Donté Waller
Millersville,MD
Summary
A highly motivated financial management professional with experience in both commercial and federal projects. A highly adaptable and dedicated professional devoted to supporting audit readiness efforts.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Deputy Team Lead Financial Management Analyst I (Civilian)
United States Department of the Navy Department of the Navy (DON) – United States Defense Agency Financial Management Operations (FMO) Division
07.2021 - Current
- Served as a liaison for both accounting and financial management policies and procedures
- Analyzed accounting records and reports to identify accounting problems
- Demonstrated effective communication tactics both orally and written to resolve accounting issues with stakeholders
- Evaluated Corrective Action Plans (CAP) pertaining to policy deficiencies and remediating
- Applied knowledge of Navy Audit Response Business Process and Internal Controls.
Senior Consultant Contractor
DSSP Consulting, Inc (8(a), Minority, 8(m) Economically Disadvantaged Woman Owned small business contracting firm Department of the Navy (DON) – United States Defense Agency Financial Management Operations (FMO) Division
02.2020 - 07.2021
- Delivered IPA & A-123 PBCs, samples, and follow-up emails to FMO Divisions and SSPs as needed
- Reviewed meeting calendar on a daily basis to facilitate calls for Office Hours and Walk Through Meetings
- Drafted meeting minutes and send to Government Lead for review
- Sent follow-up and reminder emails as needed
- Reviewed the FMO Queue Delivered list in the ARC Tool daily to check for any PBCs, Samples, or Follow-Ups.
Consultant
Kearney and Company (Federal government accounting contractor firm) Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) – United States Foreign Aid Agency prime contractor Audit Risk and Control Division (ARC), Washington DC
04.2019 - 02.2020
- Monitored program disbursements on a monthly and quarterly basis
- Supported MCC accountability and transparency efforts through monthly and quarterly reconciliation and validation of program financial data
- Ensured data accuracy through review of financial information and reports generated internally and provided by grant recipients to be presented to the Office of the Inspector General (OIG)
- Provided recommendations and implement process improvements to MCC internal and external audit tracking as necessary
- Performed other non-audit tasks as assigned.
Senior Accountant
United States Department of Defense- NAVY sub-contractor to Ernst Young Washington DC, Tysons VA Financial Management Operations- Full Scope Financial Statement Audit
08.2017 - 04.2019
- Conducted initial audit for FY18 in accordance with audit programming to evaluate design and operating effectiveness of internal controls and business processes for the client
- Performed existence and completeness testing for inventory assets valued at $33B as of FY19 in accordance with Federal Auditing Manual (FAM) guidelines within the Working Capital Fund (WCF)
- Prepared written audit findings, observations, and recommendations for discussions with management
- Participated in both opening and closing meetings with management and client
- Produced clear and concise work papers timely
- Presented audited outcome in clear and concise manner
- Utilized Audit Response Center Tool (ARC) to obtain documentation from the client to support work paper analysis.
Senior Accountant
United States Department of Homeland Security – Coast Guard Audit Remediation Division- Real Property Washington, DC
03.2017 - 08.2017
- Worked on Alternate Valuation Templates (AVT) to ensure that the historical cost methodology was being applied for all real property assets
- Produced inventory packages to be reviewed by the commander officer and affiliates during the inventory auditing phase
- Produced Prior Year Adjustment (PYA) packages monthly for the commanding officers
- Worked on other ad hoc projects as needed including audit support, reconciliations, and proposals.
Financial Statements Accountant- Office of Financial Management
Empirical Concepts, Inc. (Federal government accounting contractor firm) United States Department of Homeland Security- Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Financial Management Washington, DC
11.2016 - 03.2017
- Ensured that both general ledger and subsidiary ledger accounts are maintained and reconciled for accurate timely reporting
- Responded to internal and external inquiries from the Department and auditors
- Reviewed statements (balance sheet, net position, net cost, custodial activity) to ensure that there are no discrepancies for components
- Performed technical accounting research coinciding with FASAB (Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board) and FASB (Financial Accounting Standards Board)
- Performed analytical procedures to identify abnormal balances for all month end standard general ledger account balances through the TIER II online database system.
Accountant
United States Department of Labor Office of the Chief Financial Officer Washington, DC
09.2015 - 11.2016
- Performed financial reviews to track execution status (reconciliations, adjustments)
- Assessed the financial and budgetary authority on a monthly basis by object class under the OCFO
- Supported the preparation of budget analysis
- Prepared warrants to be entered into NAFMS (New Core Financial Management System)
- Identified warrants in CARS (Central Accounting Reporting System)
- Reconciled SF-133 for Working Capital Fund (WCF) program under the OCFO
- Reviewed SF-132 to ensure that appropriations correlated to SF-133 for Working Capital Fund (WCF)
- Conducted A-123 internal audits of the revolving Working Capital Fund (WCF) with advances, allotments, transfers, and open commitments
- Maintained $290M budgeted operating plan for Working Capital Fund (WCF) for the Department.
Corporate Staff Accountant- Global Operations Finance Division
Pacific Architects and Engineers, DBA PAE- A Lockheed Martin Company (Ranked 40th on Bloomberg’s Top Federal Government Contractors out of 200) Arlington, VA
06.2014 - 09.2015
- Reported to the Accounting Supervisor and be responsible for performing all necessary tasks related to supporting assigned program/product areas
- Assisted in preparing monthly GL account reconciliations as part of the internal control overview prior to finalization of the accounting cycle
- Booked journal entries for payroll costs as needed, monthly accruals and financial adjustments to the GL within Microsoft Dynamics SL and Cost point 6
- Created and review invoices issued to customer as needed by each project
- Involved in the preparation of monthly payroll for American National and Foreign National employees
- Worked on other Ad-Hoc projects as needed including audit support and reconciliations.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
Frostburg State University
05.2011
Skills
- Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Visio, Access, Word)
- Eltek Costpoint
- MS Teams
- Oracle
- SAP
- Proposal Writing
- Staff Oversight
- Research and reporting capabilities
- Program coordination
Certification
Department of Defense (DOD) Financial Management Certification Program Level 2, 10/2023
Clearance
DOD Active Secret Clearance
Timeline
Deputy Team Lead Financial Management Analyst I (Civilian)
United States Department of the Navy Department of the Navy (DON) – United States Defense Agency Financial Management Operations (FMO) Division
07.2021 - Current
Senior Consultant Contractor
DSSP Consulting, Inc (8(a), Minority, 8(m) Economically Disadvantaged Woman Owned small business contracting firm Department of the Navy (DON) – United States Defense Agency Financial Management Operations (FMO) Division
02.2020 - 07.2021
Consultant
Kearney and Company (Federal government accounting contractor firm) Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) – United States Foreign Aid Agency prime contractor Audit Risk and Control Division (ARC), Washington DC
04.2019 - 02.2020
Senior Accountant
United States Department of Defense- NAVY sub-contractor to Ernst Young Washington DC, Tysons VA Financial Management Operations- Full Scope Financial Statement Audit
08.2017 - 04.2019
Senior Accountant
United States Department of Homeland Security – Coast Guard Audit Remediation Division- Real Property Washington, DC
03.2017 - 08.2017
Financial Statements Accountant- Office of Financial Management
Empirical Concepts, Inc. (Federal government accounting contractor firm) United States Department of Homeland Security- Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Financial Management Washington, DC
11.2016 - 03.2017
Accountant
United States Department of Labor Office of the Chief Financial Officer Washington, DC
09.2015 - 11.2016
Corporate Staff Accountant- Global Operations Finance Division
Pacific Architects and Engineers, DBA PAE- A Lockheed Martin Company (Ranked 40th on Bloomberg’s Top Federal Government Contractors out of 200) Arlington, VA
06.2014 - 09.2015
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
Frostburg State University
Department of Defense (DOD) Financial Management Certification Program Level 2, 10/2023
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