Sheila Celentano Email & Phone Number

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Manage financial aspects of the Office of Planning Research and Evaluation (OPRE) within the Administration of Children and Families (ACF), Department of Health and Human Services(DHHS)- Oversee and approve social service grants within the organization, based on budget constraints- Advise and allocate funds throughout the year, based on organizational needs, contractual dealines and congressional alloocations- Monitor finacial aspect of research contracts and grants, to include generating and approving purchase requisitons, monitoring invoicings, tracking and managing detailed administrative costs such as rent, Federal Register notices and internal fees (cost of doing business)- Maintain financial records in 8 different distinct government systems, keeping all aligned and reconciled.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• JDE Financial Project Lead – converting corporate billing & financial system from MAS 200 to JD Edwards. Includes functional spec definition, data conversion process and verification, trouble shooting, preparation and presentation of training documentation, and security implementation.• Financial Process Improvement ,updating OEM reporting, working with OEMs to improve billing communications• Streamlining /documenting the use and allocation free product accounts used for data collection.

• Liaison between Customer Facing Staff and KYC team, partner in documentation efforts• Direct client and commercial account review for compliance documentation and compiled audit file. Collect CIP data for all grantors or parties as well as review agreements for proper compliance enforcement. • Research all parties on the Internet to create a Source of Wealth (SOW) summary. Verify accuracy of facts documented within the files and report on discrepancies and compliance shortfalls.• Automate tracking of compliance updates, with daily status reports back to management categorizing issues and actions required through used of shared Excel worksheet, data validation, protected areas, and pivot tables.• Trained in BSA , KYC, and AML compliance through Bank of New York/Mellon.

• Streamlined/automated planning/architecture process, minimizing errors by integrating quoting and pricing into design document using Excel macros and arrays. Reduce time required to price an engineering change from 1 week to 1 day, thereby creating more flexibility and more accurate and timely pricing. • Prepared monthly reports, invoices for customer billings, production charts, and adherence to plans, based on manufacturing results and deliveries. Maintained physical inventory database of Fixed Assets using Access. Tracked capital spending against approved CERs.

• Saved company $1M by reducing Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) from over 150 days to less than 60 days, clearing over $800K of overdue receivables, avoiding $200K of planned write offs. Received 2 “Spot Awards” for receivables collections.• Created an audit tracking system to eliminate missed revenue from HUD billings and reconciliations from expenditures. • Automated generation of annual software maintenance agreements based contract specification (annual increase caps, notification requirements, and funding limits).• Directed Collections and CRM support for clients that needed requests resolved. • Performed Ad Hoc research projects and generated presentations for CFO, SVP of North America Operations, and SVP Client Services

SIX SIGMA BLACK BELT; 2000-2001 ASQ/Six Sigma Academy black belt trained.• Documented/improved existing processes, reducing error opportunities.• Authored/ maintained corporate web pages for policies and procedures.STAFF MTS; 1998-2000• Prepared REGULAR PowerPoint financial management/budget briefings for CIO and Chief Technology Officer, incorporating financial status information, as well as variance details and corrective actions.• Calculated and compared internal infrastructure costs to standard Information Services (IS) industry benchmarks, to generate Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). • Served as Vendor Liaison with Purchasing, to consolidate support contracts and set hardware and software standards to obtain the consistent reduction of TCO. • Advised on capital acquisition decisions, from both a fiscal and technical point of view. • Managed capital acquisition process, from justification through to procurement, cost allocations, bar coding and physical inventory tracking of assets. • Invented the Service Center acquisition process – standardized equipment, negotiated volume discounts, and tracked budgeted against actual. • Created service center budget model in Excel using the bottoms up approach; including labor records, fixed assets/leasing records, and expense records starting with basic services, and denoting specific costs for each service. MTS;1987-1998• Consolidated accounting for multiple service centers into a summary report for monthly briefings.• Acted as Technical Interpreter between IS staff and user community. • Co-architect/developer for Remedy Help Desk Call Tracking Software design and Implementation.• Represented corporation at National Conferences • Architected LAN for Strategic Systems Programs (SSP – USN) for Office Automation.

Masters Of Science, Orgnaizaitonal Leadership

Activities and Societies: Pegasus Players, Spirit Club

Bs, Applied Math

Activities and Societies: Pegasus Players, Spirit Club, Regimental ChorusBoard of Fellows - Math and Sciences Visiting Committee 2007.

Hs Diploma