Christina Wade

Secret Clearance

Harvest, AL ****9

ad3oe3@r.postjobfree.com

+1-310-***-****

A seasoned Resource/Project Manager with a wealth of knowledge and experience in Project Management, Budget Formulation and Execution, Contract Management and Economic Analysis. I am an expert in quantitative and qualitative analysis, statistical analysis, developing performance standards and evaluating performance, preparing budgetary reports and providing timely advice and support.

Specialties: Process Improvement; Budget Formulation and Execution; Financial Analysis; Contract Closeout; Project Management; Managerial Accounting; Earned Value Management. Willing to relocate: Anywhere

Authorized to work in the US for any employer

Work Experience

Program Integrator

Iron Mountain Solutions - Huntsville, AL

July 2023 to December 2023

• Plan and monitor projects and analyses for a portion of the organizations budget and provide financial advice with guidance from senior analysts of the organizations program financial requirements.

• Interpret established policies and procedures, and regulations in conformance with the established mission objectives and goals.

• Analyze management information requirements to develop program or administrative reporting systems including the systems specifications, data gathering, and analytical techniques, and systems evaluation methodology.

• Track all active year funds regarding allocation, obligation, and expenditure of funds for their respective areas.

• Actively participates in near, mid-term, and long-range planning.

• Experience in financial management and execution for Foreign Military Sales (FMS).

• Utilize financial systems such as the Standard Operation and Maintenance Army Research and Development System and General Fund Enterprise Business System to process Purchase Requisitions and Mechanization of Contract Administration Services.

• Utilize Project Management Resource Tool (PMRT) Comprehensive Cost and Reporting (CCaR) to create and process Purchase Requisitions, Purchase Orders, and Logistics Modernization Program (LMP). Principal Specialist – Project Management/Subject Matter Expert KBR - Huntsville, AL

August 2022 to July 2023

• Manage program acquisition strategy, program baseline, and direct acquisition lifecycle activities and all efforts associated with the product office

• Coordinate acquisition program requirements across Congressional interest, DOD, Army and Industry; consulting functional experts both internally and externally to de-conflict competing priorities and gain consensus

• Evaluate program integration in the area of program management consistent with the DoDI 5000 series Adaptive Acquisition Framework and associated Acquisition Pathways.

• Ensure collaborative teaming and communications across the agency

• Analyze, interpret, and apply complex legislative, policy, and regulatory decisions in the development of plans, policies, and/or guidance

• Review and evaluates data relating to short- and long-term technical management, financial objectives and requirements to keep abreast of program progress and anticipated problems

• Establish priorities, maintain, and control all project milestones and take necessary action to ensure that all milestones are met

• Review and evaluate data relating to short and long-term technical management, financial objectives, and requirements

Sales Specialist-Millwork

Lowe's Home Improvement - Madison, AL

November 2021 to November 2022

• Ensuring displayed merchandise reflects high standards of showroom readiness, operates as intended during demonstrations, and is up to date, accurately mirroring the manufacturers current product offering.

• Engaging in safe work practices including the proper operation of store equipment.

• Serves as an expert, explaining the specifications and features of a product or service to existing or potential customers, with the goal of closing a sale.

• Provides exceptional consultative services to customers and confirms their needs are met before leaving the store.

• Responsible for executing orders and projects in their area of focus. Fulfillment Associate

Lowe's Home Improvement - Madison, AL

April 2021 to November 2021

Maintain professionalism while responding quickly to customer and associate needs.

• Ensure merchandise is in good condition, accurately accounted for, and delivered to customers on- time.

• Pulls merchandise safely for loading onto delivery trucks and helping customers and staff move merchandise safely.

• Assists customers, delivery team members, and Installation Providers by pulling and preparing orders prior to pick up, replenishing shelves for next customers and loading merchandise into their vehicles.

• Meets the needs of customers by engaging in conversations with other associates to ensure correct products are delivered on time.

• Validates that the right products are delivered to customers by accurately pulling, inspecting and preparing merchandise for delivery or pick up, as well as verifying invoices against loaded products.

• Confirms deliveries are ready upon truck arrival, and assists with loading merchandise, including large appliances.

Supervisory Management and Program Analyst

US Army Futures Command - Huntsville, AL

April 2019 to February 2020

• Performs all aspects of the planning, analysis, formulation, justification, presentation, execution and review of multi-appropriations, to include Operation and Maintenance, Army, Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Procurement, revolving funds, etc.

• Oversees financial activities of aviation science and technology segments totaling $745M.

• Develops and provides overall funding guidelines and advice for improved financial accounting and analysis. - Reviews, analyzes and interprets Department of the Army accounting policy and guidance.

• Capable of forecasting with the ability to forecast across a sector. Ability to understand impact of business decisions impact and provide analysis to business segment leader.

• Performs systems analysis functions and provides expert advice and expertise on implementing financial requirements in the various financial and budgetary systems.

• Manage Internal Control program, Defense Travel System and Government Travel Card program.

• Reviews and interprets Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD), Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), Army, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and Congressional policies and regulations for the justification and submission of budget estimates and provides guidance to senior management and project leads.

• Deliver expert advice and guidance to program and line managers on the interpretation and the formulation of budget estimates and requests in support of the five-to-seven-year development of the program.

• Ensure that accounting policies, procedures and controls are executed consistent with General Dynamics' policy and GAAP and that financial records reflect the organization's performance.

• Advanced understanding of FAR regulations. Ability to decide appropriate action for routine contractual and financial reporting based on interpretation of FAR.

• Cultivates and evaluates long-range budgetary and program requirements to assure their conformance with established Army policies and the intent of Congress. Chief Enterprise Architect/Subject Matter Expert

Productivity Solutions Corporation

August 2018 to April 2019

-Synchronizes program actions and decisions with professional staffers through the integrator.

-Prepares program documentation in preparation for major milestone decisions.

-Presents cost, schedule and performance risk associated with recommended courses of action

-Develops, updates and implements action plans that effectively supports DoD and priorities and goals of the Army modernization plan.

-Employs and improves command wide-plans, policies and procedures for HQ Department of the Army, subordinate commands and plans and issues associate with Congressional Interest.

-Consolidate team inputs from integrated product team members in support of program recommendations, reviews, and written drafts of program plans.

-Produce a variety of correspondence and reports such as position papers, fact sheets, inserts for the record and letters to members of Congress or Congressional Committees.

-Develop and implement policies and procedures that support the Secretary of the Army

-Coordinate with directors of the Headquarters Staff and subordinate commands on plans and issues with Congressional interest.

Program Analyst

All Native Group

April 2016 to August 2018

-Support the Department of the Army System Coordinator (DASC) with developing, planning, organizing and tracking assigned aspects of the programs; and in the development of policy and procedures to achieve the goals and objective.

-Assist in the estimating of financial requirements; and planning budgets for ASA(ALT) Medical Systems, Track financial data in the Program Optimization and Budget Evaluation and the Army Enterprise, (PPBE) Data Warehouse systems and validates funding plans and requirements.

-Serve as focal point for analysis activities of assigned projects areas within the MRMC partnership.

-Ensure the accurate and relevant collection, analysis, and productions for in depth reports as part of the ASA (ALT) Medical Systems and Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition process for delivery to and approval by senior Army and DoD officials and briefings to senior military officials

-Track and report RFI from Senate/House Armed Services Committees (SASC/HASC)

-Utilize knowledge of medical operational requirements to manage Science and Technology portfolios with multiple task lines.

Team Lead, Budget Analyst

US Army Logistics Modernization Program

January 2013 to April 2016

• Oversaw Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) compliance within Electric Systems (ES) programs.

• Compiled narrative and statistical material and prepares exhibits and related background information for program briefings.

• Organized, directed and executed actions required to formulate, develop, coordinate and implement policies and guidelines governing the designated funding appropriation portion of assigned appropriations.

• Utilized General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS) to monitor the execution of approved funding, prepare Purchase Request, and perform L1 and L4 certification activities.

• Maintained an Army Working Capital Fund (AWCF) Command Operating Budget of $352M IAW Department of Defense Financial Management Regulations (Dodo) and Defense Finance and Accounting Manual 37-100.

• Proactively coordinated with team members in working multiple projects simultaneously (i.e. Army Cost Position (ACP), CARD, Economic Analysis Development Plan (EADP), etc.) while fostering team work and efficiency.

• Worked with the Enterprise Contract Management Group (ECM) to create a new Small Business (SB) set-aside multiple award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with Contract Ceiling:

$846M.

• Conducted integrated product team meetings, assembled to address programmatic, engineering, logistical, or contractual issues that pose a risk to the programs performance, budget, and schedule. Financial Manager

Analytic Services

September 2012 to January 2013

● Provide specialized knowledge of Financial and Acquisition Management in specific functional or operational domains.

● Coordinated work between multiple directorates, financial/fiscal agent, documenting and addressing audits and incidents.

● Reviwed expenses, formulating and managing budgets, and developing and enforcing agency policy.

Sr. Principal Business Analyst

CACI

October 2011 to September 2012

-Achieved analysis on a wide variety of health care IT acquisition data valued at $75M, researched, manipulated, and analyzed data related to acquisition of new, complex health initiatives.

-Prepared analyses and other input necessary to address budget-related questions.

-Rendered acquisition support oversight for multiple, complex, multi-billion dollar programs executed simultaneously at centralized and decentralized locations.

-Analyzed and evaluate (on a quantitative or qualitative basis) the effectiveness of line program operations in meeting established goals and objectives.

-Maintained data in financial management system; interpreting budget directives; and monitoring, compiling, comparing and analyzing program expenditures.

-Executed financial management authorizations/appropriations and monitoring of program activities to fiscal completion of project.

-Developed IT-53, OMB Exhibit 300, BES, Unfunded Requests submissions;

•Contributed advisory inputs to all planning, programming, budget and execution activities; have expertise with O&M, RDT&E and Procurement funds.

Senior Financial Analyst

ER Williams Management Consulting

March 2011 to October 2011

• Provided technical expertise in the material acquisition process, Planning Programming and Budget Execution (PPBE).

• Planned, established and maintained an integrated financial management system.

• Produced in-depth analysis of POM, BES and PB submissions; budget request.

• Formulated, developed, coordinated and implemented policies and guidelines governing the designated funding appropriation portion of the major programs.

• Exercised control and surveillance over funding matters to assure successful attainment of project objectives.

• Monitored the execution of the approved operating budget to assure that funds are properly allocated, obligated and spent in a timely and effective manner.

• Used principles, methods, techniques and systems of financial management (to include accounting and budgeting) in order to provide a variety of advice and technical support to various program activities of a diverse business organization.

Senior Financial Manager

KGS

May 2010 to December 2010

-Provided technical expertise in the material acquisition process, Planning Programming and Budget Execution (PPBE) support for the DTRA Comptroller's Office

-Prepared Congressional Budget Justification Books (CB) and materials for the President's Budget

-Produced in-depth analysis of POM, BES and PB submissions; budget request; over guidance issues

(Yogis), and associated processes.

-Administered supportability to a team of technical personnel engaged in planning, development, engineering, production, and the test of assigned products/projects

-Executed actions required to formulate, develop, coordinate and implement policies and guidelines governing the designated funding appropriation portion of the major programs presentation of information related to all of the above

Program Analyst

U.S. Army

June 2008 to May 2010

• Served as a Senior Budget Analyst, planning, establishing, monitoring and participating in the control and responsibility for the formulation, execution of the Product Manager, Force Protection Systems (PM FPS) programs involving life cycle program plans assigned systems and equipment totaling $500 million.

• Formulated, developed, coordinated and implemented policies and guidelines governing the designated funding appropriation portion of the major programs such as OSD RDT&E, OMA, OMA-R and OPA and other assigned appropriations.

• Utilized Standard Operation and Maintenance Army Research and Development (SOMARDS) to monitor the execution of approved funding.

• Developed justification and impact statements and compiles data need for forecasting obligations

• Compiled narrative and statistical materials and prepared exhibits and related background information for program briefings. These justifications and impact statements result in POM, BES and PB submissions

• Performed management review of cost, schedule, performance and supportability of projects/ programs/products as they transition through the acquisition life cycle.

• Interfaced with other federal agencies and military services, Office of the Secretary of Defense

(Acquisition, Technology and Logistics) and all Army MAC OMS Education

Master's Degree in Business Administration

American InterContinental University Hoffman Estates - Hoffman Estates, IL February 2008 to December 2008

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration

American InterContinental University-Online - Hoffman Estates, IL November 2004 to December 2005

Skills

• Microsoft Office

• Data warehouse

• Financial report writing

• Technical support

• Financial accounting

• Military

• Accounting

• Surveillance

• Product management

• Research

• Enterprise architecture

• Organizational skills

• Systems analysis

• Financial management

• Customer service

• Six Sigma

• Budgeting

• Microsoft Powerpoint

• Financial analysis

• Portfolio management

• Research & development

• GAAP

• DoD experience

• Procurement

• Technology management

• Program management

• Logistics

• Project management

• Maintenance

• Writing skills

• Earned value management

• Project coordination

• Data analysis skills

• Business analysis

• Contract management

• Sales

• SharePoint

• Management consulting

• Order picking

• Forecasting

• Millwork

• Data entry

• Process Improvement

• Quantitative Analysis

• ERP Systems

Military Service

Branch: United States Air Force

Rank: E-5

Certifications and Licenses

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

Present

Secret Clearance

Assessments

Spreadsheets with Microsoft Excel — Proficient

March 2022

Knowledge of various Microsoft Excel features, functions, and formulas Full results: Proficient

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