Contract Specialist
CurrentWith promotion to Civil Service (GS), continued with duties and responsibilities performed as a contractor with Tatitlek Corp in support of U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security.Developed SharedPoint information sites to improve dissemination of helpful information, acquisition policy, and Treasury regulations. Completed and published CAP’s Interagency Agreement (IAA) SOP and workflow / process maps geared to improve knowledge of IAA clearance procedures. Conferenced with Comptroller General Financial Services and Treasury to improve integration / migration to Treasury’s Government Invoicing (GINV) system. Regularly conference with Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS), Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and Servicing Agency stakeholders to ensure timely and accurate integration of legacy IAAs to GINV. Designed and published agreement / contract and obligation fiscal data visualization reports for programmatic IAA portfolios via PowerBI and Power Automate to 1) improve transparency and visibility of statistical data; and 2) improve overall IAA portfolio management trends across the DS Bureau. Conducted various IAA training sessions to DS Bureau Program Offices, management staff, and other bureau representatives across the department. Redesigned CAP’s bureau-facing division SharedPoint site (with the inclusion of individual sub-division team sites) to both modernize and improve our intranet footprint. Liaised on behalf of DS Bureau during pilot trials / testing of Treasury’s GINV system deployment, while advising on contractual implications of proposed processes, policies, and procedures. Enforced and implemented policy changes imposed by the bureau’s Office of Procurement Executive (OPE) regarding IAAs and programs’ overall portfolio management. Introduced and conducted cyclical portfolio reconciliations directly with DS Bureau stakeholders. Assessed fiscal suitability of bureau’s agreements during review of new obligation / order requests.