EDWARD AMPATE, CPA, MBA

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McLean, VA 22102

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(C): 703-***-****

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EDUCATION

George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

BS Accounting

American University, Washington, DC

MBA (in-progress)

ASSOCIATIONS:

Certified Public Accountant, State of California,

Member of American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Member of ISACA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

GKA PC CPA and Consulting

District of Columbia Universal Service Trust Fund (DCUSTF) – Financial Statement Audit

Served as audit manager primary responsible for the daily management of the audit, The audit was to perform the financial statement audit of DCUSTF. The primary objective and scope of the audit is to determine if the FY 2022 financial statement was complete, accurate, consistent, reasonable, and complied with laws and regulations. The audit was conducted in accordance with Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (“GAGAS”), and American Institute of Certified Public Accountant (AICPA) Government Auditing standard. The audit methodology includes using risk approach to planning and scoping, document internal control system, evaluation of the design of the internal control system, internal control operating effectiveness testing, compliance with provision of laws testing, substantive testing, and issue independent auditors report.

Alliance Executive Search March 2023 to Present

CohnReznick – Consultant

Served as a consultant to assist CohnReznick to examine Department of Energy contract transactions to determine if the hourly rates charged to contracts were reasonable.

GKA PC CPA and Consulting March 2016 to 2023

US Department of Transportation/Federal Transit Administration (FTA) – Incurred Cost Submission Audit

Served as the audit manager to perform the incurred cost submission audit of FTA’s contractor LS Gallegos & Associates, Inc. and HNTB Corporation. The objective and scope of the audit was to audit the FY2020 statement of indirect cost, schedule of cost pools and incurred cost electronically model (ICE). To determine if the contractor’s indirect cost rate is complete, accurate, consistent, and reasonable. Also, to ensure the contractor complied with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 31 and 52 requirements, and FTA contract agreement. We conducted the audit in accordance with Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (“GAGAS”), American Institute of Certified Public Accountant (AICPA) standard and Defense Contract Audit Agency Manual. The audit includes the evaluation of the design of the internal control system to determine if the design of the internal control system is adequate to mitigate the inherent and control risks.

Public Service Commission (PSC) – District of Columbia Universal Trust Fund Financial Statement Audit

Served as the audit manager to perform financial statement audit of the Public Service Commission’s Universal Service Trust Fund (USTF). The objective and scope of the financial statement audit is to perform a generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) financial statement audit of the District of Columbia Universal Services Trust Fund (“DCUSTF”), express an opinion as to whether financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the statement of net assets as of December 31, 2020 and the related statements of revenue, expenses and fund net asset, and Statement of cashflow for the period ending December 31,2020, and report on compliance and internal control over the financial reporting. The financial statement audit was conducted in accordance with the Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (“GAGAS”), as required by the Government Accounting Standards Board and the Financial Accounting Standards Board. The audit includes audit of the DCUSTF records covering both collections and disbursements for the year ended December 31, 2020, independent Auditor’s report, management’s discussion and analysis, and a report on compliance and internal controls over financial reporting based on audits of financial statements performed in accordance with government auditing standards.

US Department of Transportation/Federal Transit Administration (FTA) – Incurred Cost Submission Audit

Served as the audit manager to perform the incurred cost submission audit of FTA’s contractor LS Gallegos & Associates, Inc. The objective and scope of the audit was to audit the FY2018 statement of indirect cost, schedule of cost pools and incurred cost electronically model (ICE). To determine if the contractor complied with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) requirements, FTA contract requirements, internal control standards and other Federal government requirements.

SA Professional Service LLC – Independent Contractor July 2015 to March 2019

US Department of Transportation/Federal Transit Administration (FTA) – Pre-award Survey Review

Served as the audit manager to perform the pre-award survey review of FTA’s contractor PrimMar LLC financial management and accounting systems. The objective of the review is to determine if the contractor has adequate financial management and accounting systems in place to comply with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) requirements to meet FTA contract requirements.

District of Columbia’s (DC) Department of Healthcare Finance – Medicaid Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC)

Served as the project director to perform Medicaid recovery audit of the DC Department of Healthcare Finance Medicaid recipients (contractors). The objective and scope of audit is to determine if the Medicaid recipients complied with the Medicaid requirements and if the cost reported to Department of Healthcare Finance for reimbursement was not overstated or understated.

District of Columbia’s (DC) Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) - International Registration Plan, (IRP) Audit

Served as a consultant to perform compliance audit of DC DMV vehicle registrants (Carriers) to determine if they complied with the IRP requirements. The objective and scope of the audit is to determine if the actual distance travelled reported to DMV for the fiscal year is accurate, consistent, complete, and reasonable. That includes evaluating the Carrier’s internal controls system.

District of Columbia’s (DC) Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) – Indirect Cost Proposal Rate

Served as consultant to develop an indirect cost rate proposal for OAH. The objective and scope of the project is to use the simplified method to develop an indirect cost rate proposal for the OAH, to enable them to comply with method set forth in CFR 200 (Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal awards) Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requirements.

Wyoming Universal Service Fund (WUSF) – Financial Audit

Served as the audit manager to perform financial audit of WUSF to determine if the fund complied with the State of Wyoming special regulations in agency’s Rules and Regulations, under Chapter 5, that governs the collection, calculation and disbursement of funds related to communication service providers. The objective and scope of the audit is to determine if the methodology used by the fund to assess fees and taxes to communication service providers in the State is accurate, consistent, and reasonable. That includes the evaluation of the internal control system surrounding the collection, calculation, and disbursement of funds.

District of Columbia (DC) Office State Superintendent of Education – Enrollment Audit

Served as the project manager to perform an enrollment audit of the District of Columbia Public and Charter Schools and Community Based Organization. The objective and scope of the enrollment audit is to conduct physical head count of students registered in the DC public school system, review of student records and verification and validation student residency status to determine if the student qualify for the district’s educational financial assistance.

District of Columbia (DC) Office Chief Financial Officer (CFO)– Enterprise Risk Management

Served as a consultant to assist Grant Thornton in implementing enterprise risk management (ERM) for the District Office of CFO. The objective and scope of the project is to conduct interviews with OCFO management and staff to identify and document risk within each division (enterprise level). Also, assess the level of the risk at the enterprise level that includes inherent and control risks.

District of Columbia (DC) Office Chief Financial Officer/Office of Tax Revenue/Real Property Tax Assessment (RPTA) – Information System Audit

Served as the information technology (IT) auditor to conduct information system of audit of the major applications used by RPTA. The objective and scope of the audit is to identify all the major applications used by RPTA to assess, track, monitor and report on commercial property taxes. And determine if the applications complied with FISCAM, NIST 800-53 and DC information system requirements including the application security, access controls and data management requirements.

District of Columbia (DC) Department of Healthcare Finance - Medicaid Cost Report Audit

Served as the project manager to assist the DC Department of Healthcare Finance to conduct audit of the district’s school-based and nursing home health services cost report. The objective and scope of the audit is to review and analyze the health services cost report provided by the recipients of the District’s Federal and State Medicaid funding to ensure the cost report complied with the Medicaid programs and other Federal government standards. And the cost and claim payments made to the recipients by the district are reasonable.

Department of Transportation/Federal Transit Administration (FTA) - Financial Management Review

Served as a consultant to assist FTA perform financial management review of Jackson Mississippi Transit System (JATRAN). The objective and scope of the review is to determine if JATRAN complied with the OMB grant management requirements (2 CFR Part 200). That includes evaluating the internal control system to determine is adequate to mitigate the risk associated with the grant management.

Army General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS) – Information System Audit

Served as a consultant to perform internal audit function as Information Technology (IT) auditor to prepare the Army General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS) for audit readiness. The objective and scope of the project is to ensure GFEBS is incompliance with NERC CIP, CobiT, and NIST requirements. That includes reviewing the SAP general and application controls implemented by Army IT SMEs to ensure the controls are adequate to comply with the NERC CIP, CobiT, and NIST requirements.

District of Columbia Office of Chief Financial Officer - Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports (CAFR) Audit

Served as the audit manager to perform the DC CAFR audit. The objective and scope of the audit is to determine if the financial statements of the various DC Agencies reported to the OCFO are complete, accurate, consistent, and reasonable. That includes the evaluation of the internal control system surrounding the financial reporting, operation and compliance with the laws and regulations.

GMG Management Consulting January 2013 to July 2015

Senior Manager – Audit & Management Consulting Services

Performed grant performance and compliance audit of various State agencies, Educational Institutions and Non-profit organizations that receives Federal grants from US Department of Agriculture/Forest Service to determine if they complied with OMB Circular A-21, Cost Principles for Educational Institutions, OMB Circular A-87 Cost Principles for State, Local and Indian Tribal Governments (2 CFR 225), OMB Circular A-102, Grants and Cooperative Agreements with State and Local Governments, OMB Circular A-122, Cost Principles for Non-Profit Organizations, OMB Circular A-110 Uniform Administrative

Performed Public Financial Management Risk Assessment (PFMRA) of the Afghanistan’s Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MCN) to determine if they have adequate financial management process to implement and manage US Department of State grants and financial assistance.

Assisted Department of Health and Human Service’s Public Support Center management to implement OMB Circular A-123 Appendix A Management's Responsibility for Internal Control.

OFORI & ASSOCIATES, PC September 2009 to January 2013

Project Manager

Assisted the Department of Homeland Security / National Protection and Program Directorate (NPPD) internal control team to perform root causes analysis of internal control deficiencies, develop strategies and corrective actions to resolve the internal control deficiencies to comply with OMB Circular A-123 Appendix A Management's Responsibility for Internal Control.

Assisted Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) / Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) manage Federal grants provided to 115 Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) across the country to provide rental assistance to 52,000 families victimized by the hurricanes Katrina, GUSTAV and IKE worth total of $260 million.

SIGMA-ALPHA LLC March 2007 to September 2009

Program Director

Assisted Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct financial statement audit of Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) Information System Audit (SEC) financial information systems by using FISCAM methodology and ensured that the control activities complied with NIST 800-53 requirements.

Assisted HUD/Federal Housing Administration (FHA) management to implement OMB Circular A-123 Appendix A Management's Responsibility for Internal Control.

Performed SOX 302 and 404 compliance review of Prudential Insurance Company accounts payable and financial reporting processes to ensure that management has designed and implemented adequate internal control techniques to prevent, detect and correct errors, irregularities, and fraud.

Performed financial statement review of various mortgage bankers or lenders that issue Ginnie Mae mortgage back securities to determine if they complied with HUD mortgage loan issuance requirements.

Performed SOX 302 and 404 compliances with the Fannie Mae with the focus on financial statement review of developers that partnership with Fannie Mae’s to receive mortgage loans for Low Income Housing Tax Credit programs to ensure they complied with HUD requirements and the Fannie Mae partnership agreement.

Assisted the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) management to implement A-123 Appendix A Management's Responsibility for Internal Control.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) August 2004 to March 2007

Control Manager

Performed the SEC 10K, 10Q and S1 reporting.

Performed special project assessment, improvement and management for the Freddie Mac Single Family Performing Loan and Non-Performing Loan Administration using the six-sigma approach.

Performed SOX 302 and 404 compliance review of Single-Family Performing Loan and Corporate Office activities such as stock compensation, payroll, etc to determine if the design of internal control is adequate and the internal controls are operating effectively.

BearingPoint Inc March 2004 to August 2004

Senior Consultant

Performed gap analysis of the Department of Transportation (DOT) Working Capital Fund business processes to identify gaps within the processes; developed and implemented policies and procedures to correct any gaps to comply with Federal government financial management requirements.

Performed SOX 302 and 402 compliance review with the focus on the Review and analysis on the audited Financial Statements of various Mortgage Banks (e.g., Chase, Wells Fargo, Washington Mutual, Citibank etc.) that receives mortgage loans from Ginnie Mae to ensure they complied with Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Mortgage Loan requirements.

IBM Global Consulting Services October 2002 to March 2004

Senior Consultant

Reviewed and analyzed Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Fixed Asset transactions transferred out of the Work-In-Progress (WIP) accounts to the Personal and Real property accounts (capital asset account –sub ledger); and reconciled to the general ledger to ensure it is consistent with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).

Reviewed and analyzed Department of Transportation/ Maritime Administration capital improvements to ships under Maritime Administration to ensure that they were properly capitalized and in compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Statement of Federal Accounting Standard # 6.

PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting LLP August 1999 to October 2002

Consultant - Financial Management Solution - Financial Statement Analysis and Compilation; Business Process Analysis & Internal Control Evaluation

Assisted with the Government-wide Treasury Account Symbol Adjusted Trial Balance (GTAS) reporting.

Designed and implemented MS Access database as quality assurance tool to manage Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Fixed Asset transactions to ensure compliance with general accepted accounting principles and FAA’s business rules.

Performed business analysis of the FAA’s financial management system to develop a business process model for FAA’s enterprise.

Performed internal control evaluation of the FAA’s property management cycle.

Performed financial statement compilation of FAA’s FY 2001 Consolidated Financial Statement, including FACTS-I and FACTS-1I statements.

Performed cost analysis of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) projects, contracts, and grants to ensure the cost methodology is consistent with management cost directives.

Gardiner, Kamya & Associates, P.C July 1997 to August 1999

Senior Audit Associate

Performed financial audit for the following agencies U.S. Department of Treasury forfeiture funds, National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration; Food and Drug Administration; Department of Justice/US Marshall AND Performed due diligence HUD/Federal Housing Administration loans to determine if FHA loans are following HUD requirements.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Excel, Word, Access, Power-point, Lindo, SPSS, Expert Choice, MS Project & Visio, IDEA

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