Public Accountant Security Clearance

Amelia L. Sitze **** Captains Drive

******.*.*****.***@****.***/618-***-**** Worden, IL 62097

SECURITY CLEARANCE INFO (Current Secret)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

Experienced government financial professional with more than 14 years’ experience in audit that includes performing financial and compliance audits of internal controls, making recommendations, reviewing corrective action plans, working closely with external Independent Public Accountant, proven technical and interpersonal skills providing professional accounting, management advice, and assistance to leadership, staff, and supported organizations for audit management efforts. WORK EXPERIENCE

Audit Response Lead (40 HRS, per week), GS/0510/13 (Non-Supervisory) 09/2022 – Present United States Transportation Command Scott AFB. IL Supervisor: Hillary Esker, GS-14-618-***-****

Serves as the audit liaison for USTRANSCOM. Coordinated audit efforts with Department of Defense Office of Inspector General, Independent Public Accounting Firms, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Air Force Air Mobility Command, Military Sealift Command, and the Surface Deployment and Distribution Command.

Sustain the USTRANSCOM Independent Public Accountant Audit by managing and assigning PBCs and Samples to the applicable component, reviewing support documentation prior to submission, coordinating clarification meetings between the components and the Independent Public Accountant, and ensuring timely submission back to Independent Public Accountant.

Plan and organize Independent Public Accountant site visits to Scott AFB and Navy base Norfolk by coordinating efforts with the Independent Public Accountant, Command Staff, DCD, AMC, SDDC, MSC, and DFAS ensuring topics, timing, location, and all technological requirements are properly correlated.

Represent USTRANSCOM while coordinating efforts with external directorates and organizations to ensure task and deliverables are carried out timely. For example, coordinating efforts with J6 to archive prior fiscal year ARC Tools and coordinate efforts with JA to ensure audit response letters are completed in accordance with the Financial Management Regulation.

Manage OSD taskers by coordinating efforts with Command Staff, DCD, AMC, SDDC, MSC, and DFAS, review component submission for accuracy, compile results for Director approval, timely submit results to be used in agency and congressional reports and initiated three desktop guides.

Trained one new employee in sustaining daily audit activities including PBCs, samples, observations, and the use of the ARC Tool.

Consolidate daily audit activities providing USTRANSCOM leadership and staff a concise overview of daily audit activities and results to be used when representing the Program Analysis and Financial Management directorate.

Serves as the Contracting Officer Representative. Receive the monthly status reports and ensure the burn rate is not to exceed 80% of task areas. Coordinate the monthly status report with the task area managers for accuracy. Provide monthly status reports of contract status to the TCJ8 Director. Coordinate the completion of the IGCE with the Operations Cost Analyst by providing number of personnel by labor category and task. Ensure adequate funding is available by coordinating the IGCE with TCJ8 Budget. Manage common access cards for 115 contractors through MP ICAM. Accomplishments:

Professional of the Month, October 2022

Notable Achievement Award, September 2023

Internal Auditor (40 HRS, per week), GS/0511/12 (Non-Supervisory) 05/2009 – 09/2022 Air Force Audit Agency Scott AFB, IL

Supervisor: Daniel Wood, GS-13-618-***-****

Led and managed operational, financial, compliance, and fraud audits involving various Air Force functions and processes. Audited subjects included, but were not limited to vendor payments, contract administration, account reconciliation, procurement, inventory management, corporate governance, accounts payable, fixed assets, funds management, information technology systems, and compliance with Air Force policies and government laws and regulations.

Analyzed financial and operational processes to develop audit objectives and testing procedures that verify and validate internal controls as they pertain to operations, financial reporting, and regulatory compliance. Managed audit projects ensuring work was completed timely and work papers sufficiently supported identified deficiencies. Performed work paper referencing and audit wrap-up procedures verifying audit objectives were achieved and internal controls were properly evaluated.

Analyzed and assessed the reliability of computer-generated data from various Air Force Information Systems to determine if the system data was reliable in supporting audit conclusions.

Assisted Air Force management to provide advice on internal controls, implementing the development of corrective action plans, and monitoring progress through completion and validation of correction of the identified weaknesses.

Trained and assisted new auditors. Worked hands on with other auditors providing guidance in audit techniques, risk assessments, client relations, audit program creation, testing procedures, and audit report writing.

Assisted in developing the office Annual Plan including risk and fraud assessments, identifying policy changes, obtaining Air Force management input, and performing comprehensive risk research, analysis, and evaluation.

Administered numerous special projects and research assignments, including agreed-upon procedures related to internal controls over government purchase card transaction processing.

Assumed the Scott Area Audit Office Staffer from September 2017 – March 2018. Completed 100 percent of the time restricted taskers on time that required extensive coordination with the AFAA/FDE, Staff Auditor, Office Chief, and Team Chiefs. Worked closely with the audit focal points and MAJCOM liaisons to update/eliminate 70 overdue recommendations. Conducted a weekly review of the recommendation tracker and provided a courtesy call to the audit focal points for recommendations at risk for overdue status.

Volunteered for a two-year career broadening staff accountant position with U.S. Transportation Command from June 2021 – June 2023. Coordinated requested journal voucher samples with Defense Finance Accounting Service to meet established suspense dates. Working to eliminate accounts receivable zero- dollar balances on the open document listing while updating the accounts receivable zero-dollar cleanup process standard operating procedures.

Trained six new employees in audit planning, audit application, and audit report writing. Accomplishments:

Auditor General Coin, November 2017 (Basic Allowance for Housing)

AFAA Jerome H. Stolarow Award for Excellence in Auditing, June 2016

Identified $3.7 million in potential monetary benefits during a Vehicles Requirements follow-on audit. FORMAL EDUCATION

Master’s Degree, Business Administration, Maryville University, St. Louis MO, 2019

Bachelor’s Degree, Accountancy, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL, 2012 PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

Intermediate Auditor Training School

Information Technology Basic Course

CERTIFICATIONS

DoD FM Certification Level II, December 2015

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