• Finance Manager for Support Services Division which supports the 3rd largest Regional office within the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA). Provides Direct Financial Customer service support to over 900 employees within the VBA and approximately 736K Veterans with in the State of NC. Administers direct payments of benefits to veterans and their dependents or beneficiaries. Conducts payments of administrative expenditures, and receipts of monies due to VA. Supervises and administers debt collection from beneficiary and employee indebtedness, travel, Payroll, miscellaneous operational credit card purchases, contract payments, suspense payments, administers functions and related processing in various accounting systems, provides all requested information to the Budget Officer, Division Chiefs and Directors.

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- Provided financial management support services to senior leaders and assigned personnel within a 13-state area of responsibility and 2 countries. Trusted Agent of an automated payroll system, enabling users to processing certain discretionary pay data items. Coordinated monthly events for employees that ranged from 75-300 attendees. -Audited a $7B Afghanistan operational requirement war budget without any fiscal law violations. Executed and closed out over $300M of open commitment construction contracts which saved tax papers $300M. - Supervised, managed and executed financial technical and system training to 150 personnel. Managed the training and operations for 6 Finance office’s training execution. Supervised training guidance and compliance Supervise and prepare training to support accounting, disbursing, budget, travel, military pay, foreign national pay, internal control, and vendor services operations. Certify accuracy of accounting, budget, travel, pay, disbursing, and vendor pay documents. Perform internal control inspections in compliance with regulations. Supervise financial management operations in 13 States and 2 countries. -Formulated annual training budget for units with input from budget managers to achieve training goals. Used financial information from higher management of units to monitor financial status and make strategically based decisions. - Certifying Travel Official in the Defense Travel System (DTS); validated, certified, and approved all travel reimbursement for over 500 military personnel traveling domestic and abroad. Certified military reservists pay and allowances totaling over $500,000 which allowed them to effectively train. Inputed school seats for training in the Army Training Requirements and Resources System on a weekly basics, that achieved a 95% compliance rating.

Senior Small Group Leader- Responsible for supervision, advisement, and training of 6 Instructors and 96 students monthly ; instructs a total of 170 academic hours in 22 days of training consisting of physical fitness, leadership skills, and NCO responsibilities; conducts weekly counseling and evaluation; maintains the order, discipline, and standards within the Noncommissioned Officer Academy; accountable and responsible for 4 classrooms equipment valued over $90,000.Course Manager-Coordinated and prepared for arrival of over 300 attendees on a monthly basis. Ensured required training resources are available for presenting the training as scheduled or are available when required by the student taking distributed learning. Ensured instructors/facilitators receive support, materials, and equipment required for presenting this training. Ensure staff and faculty are trained to present and manage this training. Continuously evaluate course effectiveness and efficiency and provide appropriate feedback to the T&E proponent. Ensure staff, faculty, and students comply with all safety, risk management, environmental protection rules, regulations, laws, guidance, and course requirements.

Received and post funding, commitment, and obligations documents to accounting and budget systems. Receive and process treasury checks for payment. Maintain disbursing files and prepare periodic financial reports. Receive, review, prepare, and compute travel vouchers. Receive, review, and process pay documents. Receive and review contracts, invoices, and receiving reports. Prepare payment vouchers in accordance with various government regulations. Perform duties as cashier.Verify accuracy of commitment registers, accounting documents and data bases, disbursing reports and documents, travel vouchers, vendor payments, and pay documents. Establish and maintain pay accounts on foreign nationals.