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Los Angeles, California, United States

Los Angeles, California, United States

Los Angeles, California, United States

Los Angeles, California, United States

Torrance, Ca

- Planned, organized, and managed operations of the City Treasurer’s Office in the collection, custody, investment, and disbursement of City funds. - Led performance management initiatives including ongoing evaluations and disciplinary actions. - Managed budget and financial operations; reviewed and monitored central cashiering, banking, accounting, and record-keeping for investments, deposits, receipting interest, general cash receipts, and disbursements.- Partnered with various departments for cash collection and legal recourse for debt collections.- Implemented City Investment Policy as adopted by the City Council. - Reduced monthly accounting discrepancies by $3M, from over 20 items to less than 6 per month-end.- Established, authorized, and approved various multi-million dollar banking wire transactions for the city regarding payroll, pension, healthcare payments, and investments.

Carson, Ca

• Budget preparation, beginning to end; work closely with department managers and General Manager to establish Annual Budget, create charts and write text for formal Budget Document that has received the GFOA Award for Budgetary Excellence for the last seven consecutive years• Produce Monthly Departmental Budget Variance Reports and discuss excessive variances with Department Managers for presentation to General Manager and Board of Directors• Bond/Trustee Account Bank reconciliations and related journal entries, extensive knowledge of debt issuance and service• Prepare monthly Cash & Investment Report for Board of Directors with associated graphs showing maturities, sector distribution, types and credit quality of securities• Responsible for daily deposits• Developed and maintain Cash Flow Forecast Model, critical in analyzing near term investment opportunities• Responsible for producing monthly Water Bills to West Basin’s 17 purveyors; receive recycled water reads from purveyors and potable reads from Metropolitan Water District, and utilizing MS Access to process, print, and then sign outgoing Water Bills to customer agencies• Develop and maintain working relationships with customer agencies within West Basin’s service area for problem solving and smooth flow of billing and water-use analysis in a timely manner

Camarillo, Ca

- Initially worked Aircraft Logistics in Transportation Squadron, C-130 loading/unloading, load-planning, tie-down, etc.- Oct-2001 to May-2002: Part of National Guard Deployment securing LAX after 9/11, worked the screening areas of LAX for 8 months in support of Local Law Enforcement- May-2002 to Dec-2004: Transferred to Civil Engineering Squadron working as a Heavy Equipment Operator, operating Front-end Loaders, Graders, Excavators, Bulldozers etc.

Rhein Main Air Base, Frankfurt, Germany

Managed movement of incoming soldiers flying into Frankfurt, Germany from United States, providing transportation to their gaining units throughout Europe. Utilized various forms of transport such as buses, commercial rail & air. Supervised 13 soldiers in daily operations and various missions.- Successfully managed Sponsorship Bus system, 14 buses transporting over 100,000 incoming troops throughout Germany in 4 years.- Investigated accidents and incidents, initiating improved routes and procedures for safety and efficiency. Also, generated accurate and timely ridership reports.- Contract administration of 8 service contracts and approved monthly contract payments.- Managed strategic operations resources in a safe and efficient manner; eliminated operational redundancies, streamlined existing processes, and corrected wasteful and unsafe practices.- Trained, supervised, coached, and managed disciplinary actions for a squad of 13 soldiers.- Awarded Distinguished Honor Graduate; graduated as #1 of 250 soldiers from the 4-week Basic Non-Commissioned Officer’s Course in Baumholder, Germany; received the Army Achievement Medal (AAM) by the unit.- Awarded various medals for coordinating, executing, and supervising Unit’s convoy movement across Germany, and for overall contributions to Unit readiness and mission accomplishments.- Selected for the Retention Officers’ Course to promote the unit’s soldier retention efforts; consistently met quarterly and annual quotas and goals.