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Defense Finance and Accounting Service

3990 E Broad Street

Columbus, OH 43213 United States

08/2014 - 03/2020

Salary: 50,674.00 USD Per Year

Hours per week: 40

Series: 0525 Pay Plan: GS Grade: 7

Accounting Technician (This is a federal job)

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

As an Accounting Technician in Mechanization of Contract Administration Services (MOCAS) Reconciliation (RECON), I perform detail contract reconciliation involving several types and numbers of disparities within the same contract requiring research and analyses, comparison of contractual and payment documents/data, correction/adjustment of accounting data, reconciliation and reporting of accounts, ensuring integrity of the contingent liability record, and preparation of audit trail. Researching and analyzes contractual and payment histories reconstructs obligation and payment history on spreadsheets and/or worksheets, identifying various funding allocations, obligations, deobligations, etc. I review all payment documents for each contract for validity of entitlement and accuracy of accounting data. Reconciles numerous and several different types of problems within the same contract and corrects errors or initiates appropriate corrective action caused by contract interpretation, modification, erroneous disbursements, input errors, improper billing, missing information, etc., and coordinates actions involving various functional areas, i.e., adjustments to obligations and disbursements, contract appropriation data, payment rejects, accounts payable and delivery data. Make corrections to MOCAS including adjustments to the Contingent Liability Record (CLR). Identifies accounts receivables and initiates action regarding contractor indebtedness. Initiates and responds to correspondence related to contract reconciliations. Also, prepares various types of adjustment documents for external reporting of disbursement data. Researches and analyzes appropriation errors, obligation errors and disbursement errors causing contractor invoices to enter nonpayment status. Then review contracts to determine possible sources of funding errors. Contact funding stations, Administering Contracting Officer (ACO) and Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) to obtain data to resolve discrepancies. Identifies errors after researching cause of the reject and prepares necessary adjustment documents to process the invoice for payment. Performs other assigned duties as assigned. Knowledge of accounting procedures, practices, techniques, guidelines, system, symbolic codes, and terminology to analyze and reconcile contractual and payment documents, make adjustments and initiate corrective action; and identify and properly reconcile allotments, obligations, and disbursements. Also, required is the ability to analyze the interrelationships of accounts affected by varied transactions; and to accurately review accounts payable records, accrued expenditure accounts, obligation records, and line item data to determine the adjustments needed to correct account balances and make invoices payable. Knowledge of procurement transactions, documents and terminology and knowledge of contract administration procedure to read and interpret contractual and payment documents (e.g., contract, modifications, invoices, vouchers), terms and clauses relating to quantity, delivery, price, etc., to determine allow ability of entitlement, and what actions, if any, should be initiated to permit payment of documents. The following systems are used do research in the MOCAS RECON area: Online Reporting Viewing (ORLV), Document Tracking Log (DTL), Shared Data Warehouse (SDW), Operational Data Storage (ODS), Wide Area Workflow (WAWF), Electronic Document Access (EDA), Electronic Document Manage (EDM), and Standard Contract Reconciliation Tool (SCRT).

Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS)

3990 E Broad Street

Columbus, OH 43213 United States

06/2010 - 07/2014

Salary: 39,270.00 USD Per Year

Hours per week: 40

Series: 0525 Pay Plan: GS Grade: 6

Accounting Technician (This is a federal job)

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

As an Accounting Technician in the Negative Unliquidated Obligations (NULO) area, I perform detailed contract reconciliations to identify numerous types of discrepancies within a contract. I reconcile numerous and several different types of problems within the same contract and correct errors and initiate appropriate corrective actions caused by contract interpretations, modification, erroneous disbursements, input errors, improper billing, and missing information. These contracts include various funding lines across the Department of Defense and include such appropriations as Operations and Maintenance, Army (OMA), Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDTE), and Army Procurement. I reconstruct the obligation and payment histories on an excel spreadsheet and analyze the spreadsheet data with that from the various accounting systems to determine if payments were paid and posted properly. To ensure that all reconciliations meet specific quality standards, I review and analyzes all payment documents for validity of entitlement and accuracy of accounting data and analyze the documents for accurate recording for budget reports, agency reports, and/or financial reports. I contact the customers on a daily basis to insure all payments, disbursements, obligations, and de-obligations are done in a timely and correct manner. I coordinate actions involving various functional areas such as: adjustments to obligations and disbursements, contract appropriation date, payment rejects, accounts payable and deliver data. I make corrections to Commercial Pay/ Vendor Contractor Pay Mechanization of Contract Administration Services (MOCAS) including adjustments to the Contingent Liability Record, JACK, and various systems. I establish and maintain detail audit trails by utilizing relevant standard reconciliation reports in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, policies and procedures. I prepare various types of adjustments documents for external (SF 1081) and internal (Journal Voucher) reporting of disbursement data, which I have to provide complete reconciliation packages to Quality Review, by submitting the audit package. Once the audit packages are signed and I then put the data in the Cognos Impromptu, Operational data storage (ODS), and Standard Operation and Maintenance Army Research Development (SOMARDS) system using transaction codes such as 610 (disbursement),653 (expense/disburse), and 511 (obligate). I evaluate the accounting policies to ensure we are adhering to the FMR, FAR and DFAR regulations. Review the accounting practice and procedure to make sure that it is in compliance with the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). In addition, I collaborate with fellow employees from different departments to ensure that all necessary items are done in a timely and correct manner. Performs special audits, studies and created reports to determine status of the contract for my customer/command. Work to resolve customer/command issues.

Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS)

Columbus, OH United States

01/2009 - 05/2010

Salary: 37,018.00 USD Per Year

Hours per week: 40

Series: 0525 Pay Plan: GS Grade: 06

Accounting Technician (This is a federal job)

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

As an Accounting Technician in the Transaction by Others (TBO) area, which is under the Accounts Payable Acquisition Directorate, I was responsible for recording systemic rejected disbursements and collections to SOMARDS (Standard Operations and Maintenance, Army Research Development System) which I used transaction codes such as 654 (expense/disburse) and 626 (commit/obligate/expense/disburse civilian labor) for major commands of the Army Materiel Command (AMC). Rejected transactions are processed in accordance with DODFMR 37-100 (Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation), DFAS-IN 37-1, Finance and Accounting Policy Regulation, and DFAS internal policies and procedures. Daily duties include researching disbursed vouchers for accurate lines of accounting (LOA) in SOMARDS using various types of queries; EDA (Electronic Document Access); DCAS (Defense Cash Accountability System); EDM (Electronic Document Management); DTS (Defense Travel System); ODS (Operational Data Store); CEDMS (Corporate Electronic Document Management System) and various internal Microsoft Access Databases. Minimal on- job-the-job training was provided since my job duties were for BRAC (Base Realignment and Closure) workload. Majority of workload consist of disbursement vouchers with little or no available documentation, and frequently require contacting external customers to obtain contractual documents, invoices and valid lines of accounting. I am confident of learning new tasks with minimal supervision, and regularly train new directorate employees for the workload.

Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS)

Columbus, OH United States

05/2007 - 01/2009

Salary: 32,568.00 USD Per Hour

Hours per week: 40

Series: 0525 Pay Plan: GS Grade: 05

Accounting Technician (This is a federal job)

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

As an Accounting Technician in the Transaction by Others (TBO) area, which is under Accounts Payable Acquisition Directorate, I was responsible for posting rejected disbursements and collections to SOMARDS (Standard Operations and Maintenance, Army Research Development System), which I used transaction codes such as 654 (expense/disburse) and 626 (commit/obligate/expense/disburse civilian labor) for major commands within AMC (Army Materiel Command). Rejected transactions were processed in accordance with DODFMR 37-100 (Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation), DFAS-IN 37-1 Finance and Accounting Policy Regulation, and DFAS internal policies and procedures. Daily duties include researching disusing various types of queries for Transactions by Others (TBO). Research included utilizing EDA (Electronic Document Access), DCAS (Defense Cash Accountability System), EDM (Electronic Document Management), DTS (Defense Travel System), ODS (Operational Data Store), CEDMS (Corporate Electronic Document Management System) and various internal Microsoft Access Databases. Minimal on- job-the-job training was provided since my job duties were for BRAC (Base Realignment and Closure) workload. Majority of workload consisted of disbursement vouchers with little or no available documentation. Frequently, I contacted external customers to obtain contractual documents, invoices and valid lines of accounting. Additionally, I voluntarily assisted with the disbursements backlog for Transactions by US (TBU), which primarily consisted of clearing suspended transactions and budget clearing transactions posted at the Department of Treasury level accounts. I am confident of learning new tasks with minimal supervision and training others. I have worked as a team member to reduce unmatched disbursements, including working closely with the DFAS entitlement pay office and customers to resolve many unmatched disbursements that were manual payments. I received a Special Act Award for my efforts in clearing the backlogged workload.

Huntington National Bank

Easton Oval

Columbus, OH 43215 United States

08/2006 - 06/2007

Salary: 11.50 USD Per Hour

Hours per week: 25

Process Specialist/Vault Teller

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

While tenured with the Huntington National Bank, I was responsible for counting and balancing currency and preparing customer deposits; sorting, balancing and packaging currency to send to the currency sorter; and preparing general ledger entries for deposits/withdrawal for my transactions and the Automated Teller Machine (ATM) deposits. Additionally, I was responsible for accounting for customer deposits submitted to me until the close of business.

BridgeStreet Corporate Housing Worldwide

1515 Bethel Road

Columbus, OH 43220 United States

03/2003 - 07/2005

Salary: 30,000.00 USD Per Year

Hours per week: 40

Accounting Administrator

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

• As an Accounting Administrator, I prepared customer invoices for housing accommodations and obtained client credit checks. I processed all credit card charges, mileage and expense reports for the company, and compiled the month-end billing reconciliation and seven-day reports. Additionally, I was responsible for the classification of financial entries, received and reviewed all bills for payment, and prepared daily bank deposits for the company. I also processed check requests and reconciled past due utility accounts; assisted vendors and various levels of personnel and management with accounts payable and accounts receivable issues; and reviewed weekly aged accounts receivable reports and initiated collection efforts than the write off procedure. Reviewed, analyzed and modified operating programs, practices, and procedures related to receiving, controlling, validating, recording, and reporting accounting transactions affecting the asset, liability, revenue, expense, gains, losses, and budgetary accounts for the company. Provided professional accounting advice and assistance in the application and compliance of generally accepted accounting principles, policies, and procedures. Performed special audits, studies, reports and/or, analysis to evaluate the status of the financial health and/or position of accounting operations based on balanced scorecard measurements or indicators.

Education:

Bradford School Columbus, OH United States

Associate's degree 10/2006

GPA: 4.00 of a maximum 4.00

Credits Earned: 68 Semester Hours

Major: Accounting

Additional Information:

GS-510 Accountant qualified

Valedictorian GPA 4.0 (Bradford School October 2006)

Financial Management Certification (FM Cert) May 2016

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