Stephanie R. Gibson
Cell: 832-***-****
Email: ****************@*****.***
Executive Profile: Budget Officer with the Headquarters Department of the Army (HQDA). Develop and manage the planning, programming, and budgeting system (PPBS); coordinate programming actions to support strategic planning; prepare budget estimate submissions; present and defend the budget. Project funding requirements for future initiatives in the out-years based upon anticipated agency needs. Ensure internal accounting and administrative controls have been established to provide reasonable assurance that government resources are protected against fraud, waste, mismanagement or misappropriation. Provide detailed assessment results to the agency management team, and make recommendations to improve effectiveness of training programs and resource utilization. Integrate projects and develop options within resource limitations.
Security Clearance: Single scope Background Investigation Secret; current as of 12/2025
Key areas of competency
Leader Development PPBE/SABRS/STARS/EVM
Organizational Leader Financial Management
Policy Development Project Management/AIMS/PRISM
Logistics Planning/CPPM Human Resources Specialist
Vision & Mission Planning GFEBS/ CORAS/FIAR
DoDFMR certification Acquisition Course Level II
(ACQ, CLM, PMT, and How the Army Run’s)
Professional Background
Procurement Analyst/Financial Analyst
7/2021 – Present
Launch Point Washigton, DC 20003
•Performing financial management operations consistent with DHS Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution cycle.
•Supporting government leadership to develop budget requests and over guidance requests for the Resource Allocation Plan, Congressional Justification, and presentation of findings to DHS Senior Executives, Investment Review Board and Congress.
• I develop cost models, perform analyses, preform trend analyses, support and accept performance-based metrics reporting requirements, also assist in editing congressional justifications and testimony responses.
•Creating Procurement Request and Input Data in the PRISM system. Anticipating and resolving complex issues in creative and effective ways. Developing, reviewing and evaluating of various technical procurement specification statement of work (SOW), IGCE, Command’s Memo,
• Work with Document Control Team to complete any documentation required by customer, purchase order, or engineering specifications.
•Reviewing company accounts and providing an insight and recommendations to senior management for informed decision-making
•Gap analysis of financial records to identify critical operating areas
•Develop and maintain robust financial models to support budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis processes
•Conduct business transformation related consultancy assignments
•Experience in building target operating models
•Re-engineering business processes and benchmarking
•Financial analysis of organisational design and operating models
Financial Management Analyst
3/2017 – 7/2021
FCI Commerical Firm LLC Houston, Texas 77095
•Financial Analysts supporting DISA. The goal and focus of EC&P is on producing risk-reducing prototypes designed to address Combatant Command (COCOM) threats and/or prototypes and demonstrations coordinated through interagency and service partnerships. EC&P enables the rapid and affordable introduction of new capabilities.
•Supporting the development of multiple project schedules, developing schedules, updating existing schedules merging team schedules into a master schedule. Tracking project costs with complex spreadsheets.
•Oversees the development, testing, implementation, coordination and maintenance financial control system. Establishes and maintains effective internal controls to safeguard Agency assets and the accounting data and programs.
•Oversee the expense reimbursement process for attorneys and staff, ensuring adherence to policy. Monitor and audit p-card transactions for selected staff and departments. Support payroll accounting processes in coordination with Human Resources. Partner with the Vendor and Contracts team to onboard new vendors and maintain vendor compliance records. Implement, monitor, and maintain internal controls to ensure compliance with firm policies and accounting standards. Research and resolve vendor inquiries and provide reporting as needed.
•Maintain and regularly update the firm’s A/P process model and documentation. Maintain expert-level knowledge of the Aderant Accounts Payable system and serve as the primary point of contact for A/P system-related matters. Generate and manage A/P reports and fulfill internal and external reporting requirements. Analyze vendor and contract-related spending and provide insights to support financial decisions.
11/2010 - 10/30/2015/Retired
Budget Officer
U.S. Army Government HQDA, Acquisition, Pentagon, Washington, DC Budget Officer GS-14
Responsible for the OMA and RDT&E appropriations
Responsible for ensuring the adequacy, accuracy, and effectiveness in the financial management accounting administers funds are not misused.
Analyze, develop, and manage funds based on knowledge, skills and lessons learned that support deploying and contingency units mission needs.
•Detect and prevent waste, fraud and abuse; ensure compliance with laws and regulations; review adherence to internal control and other standards. These audits/inspections primarily cover efforts implemented by the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of State (State), and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID),
•Advise and perform oversight for fiscal policy and law.
•Establishes reporting and execution tracking procedures to include execution plans and reporting templates that will allow managers to actively manage their budgets.
•Provided counseling and instruction on work problems and administrative matters.
Education American InterContineial University 2016 - present
Master of Science - Finance
References furnished upon request