Christopher Byrd

• Technical and application expert of Workiva’s innovative cloud-technology platform.
• Partner with Regional Sales Directors, Subject Matter Experts, and Customer Success teams to work with customers to determine their challenges and requirements.
• Design customized solutions to meet customer needs and successfully reinvent their finance processes.
• Create custom demo solutions for customers and prospective customers.

Business Process Reengineering (BPR) Manager, The Unites States Air Force (USAF) Civil Engineers (CE), The Pentagon

· Delivered BPR solutions for the US Air Force - Military (War Fighter) Installations:

• Identified functional requirements and recommended value metrics for the US Air Force- Readiness Division's Enterprise-Wide Disaster Response Common Operating Picture (DRF COP) Initiative. Presented and briefed the designated steering committee on the functional requirements and final recommendations.

• Conducted a Design Thinking/Kaizen workshops in order to deploy a variety of Design Thinking and Lean techniques and tools with emergency support functions and stakeholders.

· Developed analysis, metrics, and conducted a future state process workshop to enable process auditability and corrective action to address the Air Force's Military Construction (MILCON) 2-billion-dollar audit finding.

Business Process Redesign Lead, The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Center of Excellence

· Designed agile/lean six sigma business process redesign methodology for processes and projects submitted to SEC's Center of Excellence (CoE) for Business Process Improvement.

· Developed Kaizen workshops to deploy variety of lean techniques and tools, within a limited time, with cross-functional resources, focused on a pre-identified specific area or specific pain points in a business process or problem to create a radical change.

· Identified, designed, documented, and embedded appropriate internal controls within the target process of assigned projects.

· Analyzed the SEC’s business and functional requirements, defined current and target business processes, and prepared gap analyses. Suggested improvements in business processes, including where IT can be leveraged to improve productivity and quality of service, and develop use case scenarios that model the desired business workflows using industry standard notations.

L3 Business Analyst, Fannie Mae Enterprise Data Services

· Created knowledge artifacts and knowledge transfer documents for the Federal Data Warehouse (FDW) application and its support requirements.

· Provided training sessions and developed a self-study of the available technical and non- technical processes and documents necessary to support the FDW applications.

· Implemented the sequence of procedures to evaluate in scope requirements, impact assessment, User Acceptance Testing with stakeholders, data consulting, source to target mapping, and validation strategies for release activities.

· Performed research using the FDW Dictionaries to check to see if the allowable values are present, under the specific field listed, and provide intended data for consumers of the FDW Application.

IBM Service Delivery Manager, The IBM Financial Data Center (FDC) Service Delivery Management (SDM)

· Provided effective cost management to the program executives, fellow SDM Team members as well as the operations and architecture team leads.

· Delivered and Monitored infrastructure for virtual environment performance to customer- specified CPU, memory, and OS instances.

· Initiated the delivery of managed storage space within the Financial Infrastructure Managed Services (FIMS), a cost recovery center, cloud environment.

Business Operations Manager /Financial Analyst, The IBM US Federal Data Center (FDC)

· Sustained FDC’s FIMS by providing financial management for the deployment of FDC Infrastructure, rated service programs, labor, and procurements for IBM federal projects.

· Provided cost management to the Program Executives as well as the Operations and Architecture Team Leads. The Cost Management entailed yearly forecasts based on projected demand for services, known fixed costs, hardware and software costs, travel, and miscellaneous expenses.

· Provided effective cost management and forecasts of specific cost on demand, proper invoicing for services rendered, lower rates, and savings that are passed on to programs and IBM projects.

· Streamlined the monitoring and forecasting processes for the major cost elements and recovered costs by charging IBM projects for services rendered. The major cost elements include custom labor, depreciation, rated services, hardware and software purchases, and renewal fees.

Senior Management Consultant- Audit Readiness/Internal Controls, The U.S. Army, Financial Improvement Plan

· Implemented the comprehensive Circular OMB A-123 strategy for achieving audit readiness to ensure that limited resources are assigned effectively to facilitate sustained and measurable results and deliverables.

· Created process narratives and flowcharts from entity documentation of the US Army’s business and financial environment, by defining and prioritizing financial processes.

· Identified financial reporting objectives, key control activities, risks, and control activities for the Army Commands, and the (DASA-FO) including circulation of accurate process narratives.

· Risk Management: Analyzed and assessed operations executed by the Army FIP, to identify key control objectives, risks, internal control activities, and relevant test procedures.

· Business Process Discovery: Identified processes, process owners, controls, risks, and systems for material transactions.

· Complete Gap Analysis: Reviewed business processes and controls to determine whether testing can occur.

· Coordinated and Conducted Testing: Assisted in the execution of test strategy between OASA (FM&C) and the commands and installations. Performed tests of control activities, evaluated supporting documentation, and identified and classified weaknesses and deficiencies.

· Analyzed Test Results: Determined if internal controls are operating effectively.

· Developed and Implemented Corrective Actions: Identified Corrective actions to address ineffective controls. Tracked corrective action implementation using management dashboards and business process owner meetings.

· Sustainment: Developed regular training schedule to educate business process owners of effective internal control activities.

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA)

• Planned, assessed, documented, tested, and reported the FHA’s Internal Controls over Financial Reporting (ICOFR) in accordance with OMB Circular A-123, focused on Appendix A.
• Conducted an evaluation of key business processes using a risk-based approach for each key business process.
• Created and implemented the process narrative for FHA’s Post Endorsement Technical Review and Real Estate Owned (REO) Processes.
• Designed the key control activities for 24 FHA financial processes.
• Administered the implementation and ongoing evaluation of internal controls over operations, financial reporting, and compliance with laws and regulations.
• This oversight includes the management’s assessment of the effectiveness of ICOFR.
• Conducted tests of the key business processes within financial reporting in accordance with the management control plan.
• Developed a risk assessment and system development plan for FHA’s Home Equity Conversion Mortgage systems and transaction controls.
• Developed strategic planning model for FHA’s senior management that sets the basis for short-range, annual operational planning.

The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

• Determined the financial health of multifamily housing properties by analyzing their various HUD required portfolios.
• Protected HUD from financial loss by performing the Surplus Cash Analysis which includes a critical review and quality assurance verification of the Restructuring Notes Payment, Reserve Accounts, Capital Recovery Payments, Incentive Performance Fees, Surplus Cash Schedule, and Operating Income and Expenses.
• Worked with property owners, accounting firms, and HUD Project Managers to convey the Surplus Cash Analysis Methodology and develop a plan for providing supportive services as needed.
• Performed Quality Control Reviews for over 300 Preliminary and Final Surplus Cash Analysis Portfolios.
• Analyzed and submitted project records and Surplus Cash Analysis reports to stakeholders.
• Assessed owner compliance with business agreements, charters, use agreements, regulatory agreements, and housing assistance payment contracts.

• Incorporated internal audit, SOX 404 compliance, and A-123 experience to the EOUSA project to provide guidance on evaluating the severity of control deficiencies.
• Expanded the A-123 procedures including matrices, flowcharts, and one page solution documents for each key control.
• Educated and managed the 94 United States Attorney’s Offices on standard operating procedures, budget management, recording fund allocations and complying with audit requirements set by the DoJ-Justice Management Division's Finance team and external auditors.
• Executed preemptive identification of risk areas at the 94 United States Attorney’s Offices, by conducting site visits.
• Performed open obligation reviews for over 1000 obligations each month.
• Developed process maps and updated policies and procedures to reflect changes in workflow and responsibility.
• Managed FTE allocations and a budget in excess of $1.5 billion on behalf of the United States Attorney’s Offices.

• Led all phases of the United States Department of Labor’s (USDOL’s) International Child Labor Program (ICLP) audit attestation engagements in Nepal, Lebanon, Uganda, and Rwanda.
• Conducted all phases of the USAID Nigeria audit attestation engagement.
• Worked with Price Waterhouse Coopers OMB-A-123 Assessment Team for the Department of the Interior- Fish and Wildlife Services.
• Evaluated the control environment, determined the nature and content of internal controls, and the created test plans for primary controls.
• Performed internal control and substantive test work for the DoJ on numerous accounts including reimbursable agreements, revenue, real property and accounts receivable, and tested for compliance with laws and regulations.
• Performed day-to-day audit functions including internal control testing, test of balances, documentation of accounting cycles, variance analysis, and testing of compliance with laws and regulations.
• Assisted in the preparation of financial statements and the drafting of management recommendations.