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Fairfax, Virginia

• Manage a staff of Compliance managers, financial analysts and internal auditors responsible for Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) and Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) compliance, federal contract audit liaison.
• Managing relationships with Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA),
• Audit liaison support for DCMA and DCAA audits (proposals, business systems, floor check, incurred cost, CAS, etc.)
• Preparing incurred cost submissions for the intermediate home office and six business segments
• Negotiating final rate and cost determinations with DCMA and other cognizant contracting officials
• Completion of final booked to billed reconciliations and contract close-out activities

Herndon, Virginia

• Responsible for Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) and Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) compliance, federal contract audit liaison, conflict of interest (COI) mitigation and reporting, and compliance program support.
• Managing relationships with Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) and Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA)
• Audit liaison support for DCMA and DCAA audits (labor, proposal, business systems, incurred cost, forward pricing, CAS, etc.)
• Preparation of incurred cost submissions for the corporate and intermediate home offices, and six business segments
• Negotiating final indirect rate and other cost determinations with DCMA and other cognizant contracting officials
• Developing and maintaining policies to ensure compliance with CAS and FAR

Herndon, Virginia

• Responsible for Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)/Cost Accounting Standard (CAS), DCAA/DCMA/CMS audit liaison, conflict of interest (COI), and compliance program support for the US Public Sector. Major achievements.
• Supporting Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) and Office of Inspector General (OIG) audits (labor, proposal, business systems, incurred cost, forward pricing, CAS, pension, etc.)
• Preparing incurred cost submissions for the Corporate and Intermediate home offices
• Developing and maintaining CASB disclosure statements and reviewing federal contracting accounting policies
• Negotiating final rate and cost determinations with Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA)
• Developing and negotiating final settlement for pension plan curtailment claims

Herndon, Virginia

• Responsible for providing Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)/Cost Accounting Standard (CAS), DCAA/DCMA/CMS audit liaison, conflict of interest (COI), and compliance program support to HP’s US Public Sector FAR/CAS.
• Supporting various Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) and Office of Inspector General audits (labor, proposal, post award, estimating system, accounting system, incurred cost, forward pricing, Cost Accounting.
• Preparing incurred cost submissions for the FAR/CAS covered business segments
• Providing guidance to contract/operations personnel on compliance with FAR and CAS
• Developing and conducting compliance related training courses
• Developing forward pricing rates (overhead, G&A, labor, relocation, etc.) used for bidding new business

Herndon, Virginia

• Responsible for providing FAR/CAS audit liaison and compliance support to EDS’ US Government Solutions business units. Major achievements and responsibilities included:
• Supporting various Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) audits (labor, proposal, post award, estimating system, accounting system, incurred cost, forward pricing, Cost Accounting Standards, etc.)
• Evaluating labor systems for compliance with Federal regulations, accounting/finance EDS policies and compatibility with current systems
• Providing guidance to EDS contract personnel on compliance with Federal Acquisition Regulations and Cost Accounting Standards (CAS)
• Developing and conducting compliance related training courses
• Reviewing and certifying new business cost proposals

Herndon, Virginia

• Managed eight accountants in the accounting handling of salary allocation for approximately 5000 EDS FederalGovernment contract personnel. Major achievements and responsibilities included:
• Managing salary variance, missing time and missing paper reconciliations
• Conducting timecard floor check audits
• Maintaining and enhancing the capabilities of the Government Automated Time Entry System (GATES)
• Reviewing and updating the EDS Labor Recording and GATES Timecard Procedures Manual
• Completing monthly labor systems reconciliations between the GL, Payroll and GATES

Herndon, Virginia

• Managed ten accountants in the accounting handling of $60 million of computer related fixed assets and $700 million of receivables annually. Major achievements and responsibilities included:
• Managing the start-up of the Fixed Asset department for EDS’ Federal business units
• Completing the reconciliation of the 1988, 1989 and 1990 fixed asset physical inventories
• Coordinating the reconciliation of the fixed asset clearing account
• Evaluating, testing and implementing the Barcode Identification Inventory System at over 75 sites
• Tracking and reporting on aged receivables

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Finance, General

Bsa, Managerial Economics & Finance