Manage financial system and processes that support Esri’s compliance with FAR and CAS regulations. Structure effective and optimal cost allocation methodologies and maintain the system structure to facilitate management reporting and monitoring costs and expenses. Provides leadership for improving business processes and methodologies to enhance both internal and external reporting. Responsibilities include performing analysis of financial impacts related to accounting and costing methodologies changes, preparing incurred cost submissions and providing support related to financial audits and coordination of DCAA audits, ensuring accounting policies, procedures, and controls are documented and followed, proactively identifying potential regulatory compliance issues and recommend potential solutions, updating management on changes to FAR and CAS regulations and their impact on the company, and leading or assisting with various technical accounting and research projects.. Duties also include managing the internal audit function, the Accounts Payable team, and the Travel Accounting team. Responsibilities include all aspects of internal audit from risk assessment to management reporting, managing the accounts payable and travel expense reimbursement teams and processes, supporting the monthly close process, and managing inventory accounting.

Manage financial system and processes that support Esri’s compliance with FAR and CAS regulations. Structure effective and optimal cost allocation methodologies and maintain the system structure to facilitate management reporting and monitoring costs and expenses. Provides leadership for improving business processes and methodologies to enhance both internal and external reporting. Responsibilities include performing analysis of financial impacts related to accounting and costing methodologies changes, preparing incurred cost submissions and providing support related to financial audits and coordination of DCAA audits, ensuring accounting policies, procedures, and controls are documented and followed, supporting monthly close process related to allocation of costs and analysis of expenses, managing inventory accounting, proactively identifying potential regulatory compliance issues and recommend potential solutions, updating management on changes to FAR and CAS regulations and their impact on the company, managing SAP Security Team and Internal Audit function, and leading or assisting with various technical accounting and research projects.

Audit Manager for CH2M HILL's Accounting, Billing, and Internal Controls Systems / Liaison with DCAA / CAS and FAR Compliance / Policies and Procedures

Plans, organizes, directs, and controls the accounting and control function of the division, reports operational results. Provide leadership and coordination of financial statement preparation, financial reporting, and budget management functions. Ensure company accounting procedures conform to generally accepted accounting principles.

• Jan 06 - Aug 09 - Responsible for overall business function of the division, including assisting project management in meeting administrative and financial responsibilities, and coordination with corporate, division, and interdivisional entities.• Oct 05 - Jan 06 - Managed functions and staff of 8 employees in the payroll, procurement, property, safety, human resources, accounting, and administrative departments related to business activities for the Katrina Project Management Office.• Jan 04 - Oct 05 - Managed several business managers / site accountants at various major projects throughout Iraq, insuring accuracy, consistency, and documentation of required accounting entries.

• Liaison for federal and state government and other contractor representatives• Computed provisional and actual billing rates, maintained corporate and business segment disclosure statements, assured compliance with FAR, CAS, TINA, and other government regulations, and completed various special projects.• Worked extensively with company management, government contracting officers and representatives, and external auditors to resolve potential compliance issues and other areas of concerns.

• Auditor-in-Charge of the office from August 1993 until April 1997.• Performed virtually all types of government audits, including audits of Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) compliance, disclosure statements, incurred costs (direct and indirect), forward pricing rates, cost impacts, equitable adjustments, post-awards, estimating systems, accounting systems, proposals, and so forth.