Government Contracting Professional - Finance, PM, BD Expert

Clarissa Edgerton

Arlington, VA ******************@*****.*** 571-***-**** *Secret Clearance*

PROFILE: A driven government contracting professional with 8+ years of experience in supporting DOD Agencies, policy review, program finance, financial forecasting & reporting, & project management within the (Federal) government contracting industry. Excellent written. oral and analytical skills with a focus on business development and operations. Passionate about quality assurance and risk management.

EDUCATION: Xavier University of Louisiana, Business Management, Minor in Business Administration

SKILLS: PMP Certification (In-Progress); Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, & Outlook); Microsoft Project; SQL, Pivot Tables, Executive Support; Records Management; Project Management, Financial Forecasting & Reporting; Integrated Master Scheduler (IMS) Experience, NECHO; ABS; Adobe Reader X; Prospector Plus (CRM); Microsoft Dynamics; NAV; NITAAC Portal; GSA Portal; FAA Portal; Sales Force (CRM); Deltek Cost Point; Share Point; Unanet; Cognos. Experience with the following types of government contracts: Cost Plus (CP), Time & Materials (T&M), Firm Fixed Price (FFP), ETM2, CATMS, DTS, SharePoint, Knowledge Management

EXPERIENCE:

United States Army Chaplain Corps-(Office of The Chief of Chaplains) Administrative Support Officer/Correspondence Manager October 2024-July 2024-(Contract Role)

Provides administrative support to the Army Chief of Staff (Major General-2 Star) and The Chief of Staff.

Prepares project-related correspondence to facilitate client and project staff communication (e.g., notices, memorandums).

Coordinates all aspects of group meetings to include managing logistics, providing on-site administrative support, and keeping minutes.

Formats documents to prescribed OCCH specifications including font, margins, style, and other document formatting.

Maintains calendars for select organization leadership.

Creates and maintains travel arrangements for select organizational leadership including direct coordination with travel service providers and the Defense Travel System (DTS)

Directs budgetary process support staff, oversees the department budget, and prepares the budget for the department or division.

Manages Action Trackers (ETMS2) & routes tasks to appropriate personnel.

Monitors the revenue and expenses associated with the department, ensuring budgetary compliance and that periodic reporting requirements are met.

Drafted & distributed memos regarding various policies specific to the organization.

Utilized CATMS to track taskers & route memos/correspondence for the Chief of Staff.

Department of Defense-(Office of Small Business Programs-OSBP) Senior Executive Assistant/Correspondence Associate December 2023-October 2024-(Contract Role)

Provides executive-level support, to Senior Executive Service (SES) leadership.

Coordinates the daily calendar(s) of DoD Executive(s) (Political Appointees or members of the Senior Executive Service}, including scheduling internal and external meetings, appointments, and events.

Ensures the taskings comply with DoD systems such as CATMS, DoD editing, and formatting requirements.

Coordinates travel and accommodations for DoD Executives and other government officials as needed, including using the Defense Travel System (DTS).

Assists other staff members in drafting and writing policies, guidance, supporting processes, and memoranda.

Drafted & distributed memos regarding various policies specific to the organization.

Department of Defense-(Office of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion-ODEI) Senior Executive Assistant/Correspondence Associate May 2023-December2023-Contract Role)

Provides executive-level support, to Senior Executive Service (SES) leadership

Functions as a Management Analyst and expert on management systems techniques, processes, and technology that will optimize the Division's operations.

Interfaces with other senior leaders, including from interagency and external partners, to schedule meetings and discussions.

Utilized CATMS to track taskers & route memos/correspondence.

Answers and routes phone calls, takes detailed messages, responds to inquiries and communicates results to leadership.

Prepares daily Read-Ahead binder.

Writes and sends administrative e-mails, tracks responses, and summarizes results.

Manages the calendar for Senior Executives & Directors.

Coordinates transportation from the Pentagon to the Washington Navy Yard & other local government facilities.

Schedules domestic & international travel for senior executives and processes travel claims.

Proofreads and edits presentations, memos, and written reports all while maintaining confidentiality.

Routes policy packages for signature.

Drafted & distributed memos regarding various policies specific to the organization.

SOS International LLC Program Control Analyst II May 2022-November 2022 (Contract)

●Develop and maintain expenditure spend plans to include level of effort projections as well as depletion dates for current funding for Time & Material (T&M) & Firm Fixed Price (FFP) projects valued at $100 million (multi-funded) with the Department of Transportation (DOT).

●Analyze immediate and long-term profitability both at the delivery order and the contract level.

●Assist Program Managers in the identification of modifications and change orders and preparation of documentation required for new or follow-on efforts. Including identifying, documenting, resolving project issues, and reporting issues and risks to management.

●Establish and administer the invoice review process for Program Managers and prepare subcontractor financial reviews. Including developing, reporting, monitoring, and tracking program metrics/performance indices.

●Develop and analyze Estimates-to-Complete (ETC) & Estimates-at-Completion (EAC), maintain program budgets, monitor actual costs and commitments.

●Monitored project performance data to report to corporate.

●Completed schedule and budget performance reporting,

●Identified potential project risks & reported them to the Project Manager and/or corporate.

●Assisted In the intake process of new projects by maintaining the workflow of the employees.

●Created an Integrated Master Plan (IMP) for each new project in conjunction with using an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS).

●Drafted & distributed memos regarding various policies specific to the organization.

Gibbs & Cox (A Leidos Company) Program Financial Analyst July 2021-April 2022

●Maintains planning and control information in DELTEK Costpoint for 15 Cost Plus (CP) projects valued at $25 million total.

●Provides business/financial analysis.

●Supports ETC/EAC and revenue recognition.

●Monitors receivables and cash flow.

●Troubleshoots issues with contracts, accounting, procurement, pricing.

●Completes multiple weekly financial forecasting reports that provide vital information to high-level financial managers and/or corporate.

●Ensures compliancy & adheres to agreement terms relevant to reporting & providing %75 completion notices for projects.

●Interprets requirements for budget modifications & extensions.

●Created an Integrated Master Plan (IMP) for each new project in conjunction with using an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS).

Constellation West Project Control Analyst March 2021-May 2021

Assisted the Project Management team in all duties related to financial and contract performance; planning, tracking, and reporting. Initiates, monitors and maintains proper project setup within Unanet for 10 projects worth over $50 million with the Department of Defense (DOD).

●Review and analyze prime contract, subcontracts, and agreements to ensure project meets financial and reporting requirements and assist with pricing and historical data collection as needed.

●Provide monthly customer specific invoicing; create, review and, approve invoices prior to customer submittal.

●Monitor billing and payment status of customer invoices, research and resolve as needed.

●Created an Integrated Master Plan (IMP) for each new project in conjunction with using an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS).

●Provide coordination/communication with appropriate Delivery Leads and delivery personnel to ensure initiatives meet schedule, budget, and quality commitments.

●Produce consolidated project status reporting such as but not limited to: Monthly Project Reports, Quarterly Project Reviews, & Financial Analysis.

●Proactively monitor project timecards (Unanet), ensure timecard errors are identified and corrections are processed in timely manner. Creates new hire profiles and assign proper project codes in Unanet. Assign new codes to existing employees as needed.

Parsons Corporation/Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Contractor Program Control Analyst (Finance) & Regional Property Custodian June 2017-March 2021

Reviews Purchase Requests (PR’s) for various construction projects that require funding approval under the Technical Support Services IV (TSSC-4) contract.

●Manages funding for more than 45 construction projects under the TSSC IV contract worth $1.3 Billion.

●Facilitates monthly Performance Standard Review (PSR) meetings between Parsons & the FAA to stay abreast of any changes within Parsons construction projects.

●Assists project leads as needed to obtain management approval of projects and budgets, including independently drafting and developing project authorization requests, cost estimates, economic analyses, project justification, and other supporting documents some direction from project lead and other team members

●Analyze and trend cost and schedule variances against authorized and budgeted cost plans. Alert team when corrective actions are needed, including anticipating future problems based on trends. Analyze actual charges to validate their correctness and appropriateness and take corrective measures when appropriate. Provide project leads and project team members with status information and milestones that will ensure timely decisions that will take advantage of changing circumstances and resource availability.

●Created an Integrated Master Plan (IMP) for each new project in conjunction with using an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS).

●Serves as a senior advisor to FAA management staff and support contractors on financial policies and procedures

●Drafted & distributed memos regarding various policies specific to the organization.

●Regional Property Custodian: Assists with accounting for all government property, commercial vehicles, & material used during construction projects.

●Completes property transfers when property has to be transferred between one construction project to another.

●Ensures proper disposal any property no longer needed & returns government property back to the FAA

MicroTech Program Manger May 2015-March 2017

●Managed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) SAVES & Chief Information Officer - Commodities and Solutions (CIO-CS), & General Services Administration (GSA) contracts by completing monthly reporting, ensuring that we remain compliant on the contract, processing all orders, and general contract management/administration to include preparation of contract briefs, execute and correspondence to Contracting Officers with regards to billing and payment.

●Experience with working on Federal Contracts.

●Analyzed contract requirements in terms of current business objectives and in support of MicroTech personnel in field sales, technical, business development, and management roles.

●Developed & managed government reports and POS reports to manufacturers for the assigned contract if required by the manufacturer.

●Experience with scheduling and planning.

●Familiarity with the Federal acquisition process and layout of solicitation documents.

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