Project Management

Barbara McGrier

* ******* **.

Aiken, SC *****

Cell Phone: 803-***-****

Email: **********@***.***

Objective:

To obtain a job in the business world as a qualified professional.

Work Experience

(DSIT/CIO)-Budget & Control Board Columbia, SC

Accountant III/Lead Project/Cost /Financial Reporting-Cost Accounting

9/25/2006 to 9/30/2010

Provide Project Mgmt cost control measures to ensure project support CIO

strategic plans and business objectives in an IT arena. Assist executive

mgmt financial administration, project mgmt and other staff to develop and

monitor CIO project mgmt activities and resources allocation. Collect,

evaluates and maintains risk related data relative to project mgmt

initiatives. Gathers and prepares cost, resources allocation information

and financial reporting.

Review large, complex and interrelated projects, assigning personnel and

coordinating studies in a wide variety of areas. Manage & review contracts

and project proposals to make sure that the wording and rate/cost match up

with Project Mgr/VCIO out in field performing the work.

A member of the Financial Mgmt reporting team and the Internal Database

team to provide allocations, monthly analysis of CIO revenue & expenses and

cash position, ensure actual costs are charged to correct accounts by

interfacing and coordinating with Project Mgmt, Contract Dept. and

Procurement personnel as well as CA Managers to assist in proper coding,

correcting mischarges, and providing answers to the CFO (Chief Financial

Officer). Assist with developing and monitoring CIO's master budget,

cost/overhead modeling, review costing/rate structure to ensure adequate

cost recovery, and in developing and implementing agency financial policies

and procedures. Coordinates CIO and other audits of the government

financial accounting systems, and performs other duties as required. Senior

responsibilities are:

. Ensure that the bank/cash, & P-card reconciliations are corrected and

that the use tax is filed correctly on the required invoices

. Perform cost analysis on issues to make sure that other agencies pay

their bills in a timely manner & report findings to Mgr/Deputy Mgr.

. Aid in the preparation of journal entry corrections, fund, cost

center, and object code corrections for mthly closing postings

. Send out automated financial invoices & track approvals to pay

invoices

. Interface with Internal Operations and approve mthly Bank of America

credit card purchases

. Interface with Account Receivables to make sure that General Ledger

accounts comply/ to prepare refund check paperwork to be submitted to

the Comptroller General(CGs Office)

. Provide Financial Reporting for Deputy Mgrs, CFO, CIO, etc.

. Create credit card allocations in master database

Bechtel Savannah River Site Aiken, SC

Project Controls Specialist

7/31/1990 to 9/18/2005

A member of the ATLAS (Access Task and Labor Administration) team and

helped in the implementation and the development of a software tool for the

Solid Waste Infrastructure Management and Transportation Division which is

an Access Database. Created small databases for the management team to

track Action Items (Action Tracking Management Database), and also to track

the training in the department of about 400 people (Scheduled Training

database). Served as backup Unix Administrator, assisted with the technical

development of the software, help resolve relational database issues with

Passport, created profiles, handled help desk issues, assisted with the

data validation process, helped trained others in how to use ATLAS, and

went out in the field to assist users with software issues.

Function as a Project Control Engineer and support in the area of cost and

schedule as required. Major duties and responsibilities include:

. Supported Project Management with cost, schedule, procurement

tracking, and reports

. Supported Projects requirements and management needs with planning,

scheduling, pivot tables, manual vouchering, purchase order

commitments and accruals, variance analysis, month-end closing, and in

maintaining accounting/reporting of TEC & OPC cost on CE, GPP, and LI

projects. Worked with TSED coordinators to closeout existing Projects

in the system. Assisted with the AOP (Annual Operating Plan) & the Out

Year Budget.

. Ensured actual cost was charged to the correct WBS /GL accounts &

verified to the CAM that expenditure documents were correct.

Established and maintained trends and budget logs for Projects & WADS,

updated EXCEL databases and status monthly reports using Earned Value

. Used Passport to track Work orders and to resolve issues with the data

validation process in Access database.

. Participated in baseline management, performance measurement and

analysis, forecasting and financial reporting, quantity tracking, and

created in Biquery/Data Warehouse queries to pull departmental

information cost and budget as needed weekly and monthly.

. Developed and updated POD (Plan of the Day) schedules in Primavera

. Performed walk-downs, produced estimates, and maintained the man-hour

database in a Construction craft environment.

. Prepared and submitted DOE Project and cost PowerPoint slides monthly

for the Programs department

Education:

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

MBA

2000

Limestone College Gaffney, SC

Business/Computer Information Systems 1999

Computer Skills: Excel, Microsoft Word & Outlook, PowerPoint,

Primavera, Access Database, Filemaker Pro, QuickBooks, Microsoft Project, &

SAP

Awards & Accomplishments: Silver Star Award (1999), BecShare Award

(2005), & an APEX Award (2007), SharePoint Administrator, IDB

Administrator, and served as dept SAP Lead (2009)

References: Available upon request.

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