Elijah Stallings
Sterling,VA
Summary
Senior risk and controls leader with 17+ years of experience driving enterprise governance, operational risk oversight, compliance improvement, financial control review, issue management, corrective action, and executive reporting across complex regulated environments. Proven ability to assess current-state processes, identify control gaps, strengthen risk visibility, develop governance routines, and lead cross-functional stakeholders through remediation and process improvement. Brings a strong foundation in project management, data-driven analysis, policy and procedure development, control monitoring, and senior-leadership reporting to support Capital One risk management initiatives.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Management and Program Analyst - Enterprise Governance, Controls & Change Oversight
Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Headquarters
Washington, D.C.
09.2023 - Current
- Serve as delegated enterprise program lead for FOIA and records management governance across 15 organizations, directing compliance standards, control expectations, escalation paths, reporting routines, and corrective-action execution.
- Led enterprise control and compliance governance for records management, improving compliance from 22% to 92% within 18 months by redefining requirements, validating execution, and driving corrective action across business units.
- Designed and implemented a standardized governance framework to address fragmented execution, inconsistent accountability, weak reporting visibility, and control performance gaps.
- Built centralized tracking and reporting mechanisms to monitor issue status, remediation progress, compliance trends, control performance, and potential risk exposure.
- Led risk assessment and governance reviews for process and compliance changes, identifying control gaps, implementation risks, ownership issues, and remediation needs before escalation.
- Led monthly federal financial control execution across DTS, government card, travel, and authorization workflows, ensuring transactions were documented, reviewed, approved, reconciled, and aligned with policy, internal control, and audit-readiness requirements.
- Led monthly control reviews and reconciliations across non-financial actions, validating purchase accuracy, accounting data, supporting documentation, authorization thresholds, and exception routines prior to closeout.
Office Manager - Executive Operations & Control Review
Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)
Washington, D.C.
12.2022 - 09.2023
- Led executive operations and control-review support for senior leadership, translating priorities into structured actions, deadlines, decision points, and follow-through expectations.
- Reviewed travel, expense, and purchase documentation for accuracy, authorization compliance, accounting data integrity, and proper reconciliation.
- Led training and coaching sessions for executives, validating charges, transactions, confirming supporting documentation, and ensuring compliance with policy and approval requirements.
Owner / Operator
ActiKare In-Home Care
Washington, D.C.
08.2019 - 12.2022
- Founded and led operations for a regulated in-home care business, establishing service standards, workforce routines, escalation paths, documentation expectations, and performance controls.
- Directed service delivery, staffing, client operations, compliance expectations, issue resolution, and performance accountability across a high-touch, client-facing operation.
- Implemented new projects that contributed to a 37% increase in revenue over 12 months.
Administrative Manager - Operations & Compliance
Naval Special Warfare Group Two
Virginia Beach, VA
07.2022 - 07.2022
- Led personnel in a compliance-sensitive environment requiring disciplined execution, documentation control, issue escalation, and rapid mitigation of errors.
- Implemented standardized reporting, scheduling, documentation, and internal control routines that improved consistency and reduced operational errors.
Funding Manager - Financial Oversight & Risk Reporting
Naval Personnel Command (NPC)
Millington, TN
08.2019 - 08.2020
- Managed financial control and execution oversight for a $64M annual funding portfolio supporting 2,500 personnel, directing visibility into execution risk, resource allocation, funding gaps, accounting accuracy, and leadership reporting.
- Directed reallocation of funding and resources during COVID-era operational disruptions, coordinating movement of funds and assets across organizational priorities to sustain mission continuity and maintain accountability.
- Built funding visibility and risk-reporting routines that improved leadership awareness of budget status, utilization trends, execution risk, and corrective-action needs across personnel and operational support programs.
Executive Assistant / Office Manager - Executive Operations
Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC)
Washington, D.C.
06.2017 - 08.2019
- Led financial control support for a $500K+ travel and expense environment, strengthening documentation review, transaction tracking, discrepancy resolution, reconciliation discipline, and expense accountability.
- Managed senior-leadership financial operations support by coordinating travel funding, expense tracking, transaction review, and administrative control processes in a regulated federal environment.
Education
Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt -
Bachelor of Science - Economics
George Mason University
06-2025
Associate of Arts - General Studies
American Military University
01-2019
Skills
- Operational Risk Management
- Enterprise Governance
- Issue Management
- Compliance Oversight
- Financial Controls
- Transaction Review & Reconciliation
- Audit Readiness
- Funding Oversight
- Policy & SOP Governance
- KPI / Performance Tracking
- Government Card Program Compliance
- Stakeholder Management
Timeline
Management and Program Analyst - Enterprise Governance, Controls & Change Oversight
Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Headquarters
09.2023 - Current
Office Manager - Executive Operations & Control Review
Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)
12.2022 - 09.2023
Administrative Manager - Operations & Compliance
Naval Special Warfare Group Two
07.2022 - 07.2022
Owner / Operator
ActiKare In-Home Care
08.2019 - 12.2022
Funding Manager - Financial Oversight & Risk Reporting
Naval Personnel Command (NPC)
08.2019 - 08.2020
Executive Assistant / Office Manager - Executive Operations
Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC)
06.2017 - 08.2019
Bachelor of Science - Economics
George Mason University
Associate of Arts - General Studies
American Military University