Program Performance United States

Work

Brenda J. Smith

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Vicksburg, MS 39180 US

Day Phone: 601-***-****

Evening Phone: 601-***-****

Email: ******.*.*****@*****.****.*** or **************@*****.*** Experience:

Engineer Research Development Center

Coastal Hydraulics Laboratory

Management Integration Office

3909 Halls Ferry Rd., Vicksburg, MS 39180

United States

Series: 0001

Pay Plan/Grade: DJ 003

Work 40 Hours per week.

Lead Budget Analyst and Contracting Officer Representative (COR) Supervisor: Mrs. Lauren Different, 601-***-****

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Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

• Establish and implement annual plans, status reports, analyze trends, and forecast program performance

• Interprets regulations/guidance related to program and closely monitors funds for current fiscal year execution

• Responsible for resolving issues and problems with business practices

• Assists researchers and management in analyzing program performance and program related data calls to ensure goals are accomplished

• Provide analysis to (CHL) technical point of contacts (POC) to ensure timely fiscal execution of all program/project funds

• Monitors the development, coordination, evaluation, and implementation of work units

• Receive and establish Corps of Engineers Financial Management System (CEFMSII) work item codes for incoming customer funding documents from a variety of financial institutions for both civil and military, direct and reimbursable program/project funds

• Uses CEFMSII, P2 and other systems to input frequently to extract and report information relevant to program execution

• Serves as Contracting COR for CHL MIO and Executive office

• Served as CHL Lab Advocate for several years

• Attends staff and other meetings as required

• Checks, reviews, and analyzes the annual budget program and data to ensure that data and information is in approved format, accurate and factual

• Formulate, establish, monitor, maintain records, analyze, evaluate, forecast, trend, and recommend modifications or changes to assigned projects in the Civil and Military Programs

• Independently inputs various types of PRCS in CEFMSII (In/House, Labor, Contractual, etc.)

• Strong leadership and communication skills

• Monitor flat rate burden rejects, expiring funds, unliquidated obligations, and unaccepted customer/government orders

• Oversee monthly Line-Item Review meetings with ERDC Contracting Team

• Initiate MIPRs and coordinate financial resource distribution and adjustments and interface with various DoD and Service organizations to ensure full execution

• Give expert recommendations on what avenue to take for the Lab acquisitions requests

• Expert in the following computer capable systems; CEFMSII, MS Word, MS Excel, P2, Web Focus, and Data Warehouse Reporting System, Corps Acquisition Management and CORT- Tool

• Prepare Labor and Miscellaneous Cost Transfers

• Analyze and report data and statistics in Unobligated Annual Reviews

• Analyze and report financial obligations, provide alternatives for efficient expenditures

• Coordinates with project managers, project engineers, and other management officials and technicians to obtain factual data and to assure timely completion of projects within schedules and funds

• Give expert knowledge of billing/funding and payroll regulations and procedures

• Participates in solving financial management problems

• Formulates and implements plans for the continuous day-to-day gathering of project and program data necessary to accomplish the lab's funding requirements

• CHL POC for Agreements, Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs), Memorandum of Understandings (MOUs), Memorandum of Agreements (MOAs), Interagency Agreements (IAAs)and Interservice Support Agreements (ICAs), etc.

• Recommends and provides input for annual or periodic program and budget development to PIs and Branch Chief with particular emphasis upon the financial ramifications inherent in the balance between rate of design progress and staffing costs

• Advised on trends indicating growth/decline of the total budget execution

• Assists analyzing program performance, answering program related data calls, and recommending adjustments to ensure program goals are accomplished

• Work closeout of said Obligations

• Assist with coordination of year-end closeout activities

• Extremely knowledgeable of the acquisition process to get an award in place

• Aid with purchasing within the Government Purchase Card (GPC) program to ensure all requirements are met according to regulations

• Prepares 95% of CHL Receiving Reports resulting in zero discrepancies

• Work closely with Millington, the Finance Center, on invoice discrepancies

• Administer contracts to assure that the terms of the contract are met, and that goods and items are produced and delivered in accordance with the contract schedule

• Served as Chief of MIO/CHL for a month while the position was vacant, Jan 2008

• Serves as Acting Chief in the absence of the Supervisor

• Serves as mentor/teacher to lower-level analysts

• Developmental Assignment at Mississippi Valley Division, Budget Office, as a Lead Budget Analyst, Oct 2006 – Mar 2007. GS11/12

• Developmental Assignment in Contracting as CSD Acquisition Advocate (DJ4) 20 Oct 2016 – 20 Feb 2017

• Developmental Assignment in ERDC RM Manpower as a Management Analyst, Oct 2019 - Jan 2020 (DJ3)

• Detailed Assignment at Vicksburg District (MVK), RM/FA as a Staff Accountant, 1 Feb 2021-30 May 2021 (DJ3)

• Security Clearance

Education:

Hinds Jr. College –

Graduated 13 May 2016 – Magna Cum Laude – AA in Business Administration/Accounting Interpersonal Communication Completed 10 March 16, 8 Week Course - 4.0 Major: Business Administration Honors: Inducted 6 Feb 2015 into Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society

Currently Enrolled at Alcorn State University, Lorman, MS - Senior Business Major Job Related Training

• USACE Managers' Internal Control Program Basic Training - Oct 2019

• Manpower & Force Analysis Division (MFAD) Training - Jan 2020

• Time Management Skills and received 10 Continuing Professional Education Units (CEUs)

• LEAD Course

• Federal Appropriation Law

• Federal Budgeting

• Basic Project Management

• Controlling a Budget.

• Customer Care Workshop

• Enhanced Defense Financial Management Training

• Effective Cost Analysis

• Introduction to Federal Accounting and Budgeting

• Contract Basics 2012

• Leadership and Supervisor Skills

• Building Budgeting Skills

• Personnel Management Overview

• Annual Ethics Training

• Mini Professional Development Seminar

• Leadership Essentials

• OPSEC Awareness Training Annual

• Annual No FEAR Act Training

• Annual Anti-terrorism Training

• Annual Combating Trafficking in Persons

• DOD Ethics Survey August 2015

• Portable Electronic Device and Removable Storage Media and Anti-Phishing

• Contracting Office Representative (COR) 2010

• Acceptable Use Policy January 2020

• Information Assurance January 2020

• Personally Identifiable definition January 2020

• Level 1 Awareness Training January 2020

• Suicide Prevention Training January 2020

• Fiscal Law Refresher Course January 2020

• Annual SHARP Training February 2020

• Financial Management Revolving Fund and Reimbursable - April 2017

• National Financial Management Cadre Training 28 Oct 2019 - 1 Nov 2019

(Washington, DC

Volunteer Experience:

• Task Force Hope - Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief Team 2005-2006

• Mentor Youth the Department and member of the Adult Praise Team at Cedar Grove M.B. Church

• United Way Organization

• Haven House – (Woman Shelter)

• Good Shepherd – (Learning Center for children and adults)

• Warren Vicksburg School District Science Fair Judge

• Deployed to Puerto Rico, Hurricane Marie Effort, Data Analyst – Dec 2017 (35 Days)

• Deployed to Albany, GA, Hurricane Michael Effort, Office Engineer – Dec 2018 (35 Days)

• Deployed to Sacramento, CA, California Wildfires Effort, Quality Inspector Supervisor - May 2019 (30 Days)

Affiliations:

• American Society of Military Comptrollers (ASMC)

• Resource Management Planning Response Team for Disasters (RMPRT)

• ERDC Property Steering Committee – Dec 2011-May 2013

• Coastal Hydraulics Laboratory, Leadership Development Program Class 2012 (LDP)

• Vicksburg Chamber of Commerce Leadership Class 2013

• Blacks in Government (BIG)

• Federally Employed Women (FEW)

• ERDC Chapter - Chamber of Commerce

• Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Society - February 2015 Specialized Experience:

• Plan and organize work

• Strong leadership and communication skills

• Participates in year-end closeout ensuring proper and full execution of funds, with no anti- deficiency violations

• Experienced in gathering, comparing & correlating cost information of current/future programs

• Ability to diagnose and resolve technical problems and speak fluently to management regarding solutions and options for problem resolution

• Ability to work closely with a variety of customers

• Strong organizational skills

• Ability to execute financial plans

• Strong analytical and follow through skills

• Strong verbal and written communications skills

• Ability to work well independently on defined tasks

• Ability to work well as part of a team

• Skilled in researching, analyzing, and resolving problems or discrepancies

• Skilled in interpreting financial guidance, managing accounts, formulating budgets & reviewing accounts

• Knowledgeable of budgetary and programming appropriations.

• Proficient in MS Office, CEFMSII, P2

• Extract financial and project data from CEFMSII, ERDC Data Warehouse for analysis

• Experience in budget formulation and budget execution

• Experienced in budget formulation and trend analysis

• Experienced in obtaining, compiling & summarizing data Certification:

• USACE DoD Financial Management Certification Level 2 Budget Analyst References:

Wanda Derrick, ERDC/CHL - 601-634- 3167

Hwai-Ping (Pearce) Cheng, Branch Chief, ERDC/CHL - 601-***-**** Mazella Thomas - Chief of Manpower, ERDC/RM - 601-***-****

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