Gregory Gray Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

*Oversee Financial Management and Operation for the Office of Financial Management: Area of responsibilities Financial Policy, Travel Policy and System, Travel Card program, and Payroll Policy and debt collection and special projects. *Issue all DOT-wide Financial Management policies in compliance with Departmental, OMB, OPM, statutory, and regulatory policies/requirements. Manage the policy review process through an electronic document management system (EDMS). *Serve as DOT voting member at GSA Senior Travel Official Council and leading DOT initiative for implementing a new GSA E-Travel system (ETSNext) in FY26.*Oversee travel system, travel data analytics tool, and oversee Travel card program (37K cardholders) to ensure delinquent rates are at a minimum. Ensure the Department adheres to OMB A-123 Appendix B travel card internal controls risk guidance. *Serve as DOT-wide project management office for implementing department-wide Treasury-mandated *G-Invoicing System for Intra Agency Agreement. *Serve as the DOT-wide project management office for post-implementation activities of the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 (DATA Act). *Oversee DOT annual reconciliation of Treasury Reports on Receivables and debt collection activities through reconciling non-tax receivables delinquent/non-delinquent owed to DOT.*Oversee time and attendance system (CASTLE), attendance policy, and program management in accordance with requirements of DOT, OMB, OPM, and other federal guidance. Ensure time is recorded and approved for 56k employees bi-weekly and the payroll file is transmitted to the shared service provider (Department of Interior-Interior Business Center) on time. *Manage the notice of findings and recommendations (NFRs) from OIG/GAO audits and develop corrective action plans for NFRs. *Work with shared service provider Enterprise Servicing Center daily on travel, travel system, G-INV, and Data Act to meet DOT financial management needs.

Washington, Dc, Us

*Managed the Budget Formulation and Execution process and developed an annual operating budget and implemented a new monthly budget execution report. *Implemented a 2-year budget development process and tracked and monitored the usage of carryover funds. *Conducted budget requirement meetings to ensure FTE and contract support needs for future budget years are aligned with the Strategic and Human Capital Plan.*Prepared the draft budget justification documents for both the Performance Budget Plan and Congressional Budget Justification narrative (briefs, table, and chart exhibits) for the Chair and Commissioners for review/approval before submitting them to OMB and Congress.*Implemented a new procurement process, limited sole source contracts and implemented a new contracting evaluation process including technical evaluation panels to review proposals. *Established pre-award and post-award functions for all contracts and managed the request for proposals and solicitations in Sam.gov (previously FedBizOpps).*Managed and approved accounts payable to vendors (government and private sector) monthly, quarterly, and yearly. Established spending guidance under contingency resolution and established spending guidance during a lapse in appropriation for paying vendors.*Developed, implemented and brief Commission on a new performance-based compensation program at the request of the chairman. Worked with all departments within the PRC and briefed all Commissioners on the performance-based compensation program. Established new policy and pay bands and developed the methodology and allocation for performance awards and spot-award budgets.*Served as the primary reviewer on all OIG performance audits and implemented a corrective action plan.

*Served as the lead audit advisor on financial statements and other program audits for the Budget Submitting Office (BSO), the Office of the Chief of Naval Operation and eight sub-subcommands with a total obligation authority of $3.4B (multiple appropriations). Served as the final approver/reviewer on all audit samples. *Developed FIAR policies and guidance and conducted training for sub-offices to ensure guidance was understood and implemented. Established a dashboard to monitor audit samples and notice of findings and recommendations. *Served as the policy lead for the BSO on all financial-related inquiries regarding spending guidance and other financial policy-related issues. Ensured all financial guidance was pushed down to the sub-offices and provided a summary of the policy. *Oversaw BSO, Government Travel Card Program (18K cardholders), and Government Purchase Card Program (6K cardholders) and provided guidance and policy to all activities. Implemented a dashboard to monitored late and delinquent travel card accounts.*Established and implemented contract services guidance for all service contracts by establishing the Service Requirement Review Board (SRRB), implementing the usage of the Product Service Code and Object Class Code, and communicating an annualized funding policy. SRRB established uniform guidance regarding processes to identify, validate, assess, plan, and monitor services acquisitions across the BSO. *Established an Inventory Contracted Services (ICS) Review process for the BSO. Led the team in reviewing the FY2014 Inventory of Contracted Services for 684 contracts totaling $450.7M. *Served as the BSO Manager Internal Control Program Process. Coordinated with sub-commands to ensure they documented the end-to-end processes that supported operational, administrative, system, and financial processes to ensure they provided a risk assessment of controls and improvement efficiency.

Washington, Dc, Us

*Managed budget development and execution for an annual appropriation for the Second Destination Transportation (SDT) $500M- $800M (includes budget for Iran and Afghanistan wars). Worked closely with Office of the Secretary of Defense in the Budget and Execution Phases of the Planning, Programming, Budget, and Execution (PPBE) through Program Objective Memorandum (POM) and budget justification briefs. Established and implemented a budget requirements conference for program offices who were using SDT funds. *Managed Iran-war budget for the transportation of the Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles in Iran war. Developed MRAP air and sea transportation cost models as well as projected delivery schedule into Iran based on vendor production schedule. *Managed the status of funds report for 30 program offices, which included providing monthly execution report and quarterly and semi-annual review with each program offices ensure obligation rates were maintain with DOD standards and preventing the under-execution of budget. *Worked closely with shared service provider (DFAS), approved accounts payable to vendors Military Interdepartmental Purchase Request (MIPRS) and Interagency Agreements (IAAs) and contractor support. Provided CR spending guidance to program offices during a CR. *Served as the lead expert on USMC accounting system Standard Accounting Budgeting Resource Systems (SABRS), and data analytics tool SABRS Management Analysis Retrieval Tool System.*Served as SDT lead on all internal and external audits DoD-OIG, Naval and financial statement Audit. Implemented corrective action plans as result of audit findings. Served as lead on all funding inquiries from Office of Secretary of Defense OMB, as well as congressional inquiries from the House and Senate Appropriation Committees.

*As a Senior Management Consultant provided financial, budgeting, internal control and process improvement assessments. Implemented financial management best practices and developed and executed project plans utilizing IBM process improvement methodologies and standard accounting principles. Provided support on proposals for multiple Federal and State agencies.*USDA- Food Safety- Served as team lead on improving obligation for travel budget for the Food Safety Division. Developed and implemented an obligation process for the travel budget for the Food Safety Division of USDA, established process improvement for managing obligations through implementing monthly obligation reports and semi-annual reviews of open obligations, and established Standard Operating Procedures for managing obligations and accruals.*DoD/USMC- HQMC provided support for Second Destination Transportation program. Improved internal and management controls related to transportation of things appropriation. Developed a new bi-weekly Budget Execution report ($300M) program. Implemented new requirements and formulation processes to ensure the program captured all budget requirements. Prepared POM brief budget exhibits and developed requirements for the future year's budget. Served as the SDT team expert for Standard Accounting Budgeting Resource Systems (SABRS) and SABRS Management Analysis Retrieval Tool System (SMARTS). Established a new process for annually populating the Line of Accounting for the SDT program and Household Goods.*Department of Homeland Security (DHS)-Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) - Assisted the budget and finance office by monitoring budgetary control to DHS-ICE. Developed a database to track and monitor FTE costs for transferring employees. Analyzed shared services to identify direct cost versus reimbursable costs from Service Level Agreements between ICE and other offices within DHS. Managed labor billing hours for the contract.

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*As a consultant provided financial, reconciliation accounting, internal control, and process improvement assessments. Implemented financial management best practices and developed and executed project plans utilizing PWC process improvement methodologies and standard accounting principles. *Department Education (DoEd)-William D. Ford Direct Loan Division- Served as a Reconciliation Accountant for the Common Origination and Disbursement system. Reconciled over $4.5B dollars annually for 210 colleges and universities throughout the country. Assisted in the creation and maintenance of procedures to assists teams in monitoring participating institutions and ensured they followed Title IV regulations, policies, and procedures, and determines the impact of these procedures on staff and participating educational institutions. Worked with tracking allocation from Grant Management Systems and identified and analyzed issues, problems, and challenges. Conducted 36 compliance audits and sight visits on behalf of DoEd at universities and colleges. Provided technical advisory services and worked on the designed and process for the implementation of the Mastery Promissory Note.