Provide accounting and operational support for the OSIRIS-REx Mission.Liaison to the Marshall Space Flight Center Contracting Officer for RFP responses, contract modifications, and inventory purchase requests.Assist with the preparation of budgets and update cost forecast as projections evolve.Prepare monthly updates to the Principal Investigator managed budget that capture monthly and cumulative actual costs and work with the Deputy Principal Investigator on updating the forecast and life cycle estimate to complete.Prepare financial and administrative reports for the internal planning and contract reporting to the sponsor, (533M and 533Q), including variance analysis of planned versus actual costs.Prepare subcontracts to external institutions. Process subcontract invoices and modifications, and track travel, 533 submissions, and capital purchases.Process purchase orders to external vendors including RFPs when required, sole source justifications, W-9/vendor setup, and purchase order amendments.Keep PI Office management team informed of applicable rules, regulations, policies, and procedures set forth by UArizona and outside governing agencies.Coordinate personnel matters, such as Federal Effort Reporting, salary and accounting adjustments, offer letters, leave requests including FMLA, supplemental compensation, and payroll.

Organize and manage the daily activities in FSO Operations to ensure accurate and timely disbursement of funds for U of A Employee and Student Expense and Travel Reimbursements.Supervise the daily activities, performance, training, and high level HR needs of seven Financial Services Specialists (FSS).Ensure disbursement of funds meet policy, procedure, and compliance requirements.Create and implement changes to work assignments, methods, and procedures to meet the needs of FSO Operations.Devise and implement improvements in accuracy and efficiency with respect to Accounts Payable financial and travel related systems.Analyze, resolve, and answer complex or difficult problems presented by FSS staff, University staff, students, faculty, and vendors.Recommend changes and improvements to departmental policies and procedures and assist with their implementation to ensure integrity of Operations related systems.Provide Accounts Payable and Travel Policy and Procedure training to the campus community (faculty and staff).Communicate compliance issues and problems to management for resolution and provide suggestions for solutions.Review statistical reports to monitor activities, anticipate problems, and ensure accurate recording of transactions submitted to the financial system.Oversee maintenance of financial record retention and provide recommendations for revisions to the existing schedule and procedures.Determine whether financial and internal controls are adequate to meet management objectives and make recommendations for improvements.Recommend and implement improvements to security and system control procedures.Review and evaluate computer hardware and software to determine their usefulness and appropriateness as related to existing or proposed administrative systems.Assist with the development of preliminary and detailed system design documents for in-house and campus computer and travel systems.

• Launched and maintained new company website, www.mindplay.com.• Wrote and submitted proposals at District and State levels.• Managed large-scale marketing campaigns (Lead Generation).• Managed leads (Salesforce CRM).• Managed communications with and resources (marketing materials) for outside resellers.• Fielded sales calls and forwarded to outside resellers or managed as needed for unrepresented territories.• Organized various seminars.• Assisted as needed with software testing.

Proficient with Quickbooks Software & Microsoft Suite of programs.Full charge bookkeeping, payroll, & purchasing.Calculated Overhead and General & Administrative billing rates to DCAA.Generated and submitted reporting of ICE and other reports to DCAA as required.Maintained Government Properties records and reported to DCMA as required.All general administrative tasks as necessary for day to day office business.Monitored and reported regularly on evolving billing rates and contract balances.Managed company travel.Maintained and managed proposal submission calendar and schedule to ensure all deadlines were met.Managed proposal preparation and submission to ensure all elements were complete to proposal specifications.Provided support to scientific and technical staff as needed with proposal compilation process.Researched and compiled budget and spend plan sections of proposals, (Cost Proposals).Maintained organized records, files, and databases of all internal staff and externalsubcontractor sections.Served as point of contact for contract negotiations and coordinated meetings betweenscientific/technical staff and Government agencies.Provided follow-up materials as needed, typically budget and spend plan items.Served as the financial point of contact on all contracts.Generated financial status reports and submitted as required per contract.Maintained schedules of technical reporting/deliverables and kept project managers currentwith those schedules.Reviewed, edited and submitted Final Technical Reporting as required per contract.Experience with online government reporting and proposal submissions including:Wide Area Work Flow, My Invoice, NASA Electronic Handbook, DOE E-Center, ASAP, DoD- DOE-DHS- and NASA SBIR/STTR, NOAA Grants Online, Grants.gov, FedConnect, VETS 100, DCMA, JPAS, Central Contractor Registration/ORCA, etc.Organized and coordinated three annual Homeland Security Conferences