Amanda Sasser
Fort Worth,United States
Summary
Results-driven professional with several years of experience in project estimation and bid proposal preparation. Expertise in collaborating with clients and teammates to ensure project success. Adept at managing project costs and finding innovative ways to save money.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Business Operations/Cost Analyst Manager
Cayuse Technologies
08.2022 - Current
- Creating projects in Deltek 8.0 (reviewing contracts to make sure documents are correct before finalizing in Deltek).
- Creating new processes (team processes for Zendesk ticket system, charge codes, and emails).
- Reviewing projects (reviewing projects in Deltek systems).
- Working with various teams to make updates in Deltek.
- Reviewing PSRS, EACS, LRE's, and making necessary adjustments (reviewing invoicing to make sure that bills are being done correctly, and if there need to be necessary adjustments, we can make sure that budgets are proceeding forward).
- Creating job aids to help other team members.
- Data entry in Deltek 8.0 (Planning Module, EACS, LRES).
- Critical Path Software Project Budgeting and Dashboards
- Designed solutions to streamline financial tracking and customer billing processes.
- Utilized Power Apps to systematically handle urgent matters
- Meetings for new projects (schedule kick-off meetings to ensure teams are set and ready to start working).
- Weekly team meetings (Forecasting, Planning, etc.).
- Reviewing timesheets and expense reports.
- Conducted comprehensive reviews of invoices, bills, and other documents related to expenditures.
- Utilized software applications such as Excel, Access, SQL, Tableau., to analyze large datasets efficiently.
- Implemented strategies to reduce overhead expenses while maintaining quality standards.
Contracts Administrator
Apollo
Fort Worth, Texas
10.2021 - 10.2022
- Creating new processes (making a process for teams working on projects to make sure there is a plan in place and checklist)
- Deltek Open (Costpoint)
- Primavera (P6)
- Designed Power Apps to monitor risk analysis.
- Enabled Project Managers to efficiently send documents
- Creating new and amending contracts (making sure that the contracts were FARS/DFARS compliance
- Making sure that MOD/POP were correct)
- Reviewing contracts (making sure that the contracts were fully executed and if changes need to be made then we would either write a letter or provide email communication.)
- Working with Sales to get new customers (getting new customers to get cybersecurity training, or by pen testing to make sure that everything is running according to government standards)
- Creating proposals (these are time and material proposals) (ensuring that we provide the correct information needed to get the award.)
- Budget planning
- Forecasting/Staffing planning
- Data entry in Service Now (putting information in Service Now to ensure people understand where the project stands and where the project needs to go in the future.)
- Weekly audits for Service Now (make sure that the data is correct in the system if there need to be corrections then we make those corrections on the spot, that way we don't have any further mistakes.)
- Weekly meetings for team projects (meet with the teams to make sure goals are accomplished and if corrective actions need to be made then we will make those right away
- Creating Excel sheets for milestones and achievements
- Creating Solutions Documents for approval for projects
- Creating CAPEX documents for procurement of projects
- (Contractor position)
Business Analyst/Cost Analyst
ProSoDel
Fort Worth, Texas
08.2021 - 10.2022
- Creating task trackers for all projects
- Creating new processes
- Providing customer service through phone calls, meetings, e-mails, etc
- Providing training to new staff on team projects
- Weekly meetings with customers and staff
- Weekly notes for all meetings
- Deltek Open (Costpoint) (Planning Tool)
- Primavera (P6)
- Scheduling
- Aiding with portfolio assessments
- Creating excel sheet-for expense reports and budget planning
- Reviewing Budget information (BTT)
- Review systems information (VASI)
- Briefing ITIBSC principals and working group meetings to Veterans Affairs-taking notes and providing records of briefings to government
- Creating briefings for ITIBSC-leading government briefings of Veterans needs for future content
- (Contract Position)
Contracts Administrator
Harmony Technology Services
Fort Worth, Texas
08.2021 - 08.2022
- Budget Planning
- Forecasting/Staffing
- Deltek Open (Costpoint)
- Primavera (P6)
- Onboarding with Human Resources
- Data entry with Costpoint and share-point
- Creating and developing new and renewing subcontracts and government contracts (working on T&M and FFP contracts that are 10 years in length) (creating job aides, developing new databases, communications with customers)
- Providing customer service through phone calls, meetings, e-mails, etc
- Analyzing actuals for staffing and projects awarded
- Creating pivot tables for various customers, for actuals with budgets and staffing
- Weekly Audits with finance
- Closing monthly invoices and reports with cost point
- Developing and Writing Proposals (FAR and DFAR compliance) (creating proposals in a timely manor and creating a briefing for customers of why we are creating a proposal.) (Created a job aid of how to do a proposal and who all needs to be involved) (Making sure that the team is in agreement with what the plans are moving forward in the contract or proposals.)
- Notarize government documents (notarizing government PARS, and classified documents as needed)
- Daily Technical Refreshing contracts
- Process management for sales internal and external customers
- Processed government contracts for DOD, White House, Air Force, etc
- (creating contracts for 5-10years in length with either a FFP or T&M)
- Created budget planning and briefings for long term contracts
- (Providing key elements to show customers where all funds are going and where we need additional funding if needed)
- Daily Audits with budgets
- Travel Expense Reports with Concur
- Onboarding Training and Mentorship
- Helping all executive with SEWP and various State contracts (worked on GSOC website to gather information of government contracts to prepare for the next awards we would like to go after)
Security Representative
Raytheon Space Systems
McKinney, Texas
04.2020 - 08.2021
- Daily Security checks
- Budget Planning
- Travel Expense Reports
- Training Development
- Creating new databases for company and corporate
- Annual Expense Reports with Forecasting
- Audit and Security Refresher Training course and briefings
- Provided help with physical security and government annual checks
Program/Financial Analyst
Lockheed Martin (Aeronautics)
Fort Worth, Texas
08.2017 - 03.2020
- Daily/Weekly/Monthly Audit and Log sheets for time sheets and inventory (using SQL, Splunk, OARS, ADAR, Hyperion, ADP, MRO,)
- Deltek Open (Costpoint) (Open Plan Scheduling Tool)
- Scheduling with project, budget planning, Internal Audits/External Audits with DOD
- Earned Value Management Tools-Hyperion, Deltek, Excel
- Primavera (P6)
- Developed applications for timely tracking of security clearance statuses
- Engineered budget tracking solutions for both foreign and state-side finances
- Enhancing report accuracy by creating specialized Power Apps solutions
- Experience with Critical Path
- Critical Path-used for project management and project tracking
- Creating dashboards using SQL, Python, Hyperion, and Oracle
- Created processes for budget planning and forecasting of all internal and external customers contracts (Python, SQL, Oracle)
- Created processes for management to help with customer relations internal and external
- Provided actuals weekly to all customers internal and external for all contracted projects
- Various classified projects with F-35 and Skunk Works using the MRO
- Creating powers points and excel sheets of all network studies to present to management and brief customers internal and external
- Created transportation guidelines, risk, and coordinated contract rates to help with actual spending
- Monitored all inventory that was being used and created excel sheets of back orders and new orders that needed to be processed in a timely manner
- Advanced Development Program (ADP) with Skunks works helping develop improvements with logistics and supply chains with customer's needs
- Creating new development with ejection seat testing and providing the logistics for internal and external customers
- Had responsibility for full P&L for small and large-scale programs including expense and revenue with a 5 percent flex spending
- (Using Python and SQL)
- Performed trend and variance analysis on short term and large term projects to better track areas of profit, risk and costs
- (Python)
- Project Manager over various contracts (F-35, Skunk Works, F-22)
- Project Manager over cyber security networks
- Travel and Expense reports
- Supply Chain and Proposal for various projects (F-35, F-22)
Industrial Security Representative
Lockheed Martin (Aeronautics)
Fort Worth, Texas
08.2014 - 08.2017
- People-soft-creating permission, creating new profiles, creating new roles, making new user ids
- Proposal Writing for F-35
- People-soft training, creating cyber security checks, audits, administration checks
- People-soft using oracle to generate access list, giving permission to visitors, check in list, generating badges for employees
- Processing security clearances for Lockheed Martin F-35 employees, JPO and Foreign/International Partner Program participants
- Managed F-35 Security Department meetings, video conferences, and Security Education
- Aided with F-35 ejection seat testing
- Provided help with Physical Security
- Working on DOD government contracts with the F-35 (working on making sure that we had a DD254 in place with NDA's)
- Created budget planning for conference, payroll, credit card/cash payments
- Forecasting of international expense reports
- Travel expense for US and conferences
- Hyperion/Pivot tables of annual expenses
- Weekly inventory sheets for products
Support Service Clerk
Lockheed Martin (Aeronautics)
Fort Worth, Texas
08.2012 - 08.2014
- Preparation for destroying various paper documents for destruction or scanning
- Managed various filing systems and inventory excel documents
- Created pivot tables for inventory of supplies that were needed or recalled
- Quick books for expenses of supplies
- Preparation to meet various deadlines at a fast pace
- Managed travel reports, various scheduling and expenses
- Provided customer service to Lockheed Martin employee in various department
- Managed quick business decisions
- Hyperion expense reports for weekly, monthly and annually
- SQL data reports from machines being used
Administrative Assistant to Department Head
Texas Woman's University
Denton, Texas
01.2011 - 01.2012
- Preparation of daily lesson planning and class material, completing and posting exam grading and assisted in course enrollments and records management
- Managed Department calendar Answered phone calls, established video conferences
Student Assistant, Office of the Dean
Letourneau University
Longview, Texas
01.2009 - 01.2011
- Managed Dean's calendar for student engagement opportunities
- Answered phone calls, scheduled meetings, document preparation and inter-office mail delivery
- Office Supply management ordering and distribution
- Provided weekly budget planning sheets
- Provided inventory checks for supplies
- Weekly audits for student attendance for the government
Education
Bachelors - General Science
Texas Woman's University
Denton, Texas01.2012
Skills
- Problem solver
- Decision-Making
- Detail-oriented
- Ability to multi-task
- Analytics and Logistics
- Proficient in processes
- Collaborative contributor
- Proficient in Microsoft Office
- Fraud detection techniques
- Value Engineering
- Business Analysis
- Cost Control
- Infrastructure costs monitoring
- Cost Estimation
- Pricing strategy
- Microsoft Excel
- Negotiation Skills
- Cost-benefit analysis
- Prepare documentation
- Documentation skills
- Analytical Thinking
- Regulatory Compliance
- Cost Management
- Project Coordination
- Teamwork skills
- Budget Planning
- Estimate project costs
- Financial Analysis
- Relationship Building
- Written Communication
- Forecasting skills
- Time Management
- Multitasking Abilities
Certification
Notary Public-Bonded by the state of Texas expires in 2024.
Clearances
Secret
Timeline
Business Operations/Cost Analyst Manager
Cayuse Technologies
08.2022 - Current
Contracts Administrator
Apollo
10.2021 - 10.2022
Business Analyst/Cost Analyst
ProSoDel
08.2021 - 10.2022
Contracts Administrator
Harmony Technology Services
08.2021 - 08.2022
Security Representative
Raytheon Space Systems
04.2020 - 08.2021
Program/Financial Analyst
Lockheed Martin (Aeronautics)
08.2017 - 03.2020
Industrial Security Representative
Lockheed Martin (Aeronautics)
08.2014 - 08.2017
Support Service Clerk
Lockheed Martin (Aeronautics)
08.2012 - 08.2014
Administrative Assistant to Department Head
Texas Woman's University
01.2011 - 01.2012
Student Assistant, Office of the Dean
Letourneau University
01.2009 - 01.2011
Bachelors - General Science
Texas Woman's University
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