MIT-LL’s lead for all government funding actions including new program policy and process, funding obligations and de-obligations and other actions on Air Force IDIQ prime contract.Principal interface with all MIT-LL Research Divisions and Contracting Services Department on all execution actions under the Air Force prime contract.Principal liaison to USAF and other US Gov’t counterparts (e.g., NASA and DoE) for all funding actions.Supervises, trains, and manages two (2) Financial Analysts.Oversees the prime contract new program approval process to include the coordination and review of new program documentation submissions.Maintains the laboratory’s internal application for generating new programs, the Program Creation and Maintenance Screen (PCAMS).Assists in the maintenance of the SAP Analytics Cloud Financial Performance Dashboard.Generates weekly financial update briefing charts for the Director of Finance and MIT-LL’s senior management.Briefs the Director of Finance and Senior management monthly on outstanding and awarded funding dollars/programs, velocity metrics and program management concerns.Provides monthly financial input for the lab’s internal Operations Report, monthly Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) and Office of the Secretary of Defense reports.Provides weekly reporting on contract modifications to MIT-LL Research Division and stakeholders.Serves as a lead contributor in the financial process improvement, modernization and digital enterprise transformation projects related to funds management.Primary MIT-LL POC for Air Force system (FinCon) access enhancements and MIT-LL authorization requests.Utilizes FinCon to input, upload and maintain program contract and funding actions.Responsible for quality control and process efficiency of funds management to include swift identification and communication of funding and contract related issues.

Served as Business Management Lead for S/4 Digital Enterprise Transformation Sponsored Funding Management (SFM) value stream enabling Lab-wide business operations modernization.Directed all administrative support to Advanced Technology research staff. Focal point for all business management and operations related concerns.Reduced administrative burden on research staff enabling staff to more efficiently and effectively execute on Sponsor programs, proposals, and white-papers. Increasing the potential for technical progress, achievement of critical sponsor milestones and intellectual property generation.Assisted staff with program planning, execution tracking, and program development activities for a $40M annual Advanced Technology research portfolio consisting of over sixty (60) distinct research efforts. Conducted market research, identifies potential Technology Transfer target companies, pricing strategy development, proposal/SOW editing and timely submission to DoD, Non-DoD and Off Contract Sponsors. Drove direct-reporting admins to achieve greater effectiveness in their roles. Enabled, encouraged and awarded admins for contributing to larger division, laboratory goals. Conducted HR performance reviews, goal setting, and quarterly check-ins with administrative assistants and assistant business managers.Executed administrative processes for large capital/developed equipment procurements, ensured compliance with contractual requirements for vendor RFP, SOW, acquisition justification and evaluation plans. Devised negotiation strategies to ensure lowest price and best value.Provided leadership with comprehensive situational awareness of the Advanced Technology group. Topics include not only financial health but also personnel morale and utilization concerns to empower leaders to take timely proactive, corrective, and preventive actions.

Lead full development cycle of complex IT Integration Solutions in response to DoD RFPs under USAF NETCENTS & NETCENTS 2 IDIQ contracts vehicles.Collaborated with Finance, Strategic Pricing, Subject Matter Experts, Operations, Technical Publications, and Executive Management in a Matrix organizational environment.Oversaw all capture activities during the proposal phase and post-submittal activities.Conducted all presentation gate reviews with management across all business disciplines (e.g., Engineering, Sales, Finance, etc.) and management levels (e.g., Line Managers, Vice Presidents, Senior Executives, etc.)Cultivated and maintained profitable, win-win relationships with external vendors and manufacturers.Awarded over $130M during a four year period, achieving a +90% award rate.Researched and analyzed current competitive environments and trends to inform strategic positioning opportunities and inform pricing recommendations, leading to increased win rates and profitability. Incorporated post-Award/Loss lessons learned analysis and feedback-loop to increase organizational learning and intelligence, avoiding past mistakes and promoting best practices.Implemented frequent process- and system-oriented analyses and improvements resulting in significant cost and time savings.Received “Exceptional Performance Awards” for contributing to organizational goals.

Consistently performed beyond Financial Analyst duties and responsibilities; Facilitated communication and collaboration between Field Project Managers at military locations around the world and back-office support. Accounted and projected project revenues for domestic, international, government (predominately DoD) and commercial customers.Coordinated RFP preparations and presentations. Tasks included pricing, indirect budgeting, labor utilization as well as cost avoidance, risk, investment, and scenario analysis to determine P&L impact.Interpreted international financial statements. Prepared international subsidiary trial balance, fixed assets analysis, foreign currency translation and reports on foreign currency project P&Ls to business area, sector and division VPs.FP&A responsibilities included both short-term and strategic 5-year planning, cash-flow management, deferred revenue, inter-company eliminations, WIP, CAPEX, results analysis and financial modeling.

Directed the largest computer classroom at University of Massachusetts - Amherst.Managed a staff of 15, interviewed potential new-hires, scheduled shifts, provided technical support for both hardware and software, and monitored staff performance.

Aided Controller & Asst. Controller on specialized A/R and billing projects; updated online web payment information.Assisted in preparing and organizing Standard Operating Procedure manual for entire Accounting Department.

Discovered and corrected $500K of real estate expense discrepancies retro-active 6 monthsImproved upon accuracy and calculation of the corporate cost & budgeting model and forecast for the next fiscal year enhancing budgetary efficiency.