Financial Manager, Advanced level ability in Microsoft Excel

Adam Malloy

Athens, Alabama ***** 203-***-**** **********@*****.***

Accounting / Financial Management / Fiscal Analysis

Highly experienced Finance Director with strong skills in maintaining strict and accurate fiscal accountability for multimillion dollar budgets for government agency; ready to transition skills to support a private contracting corporation. Bottom-line focused in controlling cost and risk by implementing streamlined analysis, auditing, and reporting functions. Complementary information systems management skills. Hands-on management talents in supervising teams of accountants in budget management, travel reimbursements, payroll processing, and daily forecasting and fiscal analysis and reporting.

Financial and Management Competencies

Business Unit Accounting & Analysis

Technology Systems / Integration

Cost Analysis & Risk Reduction

Accounting Systems Implementation

Payroll & Travel Reimbursement

Financial Forecasting & Reporting

Regulatory Compliance & Audit Management

Accounting Team Leadership & Training

Career Experience

United States Marine Corps, Finance Office, Kailua, Hawaii

Finance Director / Systems Administrator, 2014 – 2017

Directed all finance and accounting activities, including financial statement preparation and budget management. Oversaw team responsible for managing daily general accounting functions, administering financial management systems, and responding to audits. Supervised, trained, and mentored staff of military and civilian hired professionals. Reviewed and certified travel payments, reimbursements, and daily accountability balance sheet; analyzed and reviewed documentation on commercial payments. Managed civilian time sheets utilizing SLDCADA (Standard Labor Data Collection and Distribution Application) to meet labor laws and payroll reporting guidelines.

Key Contributions:

Championed exceptional audit results and led team to win recognition from outside audit agencies for low error rates and rapid response in calculating and reimbursing payroll entitlements.

Responded to 10% reduction in labor force in conjunction with a 35% workload increase in payroll and travel reimbursements by streamlining workflow procedures to increase personnel efficiency.

Reduced number of personnel handling reimbursement process by 50% to positively impact customer service results.

Chosen as member of working group tasked with rewriting agency regulations on pay, travel, and fiscal procedures.

Leveraged strong knowledge of MS Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint to assess, report, and present data on financial results, estimates, proposals, documents, and project management.

United States Marine Corps, Training & Education Unit, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

Instructor / Systems Administrator, 2012 – 2014

Chosen for top assignment to provide instruction to government personnel in the areas of financial management, accounting, payroll, and travel expense processing. Developed and delivered coursework for Finance Technician courses as well as general administrative and programmatic adult education/professional courses. Utilized technologies including Access databases, Excel spreadsheets, and SharePoint in tracking students, training requirements, budgets, and in handling maintenance for 200+ computers.

Key Contributions:

Ensured attainment of program needs by effectively managing $245K yearly school budget.

Held additional responsibility as the Information Systems Coordinator handling upgrades and implementations for server and workstation development and maintenance.

Optimized use of previously underutilized server assets and created shared drive capabilities.

Integrated multiple training methods by incorporating field systems into classroom training curriculum.

United States Marine Corps, Administrative Analysis Unit, Camp Johnson, North Carolina

Analyst / Systems Administrator, 2009 – 2012

Gathered and analyzed data on payroll and travel entitlements for teams across the globe. Held responsibility for developing analysis checklist guiding focus areas to align processes with regulations. Managed team’s travel budget; oversaw certification process for team vouchers to meet regulations. Delivered advice to decision makers on identifying and resolving deficiencies. Utilized PowerPoint and Excel to track/report budgets and deliver presentations on key data and corrective action plans.

Key Contributions:

Inspected vital data and uncovered errors; ensured deployment of corrective action for more than $1.4M in mis-payments; contributed to team determination on an additional $5M in mis-payments.

Personally credited with discovering more than 3100 errors leading to recovering more than $535K in improper payments; collaborated with unit to enable rapid and proactive corrective action.

Successfully executed 100% of team budget with no losses or overages; developed travel budget which included international travel for multiple teams and overlapping trips.

Created “Ask MCAAT” database that streamlined question receipt and response processes for units.

United States Marine Corps, Comptroller Division, MCRD Parris Island, Beaufort, South Carolina

Travel Manager / Systems Administrator, 2008 – 2009

Supervised and trained team of 23 professionals (military and civilian) responsible for managing operations at the Finance Office locally and in geographically dispersed locations. Communicated with all team members regarding claim reimbursement status. Identified and resolved issues to ensure continuous process improvements. Conducted second-stage quality control audits, trained teams to remedy discrepancies, and handled reporting processes.

Key Contributions:

Led team that managed more than $1.74M in travel reimbursements.

Held direct responsibility for certifying more than $350K in reimbursements.

Served as key team director for team continually recognized for high accuracy rates on internal and external audit agency scoring.

Additional experience with the United States Marine Corps in the Disbursing Office, Camp Lejeune, NC as a Certifier/Travel & Disbursing Manager.

Education and Credentials

BS, Business Administration, Computer Information Systems, 9/2016 Thomas Edison State College, Trenton, NJ

Technologies: Microsoft Office Suite, Java/C++ Programming, Open Office Suite. Windows, OSX, Linux, SharePoint

Certifications & Courses: Certified Defense Financial Manager; Member of American Society of Military Comptrollers; DoD Financial Management Certification Level 2; Active Secret Clearance (Top Secret Clearance Eligible); Enhanced Defense Financial Management Training; Appropriation Law Course; Lean Six Sigma Green Belt; Defense Decision Support Course; Advanced Finance Course

Associations: American Society of Military Comptrollers

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