Tarryn Chichester Email & Phone Number

United States

Own the company wide budgeting & forecasting process, including DCAA PBRP submission(s)Pricing & estimating for DoD and commercial proposalsDetailed analysis of financialsCreate & analyze monthly, quarterly, and annual reports and presentations for various stakeholders including the C-Suite and Advisory BoardAssist CFO in developing & reporting against.

Reviews & analyzes project reports regularly for spend, tracks actuals vs plan variances, and communicates issues and risks to program managers and Director of FinanceResponsible for monthly revenue recognition and EAC/ETC forecastsResponsible for calculating subcontractor accruals Facilitates 75% notices, contract actions, and at-risk process with PMs.

Summerville, South Carolina

• Lead financial analyst for four OTA/FAR programs and their corresponding consortiums. Supports all levels of the organization through the preparation and analysis of financial information.
• Manage the financials for the government awards and modifications process including calculating accurate ceiling and funding breakouts, reviewing government documents for accuracy, and coordinating with customers to.
• Determine internal cost and fee breakouts for awards and modifications with various rate structures, calculate and upload budgets into the Costpoint accounting system, review regularly and complete budget adjustments.
• Lead the advance payment and approval process for OTA programs requesting advance funding from the government. Create the monthly submission, review with both the internal program team as well government customers, and.
• Complete weekly billing analysis to ensure there is sufficient cash flow in the operating account ahead of the check run.
• Calculate revenue, for multiple funding levels, and complete accrual analysis in support of the monthly close process.

Herndon, VA

• Promoted to Financial Analyst and started completing monthly reporting tasks.
• Extract and analyze staffing information from all K12 managed public school financial models to compute teacher and administrative ratios.
• Create and analyze custom reports for school boards using transaction detail files, forecast models, and corporate financial statements.
• Support the finance and accounting internal audit and compliance project.

Herndon, VA

• Promoted to Finance Project Manager for the School Staff Database Management Project. Manage the planning, development, and implementation of an Oracle-based tool to increase accuracy of staffing metrics for the budget.
• Cross Functional Project Management: Primary liaison between finance, HR, and IT.
• Apply logic and critical thinking to troubleshoot and resolve problems.
• Create all training materials and guides for finance, HR, and school users.
• Lead live training sessions (both virtual and in-person) for all finance managers, directors, and corporate executives.
• Perform testing, data validation, and integrity analysis.

Herndon, VA

• Supported Regional Finance Managers in providing financial services to public virtual charter schools in the Southern Region. Reported directly to the Regional Director and assisted in day-to-day tasks.
• Updated financial models to assist in forecasting.
• Completed cross sectional analysis on insurance proposal documents, draft forms, and insurance documents from previous years then presented my analysis in organized excel workbooks.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Worked with the International Services Finance Team to complete day-to-day tasks.
• Ran reports in the SAP database and analyzed them using pivot tables, determining areas of under and over spending, analyzing why there was a discrepancy, and determining how to correct or excuse it.
• Processed wire transfers by assembling the necessary forms and documentation to accompany invoices, sending the wire transfer to various levels of management for approval, and sending the completed wire transfer.
• Helped with audit preparation by comparing financial statements and supporting documentation for projects.

Smyrna, TN

Supported the Marketing Manager and CMO by completing reports on product and promotion decisions, creating and implementing a social media strategy, completing database maintenance in Salesforce, and assisting in the rebranding process.

Master Of Science In Finance (3.9), Finance, General

Bachelor Of Business Administration, Double Major-Finance (3.8) And Economics (3.9)

Highlander Scholar (Highest academic distinction at Radford) Radford University Presidential Scholarship Officer of the Honors Academy.