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Dana Isaacs

Panama City

Summary

Highly accomplished and results-driven DOD Financial Manager with 30 years of financial experience, including 24 years dedicated to the Department of Defense. Expertise in Navy Working Capital Funds (NWCF), financial analysis, budget execution, acquisition, and contracting within the Navy Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP/SAP) environment. Proven ability to provide actionable insights, develop financial strategies, and ensure compliance with federal regulations. Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite. Seeking a challenging role where I can leverage my expertise to optimize financial performance and support organizational objectives.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience

Work History

Program Financial Analyst

Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division
01.2007 - Current
  • Analyze complex financial data and deliver actionable insights to management, facilitating informed decision-making.
  • Lead and direct division analysts within Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) integrated business management system to enhance operational efficiency.
  • Review and interpret Navy Working Capital Fund (NWCF) policies and directives, assessing their impact on financial operations.
  • Develop and monitor the annual financial execution plan, ensuring alignment with financial targets for production overhead, G&A, service cost centers, and investment budgets.
  • Conduct in-depth research on complex financial and budget issues, providing support to the Department/Division Head in policy formulation and guidance.
  • Analyze and evaluate program effectiveness against established goals and objectives, utilizing both quantitative and qualitative methods.
  • Division Funds Administrator
  • Division Account Review (DARQ)
  • Program Financial Manager – Maritime Special Projects (MSP) Service Cost Center & MSP Dive Locker Service Cost Center
  • Program Financial Manager – MSP DTIC Cost Distributions Account (CDA)
  • Task planning and NAVSEA Enterprise Plan System (NEPS)
  • Budget structure and NWA creation in the Navy Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) for Division
  • Budget structure and NWA creation in the (ERP) for Division
  • Planned/Actual (PvA) Cost and Revenue Reports
  • Execution Tracking – ERP and Enterprise Digital Capabilities (EDC) formerly (EDW)
  • Division Financial Data Calls and Metrics
  • Tri-annual Review support for Division using ERP and Enterprise Digital Capabilities (EDC).
  • Funds Acceptance of Internal and External Sponsors
  • Monthly SBIR NAVSEA HQ Reports
  • SBIR Sponsor Financial Manager
  • Generate Support Agreements
  • G-Invoicing for Federal Program Agencies
  • Generate Outgoing Funding Requests
  • Generate Contract Requests
  • S40 Division Lead Program Financial Maneger
  • Provide Guidance and Leadership to Department’s PBFMs
  • Department’s Tri Annual Reviewer
  • Department’s Funds Administrator
  • Work with Acquisition Manager to coordinate Department PR Creation process/Tracking support functions
  • Provide oversight and guidance to Department Purchase Requisition (PR) Request processes with Code 10 after the PR Creator Centralization
  • Provide task planning and NEPS support.
  • Budget structure and NWA creation in the Navy Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) for Department
  • Financial management and analysis support to Department Customer Advocates (CAs) as Customer Advocate Analyst
  • Customer Advocate Analyst Financial VM Planned/Actual Cost and Revenue Reports
  • Execution Tracking – ERP and Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW)
  • Customer Advocate Analyst Summary Source of Revenue Reports
  • Department Financial and Acquisition Data Calls and Metrics
  • Financial Improvement Audit Readiness and Tri-annual Review support for Department using Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW)
  • Tracked and monitored the Purchase Requisition (PR) data in the Contract Management Tracking system (CMTS) to provide data analysis and tracking of Seaport Contracts to Technical Program Managers (TPMs) and Customer Advocates (CAs).
  • Monitored the Financial and Purchase Requisition (PR) data metrics for the business and technical environments.
  • Developed and facilitated training in business rules, guidelines or processes related to PRs in ERP operations.
  • Generated and activated NWAs in the Navy Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) for Department.
  • Apply ERP reports to summarize financial execution of programs in accordance with Navy Working Capital Fund (WCF) regulations, policies, and processes.
  • Developed standardized processes and procedures for the Department.
  • Accepted Incoming Funding for the Department and tracked/resolved issues with the Incoming Funding process.
  • Supported Program Managers for NAVSEA, ONI, ONR, PEO IWS, PEOSHIPS, PESOUBS, USMC, and fleet command, & Air Force.
  • Provided financial analysis support and reporting for ONR & NAVSEA HQ.
  • Provided financial information for Department financial data calls.
  • Performed as a Code Human Recourses (HR) Liaison familiar with the internal methodology for processing staffing classifications, training developments, position descriptions, and SF 52s.
  • Financial Operations. Perform all GPC (Government Purchase Card) buys in accordance with regulations, attend quarterly purchase card training.
  • I am trained on appropriation laws and guidance that comply with Federal and Congressional requirements, accounting procedures in federal agencies, and financial management of defense working capital funds.
  • Assist our team with questions and problems within DTS (Defense Travel System) advise/counsel on DTS and Joint Travel Regulations
  • Team Member Plant and Minor Property
  • Performed as ERP Site Implementation Lead, Cut Over Team, Project Management Team, and the Role Mapping Team.

Lead Accounting Financial Technician

Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division
01.2006 - 10.2007
  • Exercised technical leadership over other accounting technicians and provided lead customer support to accounting information users.
  • Planned, scheduled, coordinated and review work of accounting technicians.
  • Prepare and issue written and verbal instructions and procedures.
  • Collaborate with other departments within NSWC PC, and the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS), to solve problems. I analyze, extract, and summarize data, identifying significant trends and issues.
  • Provide financial tracking of this data and communicate results to management.
  • Researched, reviewed, and corrected accounting transactions and provide interpretations of accounting reports, statements, and data.
  • Specific transactions and data that I analyze, track, and correct are unmatched disbursement errors, travel commitments, obligations, accruals, and advances, the 645 report, and the STARS reject report.
  • Corporate Travel System (CTS) and Defense Travel System (DTS) site administrator.
  • Authorized and reviewed DTS vouchers.
  • Obligated and maintained all direct cite travel in an Excel spreadsheet and the DIFMS system.
  • Agency Program Coordinator (APC) for Central Billing Account (CBA).
  • Primary certifier for the ILSMIS Certification Module (ICM).
  • Use a variety of information systems extensively (SOS, DIFMS, ILSMIS, SLDCADA, PBMSLite, OCIE, CDB Web, CTS, and DTS).

Budget Analyst

Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division
09.2004 - 06.2006
  • Received, maintained, and controlled incoming funding documents.
  • Knowledgeable of various types of funding and appropriations to include RDTE, OMN, FMS, SCN, OPN, FCN, and WCF
  • I understand each type of funding and the authorized purpose and period of availability.
  • Input funding transactions into the financial systems; prepare documents for Budget Officer acceptance; create, manage, and maintain outgoing funding documents.
  • Input obligations into the Standard Accounting and Reporting System (STARS).
  • Analyzed and approved requisitions; and am very skillful with establishing and tracking job order numbers, including direct, production overhead, G&A overhead, and Service Cost Center.
  • Extensive knowledge of the financial systems (SOS, DIFMS, ILSMIS, SLDCADA, PBMSLite, OCIE, CDB Web, CTS, and DTS).
  • Pull and analyze data, create reports, research and correct erroneous charges, research discrepancies between the systems, and respond to verbal and written inquiries from Project Engineers, Program Analysts, the Budget Officer, and the Comptroller.
  • Interpret financial instructions and guidance for Program Analysts and Project Engineers and respond to sponsor-level inquiries on the reconciliation of funding documents sent to NSWC PC.
  • Trained on appropriation laws and guidance that comply with Navy and Congressional requirements.

Financial Analyst

Space and Missile Center Los Angeles
04.2000 - 05.2004
  • Analyzing complex transactions for military pay, civilian pay, & travel pay for the Financial Services Office (FSO).
  • Joint Military Pay System (JUMPS) expert.
  • Processed all military pay documents on Defense Manage Office database (DMO)
  • Processed travel and military payments on the Centralized Disbursing System (CDS)
  • Maintained Evaluation Analysis Reporting System (EARS) for monthly statistics to senior management.
  • Conducted monthly training to all military pay technicians on various subjects such as training deficiencies, document rejects, and proper coding and processing of documents.
  • Served as alternate cashier during military deployments and temporary duties. Prepared all military pay documents for shipment to DFAS-DE
  • Accounting liaison representative
  • Analyzing and coding all military and civilian pay documents sent to Defense Financial & Accounting Service (DFAS)
  • Integrated Automated Travel System (IATS) Verify, track and correct discrepancies and complaints for temporary duty (TDY), permanent change of station (PCS), local travel, accrual, and travel advance vouchers in IATS.
  • Research and advise management on guidance for the Government Travel Card (GTC).
  • Leave Web Administrator & Trainer for all Los Angeles Air Force Base & Geographically Separated Units.

Education

Associate in Applied Sciences - Liberal Arts

Los Angeles Harbor College
Los Angeles, CA
01.2003

Skills

  • 33 Years Financial Experience (25 years DOD)
  • Program Financial Manager Budgeting, Forecasting, Financial Analysis, Cost Accounting, Variance Analysis, Financial Reporting, Funds Management, DoD Financial Regulations, FAR
  • Navy Working Capital Funds (NWCF) Management, Policies & Procedures, Compliance
  • Analytical Concepts, Policies, & Principles
  • DOD Systems: NEPS, EDC/EDW, CMTS, DTS, STARS, ILSMIS, DFAS Systems (JUMPS)
  • Financial Management Analysis Acquisition & Contracting: Purchase Requisition Processing, Contract Management, G-Invoicing, Support Agreements
  • Software & Tools: Microsoft Office Suite (Excel Expert), Data Analysis Tools
  • Navy Enterprise Resource Planning (SAP) Expertise, Data Extraction, Report Generation, NWA Creation, Configuration, & Project Management
  • Other: Policy Development, Training & Development, Team Leadership, Process Improvement, Data Analysis, Financial Auditing
  • Reporting & Recommendations
  • Service Cost Center Financial Manager
  • Cost Distribution Financial Manager

Accomplishments

  • Lowered Total Reduction of costs by 21.8% through accurate financial modeling, budgeting and process improvement.
  • Received Recognition of Outstanding Support award from Office of Naval Intelligence, NC3.

    • Turned a Failing Dive Locker into a Profitable Operation in Under a Year Inherited a dive locker facing imminent closure due to consistent financial losses and declining equipment quality. Implemented a strategic revitalization plan focused on: Revenue Enhancement: Expanded service offerings by introducing advanced diving courses and personalized dive packages, attracting new customers and increasing sales by 200%.

Affiliations

SDFM Society of Defense Financial Management President Panama City Chapter


Awards

Recognition of Outstanding Fleet Support Cash Award15-Jan-2025, Recognition of Outstanding Fleet Support Cash Award15-Jan-2025, NAVSEA Meritorious Unit Commendation (MUC), 31-Jan-2013, Special Act or Service Award, 18-Jun-2023, On the Spot Cash Award 27-Jan-2023, On the Spot Cash Award 29-Sep-2022, Special Act or Service Award 20-Jan-2012, Special Act or Service Award 30-Nov-2007, Special Act or Service Award 04-Sep-2007, On the Spot Cash Award 27-Nov-2006, Special Act or Service Award 03-Sep-2006, On the Spot Cash Award 18-Nov-2005, Special Act or Service Award 05-Sep-2005, On the Spot Cash Award 02-Nov-2004

Training

  • Budget Analytics Boot Camp, 2024
  • DOD Financial Management Fiscal Law, 2023
  • Budget Execution, 2023
  • Appropriation Law & Budget execution, 2020
  • Enhanced Defense Financial Management Training, 2014
  • Project Manager Training, 2011
  • Purchase Requisitioning Creator Training, 2011
  • Project Business Financial Manager (PBFM) Training, 2011
  • Timekeeper Training, 2011

Timeline

Program Financial Analyst

Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division
01.2007 - Current

Lead Accounting Financial Technician

Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division
01.2006 - 10.2007

Budget Analyst

Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division
09.2004 - 06.2006

Financial Analyst

Space and Missile Center Los Angeles
04.2000 - 05.2004

Associate in Applied Sciences - Liberal Arts

Los Angeles Harbor College

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