Sr Budget Analyst

SKILLS

• Over ** years’ experience in accounting, finance, budget, and procurement roles

• Knowledge of analytical and evaluative methods and techniques for assessing program development or execution and improving organizational effectiveness and efficiency

• Agile in multitasking in a fast-paced environment, proven results in working independently as well as with a team

• Ability to be proactive, takes ownership of responsibilities, and operates with minimal supervision

• Knowledge of SQL commands

• Proficient in Windows and MAC operating systems, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel (VLOOKUP & Pivot Tables), SharePoint, COGNOS, BMC Remedy IT Service Management, DFAS, SABRS, ERP, and WAWF, IBM Datacap system

CLEARANCE DoD Secret

WORK EXPERIENCE

Powertek Corporation, Rockville, Maryland,

Sr. Program Analyst 10/01/2014 – 03/01/2019

• Serves as senior subject matter expert associated with content, processes, and procedures associated with IBM Datacap system for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Immigration Records and Identity Services (IRIS).

• Reviews and analyzes data that has been processed through the Optical Character Recognition (OCR) automation.

• Helps streamline workflow processes; review over 6 million processed images.

• Develops and leads new testing methods; generates training materials based on findings.

• Reviews any defects, repair-discovered defects, and submit corrections.

• Trains other analysts to perform Manual ID/Verify/QA data entry required fields properly; follows business rules to any values keyed in during Manual ID/Verify/QA.

• Tracks program performance, audit findings and reports, and customer feedback, identifies continuous improvement opportunities within the Quality Plan, and ensures compliance with the organization’s quality system and customer requirements.

• Participates daily export data reviews, internal assessments, and audits per requirements

Digital Management Inc., Bethesda, Maryland,

Sr. Financial Analyst 03/01/2014 – 09/30/2014

• Worked with project management staff to ensure a project cost are forecasted accurately and completely and tracks the latest estimate-at-complete against the project budget baseline and corporate annual budget, recommended corrective action as necessary.

• Assisted in the reconciliation of accounting transactions within automated systems at varying levels within the organization. Used financial automated systems to extract data to create reports to show justify and explain commitment, obligation and expenditure trends.

• Verified transactions comply with financial policies and procedures; prepare batches and vouchers of invoices for payment.

• Monitored monthly invoices and requisitions for goods and services and prepared semimonthly burn rate report analysis (project Estimate to Complete and Estimate at Completion).

• Analyzed requests for requests for reprogramming or program adjustments to determine funds availability and verified the legal basis for using requested funds.

• Reviewed adequacy of fund distribution for program requirements, proper reflections of fund transfers and adequate justification.

Triumph Enterprises, Inc., Fairfax, Virginia

Sr. Budget Analyst 4/1/2010 – 12/1/2013

• Reviewed and evaluated programs and resource plans, as well as issued program/budget guidance and technical direction to participating organizations.

• Modified budget estimates, addressed continual changes in technology and program direction.

• Reviewed, edited, and consolidated annual and multi-year budget estimates for activity programs into consolidated budget requests.

• Developed recommendations for budgetary adjustments to support continual unanticipated changes in policies, precedents, program operations and/or funding.

• Identified and analyzed trends in the receipt, obligation, or expenditure of funds to ensure that objectives of the annual financial plans are being met on a timely basis and that funds are available and being properly and effectively used to support program objectives.

• Prepared a variety of financial reports covering status of funds, expenses, reimbursements and obligations.

• Operated multiple automated programs and systems, input, retrieve, analyze data, prepared or compiled a variety of narrative, statistical, and tabulated data and reports.

McClendon LLC, Arlington, Virginia

Sr. Budget Analyst 6/1/2009 – 4/1/2010

• Provided advice and recommendations on budgetary issues to Contingency and International Programs, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense Comptroller (OUSD).

• Responsible for the monthly and quarterly Cost of War (Overseas Contingency Operations) costs Report, which were submitted to Government Accountability Office (GAO), Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and Congress totaling $151B annually. Ensured that changes in budgetary policy from OSD/OMB and Congress are disseminated to all applicable agency activities.

• Extracted monthly execution data from the accounting system ensuring execution data was properly captured. Worked with Defense Finance Accounting Service (DFAS) team and ensured reports were accurately reported.

• Resolved funding issues as appropriate. Coordinated any required changes with the appropriate staff offices and internal functional divisions.

• Analyzed the effects of projected cost changes; monitored reviewed and tracked obligations and expenditures for support functions throughout the execution phase of the annual operating budget.

• Ensured current month Cost of War reports balance against prior month reports using different methodologies; ran the pivot table to analyze monthly obligations, burn rate, and average monthly spending for Investment, Operations, and Military Personnel.

• Tracked budget execution and watched for major deviations between execution and the budget request.

eNTEGRITI, Inc., Herndon, Virginia

Sr. Program Analyst 5/1/2006 – 6/1/2009

• Provided support for budget formulation, justification, and presentation to Logistic Facilities and Services Command (LFS-1), Headquarters Marine Corps.

• Reviewed and commented on all program office budget submissions for alignment with POM and Procurement decisions for the branch.

• Identified the proper use of two types of funding appropriations (Operation and Maintenance Marine Corps (O&MMC) and Procurement Marine Corps (PMC)) during budget analyses.

• Tracked obligations, expenditures, de-obligations and budget of activities across various financial appropriations, and programs.

• Gathered, analyzed, prepared and summarized recommendations for financial plans, acquisition activity, trended future requirements and operating forecasts.

• Developed and use specialized spreadsheets to analyze program financial and budget issues, and kept the technical managers aware of any program financial issues.

• Oversaw program funding and reviewed property expenditures to ensure obligations incurred are valid expenditures.

• Prepared budget justification and defense of property programs for review by higher management.

• Interpreted guidelines (e.g. Department of Defense, Department of the Navy) pertaining to property management to gauge applicability, formulated procedures, and/or guide others in program execution.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts in Economics-George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia

CERTIFICATES

Certificate in Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE)

MEGGIE TRAN

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