Thomas Fields Email & Phone Number

Alexandria, Virginia

Manages the GFEBS-SA and Property Plant and Equipment programs while ensuring complete Government client satisfaction. Also, assist TGI with new business generation activities.

• Review and analyze General Fund Enterprise Business System – Sensitive Activity (GFEBS-SA) Business Process Designs (BPDs) and Functional Designs (FDs) to ensure all functional requirements are satisfied before entering the Critical Design Review (CDR) stage • Developed “To-Be” Financial Business Process maps/designs to assist System Integrator with their understanding of functional requirements • Briefed US Army Commands on changes and impacts to their Financial Management business process areas as a result of GFEB-SA implementation • Analyzed and re-engineered Business Process flows to enhance understanding of the process and training requirements before delivery to the GFEBS-SA community• Authored Financial Management monthly newsletters articles that identified change management activities for system implementation • Analyzed and interpreted new laws, regulations, policies and procedures to determine impact and system changes required to ensure compliance with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Policies

Fayetteville, North Carolina Area

• Provided Financial Management Subject Matter Expertise to conduct an organizational assessment, process redesign and pre-deployment support of the General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS) for JSOC users to ensure a smooth and seamless transition during implementation• Developed an “as-is” and “to-be” analysis of JSOC fiscal functions including staffing, business process review, workload review and Command fiscal policies – including those in the unclassified and classified financial systems to determine unique requirements of financial operations in the GFEBS domain• Analyzed and authored clear and concise functional business requirements for automated processes such as vendor, travel, and disbursing payments, to include Government Purchase Cards and Obligation management principles• Developed and executed process reengineering/improvements on Obligation and Cost Management, Budget Estimate Submission (BES), and Government Purchase Cards (GPC) business practices through qualitative and quantitative approaches• Established the Financial Improvement Audit Readiness (FIAR) methodology by devising a step-by-step approach to achieving improved financial information and audit readiness• Prepared the Command with their Audit Readiness initiatives by sample testing several Budget, Finance, and Civilian Pay related controls, identifying gaps and areas of improvements, and developing corrective action plans to strengthen weak controls • Developed a Workforce Management Plan that provided JSOC with a strategic approach for managing the workload, staffing, and required skills as a result of GFEBS implementation and FIAR initiative • Trained Accounting Staff on Financial Internal Controls and how they apply to the General Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS) • Formulated discovery, evaluation, and testing activities on the budgetary lifecycle processes that impact the Army’s Statement of Budgetary Resources/Activity (SBR/A)

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Program Manager (PM) of a 24-person team to support the Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) Temporary Change of Station (TCS) mission for IMCOM• Assisted the client in managing over $641Million in Army Operations and Maintenance Account (OMA) funds for the OCO mission• Oversaw budget analysis functions to include assigning fund citations, recording, obligating, tracking and reconciling OCO funding, and ensured Joint Reviews were conducted quarterly to address Unliquidated Obligations (ULOs) impacting current/prior year funding• Tracked costs, aligned labor categories with the right skills sets to maximize profit goals, and team performance; and ensured all deliverables were processed in a timely, accurate manner • Worked closely with the Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR) and Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) to ensure compliance with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation (DFAR) and Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) on management of the contract and to assure appropriateness and completion of contract actions

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Program analyst for three (QLPR, VTER, QPSM) Management Decision Packages (MDEPs)• Possessed extensive knowledge regarding the planning, formulation, justification, execution and review of annual and multi-year budgets in support of the Law Enforcement, Physical Security, Antiterrorism and Army Corrections programs for the OPMG• Subject Matter Expert in the development of the Program Objective Memorandum (POM), Five Year Defense Program (FYDP) and Budget Estimate Submission (BES) on all assigned MDEPs• Planned, prepared and summarized POM briefs and assisted DRM with articulating critical requirements to the Program Evaluation Group (PEG)• Performed a full spectrum of budget analyses including identifying actual or potential problem areas, comparative analysis, trends, cost benefit, resource shortfalls, elements of expense, program imbalances and areas of significant program accomplishments and deficiencies• Consolidated and submitted Combating Terrorism (CbT) Exhibits 1, 2, and 3 to OSD via the Selective & Native Programming Data Input System (SNaP) including narrative justification for program changes• Assisted the DRM with crafting and preparing responses to Congressional inquiries, as well as budget-related questions from the General Accounting Office (GAO) and the Army Audit Agency (AAA).