Liz Lane Email & Phone Number

Arlington, Va, Us

Worldwide, Oo

Liz Lane is a TS cleared, PMP-certified Senior Manager in the Government and Public Services, Core Business Operations practice. She has over 18 years of Federal Technology Consulting experience and has supported various federal clients in a Program Manager role. Liz excels in the program management of large, complex programs. Her PM and leadership toolkit includes building a strong foundation for the development of new market opportunities and her teams include leaders in a variety of different market offerings so that sales can effortlessly be made in an environment that’s ready for expansion. Liz’s leadership contributions include ensuring the path to exceptional delivery and ultimately new work is clear, free of debris and passable for all her teams and their leaders and ensures all program efforts are aligned and prioritized strategically, with firm and account level objectives in mind. Liz’s strengths lie in the creation, care and feeding of large program teams and networks, integration of multiple efforts and the development of a strong culture. Previous focus areas included pre-implementation planning, large scale financial system implementations (i.e., SDLC: requirements management, fit/gap analysis, gap closure analysis, integration testing, training, quality testing, accounting treatment, etc.), policy development and A-123 Appendix A Assessments. In addition to her strong program management skills, Liz has supported service area and service line operations, primarily in the areas of operations, compliance, strategic planning, training and knowledge management. Prior to taking on program manager roles for large government system implementation contracts, Liz previously held the role of Chief of Staff for Federal Technology. As Chief of Staff, Liz was instrumental in the standardization of many operational aspects of the federal consulting business.

Worldwide, Oo

Provides strategic, analytical and operational support, as well as advise the Federal Technology Service Area Leader.• Support with planning, execution, and control of day-to-day assignments and deliverables• Contact point for firm leadership regarding service area activities and initiatives• Contact point for questions from the practice regarding activities and initiatives• Work with leadership to define and manage the service area’s portfolio of service offerings • Prepare analyses related to operational performance • Work with finance to prepare analyses related to service area P&L - revenue, controllable margin, and operational performance • Assist with setting the strategy of the practice, growth goals, revenue, initiatives, leadership staffing• Assist business development in tracking wins and leads• Ensure linkage between firm’s lead management system and other firm systems• Track and review budget, wins, opportunities, utilization• Work with leadership to manage revenue and market investment planning process• Work with leadership and human resources to coordinate annual performance management processes • Assist with various HR initiatives such as: recruiting, nominations process, specific training requirements• Ensure linkage between client deployment database and firm’s client portfolio• Assist in the preparation of meeting agenda and material for various leadership meetings• Coordinate with marketing and knowledge management to create content for collateral, websites, etc• Coordinate the development and execution of various market and internal initiatives• Act as representative for industry/service area leader in relevant meetings, discussions and conference calls• Respond to requests/questions from firm leadership and the practice• Work with leader to identify/manage/resolve issues • Oversee responsibilities of the information manager

Worldwide, Oo

Oracle Training Lead:Leads a dynamic team through the development and delivery of practice-wide Oracle training seriesActs as liaison between practice leadership and staff, providing direction and guidance to help drive the initiative to its notorietyProvides project management support such as preparing project plans, monitoring progress, reporting status and resolving team issuesCollaborates with other team leads to meet initiative goals and provides overall initiative support as requested by leadership

Worldwide, Oo

Deputy Program Manager, Federal HIM PMOLeads a team consisting of 14; realigned the team’s organizational chart and reassigned tasks based on 5 main work streams (i.e., Education and Training, Clinical Documentation Improvement, Technology, Operations and Risk Management); develops and maintains project plans (thereby providing strategic visioning and direction) for each work stream as well as incorporating into a master project plan; manages staffing; monitors TAIR and RAIDC project management processes; people management; client relationship management

Worldwide, Oo

Federal ICD-10 Lead:Worked with leadership to determine and execute strategic directionDeveloped and communicated progress and status to leadershipProvided day to day project management. Including:Developed and managed task list, project plans, budgetsDeveloped and managed pursuit plans per account e.g. – IHS, VA, CMS, MHSDeveloped, managed, and grew team members Planned, coordinated, and facilitated completion of PMO efforts Planned and executed communications and collateral developmentIncreased content knowledgeGained additional understanding of Deloitte ICD-10 Offerings and Federal Needs

Worldwide, Oo

Interfaces Task Lead, Large Scale Financial Implementation October 2009 - PresentResponsible for delivering a system disposition plan in order to transition the agency’s 103 legacy systems into a consolidated financial management systemConducted series of meetings with the objective of documenting known gaps and detailing a formal retirement plan for each systemContinued my role as Project Manager, OMB Circular A-123 Appendix A Assessment and Financial Support May 2009 - October 2009 (see below)

Amsterdam, Nl

Project Manager, OMB Circular A-123 Appendix A Assessment and Financial Support April 2009 - May 2009Served as the project manager for a team of two providing OMB Circular A-123 Appendix A compliance advisory and transitional support (Internal Controls over Financial Reporting)Oversaw the execution of the non-A-123 tasks Prepared and submitted monthly status reports and invoices to the clientManaged the engagement financials Monitored the project spend planAssisted in business development efforts by supporting multiple proposal effortsTask Lead, OMB Circular A-123 Appendix A Assessment and Financial Support November 2007 – March 2009Assessed Internal Controls over Financial Reporting by way of performing the OMB’s A-123 Appendix A Assessment Identified, tested and reported key controls in each major transaction cycle (specifically, Reimbursable Activities and Procure to Payment transaction cycles) Served as supervisor/advisor to two junior level team members by overseeing the completion of the OFM support tasks Task Lead, Financial Policy Analysis June – September 2007Responsible for delivering five formal deliverables and two policies related to Audit Materiality and Funds Control for HHSParticipated in workgroup sessions with HHS’ Office of Finance middle managementConducted the preliminary and final reviews of the deliverable to approximately 30 federal subject matter experts and operational representativesSupervised an additional team member (i.e., a management analyst) who assisted in the task of analyzing and prioritizing the results of the Fit Gap Analysis.Continued my role as Global Accounting Treatment Team Lead, Large Scale Financial System Implementation March 2007 - October 2007 (see below)Continued my role as Global Requirements Manager, Large Scale Financial System Implementation March 2007 – October 2007 (see below)

Amsterdam, Nl

Global Accounting Treatment Team, Large Scale Financial System Implementation December 2004 – March 2006 Lead April 2006 – March 2007Managed a team of two additional junior team members who served as the Federal accounting expertsWorked closely with the client’s middle management from four HHS operating divisions (i.e., CDC, FDA, PSC, & IHS) to prescribe, and subsequently, validate U.S. Treasury-compliant budgetary and proprietary accounting scenarios that underwent informal and formal testing during the implementation of UFMSProvided status reports and conducted workgroup meetings with Federal client counterpartsCoordinated and reviewed the work of approximately 15-20 Federal team membersMaintained and updated (in coordination with the O&M Team) the Global UFMS values sets such as transaction codes, SGL Chart of Accounts and object classesUpdated the UFMS Accounting Treatment Reference Manual in compliance with U.S. Treasury guidance (document is currently serving as an official HHS accounting policy and guideline for all the UFMS users)Realigned approximately 350 Treasury transactions codes resulting in a realignment of approximately 120 UFMS transaction codesServed as a trusted accounting liaison for the UFMS program by presenting the Accounting Treatment Reference Manual to a group of approximately 10 auditors, fulfilling an annual request normally satisfied by a Federal team member.Global Requirements Manager, Large Scale Financial System Implementation December 2005 – March 2007(In conjunction with Accounting Treatment Lead on the UFMS project) served as the Compliance/Requirements Manager for the implementation of UFMS at four HHS operating divisions Collected and maintained functional and performance requirements relating to global process designsAssisted in the writing of the requirements by attending design creation working sessionsIdentified and improved upon the existing requirements management process

Supported all major Accounts Receivable functions in a small accounting departmentParticipated and was integral in the implementation of a new accounting system (i.e., PeopleSoft 8.4)Provided support in the areas of quality testing and trainingHas a good working knowledge of the various modules of the PeopleSoft accounting system, particularly, Accounts ReceivableWorked and corresponded with government agency customers, such as GSA, Dept of the Interior, National Park Service, DoD via DFAS, Holocaust, Smithsonian, Department of Energy, US Border Patrol, CDC, etc. in order to maintain financial relationshipsMonitored and maintained the company’s multi-million main operating cash accountResearched and investigated cash and credit card discrepancies utilizing a variety of databases, software and online programsAssisted in determining fraud and theft possibilities versus human errorMaintained appropriate ACH vendor enrollment forms established by OMBMonitored incoming and outgoing ACH transfersPerformed daily reconciliations and provided a Corporate Cash Report to the company’s President and upper managementAssessed and evaluated the need for additional bank accounts based on a variety of operational requestsPrepared cash disbursement and collection journal entries for posting into the General Ledger and maintained and coded credit card expenses which included billing the specific business unit/department for the expense and assigning the appropriate transaction typeProvided accurate and timely technical and functional support as well as training to users in the fieldTrained and provided technical and functional support to staff accountantsManaged a junior level credit card staff accountant position, functioned as liaison between the company and bank, credit card processor, and ATM processor.