BRANDY WARD
Waldorf,MD
Summary
Ms. Ward has over 21 years of professional accounting, budgeting and financial management experience within the Homeland Security and DoD with defense appropriations. Ms. Ward has successfully mastered different realms of the financial management department (accounts payable, accounts receivable, reconciliation, budget execution, financial management, financial analyst, travel analyst, etc.). Ms. Ward is proficient in multiple financial accounting systems, and financial accounting tools. Ms. Ward is punctual, responsible, willing to help, patient, and very quick to learn new procedures and policies. Dedicated to the finance profession and what it has to offer.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Financial Analyst
St. Michael’s Inc
10.2013 - Current
- Track, review, and maintain travel vouchers
- Assist with tracking, monitoring and funding execution of USASOC’s participation in specified SOF mission activities
- Commit and obligate special funding vouchers with 95% accuracy within the accounting system, and maintained records to ensure funds are adequate
- Perform varieties of calculations and financial record-keeping utilizing databases and spreadsheets to verify accuracy of financial and numerical data and follow-up on issues of inaccuracy and discrepancy
- Processes and records GPC (Government Purchase Card) statements for entire unit monthly
- Prepare and analyze financial statements, records and reports, and examine individual accounts
- Record and handle Non- DOD conference request
- Maintain AEA Memo for Unit
- Track and record Travel amounts for Clan Quarterly for deployed Unit members
- Gathers and reports weekly and monthly various status of funds reports for the unit
- Worked with government analyst, program managers, subject-matter experts, and staff officials to develop and recommend budget and execution alternatives and to assess program performance
- Uploads EOM reports for special funding and ensures reports are precise
- Assisted in coordination with Operations Directorate and all other applicable staff Directorate to determine/maintain status of current and future mission requirements
- Specifically assist with other accounting functions that arise within comptroller department
- Attend meetings relevant to SOCOM/USASOC mission
- Complete all deliverables on time and satisfactorily
Financial Analyst
St. Michael’s Inc, DLA
10.2013 - Current
- Complete quarterly variance analysis of all DLA’s field sites by reviewing each financial statement line for assurance of appropriate DoD standards
- Research and review journal vouchers to ensure transactions were correctly reporting GLAC information, transaction occurred in timely manner and that proper supporting documentation was presented
- Review and research documents, external data requests, and other daily operating procedures to include reconciling and validating accounts
- Reviewing 7,500 plus EBS property records, to ensure accuracy and reconciling for supporting documentation
- Compiling 200 plus daily records completed into excel spreadsheet for upper management review to be turned in COB
Financial Analyst
St. Michael’s Inc, DTRA
10.2013 - Current
- Defense Threat Reduction Agency)
- Supported Defense Threat Reduction Agency in administering and reconciling contracts for Vendor Payment
- Obligated all Grant funding for specific J8 commands
- Worked with Budget, Contracts, vendors, and DFAS, to ensure problem payments are corrected
- Managed Invoice Payments and ensured updating in agency wide automated Central Desk
- Ensured funding is available to pay invoices and work with DFAS to provide pre-validation of invoices are completed correctly
- Provided weekly and monthly report to task order prime that outlines specific activities, accomplishments, and financial information concerning funding, reconciliation, and payments
- Executed any other duties as assigned
Budget Analyst
Booz Allen Hamilton, DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
10.2011 - 09.2013
- Streamlined process for de-obligations for current and prior year MODs, un-liquidated obligations, joint review documents, and contract close-outs
- Provided data cleansing efforts for Fund Balance with Treasury (FBwT)
- Provided weekly reports to task order prime that outlines specific activities, accomplishments, and financial information concerning funding throughout period of performance
- Collected / tracked assigned FE satellite expenditures; combined information in extensive weekly/ quarterly reports
- Oversaw accuracy of expenditures and compliance with regulatory controls
- Utilized generated memos to de-obligate contracts with less than $1000k remaining in accounting system
- Prepared de-obligation packages so that excess prior year funds that were identified could be de- obligated
- Responsible for clearing Lines of Accounting (LOA) budget errors in FACTS that occurred through erroneous input of accounting data
- De-obligate commitments and Travel LOA’s with client personnel
- Daily reconciliation of accounts by completing variance sheets to include spreadsheets to track specialized funding
- Increased travel NULO (Negative un-liquidated obligations) lines for prior years as part of cleansing efforts for audit readiness team
- Maintained spreadsheets tracking current fiscal year NULO’s
- Worked in control cell section process vouchers with 97.6% accuracy rate
- Examined travel vouchers thoroughly to ensure they were matching DFAS regulations
- Input examined travel vouchers into IATS system for audit review resulting in 33% above DFAS goals
- Trained employees
Financial Analyst
Spry Methods
06.2011 - 10.2011
- Process Payroll reconciliation
- Support SSP with contract closeout, reconciliation, and problem disbursements
- Process SSGN reports
- Support SSP with various General Ledger (ensure that USSGL account balances agree with associated accounting systems)
Lead Accounting Technician
DCMA
06.2008 - 02.2011
- Distribute workload amongst fellow employees
- Assisted supervisor with various special projects and ensure assigned portion is completed in timely manner
- Maintain official financial files for each financial documents issued and created
- Review and record commitments, obligations, and expenses data on various types of financial documents
- Ensure commitments, obligations, and expenses are adequate and valid to facilitate invoice payments with 98% accuracy rate
- Ensure all valid obligations are included in appropriate accounting period
- De-obligate and/or finalize financial documents once proper chain of information is obtained to process
- Responsible for keeping flow of communication between office and customers as well as in house personnel
- Train new employees
- Processing payments in accordance with Dept
- Of Defense, Dept
- Of State and
- General Services Administration regulations
- Provided written documentation to management regarding actions taken on invoices and any issues that may have arise
- Remained in two day turnaround time frame when processing all invoices
- Retained good level of communication with customers and fellow employees
- Maintained log of all transactions entered on daily basis which includes
- PCS vouchers, travel vouchers, IPAC invoices, etc.
- Executed any other duties as assigned
Accounting Technician
United States Secret Service
01.2003 - 06.2008
- Disbursed and collected funds for judgments, reimbursements, and seized cash through IPAC system
- Reconciled IPAC transactions by SGL and appropriated funds
- Downloaded USSS rent bill from Rent on Web (ROW) and created spreadsheets of breakout of fund allocations to be forwarded to budget office
- Utilized pivot-tables to develop reports
- Created receipts for services of goods utilizing I-Procurement
- Used high degrees of oral and written communication skills in order to explain and discuss questions that may arise
- Reported weekly figures of status of IPAC
- Processing commercial payments in accordance with Secret Service, Dept
- Of Treasury and GSA regulations
- Examining financial documents to ensure accuracy and completeness
- Providing support to supervisors regarding actions taken and communicate with vendors
- Responding to information from vendors concerning payments and documentation necessary to approve payments
- Reviewing information approved for payment to ensure appropriate object classes, responsibility centers and project codes are entered into financial system
- Gathering information and data regarding offices that continually incur interest charges and provide this information to my supervisors
- Researching payment and vendor accounts in automated accounting system
- Training other employees
Office Automation Clerk
Department Of Agriculture
09.2000 - 12.2002
- Planned and organized daily work for myself and fellow employees
- Gathered pertinent information for meeting
- Received, reviewed and distributed all incoming correspondences
- Thoroughly screened all visitors and telephone calls for office personnel Conducted other acts such as filing, faxing and any other administrative duties
Recruiter
St. Michaels, Inc.
- Conducted 10 phone interviews per day to assess applicants relevant knowledge, skills, experience and aptitudes.
- Built strong relationships with internal and external candidates to ensure excellent hiring experience.
- Advertised job opportunities on social media platforms and job boards.
- Conducted reference checks, background screening and other pre-employment checks to verify information on applicant's resume.
Associate
St. Michael’s Inc
- Managed set up and operated launch of performance evaluation system (ReviewSnap) for entire company’s’ usage
- Assisted with distribution of supplies to local offices
- Produced Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) for different policies company plans to implement
- Compiled job descriptions to be uploaded on ADP website for positions St. Michael’s was looking to satisfy
- Trained entire St. Michael’s staff on performance evaluation system and processes.
Education
B.A. - Communication
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA05.2007
Skills
- Financial analysis
- Financial accounting
- Account reconciliation
- Financial management
- Accounts payable
- Payroll
- Research
- Accounts receivable
- Recruiting
- Customer service
- Security
Timeline
Senior Financial Analyst
St. Michael’s Inc
10.2013 - Current
Financial Analyst
St. Michael’s Inc, DLA
10.2013 - Current
Financial Analyst
St. Michael’s Inc, DTRA
10.2013 - Current
Budget Analyst
Booz Allen Hamilton, DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
10.2011 - 09.2013
Financial Analyst
Spry Methods
06.2011 - 10.2011
Lead Accounting Technician
DCMA
06.2008 - 02.2011
Accounting Technician
United States Secret Service
01.2003 - 06.2008
Office Automation Clerk
Department Of Agriculture
09.2000 - 12.2002
Recruiter
St. Michaels, Inc.
Associate
St. Michael’s Inc
B.A. - Communication
George Mason University
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