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- Performs bookkeeping functions on a variety of clients to include law firms, real estate and medical.-Job functions include, but not limited to: QuickBooks data entry and journal entries, bank reconciliations, financial statement preparation, and individual and corporate tax preparation.- Extensive experience analyzing, reviewing and summarizing financial data.

• Effectively manage the Office of Secure Transportation (OST) Travel Program, Payroll Program, Strategic Partnership Project, and Financial Management Program in accordance with applicable directives, regulations, procedures, and policy.• Serve as the lead point of contact for the OST Travel Program, to include developing notices, manuals and policy as well as provide expert guidance to employees.• Conduct in-depth research, analysis, and interpretation of regulations or law in order to provide guidance to management.• Employ techniques such as cost-benefit analysis, program trade-offs, and exploring alternative methods to provide recommendations to management regarding travel.• Skill and knowledge in application of advanced principles, concepts, and practices of program management, accounting and estimating, contracting, and inter-agency agreements.• Mastery level knowledge of contract types and terms and conditions in order to process and manage monthly invoice approvals, financial reconciliation of un-costed balances, and financial accruals.• Effectively serve as the alternate specialist for the OST Payroll Program.

• Experienced in systematic appraisal and examination of financial statements and records.• Performs complex audits, analysis of financial data and accounts, and other projects• Preparation of audit reports, memorandums, presentation, and other formal communication, to include analyzing, interpreting and presenting accounting data.• Assure compliance with policies, procedures, regulations, to include FAR and CAS, as well as contract requirements.• Examination of internal controls, incurred contract costs, accounting systems, financial condition, and estimating systems.• Professional knowledge of and skills in applying the principles, theories, techniques, and practices of accounting, management, and auditing to independently plan and conduct evaluation of financial accounts and/or management operations and controls.• Highly experienced in verbal and written communication with Federal contractors, officers, and management.• Extensive experience in mentoring, coaching, training, and supervising peers and subordinates, as well as providing technical and procedural guidance.

• Taught Business Math and Accounting I• Effectively prepared, taught, graded, and assessed student learning in courses assigned. • Advanced the role and goals of Central New Mexico Community College. • Created and modeled a quality learning environment to support a diverse student population including students with disabilities or special learning needs. • Structured classes and curriculum to correspond with program and course outcomes. • Prepared, distributed and utilized instructional support materials, including course syllabi, supplementary materials, instructional media and other devices as appropriate.

Experienced in the preparation of federal and state returns for individuals, corporations, partnerships, and trusts. Analyze financial statements and supporting documents for the preparation of tax returnsExperienced in research and interpretation of Internal Revenue codes and regulations Develop and maintain client relationships Develop and prepare documents to aid in job tracking, timing, and resources. Trained in project management Trained in the use of specialized computer programs

Highly experienced in creating invoices and estimatesReviewed, adjusted, and corrected a year of data, which resulted in more accurate financial statements and reconciled bank registers, A/P, and A/RPerformed daily, monthly and quarterly write-up tasks, such as, bank reconciliation, recording general journal entries, recording A/R and A/P, preparing payroll, and preparing financial statementsMaintained and reported sales tax liabilities and payroll tax liabilities

Assisted in the preparation and operation of large scale exercise for over 100 emergency response personnelResponsible for taking inventory and maintaining emergency response equipmentAttended emergency response, safety, and chemical and radiation training coursesRecognized for exemplary work ethic

Responsible for the analysis and dissemination of the highest priority, time sensitive dataTrained over 12 people and supervised 4 to 6 people at one timeDeveloped training plans to assist in the training of operators with 100% successSelected to assist in rewriting of training and test materials, which resulted in a 40% shorter training timeRecognized numerous times as an excellent leader and trainerConducted numerous briefings on operations systems and missions to high ranking officialsTrained in the use of specialized computer programs