• Analyze, monitor and track obligations and expenditures to keep the department aligned with the operating year budget.• Team Lead providing budget and finance knowledge to two junior officers to maximize efficiency and enhance their performance.• Conduct weekly briefings to stakeholders summarizing data, providing analysis and providing recommendations.• Skilled in the use of budget software systems to analyze and manage key aspects of the operating and formulation areas of the budget.• Successfully implement CFO instructions including, but not limited to, guidance management, analyzing and reprogramming funds as needed while assessing current and out year impacts.• Prepare budget submissions supporting Department programs.• Two consecutive years of receiving exceptional performance awards.• Perform month end closings to include reprograming of resources that critically deviate from the plan.• Review and analyze budget estimates for accuracy and validity.

• Analyzed, monitored and tracked obligations and expenditures to keep the department aligned with the operating year budget.• Created and managed spend plans to assist executive managers in making the most efficient use of $650M of current year funds.• Researched current and historical expenses which uncovered $5.5M of current overpayments thereby gaining unanticipated funds.• Reviewed and analyzed budget estimates for accuracy and validity.• Created and communicated the results of actionable reports to senior managers and provided recommendations on the best use of their resources. • Served as the finance liaison between departments to problem solve funding concerns.• Compiled budget data for managers allowing them to make knowledgeable resource decisions.• Conducted weekly briefings to stakeholders summarizing data, providing analysis and providing recommendations.

 Analyzed, monitored and tracked obligations and expenditures to keep the department aligned with the operating year budget.• Communicated actionable reports to executive managers as well as provided recommendations on the best use of their resources. • Served as the finance liaison between departments to problem solve funding concerns.• Compiled budget data to managers allowing them to make knowledgeable resource decisions. Team Lead for the implementation of a new accounting system and primary liaison between the department and the accounting software vendor. Team Lead for the implementation of a financial invoicing and strategic planning process.

Proven experience in the formulation, implementation and maintenance of multi-million dollar government budgets for the District of Columbia. Analyzed and interpreted government grant documents as well as financial reports to resolve budget concerns proactively. Analyzed and forecasted expenditures versus budget levels to assist with long term planning. Reprogrammed or modified the budget to keep it in line with approved amounts as well as to account for possible carryover of unspent funds from the previous year. Analyzed short term cash needs of program by analyzing past spending habits, information gathering meetings with managers and monthly reports. Analyzed budgets using financial tools such as statistics, financial modeling and communication skills to maintain adequate long term cash flow within the administration.