Responsible for overseeing financial and other related processes and systems.

With over 20 years of experience in the Deltek Costpoint suite of products, I worked with IDA staff to improve their use of business systems using the best of technology available. Recent Projects:• Supporting the Finance & Accounting teams with their daily processes and use of Costpoint, Cognos and T&E.• Implemented use of timesheet approver groups and automating timesheet group creation.• Implemented use of timesheet corrections process within time collection.• Automated cash receipts import utilizing bank file and creating small program to update file for import• Automating the fixed asset import and disposal feed from asset system

With over 20 years of experience in the Deltek Costpoint suite of products, I am working with clients to improve their business systems using the best of technology available. I have experience with Costpoint, Time & Expense, and Cognos. Please consider me if you need help working with your business systems.Recent Projects:• Supporting the Finance & Accounting teams with their daily processes and use of Costpoint, Cognos and T&E.• Completed four integration projects bringing in other companies into the Costpoint environment• Completed an upgrade and patching to Costpoint 7.0.1 to 7.1.1 environment• Part of the team to design and implement a reorganization of how the Orgs were being used in Costpoint.• Implemented efficiencies to the T&E 9.0 environment because of issues identified by the business.• Prepared and delivered training to support production rollouts of new functionality of Costpoint 7.1.1• Designed and implemented a new Expense system, Certify, to work within the current Costpoint environment. Responsible for coordinating efforts with the AP team, IT team and Certify vendor to successfully implement the expense tool to over 1,000 users.

• Working on the Implementation team for the CMS CMMI contract. Participating in designing the Costpoint system to work with the requirements of the contract. Leveraging existing systems to setup the contract within an 8-week timeframe. Responsible for documenting requirements utilizing use cases and scenarios.• Working on the Business Analyst team for the CMS SHOP program supporting the Finance group with their daily processes and use of Costpoint and Cognos.• Develop list of reports and requirements for Cognos reporting to enhance the business processes.• Responsible for drafting business requirements for release updates to the CMS SHOP program applications.• Participation in daily calls with the Operations team to review and discuss any on-going issues.• Assist in troubleshooting and problem solving any issues arising with CMS SHOP daily processing.• Completed training with Finance staff on best use of Costpoint features and improvements to business processes.• Completed an initial list of recommendations for process improvements and Cognos reporting to improve the Finance business processes.• Completed training slides and delivered training to support the rollout of Release 2.0 for the CMS SHOP program.

Overall:• As a member of the CIO Department working as a liaison to the Accounting, Finance, Human Resources and Procurement departments to support users, strategize, & improve overall business processes.• Working with Accounting, Finance, Human Resources and Procurement departments to identify and create Cognos reports to enhance business processes. Complete updates to Cognos data models to add data elements to facilitate reporting.• Responsible for implementation of projects utilizing standard established project methodology.• Responsible for maintaining software vendor relationships and keeping current on new releases and vendor software strategy. • Responsible for working with users to develop a strategy for software products over a 5yr time frame. • Day-to-day support of users with Deltek products including Costpoint 6.1, Costpoint 7.x, Time and Expense 8.3, Time and Expense 9.x, Cognos 10.x and other supporting applications.Key Projects:Costpoint 7.1 Upgrade and Costpoint Integration Projects• Participate in data conversion efforts by writing and running needed SQL update scripts and complete mappings for master data• Manage testing of the application for our SIT and UAT testing cycles by reviewing and updating testing plans for each functional group, also organize the test users, setup/run daily testing status meetings• Complete training on application for new users on new features of application• Utilize defect tracker and resolve defects reported by users, log tickets with the vendor to resolve the issues

As a member of Aronson’s System Implementation group, assisting team members implementing Deltek’s suite of products including: Costpoint 6.1 & 7.0, Time and Expense 8.0 and 9.0, and Cognos 8 and 10 and GCS Premier.Costpoint Implementations• Complete initial setup of Costpoint including setup of the following: Chart of Accounts and Org Structures, Financial Statements, Vendor files, Customer files, Billing formats, Project setup, PAG setup, Account-Org-Project linking.• Complete testing of system setup of major Costpoint Modules.• Complete training of key employees on administration of system and new processes. • Provide support after system is up and running.• Advise client in methods to best utilize software give current business practicesTime Collection and Expense Implementations• Completed initial kickoff meetings with clients to determine requirements for implementation• Provide alternatives to handling current expense reporting situations• Complete initial setup of Time Collection system including: setup of import/export process between Costpoint and T&E, charge trees, employee setup, supervisor group setup, functional and security roles• Complete testing of system processes including: completion and approval of timesheets and expense reports, processing and exporting timesheets and expense reports• Complete training of key employees on administration of system and all employees on time and expense entry• Provide support after system is up and runningCognos Reports• Completing simple and complex reports with multiple queries, joins, prompts, filters, calculations and reference queries• Complete updates to the Framework manager for the Deltek metadata model including adding tables, joins, and filters• Creating a security model in Framework manager for the Deltek metadata model based on organizations, project managers, and/or projects• Completing role based and folder security for the Cognos Deltek model

Overall:• As a member of the IT Department working as a liaison to the Finance and Procurement departments to support users, strategize, & improve overall business processes.• Responsible for managing and implementing the reporting for the Finance and Procurement teams on the Impromptu 7.3 platform leveraging a reporting resources overseas.• Responsible for implementation of projects utilizing standard established project methodology.• Responsible for maintaining software vendor relationships and keeping current on new releases and vendor software strategy. • Responsible for working with users to develop a strategy for software products over a 5yr time frame. • Day-to-day support of users with Deltek products including Costpoint 6.1, Time Collection 8.1, Impromptu 7.3 and other supporting applications.Key Projects:• Deltek Expense 8.1 Implementation• Costpoint 60-day Implementation• Costpoint Integration• Deltek Time Collection upgrade to version 7.1-• Creation of Costpoint and Hyperion Interface

• Responsible for implementation projects utilizing project management methodology, on-going support, creative problem solving, and risk management.• Work with Accounting departments in parent and subsidiary companies to maintain accounting software and other supporting applications.• Responsible for maintaining software vendor relationships and keeping current on new releases and vendor software strategy. Assist both parent and subsidiary accounting department to identify future software strategy and implement plan. • Perform software searches based on gathered user requirements, arrange software demonstrations, coordinate vendor contract negotiations, work with legal department to finalize software contract.• Perform helpdesk support on accounting applications. Setup support method to utilize key user as first line support reducing the number of support calls on application to IT department.

Using knowledge of the High-Yield Bond Market, the Fixed Income Pricing System (FIPS), and NASD/ SEC rules, reviewed exception reports to identify rule violations. Using various NASD systems and the Internet, initiated and developed reviews based on rule violations. Analyzed information to determine the existence of rule violations and detail findings in a memo to the supervisory staff. Answered inquiries from member firms concerning FIPS and NASD rules. Developed new and innovative ways to monitor the High-Yield Bond Market.

Working in a team environment, developing and performing several types of audits to service a customer base including investments, claims, accounts payable, and administrative services. Developing risk based, cost savings, continuous, and financial audits for audit planning purposes. Involved in department initiatives as part of continuous process improvement. Develop partnering relationships with customers to facilitate completion of customer goals and audit plan. Analyze, compile, and review information necessary to complete audits. Review and analyze processes for internal controls and efficiency of process. Develop audit findings and recommendations for presentation to customers. Write audit reports to convey audit findings and recommendations made.

The Office of Legislative Audits conducts audits of all State Agencies in Maryland. Responsibilities included: evaluating the adequacy of State agencies' internal control structures, determining compliance with established fiscal policies and State laws, collecting, reviewing, analyzing and verifying audit evidence. Documenting audit procedures performed and preparing working papers. Develop audit findings and make recommendations for improvement in a clear and concise manner.