Financial Analyst Management

SABITA D. GBEE, MPA

Leesburg Virginia, *****

202-***-****) ******.*****@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL H I GHLIGHTS

A results-oriented analyst with over 12 years of budgeting and financial management experience. Versed in monitoring and creating financial models, analyzing financial trends, resolving asset management challenges, evaluating variances, developing budgets and financial forecasts, assembling, and summarizing financial data, and designing risk-mitigating strategies. Independent worker and analytical thinker with ability to manipulate data within large datasets to perform in depth analysis and resolve complex problems. EDUCATION

Master of Arts, University of Baltimore - Baltimore, MD 2015 Public Administration - Budgeting and Financial Management Bachelor of Science, Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Indiana, PA 2006 Business Administration and Information Systems

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sr Financial Analyst, Seneca Holdings, (Census Bureau) 2023–Present

Develop and maintain the IT program budget for the 2030 Census project.

Create and maintain the IT Census life-cycle cost estimate and associated models.

Provide regular status updates, obligation, and expenditure forecasting.

Conduct IT budget and financial analysis, funds control techniques, and cost projections based on current funding status.

Collaborate with the team to assess financial systems and recommend areas for improvement.

Review financial reporting processes, strategic financial planning, and policy formulation and development in accordance with the scope of work.

Design and apply performance measures and quality controls.

Conduct or lead economic and regulatory analysis. Lead Financial Analyst, Booz Allen Hamilton. (Department of Navy) 2021–2023

Develop bi-weekly financial reports to include forecasting, budgeting, and analyzing variances from budget vs. Actuals for IT/CIO leadership for the Navy

Coordinate and resolve financial compliance issues to ensure accurate spend requirements are met.

Prepare biweekly/End of month reports, comparing financial execution to benchmarks.

Provide system shutdown schedules to the program office to ensure realignment of funds are tracked appropriately.

Create monthly dashboards to provide high level financial overview for IT/CIO leadership.

Manages and support accounting activities, transactions, preparing end of month accruals, journal entries and other budgetary requirements.

Analyze financial system reports to identify available resources and provide mitigation strategies to assist with spend plan changes in execution year.

Develop FY23 Spend Plan funding recommendations to balance the IT “MyNavy” Portfolio.

Utilize budget controls data, command requirements, and historical trend analysis, to ensure recommended assets and shortfalls across the enterprise were captured correctly.

Facilitate the status of financial requirements, ensuring that task order charges accurately reflect the budgetary benchmark.

Track spending versus plan and notify the command promptly of any over runs/under expenditures and make recommendations to ensure spend is aligned with proposed phasing.

Monitor and report performance against plans to ensure that contractual requirements and scheduled objectives are met.

Sr. Financial Analyst, Gap Solutions Inc. (Department of Army) 2019–2021

Provided reporting to facilitate executive-level decision making for the Deputy for Acquisition and Project Managers.

Supported all financial activity: Planning, Programming, Budget, and Execution (PPBE), POM, FYDP, year of execution planning.

Facilitated the movement of funds to ensure projects meet cost, schedule, and performance requirements, Cross-functional collaboration to promote organizational and project success.

Created Purchase Requisitions (PR), Military Interdepartmental Purchase Requests (MIPR) and generate reports to track obligations and disbursements rates using General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS).

Prepared briefings and compiled financial data to formulate budgets; provide recommendations for effective and timely use of funding.

Developed short suspense taskers and demanding situations with clarity, focus and professionalism. Budget Analyst, Inalab Consulting (Department of Interior) 2017–2019

Provided expert, authoritative advice and consultation regarding the development of programmatic budget, reviewed budget proposals for completeness, accuracy, and regulatory compliance.

Evaluated and monitor budget actions; identify trends and approves reprogramming of funds.

Made recommendations to solve budget shortages and fiscals’ problems.

Oversaw the development financial reports requirements, always producing accurate and timely reports.

Adjudicated spend plans for the Department; and monitor the Department’s budget execution and reporting requirements; always providing positive results.

Monitored, tracked, and reported on budget obligations to ensure the accuracy of data entered the financial system complies with the guidelines, end-of year closing activities.

Reviewed and coordinated accounting documents that reflect relatively stable budget execution activities such as obligations, payments, corrections, adjustments, receivables, appointments, and allotments.

Adjudicated complex financial data using an array of financial tools and software, to include Law Enforcement Management Information System, Tableau, Microsoft Programs, and various Google applications.

Acquisition Analyst, CEXEC (FRTIB) 2015 – 2017

Developed acquisition plans to facilitate contract award of varying values; always producing sound plans that met the Agency’s objectives.

Coordinated with key stakeholders to determine procurement justifications and approvals, establishing key partnership and connections.

Developed and maintained communications with other Federal and non-Federal organizations.

Designed strategies to achieve program milestones and advised stakeholders on strategic objectives. This required briefing and consultation with senior executives.

Planned source selection activities and coordinated contract requirements.

Audited complex financial documents for completeness and accuracy, noting or resolving errors and deficiencies.

Organized narrative and numerical information using different methods, techniques, and precedents, such as questionnaires, interviews, review of computer data, and comparison of past and present records.

Developed standard operation procedures, SharePoint instructions, and acquisition program strategies.

Monitored multiple large contract vehicles over $250M including comp/non-comp IDIQs, BPAs, FFP.

Supervised ongoing assessment and status of critical path activities and contractual deliverables to proactively identify and mitigate potential project risks related to contract schedules.

Reviewed and analyzed monthly invoices and related deliverables. Financial Analyst, Amtrak 2014 – 2015

Assessed financial expenditures and reconciled financial activities, with 100 percent accuracy.

Summarized financial reports for senior executives.

Developed a variety of financial and investment policies.

Developed sales, expense, and budget forecasts.

Executed budgetary resources assigned and provided expert advice on financial strategies.

Supported performance management efforts and proposed changes to existing workflow processes. This effort led to efficiencies throughout the Agency.

Prepared and analyzed budget information in accordance with Amtrak’s reporting requirements.

Developed financial and budget reports, cost reports, and balance sheets, and provides information and recommendations to higher level management for use in making resource management plans and decisions.

Audited direct labor and material costs, records, ledgers, and other documents against invoices, receipts, payroll slips, and other source documents.

Prepared monthly reports on permanent positions, object class, grade level and salaries for the IT department.

Analyzed monthly financial statements using SAP, MS Excel and other financial tools.

Validated financial data for accuracy, which resulted in an overall reduction of errors with journey entry.

Prepared complex financial reports and analyzed contractor’s data using SAP and other automation tools. Budget Analyst, Amtrak 2011 - 2013

Reconciled monthly budgets for four regional offices, and developed executive level reports for senior leadership; always providing insightful and timely information.

Managed vendor payments and developed monthly budget strategy planning sessions with senior directors.

Examined financial data for accuracy, validating journey entries with consistent accuracy.

Analyzed and developed budgetary report for the marketing department for past and current budget years for consistency and adequacy.

Validated the appropriateness of charges for materials and labor and determined if transactions were properly recorded.

Planned, managed, integrated, and collaborated on investment program activities.

Developed accrual and reversal reports to account for contracting services incurred by the department.

Provided assistance to other budget and program staff in developing and coordinating policies and procedures related to the department’s multi-year budgeting process. Management Associate, Amtrak 2010 - 2011

Planned and executed over 100 human resources-related tasks; while implemented transition activities for the firm.

Formulated the firm’s human capital management plans to surrounding workforce policies.

Adjudicated accounts payable for employees’ pay.

Implemented performance measures to evaluate organizational productivity for a major organizational segment of an agency.

Conducted studies or parts of studies involving work processes and administrative procedures that are clerical, routine, and mostly straightforward and common across the organizations.

Planned and conducted studies related to management improvement issues.

Served as a subject matter expert for issues relating to regulatory and statutory requirement to manage the department’s initiative to reduce its workforce.

Authored analytical reports for various departments; with a 100 percent accuracy rate.

Provided human capital administrative support to over 50 human capital projects. Business Administrator, Alstom 2009 - 2010

Executed various financial activities using SAP; with 100 percent accuracy.

Reconciled invoices, and accounts receivable for the Department.

Managed procurement activities for the Department; managing a procurement budget of over 1 million dollars with 100 percent accountability.

Accomplished external customer relations for the department, obtaining a 100% customer satisfaction rating.

Operations Manager, Rite Aid 2006 – 2009

Managed the day-to-day operations for a regional location, to include recruiting, hiring and training.

Managed payroll, to ensure timely and accurate payments.

Developed employees’ schedules to facilitate the day-to-day operations of the firm.

Created an environment that elevated sales margin, increased staff retention, and improved customer satisfaction by as much as 47% in one quarter.

Prepared monthly sales reports; with a 100 percent accuracy.

Calculated complex budget figures and forecasted future sales volumes to maximize profits.

Analyzed and interpreted financial trends to facilitate planning. ADDITIONAL CREDENTIALS

TECHNICAL

SKILLS

• Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, Access

• Financial Software - SAP, PeopleSoft, Time and Attendance (People Net, Kronos), SAM Finance, CISCPROD, ETRAX, FBMS,

• Tableau, Salesforce, GFEBS, PBIS IT, PowerBI, SQL, CPROBE, Consolidated Budget Reporting Application (COBRA) system

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