Financial Analyst Senior

Cornelius (Anthony) Howard *** N Collington Ave. Baltimore, MD 21231 301-***-**** **********@*****.***

Defense Acquisition Support Services LLC., Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 8/2024 to Current

Procurement Coordinator/Senior Financial Analyst

Analyze, summarized, and identified trends and issues relating to complete DOD budget execution and planning.

Assist in drafting, reviewing, and finalizing contracts with suppliers, ensuring compliance with organizational policies and legal regulations. Monitor contract performance and resolve any issues or disputes that may arise during the contract lifecycle.

Generate and manage purchase orders for the procurement of goods and services, ensuring accuracy in pricing, quantities, and delivery schedules. Coordinate with relevant departments to track order status and expedite deliveries when necessary.

Maintain positive relationships with suppliers and vendors, serving as the primary point of contact for inquiries, negotiations, and issue resolution. Foster collaboration and communication to ensure alignment with organizational goals and objectives.

Collaborate with inventory control teams to manage stock levels and inventory replenishment processes. Monitor inventory levels, identify shortages or excesses, and coordinate with suppliers to optimize inventory management practices.

Analyze procurement data and financial reports to identify cost-saving opportunities, forecast future procurement needs, and contribute to budget planning and forecasting processes.

Participate in process improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, effectiveness, and transparency within the procurement function. Identify areas for optimization and implement best practices to streamline workflows and reduce costs.

Utilized Deltek Costpoint to manage job functions, including generating reports, performing computations, and executing postings, ensuring streamlined operations and accurate data management.

Collaborate with internal stakeholders across departments, such as finance, operations, and legal, to ensure alignment of procurement activities with organizational objectives and priorities.

Proven ability to critically think. Ability to review reports, check validity, reliability, and relevance…explaining steps and rationale for positions and data provided.

Pre-award and/or post IGCE-award functions for a variety of specialized equipment, services

Prepared and analyzed Independent Government Cost Estimates (IGCE) to support acquisition planning and budgeting, ensuring compliance with federal procurement regulations and cost accuracy

Development of requirement documentation leading to the successful award of a contract.

Ability to track multiple acquisition packages at one time.

Understanding of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR/DFAR/AFAR) or unique regulatory requirements pertinent to diverse procurements.

Understanding of Market Research and market conditions and available sources as well as competition, historical costs, reports, cost breakdowns, or other evaluation criteria and selection procedures

Understanding of Source Selection Procedures

Understanding of contractual Security Requirements (DD254)

Understanding of and ability to track contract deliverables. Performing post-award contract functions such as monitoring contractor performance, tracking deliveries, tracking assets and contract data requirements.

Preparation of Independent Government Cost Estimate (IGE).

Understanding the technical requirements and first article testing requirements.

Independence in planning and carrying out assignments, selecting the approach or methodology to be used, resolving most of the conflicts that arise, and coordinating the work with others, as necessary.

enGenius Consulting Group LLC., Defense Information System Agency (DISA) 4/2021 to 6/2024

Senior Financial Analyst/Budget Analyst

Analyzed, summarized, and identified trends and issues relating to complete DOD budget execution and planning.

Reviewed and executed funding package certification for appropriated funds (O&M, Procurement and RDT&E) using IE Financial Tracking System and DAI.

Evaluate funding guidance and resource levels for adequacy in supporting program mission and objectives.

Responsible for reviewing and assessing the impact of changes in both functional and financial regulations, policies, and guidance.

Consult management on budget strategies and techniques and use of financial management products.

Executed and tracked DoD funding, assisted with spend plan development, and participated in detailed cost reporting for six IE1 - Transport Division programs -(Oversee over $500M in DWCF funds and $350M in General funds).

Managed and executed financial portfolios containing DWCF (Defense Working Capital Fund), O&M (Operations and Management), RDT&E (Research, Development and Testing) and (PROC) Procurement.

Conduct contract reviews, assist in cradle-to-grave operations, call order modifications, and close-outs.

Assist Government contracting officers with large and small purchase contract actions

Review solicitation packages for completeness ad

Advise and provide program offices with examples of documents to be contained in a solicitation package

Reviews DoD financial acquisition package documentation for accuracy including but not limited to Form 9, IGCE (Independent Government Cost Estimate), MRR (Market Research Reports), 508 Checklists, Request to Exercise Option Memorandums, Incremental Funding Letters, Justification and Approvals (J&A), and Support Agreements.

Collaborates daily with government Program Managers (PM) and Contractors Officer’s Representatives (COR) to understand the needs of the program in the FYDP (Future Years Defense Program).

Maintained an ongoing relationship with DITCO (Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization) to ensure requirements were executed via the spend plan timeline for Acquisitions.

Monitored and validated requirements against division spend plans daily.

Drafted and sent MIPRs/PR (Procurement Requisitions) to DoD partners for services.

Made necessary changes to the APP (Annual Program Plan) tool as needed for annual and quarterly financial planning

Attends weekly meetings with program management office to track upcoming financial requirements throughout the Fiscal Year (FY).

Understanding of how to conduct DoD acquisitions in a variety of circumstances CR (Continuing Resolutions), SAF (Subject to the Availability of Funds), UFR (Un-funded Requirements), and how each are applied.

Analyzed the status of funds and provided reports on the planned, programmed, committed, obligated and disbursed funding levels based on appropriation type, organizational element, project, and task area (TA).

Analyzed program plans to ensure tasks are executed according to plan.

Responsible for assessing the financial viability of each project through the (FYDP) Future Years Defense Program.

Respond to various execution data calls (i.e. Mid-Year Review, Continuing Resolution, and End of Year).

Process the necessary transactions within the appropriate database to ensure DoD program’s plan remains in balance.

Update the appropriate acquisition and DoD financial databases as necessary.

Generates various program reports using DoD financial databases.

Additional skills:

-Experience with supporting a live solicitation in the open market. Understand different contract vehicles.

-Post Award Contract Management Support.

Provide support to write Task Order.

-Contract Management support of the Task order. From quality assurance, contractual obligations, invoicing, and timely deliverables in accordance with the contract.

LightGrid LLC., Defense Information System Agency (DISA) 4/2020 to 2/2021

Financial Support Analyst, Task Lead

Assisted in the justification for Cyber Programs in various budget cycles: POM (Program Objective Memorandum), BES (Budget Estimate Submission) and PB (Presidents Budget)

Executed and track funding, assist in spend plan development, and participate in detailed cost reporting

for six IE1 - Transport Division programs -(Oversee over 200M in DWCF funds and 108M in appropriated funds)

Managed and execute financial portfolios containing DWCF (Defense Working Capital Fund), O&M (Operations and Management), RDT&E (Research, Development and Testing) as well as (PROC) Procurement

Reviewed DoD financial acquisition packages documentation for accuracy including but not limited to: Form 9, IGCE (Independent Government Cost Estimate), MRR (Market Research Reports), 508 Checklists, Request to Exercise Option Memorandums, Justification and Approvals, and Support Agreements

Collaborated daily with Program Management to understand the needs of the program in the FYDP (Future Years Defense Program)

Maintained an ongoing relationship with DITCO (Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization) to ensure requirements were executed via the spend plan timeline for acquisitions.

Monitored and validated requirements against division spend plans daily

Drafted and sent MIPRs/PR (Procurement Requisitions) to DoD partners for services.

Developed comparative analysis of contractual expense across multiple open-ended contracts. Assured contracts were inventoried, scheduled, and closely monitored. Reviewed cost center financial reports; monitored client expenditures; identified shortfalls.

Managed daily finances and maintained budget expenditures for three DoD IT programs.

Developed negotiation strategies and provided cost and price analysis support for program’s acquisitions and procurements.

Advised and guided technical leads/TM on contracting strategies, contract types and vehicles, to ensure Earned Value Management metrics were met.

Vista Technology Services Inc., Defense Information System Agency (DISA) 1/2018 to 4/2020

Senior Acquisition Specialist/Task Lead

Acquisition of Services (hardware, software and maintenance procurement):

Provide acquisition expertise, acquisition support, acquisition guidance, and assist in the drafting and/or review of acquisition documents. Acquisition documents include but are NOT limited to; market research documents, performance work statements, independent government cost estimates (IGCE), requests for information (RFIs), sources sought notices, and acquisition lessons learned.

Execute multiple hardware and software procurement actions totaling over $14M.

Oversee incoming service support requirements to staff members. Prior to supervisor approval, edit and review acquisition packages to ensure regulatory compliance.

Coordinate and review complex contractual pricing and incentives to facilitate contractor and Government cost risk sharing. Provide recommendations to the technical leads or task monitors (TM) from pre-solicitation through contract award.

Review support agreement documentation to ensure proper technical and programmatic requirements are addressed. Streamlined the communication process to ensure appropriate support agreement documentation is in place for Military Interdepartmental Purchase Requests (MIPRs).

Advises Program Offices on best acquisition strategies to meet their procurement needs. Tracks the status of assigned acquisitions using in-house and commercially available tools and software.

Responsible for reviewing program acquisition packages and identifying contractual issues in the statement of work (SOW), Statement of Objectives (SOO), Quality Assurance Surveillance Plans (QASP), Independent Government Cost Estimate (IGCE), Justification and Agreements (J&A), DD Forms 254, Space Waiver, Form 1/purchase requests (PR) and Military Interdepartmental Purchase Requests (MIPRs).

Task Management:

Mentor technical leads/TM on contracting strategy, contract type, and contract vehicle selection to ensure requirements and budgetary constraints are met. Develop solicitations, proposal evaluations, cost/price analysis, negotiations, source selection, contract preparation, award and administration for large, complex procurements of IT products and services.

Very knowledgeable regarding contract types: firm fixed price, time and material, cost reimbursement (with or without award fee) contracts and interagency agreements (IAA). Regularly disseminate guidance, procedures, and policies regarding acquisitions of hardware, software and services.

Liaises between Program Offices and the Contracting Office to ensure timely acquisition execution. Meet regularly with Program Offices to brief the status of current acquisitions and plan future acquisitions.

Provide administrative support to the Associate Director and staff.

Serve as the point of contact for timekeeping and training matters.

Provide Contracting and Procurement services for the office.

Serve as the point of contact for budget matters.

Manage access to the FDA systems and space.

Operations Supervisor, Joint Base Lewis Mc-Chord, WA 1/2012 to 7/2017

Procurement Project Engineer/Commodities Purchasing Manager/DTS Supervisor

DOD Acquisition and Task Management Experience:

Managed the Government Purchasing Card (GPC) program for a Brigade totaling over 1000 personnel.

Managed over $3M in non-appropriated funds for DoD Acquisitions and Services. Worked closely with government Program Managers (PM) and Contracting Officer’s Representatives (COR) to develop acquisition strategies, plans, procurement packages and solutions to ensure comprehensive and reliable acquisition support.

Tracked and managed over 1500 Out of Service Debt and Claims cases ranging from $200.00 to $200,000.00 and ensured DFAS customers' problems were corrected.

Facilitated acquisition planning to include managing cost, schedule and performance, fiscal year validation requirements, Performance-Based Contracting Acquisition, tracking budget execution and, ensured the Task Monitors (TMs) received annual Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR)/TM and Ethics training.

Assisted in Program Planning for the fiscal year. Formulated, coordinated and presented contracting plans, requirements analysis, and analysis of alternatives, memorandum of agreements, and other required documentation. Monitored the expenditures of funds and overall compliance with task order requirements. Served as the subject matter expert in the areas of administrative procedures, personnel management, document control, and a variety of other administrative matters.

Developed and expedited packages for multiple last minute or expiring acquisition requirements resulting in a timely award.

Qualified to obtain and maintain a Public Trust Security Clearance.

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Science, (BS) Health Service Management - The University of Maryland, Adelphi, MD.

Military Service:

United States Army (April 1997- July 2017) Retired

Training:

Leadership Training: Procurement Training:

Senior Leader Course Acquisition 101

Advanced Leader Course CLB 007 Cost Analysis

CLC 058 Introduction to Contract Pricing

DoD Reutilization Marketing Systems

Budget Analytics

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Awards:

-Annual Performance Award (September 2012-2018), The Acquisition Rewards and Recognition Program

Technology:

-Microsoft Office Suite, ARIMS, MEDPROS, DAI, ACMS, NASA SEWP V, CORAS,

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