Mohammad Izam Abid

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More than 6 years of finance and accounting experience, with two years in private industry experience, another one year in global alternative asset management experience, and over a year in public accounting experience. Supported or led a variety of operational, corporate, and forensic accounting projects ranging in size and industry. Strength in communications and leadership skills, strategic and critical thinking skills, ability to focus on customer, client and market, as well as interpret and provide broader context using financial and non-financial information, and ability to utilize and leverage technology in ways that add value to clients, customers and employees.

Clearance: Secret Clearance, Active

CORE COMPENTENCIES/AREAS OF EXPERTISE

MS Office

Windows 7, Vista, XP

Visio

MS Access

SharePoint

Intacct

Quick Books

CRM

Point of Sale

Advanced MS Excel

SAP

Tableau

Oracle

Defence Agencies Initiatives (DAI)

ADP Software

MS Dynamics

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

EXPERIENCE

Frontier, Inc., Quantico, VA July 2019 – Present

Senior Financial Consultant –Financial Management

Financial Management (FM), Defense Counterintelligence Security Agency (DCSA)

Senior Financial Consultant working with Fronter, Inc. to lead the newly established DCSA Operations Call Center (OCC) to process Background Investigation data for all government Department of Defense (DoD) and Non Department of Defense (DoD) clients

Led transfer of background investigations activities initially conducted by National Background Investigations Bureau (NBIB) under the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) starting October 1st, 2019.

Responsible for three separate teams under newly set up Operations Call Center (OCC) to establish and run processes by establishing customer orders, overseeing billing and collections, and facilitate revenue recognition

Collected over $!B in first year billing and collections utilizing Defense Agencies Initiative (DAI) as the financial system of record under the DCSA Working Capital Fund (WCF)

Responsible for managing team and reviewing all work papers and submissions to assure completeness, accuracy, and compliance with established procedures and policies

Worked closely with Finance, Security and Budget Point of Contacts from over 400 government agencies to obtain specific rules and guidelines to be sued for project-wide processing and billing of client information

Responsible for coaching 8 members of staff with new templates, workbooks, and appropriate documentation procedures to ensure quality and accuracy of high volume client submissions and data collection

Utilized advanced Excel skills to analyze and evaluate financial data to properly reconcile information from large data pulls and daily case order equip data

Helped develop code and establish business rules to organize and pull data from Personnel Investigations Processing System (PIPS) primarily for e-QIP as well as other sources such as electronic fingerprint system.

Organized and prepared data into DAI format on monthly basis to ensure only valid and accurate data is processed in DAI

Guidehouse Consulting (Previously PricewaterhouseCoopers), McLean, VA March 2017 – May 2019

Senior Associate – National Security Practice

Financial Improvement Audit Remediation (FIAR), Secretary of Air Force, Acquisitions Integration Policy (SAF/AQX)

Financial Improvement Audit Remediation (FIAR), Secretary of Air Force, (SAF/A6XG)

Senior Associate working with Guidehouse Consulting previously PwC's Public Sector Practice assigned to a Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR) engagement with a United States Department of Defense client.

Assessed risks at the client to effectively design an audit plan that addressed those risks

Prepared and reviewed documentation on client’s business processes to ensure proper control environment and identify areas where control gaps may be present

Developed and reviewed Air Force Instructions cross walk framework to support Self-Identified Deficiencies and Corrective Action Plan Acceptance

Compiled weapon system program office data related to military equipment and physical locations requested by Independent Public Auditor for audit planning purposes

Communicated with program offices and other Air Force agencies to draft standard operating procedures and process owners for contractor inventory control point memorandum issued to the field

Effectively communicated with multiple government agencies with both senior management and lower level employees at clients to efficiently perform audit readiness duties

Financial Improvement Audit Remediation (FIAR), Department of the Army, Army Working Capital Fund (AWCF)

Responsible for financial reporting, work paper preparation, and performing internal audit readiness procedures for major general property, plant and equipment, construction in progress projects, and all fixed asset accounts

Performed monthly reconciliations and consolidations to overall Working Capital Fund for all PP&E accounts and prepared adjusting journal entries

Prepared and managed all of the fixed asset transactions for the PP&E fund

Routinely used analytical skills and ERM framework components to improve system processes and mitigate enterprise risk

Analyzed financial statements of all Government Agencies – (under the CFO Act); intent to create uniformity amongst all reporting entities

Prepared and reviewed documentation on client’s business processes to ensure proper control environment and identify areas where control gaps may be present.

Worked on a project related to financial statements (note disclosures) – analytical research to streamline note disclosures and providing a concept statement that will facilitate efficient reporting for U.S. Government Agencies

Created statistical reports using excel on surveys by DoD– interpreted raw data using regression analysis to present valuable research to the clients

Efficiently collaborating with working group members from government agencies to discuss macro effects of the current project; providing useful input based on research analysis

Improved overall enterprise fund and fixed asset accountability and work paper documentation by automating processes and rewriting the policies and procedures manual in its entirety

Booz Allen Hamilton, Crystal City January 2016 – February 2017

Senior Consultant – Defense and Intelligence Group FIAR initiative

Audit Response & Evaluation (FMO-3), East Region

Currently serve as Team Assistant Contract Support Branch Lead of a team that Supports the Department of Navy’s Financial Statement Audit Readiness and Response Effort (BUPERS, NAVSUP, ONR)

Utilize Audit Response Tool (ARC) to provide the strategic guidance and technical expertise consolidating the audit response, communication, training, and education functions across the DON for audit and attestation engagement requirements.

Support with testing over 3,000 substantive samples

Develop training tools and educate new personnel on SBA Audit Examination and other project deliverables

Responsible for helping manage and oversee the audit response activity across fifteen of the nineteen total Navy Budget Submitting Offices (BSO) and their various segments such as including Civilian Pay, Military Pay, Reimbursable Work Orders, Fund Balance with Treasury, and Civilian/Vendor Pay

Operate closely with each BSO and BSO Financial Improvement Audit Readiness (FIAR) team in reviewing auditor provided by client (PBC) requests, ensuring complete documentation is delivered in a timely manner to the auditors.

Improve a relationship with BSO and clearly communicate auditor requests through proper channels.

Assist the team in documenting and communicating requirements for attainment of a clean audit opinion and performing gap analysis between current processes and changes required obtaining a clean audit opinion’s

Headquarters Marine Corps Program and Resources Division, Risk and Compliance Branch (HQMC, P&R, RFK

Assisted USMC process owners to document end=to-end business process activities (Process Cycle Narratives) (PCN)

Reviewed end-to-end business process activities and provide feedback to client

Reviewed key controls, identify financial reporting objectives (FROs) and risks of material misstatements (ROMMs), define key supporting documents (KSDs) within PCNs

Lead kick off meetings with process working group to present Process Cycle Narrative that will be provided to independent auditor for SBR 16’ audit.

Converted PCN into corresponding flowchart diagrams using Microsoft Visio.

Assisted in integration between USMC ICOFR and FISCAM Process Cycle Narratives to identify key systems controls

Analyzed multiple DoD Information accounting systems such as SABRES, GATES, TWCF and DEAMS.

PricewaterhouseCoopers, McLean, VA May 2015 – January 2016

Forensic Dispute Analyst – Experienced Associate

Perform analytical and fraud investigative procedures over multiple business economic loss claims to confirm compliance with a large economic damage class action settlement agreement amongst all industries

Used Excel to analyze and evaluate financial data to properly reconcile information to regulatory filings to ensure proper economic loss calculation

Responsible for reviewing associates work papers to assure completeness, accuracy, and compliance with settlement agreement policies

Assist with the implementation of software and templates to be used project-wide for processing claimant’s information

Consistently worked with staff and managers to ensure targets and budgetary requirements were achieved

Corresponded with claimants and attorneys to streamline accurate and proper claim processing

Responsible for coaching staff with new templates, modules, and appropriate documentation procedures to ensure quality

The Carlyle Group, Rosslyn, VA October 2014 – April 2015

Corporate Accounting Consultant

Approximately $30 million in monthly billing of management entities using PeopleSoft per Limited Partnership Agreement (LPA) and instructions received during working capital meetings with the Partnership Accounting and Fund Management teams.

Use of pivot tables, v-lookups and multiple functions in excel for Data Analysis/Clean-up

Prepare all bank account reconciliations and resolution of any variances

Support Corporate Accounting team with the month end close process

Applied Application of rebates and prepaid cash to outstanding invoices

Preparation of Journal Entries and furbished Ad hoc request.

Assist Accounts Receivable and IT PeopleSoft departments to implement new processes for billing and other reporting functions.

Maintain project status and request new projects or customers when needed in PeopleSoft

EJF Capital LLC (Cordia RS), Arlington, VA July 2014– September 2014

Corporate Accounting Consultant

Monitored accounting and business information of the firm to ensure that all the required standards and expectations were met

Prepare and analyze all accounting and financial records and prepare required documents to help assist and respond to all written and oral questions for clients.

Oversaw day-to-day processing of financial transactions to reconcile that finances were maintained in an effective, up to date and accurate manner

Responsible for maintaining control of confidential client information

Coordinate with clients and acquire confirmation of all required information and perform tests on all internal controls of organization.

Prepared, processed, and maintained weekly and bi-weekly payroll for over 100 employees using Intacct and Microsoft Dynamics.

Provided administrative support in office operations and assisted in preparation of monthly reports used by upper management for analysis

Managed Accounts Receivable/Payable and expense control procedures including bank and account reconciliation, cash receipts, disbursements, billing, invoice, purchase order, and preparation of daily bank deposits

UJ & Associates Inc. July 2013 – July 2014

Staff Accountant (Part Time)

Utilize QuickBooks accounting software to perform daily and biweekly activities for corporate accounts such as dispersing funds, receiving deposits, preparing journal entries, bank and month-end closing reconciliations

Analyze and review financial statements for five major companies to ensure accuracy and adequate timely reporting

Implement expense control procedures to properly manage accounts receivable/payable, bank and account reconciliations, cash receipts, disbursements, billing, invoice, purchase order, payroll, and preparation of daily bank deposits for over 100 UJ & Associates Inc. employees.

Coordinate audit review with internal auditor for non-profit client to ensure review of financials statements along with proper inventory control.

Consistently met corporate goals and objectives which created a high performing team environment

Processed new hires, terminations, and all employee data changes

EDUCATION

Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA

Bachelor of Science 2013: Accounting

GPA: 3.4/4.0; Dean’s List 2012 & 2013

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