Manager Project

Tia Stephens

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Senior accounting professional with 13 years of experience in business process, technology integration, test planning,

contracts and procurement, financial reporting, analysis, forecasting, budgeting, cash management, auditing, and technology

integration for a wide variety of organizations. Solid interpersonal skills and cross functional team interactions coupled with

effective leadership abilities and Six Sigma Green Belt. Core competencies include:

• A/R, A/P, and G/L Account Analysis • Accounting Policies/Procedures

• Financial Statements & Management Reporting • Contract and Procurement

• Operating & Capital Budget Preparation • Staff Training & Development

• Ariba and PeopleSoft • Job Costing & Variance Analysis

• Automated Financial System & Business software • Process Improvement

• Technology Integration • Test Planning

Professional Experience

IMAGINE SCHOOLS – Temple Hills, MD 2011 2012

A full service Charter school educating approximately 40,000 students, over 75 schools in 12 States and the District of

Columbia. Work is guided by three shared values: integrity, justice and fun and Five Measures of Excellence.

Business Manager

• Manage contracts with outside vendors with negotiations, renewing contracts and creating RFP’s.

• Prepare RFP’s and RFQ’s for materials or services needed at PG campuses.

• Review and evaluate proposals to ensure that the vendor is fully qualified to render services or materials.

• Prepare and process purchase orders for all PG campuses.

• Perform month end close for general ledger accounts.

• Responsible for managing and maintaining vendor files and resolving any discrepancies that may occur.

• Implement accounts payable processes and financial controls.

• Partnered with regional business manager, principals and board member to create school years budget.

• Serve as the primary point of contact for auditors during annual audit.

• Presented budget/finance presentation to teachers and staff.

FANNIE MAE – Washington, DC 2005 – 2011

The nation’s largest mortgage buyer with a portfolio of over $500 million. Organization is charted by the US Congress to

support liquidity and stability in the secondary mortgage market, where mortgage related assets are purchased and sold.

Senior Business Analyst

Challenged to train professional staff, strengthen divisional accounting functions, and implement/maintain financial controls.

• Maintained and reconciled the Credit Enhancement Bond Sub ledger.

• Researched and remediated discrepancies in a timely manner.

• Prepared monthly journal entries and reconciled all sub ledgers to the Corporate General ledger.

• Managed the disbursements of funds and the cash reconciliation process for Direct Pay Credit Enhancement Bond

transactions.

• Managed a portfolio with an outstanding bond and loan balance of over 25 million.

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• Performed process and data analysis using Six Sigma methodology, which results in recommendations to improve

the timeliness and cost of the Direct Pay credit enhancement product.

• Defined and communicated in writing business and user requirements for enhancements to the Bond Credit

Servicing System: to increase process efficiencies.

• As the subject matter expert, I defined and documented User Acceptance Test cases and scripts in various testing

tracking systems.

• Conducted training to internal and external users for CESIR Financial System.

• Performed and tracked testing results for the financial system.

• Prepared guidelines and user guides for users.

• Participated in Full Cycle Direct Pay CESIR (Financial System) implementation.

• Completed implementation plans and obtain approvals for go live date of the financial system.

• Created and implemented design procedures that increase efficiency, accelerate customer satisfaction and slash error

rate.

• Validated technical solution to ensure alignment with business requirements with the business application

development team and in accordance with GAAP.

• Partnered with IT Specialist in translating system functions, reports and financial requirements for the development

of the system.

• Facilitated interface testing to ensure that all functions will work properly when system is implemented.

• Facilitated meeting to ensure that initiatives were in scope of the project.

GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, – Washington, DC 2004 2005

A local government municipality responsible for overseeing services provided to its 1.5 million residents with an annual budget

of $4.5 billion.

Program Financial Manager

Key resource for Project Mangers in providing analytical data for contract evaluation, additional responsibilities included

preparing the annual budget and forecasting; managing financial reporting and accounts payable, and monitoring contracting

and procurement processes from the bid to proposal through closing.

• Monitored contract compliance and activity to ensure requisitions are properly aligned w/ budget and

• Advised Project Managers on project cost estimate and issues.

• Recommended actions to maximize resource utilization on all of the Wide Area Network projects.

• Partnered with Project Managers and finance team to calculate project estimates and prepared procurement

requisitions for projects.

• Prepared Statement of Work for RFP’s to ensure services, materials or projects were defined.

• Reviewed and evaluated proposals from government approved vendors for services or projects.

WACHOVIA – Bethesda, MD 2004 2004

A $150 million diversified financial services company which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Forgo.

Senior Mortgage Accountant

• Developed key relationships with external clients to improve monthly process flows while serving as the liaison

between GSE’s and Bond Trustee’s.

• Responsible for preparing reports, researching issue, and performing reconciliations to alleviate discrepancies.

• Monitored loan activities to ensure payments flowed properly to bond holders and credit enhancers.

FANNIE MAE – Bethesda, MD 2001 2004

The nation’s largest mortgage buyer with a portfolio of over $500 million.

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Business Analyst

• Responsible for facilitating and reconciling Servicer and underlying loan activities for the entire lifecycle of Fannie

Mae’s Mortgage Backed Securities.

• Processed and reconciled cash reimbursements.

• Monitored and analyzed pool security balances in Mortgage Backed Security portfolios.

• Updated and reconciled various sub ledgers on a monthly basis.

GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA – Washington, DC 2000 2001

A local government municipality responsible for overseeing services provided to its 1.5 million residents with an annual budget

of $4.5 billion.

Accountant

• Performed accounts payable processing in estimate of $3.5 million in monthly invoices.

• Implemented process improvements and maintained vendor payable database files for all invoices.

• Performed vendor payable reconciliations, audited payable amounts and resolved discrepancies with vendors.

• Prepared and processed journal vouchers for budget re class and fiscal year end close.

• Managed cash and deposited funds to Department of Treasury.

• Partnered with Chief Financial Officer and program managers to provide analysis and budget entries.

US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS – Washington, DC 1999 2000

Accountant

• Researched and resolved contract issues and inaccuracies against the accounting systems and with Contracting

Officials.

• Performed audits and reconciliations for fund transactions to ensure contracts were recorded in accordance to federal

regulations.

• Processed invoices and reimbursements for inter agency and verified legality, accounting data and accuracy prior to

certification.

Education, Training, and Technical Proficiencies

Bachelor of Science – Accounting Saint Peter’s College, Jersey City, NJ, 1998

Continuing Education courses in Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Business Analysis, and Financial Operations

Technical Proficiencies

Ariba, Business Objects, Microsoft Office, Visio, Project, Quality Center, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Windows XP,

Clear Quest, Minitab, PeopleSoft, MAS 500

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