Farrah McBride
Waldorf,MD
Summary
Financially-minded Budget Analyst with 7 years of assisting United States Department of Agriculture with analysis and improvement of overall spending patterns. Additional expertise includes financial monitoring management and reporting to Senior Leadership on budgetary trends
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Budget Analyst
USDA Farm Production Business Center
10.2022 - Current
- Second in charge provides budget guidance for 16 divisions successfully managing $308, 912M dollars.
- Reviews monthly operations to assess compliance with budgets and determine necessary General Ledger adjustments in Financial Management Modernization Initiative (FMMI) for future plans.
- Identifies and monitor's budget expenses for accuracy and signs of fraud or misappropriation of funds preventing Anti-Deficiency Act violations.
- Creates and updates expenditure reports in Microsoft Excel.
- Monitors and reported budgetary discrepancies to corporate senior management to maximize reporting efficiency and finalized spending plans.
- Generates annual budget forecasting and formulating Spend Plan for fiscal year.
- Compiles statistical data after each month-end closing.
- Implements budgetary monitoring techniques to improve corporate spending habits.
- Submits recommendations to budgets and forecasts for approval or disapproval.
- Develops, analyzes and modify budgets to allocate current resources and estimate future financial requirements.
Budget Analyst
USDA Risk Management Agency
10.2019 - 10.2022
- Managed and tracked budgetary accounting actions and requirements for budget over $72M.
- Handled day-to-day accounting processes to drive financial accuracy.
- Developed, analyzed and modified budgets to allocate current resources and estimate future financial requirements.
- Developed, analyzed and modified budgets to allocate current resources and estimate future financial requirements.
- Developed, analyzed and modified budgets to allocate current resources and estimate future financial requirements.
- Implemented budgetary monitoring techniques to improve budget divisions spending habits.
- Detected and corrected mistakes early on and implemented systems to avoid recurring issues.
- Created and developed Budgetary Guidance to divisions outlining hiring and spending levels for each department.
- Reviewed accounts, resolved coding areas, and tracked recurring expenses for accrual entry.
- Compiled general ledger entries on short schedule with 100% accuracy.
- Cooperated with senior leaders to create operating budgets and initiate financial planning.
- Developed financial models to assess and analyze financial performance of budget divisions.
- Updated and Tracked Greenbook (GB) and Working Capital funds requirements ensured 100% accuracy and allocation of funds.
- Diminished outstanding debts by analyzing accounts for issues.
- Reconciled line of accounting adjustments on all commitments as necessary to ensure proper allocation of all funds.
- Reviewed monthly operations to assess compliance with budgets and determine necessary adjustments for future plans.
- Identified and monitored budget expenses for accuracy and signs of fraud.
- Monitored and reported budgetary discrepancies to corporate senior management to maximize reporting efficiency and finalized spending plans.
Budget Analyst
USDA Farm Service Agency
08.2016 - 10.2019
- Provided assistance and analysis from 2016-2018 to maintain and monitor Budget over $1.1B ensured proper allocation of funds and prevented ADA violations in accordance with government standards.
- Served as Team Lead from 2018 to 2019 and trained four team members on budgetary and accounting requirements for both Federal and Country offices.
- Extracted and interpreted data patterns to translate findings into actionable outcomes.
- Worked with business intelligence software and various reports to glean insights into spending trends.
- Updated data and analyze data from multiple sources and presented analysis to Senior Leadership.
- Generated ad-hoc reports to evaluate specific business requirements.
- Identified patterns and trends in large data sets and provided actionable insights.
- Developed customized reports, summarizing and presenting data in visually appealing format.
- Analyzed data to identify root causes of problems and recommend corrective actions.
- Upheld security and confidentiality of documents and data within area of responsibility.
- Approved requisitions and contracts and ensured accuracy and financial accountability.
- Participated in requirements meetings to understand business needs.
- Created various Excel documents to assist with pulling metrics data and presenting information to Leadership for concise explanations of best placement for needed resources.
- Documented effective and replicable methods for extracting data and organizing data sources.
- Utilized data visualization tools to effectively communicate total spending and obligations of Federal and county offices.
- Monitored and Tracked Un-liquidated Obligations (ULOs) and reconciled accounting adjustments needed in Accounts Payable Tracker (APT).
Mangement Assistant
Army Corps Of Engineers
06.2014 - 08.2016
- .Ensured proper funding was allocated to fund travel and payroll.
- Completed and processed agreements to ensure organizations business needs were met timely and efficiently ensured 100% accuracy.
- Assisted manager in all aspects of business operations.
- Answered incoming phone calls to process requests, transfer calls, or relay messages to appropriate personnel.
- Worked closely with management to provide effective assistance for specific aspects of business operations.
- Organized resources, records and personnel to accomplish aggressive targets.
- Managed calendars and coordinated travel arrangements and accommodation for senior-level staff to optimize schedules.
- Developed and implemented strategies to streamline office operations.
- Collected and input timesheet data into automated accounting system and processed labor corrections.
- Ordered and distributed office supplies while adhering to fixed office budget.
- Streamlined office operations by effectively monitoring and addressing client correspondence and data communications.
- Performed wide-ranging administrative, financial and service-related functions.
- Prepared PowerPoint presentations for senior-level staff with attention to detail.
- Certified Government Purchase card holder ordered supplies and reconciled transactions via US. Bank.
Education
Associate of Science - Human Resources Management
Community College of The Air Force
Montgomery, ALHigh School Diploma -
A.R. Johnson High School
Augusta, GA06.
Bachelor of Science - Health Administration
Park University
Kansas City, MO03.2015
Bachelor of Science - Human Resources Management
Park University
Kansas City, MO03.2015
Skills
- Preparing Budgets
- Trend Forecasting
- Fraud Reviews
- Budgetary Reviews
- Report Preparation
- Risk Reduction
- Corrective Actions
- Records Management Procedures
- Investigating Variances
- Controls Assessment
- Funds Distribution
- Accounting Assistance
Accomplishments
- Collaborated with team of three in the development of Standard Operating Procedures for Budget Execution.
- Lead a team of four staff members.
- Documented and resolved Unliquidated Obligations report errors which led to increase accuracy of reporting in less time.
- Received Army Civilian Service for exemplary work and commitment to meet organizations need.
Certification
- Microsoft Basic, Intermediate and Advanced Certificates
- Fiscal Law
- Appropriations Law
- Internal Control
- Anti-Deficiency Act
Timeline
Budget Analyst
USDA Farm Production Business Center
10.2022 - Current
Budget Analyst
USDA Risk Management Agency
10.2019 - 10.2022
Budget Analyst
USDA Farm Service Agency
08.2016 - 10.2019
Mangement Assistant
Army Corps Of Engineers
06.2014 - 08.2016
Associate of Science - Human Resources Management
Community College of The Air Force
High School Diploma -
A.R. Johnson High School
Bachelor of Science - Health Administration
Park University
Bachelor of Science - Human Resources Management
Park University
- Microsoft Basic, Intermediate and Advanced Certificates
- Fiscal Law
- Appropriations Law
- Internal Control
- Anti-Deficiency Act
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