Heidi Clay
Analyst
Anchorage,AK
Summary
Diligent Analyst with strong background in financial planning, auditing, and data analysis. Managed budget allocations, implemented cost-saving measures, and streamlined financial reporting processes. Demonstrated analytical skills and proficiency in validating and understanding trends.
Overview
35
35
years of professional experience
Work History
Budget Analyst
US Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District
01.2004 - Current
- Local expert on Enterprise Data Warehouse, focusing on data quality analytics, visuals and creating or repairing reports
- Backup to the Manpower/Funding Officer
- Receives and processes millions of direct and reimbursable dollars to fund the District workload from many different sources, following appropriate fiscal laws for each type
- Processes necessary manpower actions
- Provides professional accounting, budget, financial, and management analysis support and advice to District customers
- Provides accurate responses to customer questions and inquiries supported by laws, regulations, policies and procedures that require the correct application of accounting principles, theories, and financial analysis techniques
- Works as the District Risk Management Internal Control Administrator
- Evaluated procurement needs and projected expenditures for budgets of $500K-$50M
- Improved financial efficiency by analyzing budgetary data and identifying areas for cost reduction
- Streamlined budget processes for increased accuracy and timely completion of financial reports
- Facilitated cross-department communication to ensure consistent understanding of budgetary goals and constraints
Accountant
US Army
07.2000 - 01.2004
- Performed joint reviews of unliquidated obligations, analyzed accounting transactions, prepared spreadsheets and charts
- Reconciled accounts and reviewed obligation and expense data
- Reviewed, downloaded, and updated the Standard Army Retail Supply System F09 Single Stock Fund financial files and counters
- Analyzed trends, extracted information from the system, and troubleshot problems
- Analyzed and researched problem disbursements and missing documents pertaining to Vendor Pay and other accounting functions
- Coordinated with the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) in Lawton, Oklahoma on accounting issues and budget activities solutions
- Performed rotational training at Ft Bliss and DFAS-Lawton and was name-requested to return to DFAS-Lawton to help them close out the fiscal year a week after 9/11 happened
- Attended formal training classes involving multiple Temporary Duties of travel and completed correspondence courses
- Wrote Standard Operating Procedures for downloading F09 files, for Pre-validation Issues, and for purchase card issues and data input
Register Audit Clerk
Deseret Book Corporate
08.1997 - 10.1998
- Organized, verified, and audited financial information (both electronic and manual entry) from each store's registers to ensure accuracy
- Responsible for auditing and reconciling the financial accounts and registers of seven stores from the western United States with one to thirteen registers in each store
- Researched inconsistencies, analyzed trends, and directed corrective actions to the store Managers when appropriate, consolidated accounts, prepared management reports on the activities of the stores
- Built solid working relationships with each of the store Managers and communicated with them weekly, and sometimes daily, telephonically and in person
- Recorded memos affecting the general and sub-ledgers
- Compiled and prepared the office's daily deposit of an average of $30K per day, then daily delivered those funds and checks to bank for deposit
- Prioritized tasks effectively during high-pressure situations, ensuring all deadlines were met without sacrificing accuracy or professionalism
- Assisted in the preparation of comprehensive audit reports, presenting findings to management for informed decision making
Reconciler IV
American Express/Kelly and Manpower Temp
06.1990 - 08.1997
- Prepared, ten-keyed, and reconciled documents to transfer and cancel Traveler's Cheques
- Audited transaction accounts, verified transaction accuracy, analyzed trends, and resolved questionable transactions
- Prepared reports on business activities, trained others, established operating procedures, represented team at meetings, and communicated with world-wide banks telephonically and in person
- Researched and balanced bank and branch accounts
- Prepared, ten-keyed, and balanced foreign settlements
- Other duties included data entry, filing, researching bank and branch accounts, and auditing various banks' inventory of Traveler's Cheques
- Had a 99 percent accuracy record, compared to team average of 75-80 percent
Education
Bachelor's degree - History, Languages
Southern Utah University
Cedar City, UTSome college (no degree) - Accounting
Salt Lake Community College
Murray, UTSkills
- MS Excel
- Pivot tables
- Power BI Dashboards, Data Analytics
- Using AI to problem solve
- Communication- Written, Oral
- Strategic Analyzer, Trend spotting
- Attention to detail
- Highly motivated
- Analytical thinking
- Web-Intelligence Reports
Timeline
Budget Analyst
US Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District
01.2004 - Current
Accountant
US Army
07.2000 - 01.2004
Register Audit Clerk
Deseret Book Corporate
08.1997 - 10.1998
Reconciler IV
American Express/Kelly and Manpower Temp
06.1990 - 08.1997
Bachelor's degree - History, Languages
Southern Utah University
Some college (no degree) - Accounting
Salt Lake Community College
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