Management Project

Olga Knobel

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Pittsburgh, PA ***** USA

Phone: 412-***-**** (home) Email:

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719-***-**** (cell)

Experien Contracts Administrator 3

ce: Northrop Grumman/TASC, Inc.

01/01/08 - 06/17/2011

Manage contracts totaling $23M in annual revenues, in coordination

with program managers, technical staff, and program finance.

Responsible for the full range of the Government contract

acquisition process, including RFP/RFQ analysis, proposal

preparation, price/cost volume narrative and submittal to the

customer, aid to pricing, contract negotiations, contract set up and

administration, unbilled analysis, and contract closeouts,

coordination of management approvals for proposals and contracts,

contract changes, developing terms and conditions, providing risk

assessment of contract terms, and resolving issues to ensure

compatibility with company and government procurement regulations,

Disclosure Statement and contract clauses. Ensure that RFPs are

vetted and free of organizational conflict of interest prior to

proposal submission. Examine CDRLs, performance requirements, and

delivery schedules to ensure accuracy and completeness. Advise

management of contractual rights and obligations. Responsible for a

wide range of contract types in both subcontractor and prime roles

to include FFP, T&M, IDIQ, and Cost plus. Negotiate Non-Disclosure

Agreements, Teaming Agreements, contracts and subcontracts. Support

the contracts organization and responsible for preparation of

weekly/monthly reports, maintenance of the contracts/accounting

database, contract files database, and ad-hoc assignments. Small

Business Subcontracting reports. Daily interaction with line

management and Government contracting officers. ETC and EAC

analysis. Identify issues and problems on assigned contracts and

make recommendations to management. Knowledge of Federal Acquisition

Regulations (FAR)/DFAR and TINA.

Program Control/Financial Analysis 3

Northrop Grumman/TASC, Inc.

03/20/06 - 12/31/2007

Program control of number of small to large size projects and R&D

programs totaling $12M in annual revenues. Responsibilities include

establishing and maintaining budgets and estimates for specific

projects, perform financial analysis and variance explanations, and

perform special projects. Set up project cost control system

including WBS creation, Job Number maintenance, baselining, EAC

analysis, monthly contract performance reports and management

presentations. Work closely with Project Management Office and

customer. Monitor and control costs and schedule on contracts

requiring validated cost schedule control system. Perform analyses

and prepare reports in order to ensure that contracts are within

negotiated and agreed-upon parameters and government cost control

guidelines. Prepare budgets and schedules for contract work and

perform financial analyses such as funding profiles, sales outlook,

and variance analysis. Ensure adequate funding availability by

maintaining accurate records of expenditures, preparation of

expenditure projections, and submitting timely requests for

additional funding to the government. Incorporate contractual

changes into control systems by staying aware of outstanding work

against each contract in order to maintain realistic contract cost

and schedule baselines. DSO Analysis. Prepare pricing files for the

bids in adherence to corporate practices and RFP. Bookings, Sales &

Earnings corporate reporting and analysis. Development of Annual

Operating Plan (AOP) for the department. Development of indirect

budgets for the department.

Program Control/Financial Analysis 2

Lockheed Martin Information Technology

02/28/2005 - 03/19/06

Team lead on analysis of financial performance of the operating unit

and control of time charging practices across operating unit.

Responsibilities include long range financial planning, forecasting,

monthly and quarterly variance analysis for the operating unit.

Monthly and quarterly reports of the analysis results to the

director of operations, director of the business unit, and CFO of

LMIT. Perform internal audits of time charging and provide audit

support on DCAA audits. Program control of several small to medium

size projects totaling $6M in annual revenues. Prepare pricing on

the bids in adherence to corporate practices and RFP. Peer review of

pricing jobs done by colleagues.

Financial Research/Securities Analyst

Standard and Poor's

03/01/2004 - 02/25/05

Collect, process, and analyze financial data reported by companies

to SEC with quarterly and annual reports. Designated departmental

trainer for MS Access and MS Project.

Finance Associate

Agilent Technologies

7/01/2001 - 10/15/2003

Provided consultation and training to the finance community in

matters associated with using and navigating through company's

accounting reporting resources, and on proper usage of chart of

accounts, interpretation of accounting and financial policies in

accordance with the company's policies and US GAAP. Communicated

changes in company's accounting and financial policies and

operations to broad finance community. Performed Account

Reconciliations to identify, resolve and make adjustments to aging

balances in compliance with US GAAP and company financial policies.

Archived and provided General Ledger information for internal

audits.

Initiated, coordinated and successfully completed project designed

to improve management visibility to finance operations, resulting in

management decision to reduce month end close activities from five

days to three.

Reconciled a preexisting Long Term Prepaid Deposits account 4-year

backlog within 3 months, and brought the unidentified balance from

$27M down to $50K

Finance Operations Accountant

Agilent Technologies

06/19/2000 - 07/01/2001

Performed daily and monthly system reconciliation for suspense,

payable, and receivable accounts, resulting in timely and efficient

error identification and correction. Provided Intra Corporate

billing for goods and services between company's entities in

accordance with company policies.

Educatio University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

n: Master of Business Administration, International Business 2004

BS, Finance 2000

Summary: Secret Clearance 3/06

Completed Qualified Pricing Training with LMIT 7/05

Additional Training in:

Contract Negotiations

ITAR

Financial Statements Consolidation

Export Compliance

SEC Requirements and Compliance

Federal Tax Compliance

Sarbanes-Oxley Requirements and Compliance

Treasury Function

Advanced International Reporting

EVMS

Major strengths include practical in-depth application of US GAAP,

ability to determine the integrity of the financial data on

financial statements, ability to learn new concepts and processes

quickly, and adapt to changing corporate environments. Strong skills

in data analysis, problem solving, and interpersonal communication.

Proficient with MS Office Tools (including MS Project), ORACLE,

PeopleSoft, Deltek (Cognos), and SAP ERP systems.

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