by finance department

·   Prepared monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports (Cash Flow Chart, and profit/loss reports)

·   Built and updated monthly burn rate charts in order to monitor contract spending against funded and ceiling amounts and offered guidance when contracts were going over budgeted funds

·   Preformed variance analysis to drive forecast accuracy by identifying ongoing trends that affected a programs performance against funded dollars.-  analyzed actual vs. plan, trends  and forecast

·   Assisted international program managers in understanding employee utilization from a financial standpoint 

·   Estimated overhead by analyzing cost by contract location, reviewed and monitored transaction summaries for accuracy and rate of spending

Invoicing

·   Confirmed government contractor payments by examining type of contract (CPFF, T&M, FFP) ; compared invoices to payment requirements, verified billing and indirect cost rates; determined the allow ability of costs suspended or disapproved

·   Responsible for contract/ project compliance and accurate time sensitive billing

·   Reviewed government contracts and all subsequent modifications

·   Calculated Direct Labor cost, Overhead, G&A within the government accounting

·   Ensured compliance with all government regulations such as FAR, DFAR, and CAS

·   Critiqued all invoices before submission to government- For international invoices took into account Foreign Currency gain and lost monies.

·   Developed deliverables for contracts on a monthly basis: coordinated necessary follow-up with appropriate management staff.

·   Responsible for collection of payments on invoices that reached over 30 days on the AR history report

Accounting

·   Assisted with accurate month-end, quarter-end and year-end accounting close cycles and development of subsequent financial statements

·   Prepared and reported the AR aging on a monthly basis

·   Prepared daily, weekly, and monthly reconciliations to ensure general ledger account information is accurate, consistent, traceable, and auditable.

·   Deltek Time and Expense- Updated and maintained to ensure proper contract coding including but not limited to- PLC, POP date, PLC rates, CLIN/SLIN descriptions, and Option Year- To ensure expenditures were tracked properly.

Pricing

·   Analyzed RFP’s to determine cost proposal requirements and to assist in developing a strategy to achieve the best approach to pricing as well as assist proposal and capture managers in developing Company pricing response

·   Tailored standard formats to meet specific RFP requirements

·   Won a USAID educational contract valued at 32 million

Audit

·   Researched and analyzed financial data to summarize and present at weekly briefings with all members of the finance and accounting team

·   Managed Government audits request from different agencies such as DCAA, and

USAID

Jr.Financial Analyst

DELTA Resources inc

Alexandria, VA

January 2011- March 2013

Financial, Billing and Contracts for Domestic DOD Navy government contracts - GSA IT, and SEAPORT vehicles

·   Subcontractors Manager- ensures compliance with government regulations and subcontract terms and conditions.  This interaction includes the development of request for quotes, coordination with program management to align contractual documents with program expectations, review of contract terms, and detailed cost analysis of the subcontractor’s proposal to ensure their submission is feasible based on customer, program manager, and executive leadership expectations. To ensure payment on a timely matter

·   Developed and maintained budgets, and schedules

·   Reviewed, monitored, and reconciled monthly vendor invoicing ensuring invoices are in accordance with contractual agreements the approved invoices for payment

·   Created Monthly financial Reports and Status Reports for government customers and prime contractors, which include development of burn-rate charts, creation of detailed cost breakdowns, creation of limited funding notification letters, and editing/formatting status reports provided by employees working on respective contracts.

·   SharePoint - Maintained the contracts department’s site, which functions as a repository and collaborative tool for the contracts department.  Maintenance of the site allows for prompt execution of tasking required by contract.

·   DELTEK Cost point.  - Maintained contractual infrastructure. Establishes project master files, assigns project labor for utilization by employees on their timesheets, and adjusts required settings for seamless payroll, accounts payable, and billing functionality.

·   Deltek Time & Expense - uploaded charge/expense codes and reporting

·   Drafted contracts- Non- disclosure agreements, and teaming agreements

        -  Ability to comprehend complex legal terms

Billing Specialist

SOS International LTD

Reston, VA

April 2010 - January 2011

·   Invoiced CPFF, T&M, FFP contracts

·   Analyzed, reconciled, and tracked the various elements of Unbilled receivables. Validated the revenue calculations in the GCS system

·   Worked with program managers and program financial analyst  by supporting assigned business operations and program control functions

o   Including assisting with planning, tracking, analysis, and reporting on multiple contracts of varying types

·   Worked with upper management in keeping the billing process clean

o   Created and maintained billing files

o   Provided suggestions to increase billing efficiency

o   Researched financial discrepancies and provided recommendations and solutions to upper management to ensure potential threats and problems were avoided in the future