Accounting Engineer

KAYLA SMOTHERS

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Lacey's Spring, AL 35754

256-***-**** (home)

256-***-**** (cell)

OBJECTIVE: To obtain a position that will broaden my financial/accounting experience

EDUCATION

Master's Degree in Accounting, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2004, GPA: 3.545

Management Accounting Certificate, 2000, University of Alabama in Huntsville, GPA: 3.382

B.S., Mathematics, 1991, University of Alabama in Huntsville, GPA: 3.14

WORK HISTORY

CAS, Huntsville, AL: January 2005 - Present

Program/System Analyst IV

•Supports the Aviation & Missile Research, Development & Engineering Center (AMRDEC) Joint

Technology Center/Systems Integration Laboratory (JTC/SIL) by providing budget,

contracting, and acquisition support

•Provide accounting support for approximately 130 funding documents (per year) for

approximately $105M/year. Fund appropriations include the following: Operations and

Maintenance Army (O&MA), Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) and

Other Procurement Army (OPA). Record obligations in the MIPR Ledger, correspond with

Government customers concerning obligation inquiries, review vouchers and financial reports

to track job order number (JONO) and contract expenditures. Reconcile MIPRs and

vouchers for Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) payments.

•Research DFAS disbursements for contracts in Shared Data Warehouse (SDW)

•Research contract expenditures associated with unliquidated obligations (ULOs)

•Prepare data for internal and external budget reviews

•Prepare contract funding allocations for funds designated to CAS

•Prepare spend plans for Government labor and CAS funding

•Prepare draft contracts requirements packages

•Provide major purchase requisition support for software, hardware, furniture, and office supplies

U.S. Army Audit Agency, Huntsville, AL: September 2001 - April 2004

Auditor

•Conducted operational audits by interviewing personnel, performing analyses, and preparing

workpapers of findings and recommendations/conclusions

Triad Properties Corporation, Huntsville, AL: December 2000 - June 2001

Accountant

•Performed the following for numerous properties managed by the company: processed

accounts payable and receivables; maintained accounting records; managed cash receipts

and bank deposits; prepared journal entries for the general ledger; prepared invoices, bank

reconciliations and monthly financial reports; processed monthly closings

U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Huntsville, AL: January 1989 - May 2000

General Engineer (part-time): October 1998 - May 2000

•Managed financial aspects of contracts; coordinated task funding and contractual actions;

maintained status of office funding; collected financial information for budget inquiries

Operations Research Analyst: September 1991 - May 1996; September 1996 - October 1998

•Managed financial aspects of contracts; developed and coordinated contractor task

assignments; reviewed contractor progress and task reports

•Performed and analyzed programmatic risk assessments; developed program level logic

networks; developed mathematical formulas for contractor cost, schedule, and performance

algorithms in risk analysis model; created conversion methods for software data transfer

Program Analyst: May 1996 - Septembe 1996 (Temporary Assignment)

•Served as Targets, Test and Evaluation (TTE) Directorate point of contact for financial and

budgetary matters

•Performed all budgetary processes and provided information to Comptroller for budget execution

•Acted as a financial monitor for all contracts, which included analyzing contractor funds reports

and oversight of funding commitments/obligations

•Responsible for the formulation of budget requirements

•Monitored various financial reports and expenditures and ensured balance was maintained and

funds were properly utilized

•Used Standard Operations and Maintenance, Army Research and Development System

(SOMARDS) accounting database to check the status of funds, expenses, and obligations

and to verify inputs on labor, MIPRs, and credit card purchases

•Prepared data for budget reviews

•Compiled, analyzed, and provided material relating to the Financial Execution Review and

special reports

•Advised management on budget estimates, statements, and status and availability of funds

•Identified, analyzed, and resolved budgetary problems

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