Financial Management United States

Ms. Tiffiny L Mims

Phone: 601-***-**** Email: ********@*****.***

Relevant Work Experience

Field Accountant United States Department of Agriculture Denver, CO 11/2024 - Present Series: 0510 - Grade: 13 Hours per week: 40

As a Rural Development Field Accountant, responsibilities include managing the financial components of development projects, ensuring regulatory compliance, providing financial oversight, and delivering training and technical assistance in local communities. The position requires organization, attention to detail, and effective communication.

• Financial management involves tracking project expenses, reconciling invoices and payments, and overseeing budgets to ensure that financial performance matches project plans.

• Accounting and reporting tasks include keeping accurate financial records, performing account reconciliations, assisting with month-end and year-end closing procedures, generating financial reports, and analyzing variances compared to budgets.

• Grant and loan administration consists of handling grants and loans from federal, state, and private sources, preparing relevant documentation, processing required financial reports, and ensuring compliance with funding provisions.

• Compliance and auditing duties involve working with auditors during financial and regulatory audits, and verifying that all financial activities and records conform to generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) as well as applicable federal and state regulations.

• Technical assistance and outreach entail offering training and financial guidance to cooperative members, and other community participants, which may include workshops on record-keeping and interpreting financial statements.

Finance & Accounting Officer US Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District Galveston, TX 05/2014 - 02/2024 Series: 0510 - Grade: 13 Hours per week: 40

Supervised staff accountants, fiscal management analysts, and customer service representatives. Led planning, direction, and supervision of the accounting branch, interpreting policies and procedures to inform immediate and long- range management plans and decisions. Utilize professional accounting knowledge to solve accounting and operational problems, implement new regulations and procedures, and analyze automated systems. Develop and implement policies, procedures, and internal controls to ensure accuracy, reliability, and conformance with generally accepted accounting principles. Leverage Microsoft Access to query the Corps of Engineers Financial Management System (CEFMS) database, analyzing, interpreting, and summarizing financial data.

• Selected for Temporary Assignment as Finance & Accounting Officer with the US Army Corps of Engineers Japan District (7 months), enhancing international collaboration and operations.

• Served as Comptroller for all Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) missions. Prepared all purchase requests for internal actions, contractual actions, accounts payable, and monthly financial reviews.

• Implemented procedural improvements associated with the Joint Review Process, Accounts Payable, and Cost Transfers, enhancing financial management efficiency.

• Reviewed and standardized work output in the Accounting Branch for more efficient operations.

• Provided expert technical advice to management on accounting and financial management operational issues, facilitating informed decision-making processes.

Lead, Staff Accountant US Army Corps of Engineers Fort Worth District Fort Worth, TX Series: 0510 - Grade: 12

04/2012 - 05/2014

Hours per week: 40

Provided expert accounting and financial guidance. Supervised and coordinated the work of a team of four, driving operational improvements and problem resolution. Ensured compliance with appropriations laws, the Chief Financial Officers Act, and other regulations through detailed analysis of accounting data. Initiated and recommended procedures to prevent waste and abuse of resources and ensured adequate internal control reviews of cost accounts and general ledgers.

• Successfully reconciled, analyzed, and followed up on over $132M of funding, meeting the Closing Cancelling Appropriation goal of no lost funding for the district for two fiscal years.

• Developed and implemented procedures for Military Assets and Construction in Progress, successfully closing over eighty projects within a year, thereby increasing the accuracy of fiscal records.

• Reviewed and approved 3,300 funding transactions for the district's joint review process, validating all categories of government funding.

• Addressed a Chief Financial Officer issue to a passing rating for the last quarter of the fiscal year, by meeting a significant and obvious report item mandated by higher headquarters. Staff Accountant US Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans District New Orleans, LA Series: 0510 - Grade: 11

07/2006 - 04/2012

Hours per week: 40

Served as Budget Analyst and principal advisor to the Chief of Staff, focusing on budgeting, formulation, execution, manpower, training, and facility management. Reviewed documents submitted by Hurricane Protection Office (HPO) staff, prepared operating budgets, and presented them to the Chief of Staff and Division Chiefs for approval. Prepared management data and provided monthly budget execution analysis briefings to the Program Budget Advisory Committee (PBAC). Assisted in projecting and tracking obligations and expenditures for the HPO's annual operating budget.

• Provided HPO management with cost factors and historical performance data to support sound budgetary decisions.

• Monitored budgeted versus actual expenditures by continually reviewing and examining accounting records.

• Analyzed labor productive/nonproductive cyclical frequencies and projected labor expense components using the CEFMS Operating Budget Module to formulate the labor budget.

• Led the Time and Attendance special project team, providing instructions, training, and leadership to all HPO Timekeepers (contractor personnel) to ensure compliance with Resource Management time and attendance data entry, documentation, and submission requirements.

Budget Technician US Army Engineer Research & Development Center Vicksburg, MS 11/2002 - 07/2006 Series: 0560 - Grade: 07 Hours per week: 40

Served as a Budget Technician, managing and analyzing budget data, ensuring compliance with regulations, and performing financial tasks like fund distribution and cost verification. Responsibilities include comparing current and planned expenditures against funding, processing transactions, and preparing financial reports to track fund utilization and forecast costs.

• Created and provided detailed analysis of expenditures and financial status to supervisors/managers and/or project managers. Conducted financial analyses and consolidated reports using the CEFMS, ERDC Data Warehouse, and ERDC30. Supplied timely and accurate financial statements and fund status reports utilizing CEFMS. Provided interpretations of accounting/financial report statements and data.

• Reviewed and reconciled financial and accounting results to ensure quality, accuracy, and compliance with regulatory and procedural requirements. Interpreted funds distribution data to identify trends and prepare management reports.

• Prepared government orders and coordinated the acceptance of civil and military reimbursable funding.

• Performed technical tasks of P2 Local Configuration Manager (LCM)and Proxy utilizing P2 software Primavera Enterprise; for example, establishing work breakdown structures, formulating project activities, resource allocations, adjustments, and developing the duration, dates, and relationships that are key components to the project schedule.

• Led the efforts to interface with CEFMS using Oracle Applications.

• Provided guidance and assistance to project managers in developing Project Management Plans (PMP) and attaching each PMP to the Consolidated Management Information (CMI) model of the Project Management Business Process (PMBP) Portal.

• Primary Government Credit Cardholder for the Impact Explosion & Effects Branch. Monitored all support resources

(e.g., equipment, supplies, materials, and training) for assigned areas to ensure Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance. Education, Certification, or Licensure

Limestone College Gaffney, SC Completion date: 12/2013 Bachelor's degree GPA: 3.6 of a maximum of 4.0 Credits Earned: 150 Major: Bachelor of Science - Major: Accounting; Minor: Business Adm Additional information

• Department of Defense Certified Financial Manager II

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access)

• Qlik Sense

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