Manager Training

Nicole Guskiewicz

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City: Warrenton

State: VA

Zip: 20187

Country: USA

Phone: 703-***-****

Skill Level: Experienced

Salary Range: 100

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Nicole Guskiewicz, MBA

7158 Comrie Ct., Warrenton, VA 20187

703-***-**** - Cell 540-***-**** - Home

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Program Financial Analyst with 12 years of government related business financial management experience, 9 years of which were spent in the government contracting and national defense industry.

CAREER EXPERIENCE OVERVIEW

* Financial Planning and Analysis

* Program Control and Program Financial Management

* Deputy PM

* Proposal Management

* Requirements and Compliance with FAR, CAS, DCMA, PMI Systems Integration

* Business Process: Policy and Procedures development and re-engineering

* Proposals: Requirements Analysis, Cost Volume Narrative, Pricing, Cost Estimating, FAR Clause Response

EXPERIENCE

GTSI Corp., June 2010 - Present

Sr. Financial Analyst, Herndon, VA

Responsible for developing, managing, reporting, and forecasting OPEX budgets, act as a liaison between the business unit leadership and the financial organizations, improve, train, implement, and audit financial processes and procedural directives from the Corporate Controller, as well as make recommendations on both corporate financial strategy and financial operations.

Accomplishments:

* Worked with IT to develop automated reports from the PeopleSoft financials for more efficient financial analysis

* Participated in proposal -Gate Reviews- to make bid/no-bid determinations, review pricing and pricing strategy for accuracy and compliance with cost estimating and pricing policy, procedures, and best practices

* Performed critical contract compliance analysis dealing with the FAR, CAS, and DCMA

* Supported and assisted internal audits of time and expense reporting, and performed compliance -Floor Check- audits

* Performed annual indirect rates analysis, and calculated forward pricing for 5-year indirect pricing rates

* Worked closely with the Business Unit leadership to develop a detailed annual bottoms-up operating plan

Taurean Corp, August 2009 - March 2010

Controller and Sr. Financial Analyst, Falls Church, VA

Responsible for all activities associated with monitoring, controlling, and increasing efficiency and financial health of the corporation while serving as a liaison to Corporate Leadership, Government Contract Officers, DCAA Auditors, Consultants and Subcontractors

* Developed and managed corporate annual OPEX budget

* Developed, documented, implemented, and trained multiple CAS and DCMA compliant corporate standard processes

* Made recommendations on both contract financial strategy and financial operations

* Participated in business development and the related proposal to win the company`s largest contract $25M

* Ensured that contracts were within negotiated parameters and government cost control guidelines

* Served as a key point of contact for external auditors when conducting a pre-award survey

* Prepared monthly financial planning and control reports

* Performed contract negotiations, written contract documents, project set-up, monitoring and control, and project closeout

Northrop Grumman IT - TASC, November 2003- August 2009

Division Manager and Sr. Program Financial Analyst, Northern, VA, March 2006 - August 2009

Responsible for a staff of 3 project control financial analysts amounting to $150M in contract revenue oversight, which included proposal preparation and review, ETC/Spendplan In-Progress Reviews (IPRs), Monthly Project Reviews (MPRs), and Quarterly EACs, as well as $58M in contract revenue that I personally managed.

* Preparation and/or oversight of all proposals over $10M for the Division and OU, including: Army Bridge, DISA, Eagle, Encore I, Encore II

* Acted as Deputy PM on the DISA Program - a TS, 5-yr program with 40 TOs., I prepared the proposal for the 5-yr re-compete on Encore II, which we won. Some TOs required EVMS, total was approx $3M/mo. product, services.

* Acted as Deputy PM on the Chiron Program - a TS/SCI, 5-yr program with 3 TOs. Constantly changing requirements, product, services, heavy product purchase tracking and organization requirements, heavy travel requirements management

* Managed program schedules and financials in M*PM and PS Project

* Acted as Program Financial Manager, on a 1 year rotation, for many other projects and programs that were mostly services, project types included: T&M, FFP, FFP LOE, CPFF, CPAF, CPIF, IDIQ

* Participated in process and procedure improvement teams

* Prepared monthly financial planning and control reports, and reviewed the reports submitted by my staff

* Performed annual Performance Evaluation Appraisals and semi-annual performance reviews for my staff

Business Operations and Program Financial Planner, Chantilly, VA, May 2004-March 2006

Responsible for the operations of the Integrated Systems Engineering and Business Process training departments, which included the day-to-day supervision of a staff of 2 training coordinators and 1 intern, as they coordinated the training classes and printed the training materials. Behind the scenes I was also responsible for editing and maintenance of the training manual content, scheduling instructors, and creating and managing the training department budget.

* Participated in process development, improvement, training course development, and performed classroom training

o TASC had a highly evolved Systems Integration management and training program. I was involved with editing the training documents, ordering the text books, and scheduling the training courses. I also took almost every class as a student, and began teaching the Intro to Systems Engineering and Program Lifecycle Engineering courses

* Performed monthly and quarterly budget analysis and reporting

* Developed and maintained the Corp Training website as needed (including HTML coding)

* Maintained metrics database for all of Business Unit training activities

Executive Assistant to the VP and Executive Director, and Executive Assistant to the Marketing & Business Development OU, Chantilly, VA, November 2003 - May 2004

Responsible for coordinating departmental projects and activities while ensuring deadlines are met, which included maintaining budgets and forecasts, facilitating meetings, developing and editing PowerPoint presentations, and other administrative functions.

California Healthcare Association (CHA), September 2001-July 2003

Research Assistant for the Federal Reimbursement Programs and Federal Relations Departments, Washington, DC,

Responsibilities included the research, analysis, and reporting of the ongoing legislative and regulatory changes to Federal Healthcare Programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, as well as coordinating events with congressional members and staff .

U.S. Marine Corps Reserves

Administrative Assistant to the Commanding Officer, North Versailles, PA, August 1997-August 2001

Responsibilities include: drafting orders; scheduling payroll; investigating Marine absences without leave; performing intake orientation for Marines reporting to a new duty station; and maintaining training schedules, and other administrative functions.

EDUCATION

Strayer University, Ashburn, VA September 2005 - March 2009

M.B.A.: Concentration in Federal Contract Acquisitions (GPA 3.94)

Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA August 1997-May 2001

B.A.: Political Science (GPA 3.65) Pre-Law (GPA 3.85)

Overall GPA: 3.33 on a 4.0 scale

U.S. Marine Corps School of Business Administration, Camp Johnson, NC May 1997-August 1997

graduated 3rd in a class of 88

CERTIFICATES _

* PeopleSoft Query Manager June 2011

* ProPricer March 2008

* SAP Hyperion Super User January 2008

* M*PM May 2006

* Systems Engineering Phase I (NGIT-TASC) August 2004

HONORS AND LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES

* MBA: Graduated Summa Cum Laude May 2009

* Member of SYPT (Society of Young Professionals at TASC) November 2005- September 2007

* Discover Engineering Program, Lead Coordinator May 2004-September 2007

Northrop Grumman Foundation sponsorship of Marshall Middle School and related activities

* -TAP- awards for employee performance excellence

Northrop Grumman IT-TASC- 8 awards from August 2004-January 2009

* Received the Phi Sigma Alpha award for academic excellence May 2000

Political Science National Honors Society, Indiana University of PA

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