Human Resources El Paso

Maria R. Garcia

**** **** **** **

El Paso, Texas 79936

Cell Phone: 915-***-****

*********@*****.***

Work: 915-XXX-XXXX

DSN: XXX-XXXX

PROFILE: I am experienced in accounting, including budgeting, auditing and finance. I am actively looking for opportunities with companies that will allow me to continue that practice. I believe strongly in always being on the forefront of technological development. I have been instrumental in my past positions with bringing new and emerging technology into our business processes for I know technology will benefit your company. I strive to ensure that I am always paying close attention to detail and ensuring that my work is nothing short of my best abilities. I firmly believe in personal accountability, integrity and professionalism. I am a hardworking, driven individual, a motivated self-starter as well as an enthusiastic team player.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

01/31/2023 – 09/27/2023: Junior Finance Manager, U.S. Army MEDCOM Command. Venesco LLC, 40hr/wk, 14801 Murdock Street, Suite 125, Cantilly, VA 20151., 703-***-****. San Antonio, TX 78234, contract work.

Duties: Perform project budget analyst, accounting and audit services for the Defense Health Program (DHP) and Operations and Maintenance-Army (OMA) to align with the United States Army Programming and Budget process. Provide HQ programmatic and financial management support which is comprised of Financial Management, Administrative Assistance, and Project Program Management Assistance to U.S. Army MEDCOM Command and the Regional Health Commands (RHCs) Atlantic, Central, and Pacific, PIEE WAWF, EDA, CEDMS, IATS, ODS, GFEBS, GCSS-Army, DTS, GRC, Army Accounting, Accounting, DOD Accounting.

09/12/2022 to 10/11/2022: Benefits Accountant, 40 hrs/wk. MVT Holdings, 7131 Copper Queen, EPTX 79915, 915-***-****

Responsibilities: Synthesizes complex or diverse information; collects and research data; uses intuition and experience to complement data. Demonstrates attention to detail, Identifying and solving problems in a timely manner. Gather and analyze information to save and cut costs. Analyze carrier claims and utilization reports. Conduct monthly and quarterly audits in payroll systems, benefits systems, and vendor billings. Resolve employee issues with insurance providers and other benefits administrators. Review payroll deductions. Audit our Vendor Health Invoices and account for missed deductions or any discrepancies. Researches and compares incentive compensation plans offered by demographically comparable organizations; assesses competitors’ plans and makes recommendations for enhancements or improvements required to keep the organization’s plans competitive and effective. Completes records, reporting, and other documentation required by federal, state, and provider rules, regulations, and policies. Conducts employee surveys, census, and other research and demographic efforts required to collect accurate quotes from benefit providers. Identifies and selects carriers and plans based on quotes, available benefits, and prior experience. Monitors administrators’ and nsurance carriers’ reports to ensure the organization’s compliance with plan requirements. Ensures the organizations and plans’ compliance with the applicable provisions of COBRA, HIPAA, and ERIS. Maintains knowledge of economic conditions, labor market, and other factors related to ensuring the organization provides competitive and reasonable benefits and compensation scales and structures. Maintains knowledge of trends, developments, and best practices in compensation and benefits administration. Compiles and analyzes benefit financial information. Performs Revenue and Expense analysis to determine trends, estimates, and significant changes. Audits Vendor Invoices and performs monthly trend analysis. Reviews, investigates, and corrects errors and inconsistencies in financial entries, documents, and report. Prepare special financial reports as requested by management by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing account information and trends. Other duties may be assigned.

09/17/2021 to 11/30/2021: Accountant, 29 hrs/wk. Rocky Mountain Mortgage Accountant/ Hector, 3121 Olympus Blvd, 2nd floor, Coppell, TX 75063 USA, 1-214-***-**** Taylor Newman. temporary work.

Reconciled general ledger account with various registers, reconciled twenty-eight bank accounts on a daily basis, reconciled credit report charges. Prepared and recorded journal entries. Daily updated operating register (corporate register) and custodial register (investors register). Processed check requests, stop payments and researched all check inquiries. Maintained an organized filing system for all accounting documents. Perform other duties as assigned.

08/2020-01/27/2021: GECU Financial Coordinator. Hrs/wk 40, The Job Connection, 1250 Hawkins, EPTX 79925. Manuel 915-***-****.

Responsible to evaluate and approve business loans, for small business owners. Advice members of required documents needed to process business loans. Responsible for reviewing/analyzing documents submitted by members.

Additional responsibility included calling/emailing members to let them know they are eligible to obtain the loan. Assisted GECU members to obtain the SBA loans, but also assisted them to apply to the forgiveness program.

Responsible in obtaining all required approvals to ensure compliance to all lending guidelines to maintain accuracy of all credit underwriting processes and assess all loan structure.

Performed duties at various levels within the defined title. Assisted the customer lending department with loan extensions for members that got affected with COVID-19, lost their job and became unemployed, the situations out of their hands due to present economy situation. Proficient with Abrigo/Sagework, CuNextGen, FASB/miser, DocuSign, applications CUNA, APPRO internet websites.

05/2019 to 10/2019: Sr Property Accountant. Hrs per week 60, Housing Authority of El Paso, 5300 Paisano, El Paso, TX 79905, Perla 915-***-****.

As a Senior Property Accountant, I systematically and actively acted as the lead for the department property accountants and provided accounting services for the Agency’s real estate portfolio in support of optimization of asset value and quality of housing to residents. In addition, provided support to the transformation of HACEP through the HUD Rental Assistance Demonstration program, which takes the Agency from managing HUD properties, to owning and managing said properties. Additionally, was responsible for the existing process analysis and developed procedures that support efficient, quality, and timely service to internal customers, investors, regulatory agencies, and other external customers. Specific duties included, but were not limited in applying experience in real estate accounting/finance and lead the property accounting team in analyzing and developing processes and procedures. Coordinated property accountants’ efforts and serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for other property accountants and/or accounting technicians. Proactively managed day-to-day financial transactions of assigned properties, reviewed and/or posted accounts payable, accounts receivable, inventory, taxes, and fixed assets, to the general ledgers. Proactively managed reconciliations on a monthly basis for cash, accounts payable, accounts receivable, inventory, prepaid, and fixed assets. Prepared individual property financials and supporting documentation for internal and external customers on a monthly basis. Managed the financial close culminating in smooth, routine, and clean end-of-year audits and tax filings. Reviewed financial results and collaborated with the finance and operations teams to analyze, understand and develop root cause solutions in order to achieve superior financial performance. Interpreted technical financial data and inspired understanding in non-finance personnel translating into effective action and results. Supported the process and data requirements to report metrics and key performance indicators to identify opportunities to improve the financial performance of each property. Effectively and efficiently lead a team or be part of a team, depending on the circumstances. Proficient in Excel. Direct working experience with ERP systems such GFEBS, Yardi, Dynamics, Great Plains, and Ariet. Excellent verbal and written communication skills and strong interpersonal skills. Extremely, attentive and keen attention to detail and accuracy. Ability to effectively and efficiently manage and prioritize multiple tasks concurrently. Team oriented, analytical and have strong critical thinking skills. I am driven with emphasis on innovation and continuous process improvement. highly self-motivated and take initiative, innovative and resourceful. Performed other duties and special projects as assigned.

07/2018 to 3/15/2019: Accounting & Budget Supervisor: Vinton Village, 436 E. Vinton Rd, Vinton TX 79821: Leo Samankiego, 915-***-****. Contact: Yes, Salary: $29.73/hr.: Hrs. per week 32.

Accounting Duties: Oversee and participate in the preparation of various accounting and financial statements and reports. Ensure statement and reports accurately reflect the progress of the department.

Direct and supervise daily accounting activities, such as general ledger posting, creation of accounting and financial statements, and reporting of accounting and financial data.

Coordinate and prepare the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. Analyze data to discover patterns and/or discrepancies. Initiate and evaluate accounting systems, standards and procedures to ensure quality performance of the accounting function. Ensure compliance with federal, state and local laws, regulations, rules and ordinances related to municipal accounting, finance, fiscal controls and related reporting including Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB), Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) pronouncements and publications, and fund and grant accounting practices and standards. Recommend suitable solutions to city officials and executives when anticipated accounting and financial results were not achieved. Recommend and initiate security controls and internal relationships to produce accurate financial or regulatory reports, enhance or safeguard information integrity, and comply with internal or external audit findings, applicable statutory or grant requirements and professional standards, and otherwise respond to organizational needs. Responsibile for performing account reconciliations, audits and regular reviews to ensure the integrity of the accounting data within the computerized systems. Responsible the Fixed Asset Equipment accounts, prepares Journal Vouchers, and Standard Vouchers for documents input into the Financial Management System (FMS). Responsible for Capital Account reconciliation. Performs all phases of the Construction projects and the fund, distribution, control point activity, accounting and procurements. Responsible for reviewing existing systems and workflow procedures in order to identify discrepancies, processes and opportunities for system enhancements and analyzing systems requirement and designs of theFinancial Management and Accounting Systems. Oversee and perform management research studies, multi-year financial forecasting, and participate in the strategic planning process for the City’s future growth and impact on services. Assist with year-end closing of financial records, reviewing requisitions, vouchers and other financial documents. Respond to requests from city officials and executives regarding accounting and financial results.

Budget Duties: Assist in identifying and analyzing budget needs and priorities. Assist in development of the budget preparation manual and budget book, determination of a reasonable proposed budget for each department that satisfies the Mayor’s budget directives, and detailed review and analysis of departmental staffing table changes and requisitions budget requests. Assist in data collection and generation, drafting, editing and proofing the final budget document.

Confer, advise and assist department directors on budgetary issues including staffing expenditure and revenue projections, capital improvements, federal funding, economic trends and funding levels.

Monitor expenditures in assigned areas to assure sound fiscal control. Advise department and division heads of budget levels.

Prepare budget transfer requests. Monitor grants and special contracts, assist with grant preparation and ensure that expenditures are conducted in accordance with grant specifications.

Oversee monthly analysis of appropriations, expenditures, revenue and encumbrances at the index and sub-object level, initiate any corrective action to ensure compliance with approved allocations and generate periodic reports.

Assist in preparation of the annual debt service budget, oversee and reconcile debt proceeds. Review and analyze historical data, current and projected economic conditions, fiscal policies and management directives to recommend a realistic and attainable budget. Advise supervisor in a timely manner of situations or issues that have or could lead to deviation from expected results, when funds re required from other sources, and recommend appropriate solutions or options.

Monitor execution of the approved budget.

Internal Audit Functions: Conduct internal Audits and cost control analysis. Assist external auditors with requirements of audit testing of specified areas.

Determine scope of internal controls, job processes in conjunction with compliance, policies and procedures. Review the accounting system general ledger before performing end of month or yearend closing.

Strong analytical, written/verbal communication, interpersonal, and relationship building skills. Excellent systems knowledge and familiarity and the ability to adapt to change quickly and multi-task.

Audit planning, supervise and conduct an independent appraisal of issues, serve as a consultant to management in the areas of financial management, operations, computer systems, regulatory compliance, fiscal controls and potential misappropriation of funds, internal controls to ensure compliance with Generally Accepted Auditing standards and prepare recommendations on policies and procedures to improve internal controls of the city.

Identify opportunities for improvement and recommend improvement to systems and standard operating procedures to enhance internal controls. Manage the integrity of all the accounting support systems to ensure audit compliance. Ensure audits are completed timely and meeting the Generally Accepted Auditing Standards. Establish work and audit program priorities, monitor work progress. Establish formal policy and provides audit guidance to ensure that audits comply with Government auditing Standards and Establish city policies and procedures. Represent the City at various meetings and conferences and interact with a wide range of officials, department directors, coworkers and the public.

Other Essential Duties: Responsible for all billing of enterprise activities, collection and management of cash and deposits related to enterprise accounts.

Responds to and resolves difficult and sensitive citizen inquiries and complaints. Assist RFP/RFQ activities for grant funded projects and maintains appropriate records in compliance with grant programs.

Assist in the development of the Village’s Investment Policy and compliance of approved policy. Prepare monthly reports with the City Accountant for City Council and analysis to facilitate decision making through reports and presentations.

Assist in financing plans for Capital Improvement programs and projects. Assist with research and preparation of reports and recommendations on assigned issues and ordinances for City Council member.

Provides support to the Village Administrator and other departments as needed. Performs related duties and responsibilities as required. Assist in coordination of special events or programs. Assist with grant related activities such as planning, application, administration and implementation.

Additional Duties: Performs all duties required by law, ordinance, resolution or State Law. May supervise assigned employees, assign, guide and monitor work. Will be required to work some evenings and weekends.

Travels, to meetings, conferences and training. Appraise employee performance. Provide for staff training and development. Counsel, motivate and maintain harmony. Identify and resolve staff differences, conflicts and deficiencies.

Performs other related duties as assigned. Regular and consistent attendance for the assigned work hours is essential.

12/2015 to 09/30/2017: 32nd AAMDC, 5800 Carter Rd., Fort Bliss, Texas United States: MAJ Marcia L. Dailey - 915-***-****

Contact: Yes: Pay Grade GS 11-0560-3: Salary: $64,223.00 per year. Hrs. per week 40;

Duties: Plan, coordinate, develop, receive, manage, certify and execute appropriated funds allocated to 32D by higher headquarters and ensures, 99% of 95M of OMA funds for 31st BDE, 69th BDE, 108th BDE, 11th BDE and 32nd BDE are in compliance with IAW DFAS-IN Reg 37-1, DFAS-IN Reg 37-100-xx and other applicable regulatory guidance without any Anti-Deficiency Act violations do not occur. Serves as advisor to deputy director, customers, and other assigned personnel in financial matters, requirements and documentation processing 90-99% of the time. Identify the need for additional resources to higher headquarters such as ERIS/UFRs 90-99%. Analyze recorded obligation data versus program projections; identify and justify significant deviations within 24 hours of request. Prepare weekly and monthly status of funds to keep customers, supervisor, and higher headquarters, informed at 100% of current budget trends data. Research, analyze, resolve and reconcile funding issues once a week upon receipt (UMTs) unmatched transactions, (UMDs), unmatched disbursements (UMCs), unmatched credits with 99.9% accuracy. Participate in the Joint Review process and 90-99.9% accuracy. Participate in the Joint Review process and 90-99.9% reconcile prior year unliquidated obligations (ULOs), negative unliquidated obligations to ensure that all current and prior year obligations are liquidated and abnormal balances are corrected. Ensure sufficient resources are available to execute mission requirements to make sure commitment and obligating documents, get processed in a timely manner. As a result, 90% to 99.9% of the time certify funds without delay. Obligate/de-obligate requests in response to inquiries from DFAS, headquarters and customer within twenty-four hours of requests to correct abnormal balances and/or provide corrective plan of action. Ensure any purchase requisition, government credit card purchase, MIPRs, and contracts get fully approved and authorized before placing any purchase and to keep up with status of purchase requests to assure100% compliance with Fiscal Law, Federal Appropriations Laws, Auditing purpose and other applicable laws. Serve as a technical authority on matters of budget, accounting, credit card and or travel policy, law, and regulation for all inquiries from within and outside G8 and provide response within 24 hours. Monitor the use and rate of expenditure of budgeted funds through continuous dialogue with program officials. Manage, monitor DTS input for direct accounts and assist assigned personnel with DTS issues to process travel authorizations, DTS vouchers, manual DTS, in route DTS, x-orgs or any DTS issues. Process funding requests, ZPARK files and walk-ups within 4 hours of receipt. Established excellent, positive working relationship with peers, customers, higher headquarters, brigades (chain of command), ensuring this way that 99% funding requirements are met in a timely manner and to contribute to a positive office environment. Responsible for developing/presenting innovative recommendations to senior management to maximize and improve utilization of funds that impact strategic program objectives and mission. Possess the experience in directing and/or providing technical advice and guidance to supervisor and higher headquarters to include leaders at the brigade level. Responsible for communicating with a group of professionals and technical employees responsible for the oversight and implementation of Contract Operations processes and initiatives that have direct impact on major defense programs. Identified, analyzed, and managed budgetary issues, synthesized complex materials, and recommended appropriate courses of action. Managed the comprehensive development and timely issuance of policies, standards, resource budgetary guidance materials (e.g., program budget guidance, budget instructions and other guidelines) for use by other budget analysts or financial personnel within the assigned organization. Presented program budget briefings to senior officials.

Other Important Duties: Analyze cost budgeted or approved estimated costs versus, actual costs. Reviewed and analyzed supporting material for new contracts/programs requiring special estimates to develop or improve new projects/programs.

Provided direction in the planning, organizing, developing and conducting of analyses, and evaluations of budgetary strategies, policies, and practices that significantly impact the budget. Responsible for the oversight of budgeting activities to ensure appropriate and efficient use of approved funding in compliance with appropriations law to prevent excess obligations and expenditures and abuse of financial transactions. Determine necessary actions due to changes in priorities, necessary reprogramming, circumstances, personnel authorizations, or unforseen emergency contract requirements. Ensured MIPRS, and contracts get fully approved and authorized before placing any purchase to assure 100% compliance with Fiscal Law, Federal appropriations Laws, Auditing purpose and other applicable laws. In addition, responsible for analyzing, coordinating, receiving, facilitating, managing the activities of personnel involved in executing contracts for five brigades. Monitors the activity in the Purchase Card Program ensuring accuracy, costing and appropriateness of data transmitted to general ledger and corrects discrepancies and rejects.

10/2010 to 08/2015 Duties: USAOTC 1660 Jeb Stuart, Fort Bliss Texas 79916. 915-***-****.

Duties: Serves as Budget Analyst of the US Army Operational Test Command (OTC), Base Recurring Program and Testing Program in the Budget Execution. Review and control of assigned Army Test and Evaluation Command Budget Division. Funds managed are multi-year Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) and single year Operations and Maintenance, Army (OMA), and Other Procurement Army (OPA) in support of organizational requirements. Responsible for travel, contracts, supplies and equipment, commitments and obligations related to purchases and other related expenses. Serves as primary Budget Analyst planning, programming, budgeting, and executing the operational budgets for USAOTC assigned accounts. Manages, certifies, and executes appropriated funds allocated to these accounts by higher headquarters and reimbursable customers including Program Managers (PM). Independently performs administrative work of a fiscal and financial management nature. Analyzes funding actions, to include allotments, reimbursable orders, increases or decreases in relation to programmed use of funds. Analyzes current financial data of actual versus projection, obligation versus cost, and long range programs for determination of accomplishments, identification of trends, funds and report preparation (PBAC,SOF). Monitors various accounting reports, insuring accuracy is maintained. Informs supervisor on current status of funds for which each has direct responsibility. Evaluates data submitted for consistency with previous estimates and reviews changes in funding levels. Analyzes and prepares explanation for significant deviations of financial data, staffing plans and workload reports submitted by base and test program directors for consistency with phased obligation, plans and polices of the organization. Performs administrative and analytical duties in the formulation, presentation, and execution of the budget and resource management systems for US Army Operational Test Command. Performs and assembles charts, reports and statistical material used by the OTC budget officer, resource management director. Advises management of any workload performance or mission concerns. Conducts quarterly, reviews (01/31/14, 05/31/14 and 09/30/14) of commitment and obligation transactions for timeliness, accuracy and completeness in 32nd AAMDC area of responsibility. Proficient Uses General Fund Enterprise Business system (GFEBS); GCSS-Army, Standard Operation and Maintenance Army Research & Development System (SOMARDS) Legacy System; SPS Web Army Contracting System PRWeb; Automated Time Attendance and Production System (ATAAPS); U.S. Bank Access on Line AXOL; CitiCommercialCard Individual Travel Card; Defense Travel System (DTS); and MS Office applications to effectively perform duties.

Budget Formulation. Responsible for the formulation, presentation, administering and the day to day execution of the OMA program, annual budget of direct and reimbursable funds involving separate appropriations to include the coordination and preparation of detailed budget estimates including all phases of budget formulation, presentation and execution of funded programs with the Command Operating Budget (COB) program managers, directors and Brigade’s decentralized budget system as necessary. Provides guidance on preparation of budget estimates, the programming, budgeting process, and funding of operations. Analyzes program guidance and participates in the formulation of plans, policies, command objectives and budget estimates, for budget implementation and management of available resources utilized in the execution of programs. Recommends reprogramming due to budget restrictions, changing priorities, fund availability, mission objectives and other directives. Provides data analysis of total available dollar ceiling and funded costs. Briefs, provide and advises program managers, supervisors, management analysts, personnel specialists, contracting personnel, staff officials, brigade’s officials on the progress and execution of the funded activities for which they are responsible. Develops and recommends courses of action to resolve major funding problems identified.

Budget Execution. Administers and monitors the execution of direct and reimbursable approved budgets. Certifies and obligate funds in accordance with assigned programs and keep accountability of the budget records using all financial systems in place. Identifies, reviews, analyzes and evaluates procedural problems, potential or actual budget execution problems or abnormal trends requiring corrective action or measures. Coordinates and controls approved program adjustments and reprogramming actions for incumbents programs. Reviews program compliance with legislative, legal and regulatory guidelines programs for which funds were appropriated. Budget and accounting reports are prepared, analyzed and reviewed to support review and analysis, budget formulation and execution activities. Perform budget execution duties for direct and reimbursable funds for multi directorates entities assigned; analyzing cost in relation to total available approved funds; prepare and compile budget data for special reports. Reviews, verifies and analyzes procedures that were utilized for transactional flow of detailed financial detailed financial data to verify system integrity and that funding reports accurately portray the financial posture. Maintain current records of assigned accounts, posting actual expenditures by element of resource, commitment item; maintaining Resource Management Tools for assigned accounts. Participated in the current year and prior year joint review. Researched contracts, reports to determine trouble areas, trends, current status as a basis for revision and further planning. Additional and major critical duties include managing, executing, certifying, routing, and troubleshooting the functional aspects of the Defense Travel System (DTS) for assigned directorates. Perform fund certification IAW regulatory guidance (DFAS-IN Reg 37-1, DFAS Manual 37-100-XX, DoD FMR). Provide DTS, Purchase Request Transations (PRs, and fund certification support in a timely manner. Provide customer support to include training as required for customer knowledge base. Serves as the Defense Travel Budget analyst Administrator to direct, coordinate and provide advice and assistance to the command for assigned directorates. Maintain critical responsibility for ensuring that organizational structure, sub-organizations, lines of accounting, routing lists, authorizing official, travelers are maintained current with any issues. Ensure to meet internal/external suspense, tasking and data calls in a timely manner. In addition, possess and apply professional and technical knowledge of DTS, analyze/identify and resolve travel trends, or issues related to travel authorizations and vouchers. Apply comprehensive knowledge and understanding policy of government budget and finance practices, procedures, and regulations. Reviews local policy and guidance as a result of changes in travel regulatory guidance, new requirements, personnel changes, etc. Execute, coordinate, utilize and maintains requirements within the General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS). Interprets new GFEBS business rules, system updates, resolution discussions, and information sharing meetings. Provides GFEBS user role assignment oversight

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