Sandra (Sandy) R. Baker

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SUMMARY

Security Clearance: Previously held Secret. Accounting and Finance professional with over 20 years of experience, and with strong background supporting government contracting. Accomplished professional that excels through critical thinking, consulting, collaboration, process improvement, project management, research, data analysis, problem-solving, time management, and business knowledge. Project Control and Senior Billing Analyst subject matter expert. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Incadence, Auroa Tech and Constellis

Consultant, Senior Billing Accountant Analyst, Costpoint Oct 2020 - Present

• Experienced consultant worked with all levels of management teams, helped organizations improve in performance and support improvements for overall billing operations.

• Advise with purpose solutions delivered accurate billings of projects within accounting systems for government contracting.

• Perform analysis of billing process and any issues, and AR related duties for project coordination success.

• Assist with company mergers and acquisitions and ERP accounting systems.

• Assist in establishing and maintain successful billing review process.

• Review contracts and extract financial and billing information.

• Multi-task, planning through time management ensured completion of projects on time for customers. SOS International LLC

Senior Billing Analyst, Costpoint Aug 2018 – Sep 2020

• Supported Program Management with responsibility for the preparation, verification, and reconciliation of invoices and projects to ensure accuracy, resolve discrepancies, and collections.

• Prepared complex billing types of Firm Fixed Price, Time & Material, and Cost Plus contracts for submission to customers.

• Troubleshoot Costpoint Deltek systems issues related to billing, contract setup and revenue.

• Audit the accuracy of billing information entered in the system and monitored the operations of accounts receivable.

• Analyzed unbilled receivables against Costpoint reports, research and resolved internal and external customer inquiries.

• Monitored payment status, invoicing status, and initiate communications to external and internal customers to resolve collection issues and billing discrepancies.

• Worked closely with Program Managers, Project Financial Controllers, Project Accounting team, and Contract Managers to ensure accuracy and completeness of cash applications and invoices.

• Monitored contract funding, and coordinated with project managers to identify risks, and requests for funding as needed.

• Prepared closeout invoices including indirect rate adjustment invoices as requested.

• Provided support in testing of the project accounting software, ensuring successful migration and functionality for invoicing.

• Supported annual DCAA audit and special audit requirements. PlanetRisk

Staff Accountant, Costpoint Sep 2017 – Jun 2018

• Prepared financial transactions and submitted invoices for both government and commercial contracts in compliance with contractual and FAR regulations for contract types FFP, T&M, and Cost Plus.

• Assisted with accounts receivables collection and of research and aged receivables.

• Complete reconciliation of unbilled receivables and provide detailed explanations of unbilled balances to program management.

• Performed project closeout of each contract to ensure that all outstanding commitments have been billed per contract agreement. ATCS, PLC

Billing Analyst, Costpoint Dec 2014 – Aug 2017

• Prepared and submitted monthly invoice billings for assigned project contracts.

• Reviewed and verified subcontract consultant vouchers for charges and accuracy.

• Gathered necessary back-up documentation to support invoices for submission of review and approval from customers.

• Reconciled all unbilled cost and outstanding commitments to prepare all contracts for closeout. Sotera Defense Solutions

Project Control Analyst (PCA), Costpoint Sep 2012 – Oct 2013

• Key member of the project team and works directly with the project manager to help define the project’s goals.

• Oversee the progress of projects and ensured smooth workflow and timeliness with successful outcomes.

• Monitored the performance of the workforce, resolved project inquiries, managed schedules, and budgets

• Participated in quality control, and diligence in handling issues and concerns promptly with resolution.

• Researched and analyzed data to help the overall goals of the project management team by tracking budget, financial forecasting, monitoring and reporting, tracking compliance to support corporate and legal regulations, and analyze progress reported.

• Supported project manager to analyze tasks with completion on time for customers. Pragmatics, Inc.

Project Control Analyst (PCA), Costpoint Jun 2011 – May 2012

• Supported the Program Managers, Directors with the creation of project plans, status and performance metrics.

• Performed project start up activities and ensure correct project setup in the financial system.

• Planned, tracked, analyzed and reported on financial project status for FFP, T&M and Cost Plus Contracts.

• Responsible for the development and analysis of Estimates at Completion (EACs).

• Monitored actual costs against established budgets, track commitments and subcontract cost performance to ensure accurate program cost reporting requirements.

• Conducted monthly in-progress reviews, identified when projects cross funding and POP thresholds to submit at-risk paperwork.

• Assisted the Program Managers in reviewing customer invoices, subcontractor purchase orders and invoices.

• Supported management with project reviews and produced customer financial reports. Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) Project Control Analyst (PCA), Costpoint May 2004 – May 2011

• Delivered mission excellence by fulfilling company and customer goals and objectives, delivered excellence in supporting program and project management team.

• Worked with project managers to monitor project and program progress and prepared Estimate At Completions (EACs)/Estimate To Completions (ETCs) reports.

• Established Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) setup, charging practices, purchase requisitions, monitored subcontractor costs, reviewed, approved, tracked invoices, and prepared customer invoice backup documentation.

• Prepared budgets for all contract work and perform financial analysis for funding and revenue variance analysis.

• Supported management team with all tasks and commitments for contract and customer. Northrop Grumman Information Technology

Lead Billing Analyst Apr 2001 Apr 2004

• Directed a team of eight and ensured invoices prepared reflect contract terms and conditions accurately in compliance with rules and regulations that government contractors must follow are delivered in a timely manner.

• Recommended improvements to the billing process, researched and resolve billing discrepancies and errors.

• Monitored project and customer accounts for timely payments and report status to management.

• Member of the Rejection Improvement Team, successfully assisted in preventing and significantly reduced rejected invoices that resulted in increase in invoice submissions with positive reporting of DSO to management. TECHNICAL SKILLS

Deltek Costpoint, Deltek Time & Expense, Cognos, Wide Area Workflow (WAWF/iRAPT), Invoice Processing Platform (IPP), BAH Portal, SAIC, Engility Portal, and Microsoft Office.

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