Kevin R. Blossfeld
Washington,DC
Summary
MBA graduate with expertise in financial analytics focused on fixed income, showcasing a proven track-record of guiding best-in-class financial management teams across complex, diverse international organizations.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
4
4
Certifications
Work History
Finance Specialist - FAST Manager
Chemonics International Inc.
Washington, D.C.
01.2024 - Current
- Managed corporate compliance for 104 projects in 68 countries, and was directly responsible for 22 project offices.
- Provided corporate financial oversight: FX exchange rate risk (98 currencies), including foreign central bank policy and rates sensitivity analysis.
- Advised on office start-up and closure, including training COP and field office finance staff on banking and accounting procedures, and resolved foreign regulatory and reporting GAAP reconciliations.
- Presented C-suite leadership with compliance reporting: key risk budgeting during corporate restructuring, budget v. Actual performance monitoring, ERP integrations, and financial data systems for client reporting.
- Conducted a financial position assessment for Treasury high-risk stop-work order periods to authorized field office wires, prioritizing wire requests, and ensuring compliance in processing for $268M.
Finance Specialist - USG RFC Division Manager
Chemonics International Inc.
Washington, D.C.
01.2022 - 01.2024
- Managed actuals, financial data reporting for the U.S. Government division, $230M labor and fringe, and $1.2B commodities reporting, directly responsible for establishing and coordinating reporting deliverables across 48 projects.
- Reduced assigned reporting cycles turnaround from 91 to 48 days, with 300,000 monthly transactions across 47 countries.
- On behalf of managing Director of Finance, supported client (NICRA) rate negotiations by providing key financial data and reporting, ensuring timely communication of client expectations with key stake holders.
- Designed and launched the ServiceNow system for a 9-person team to automate and delegate over 100 monthly financial analysis requests.
- Managed DHHS Letter of Credit (LOC) and country drawdowns in PMS, exceeding $375M per quarter, including emergency drawdown reconciliations, and compliance reporting.
- Trained and mapped stakeholder engagement and buying for 45 project managing directors on various monthly and annual key reporting assumptions, improving mid-cycle forecasting visibility and accuracy in Anaplan.
Finance Associate - Task Order 1, GHSC-PSM
Chemonics International Inc.
Washington, D.C.
01.2020 - 01.2022
- Supported financial analysis for a $1.2B annual IDIQ contract under the Global Health Supply Chain Program.
- Developed Power BI dashboards for mid-cycle funding availability forecasting, earning the 2021 Chemonics Innovation Competition Award.
- Designed Power Apps automation for HIV/AIDS health commodity procurement, processing 1,200+ approvals for $650M annually and reducing LOE by 1,720 hours.
Finance and Operations Associate
National Peace Corps Association
Washington, D.C.
01.2017 - 01.2020
- Managed financial operations for an organization of 250,000 constituents, validating $2M in annual budgeting assumptions.
- Spearheaded a $2.5M national headquarters relocation, managing lease negotiations and capital budgeting, which secured the largest 7-figure gift in the organization's history.
- Led the transition to Intacct Sage as the primary financial preparer; managed $300k+ in earned income and annual audits.
Community Economic Development Volunteer
United States Peace Corps
Rivne, Ukraine
01.2015 - 01.2017
- Consulted for local NGOs to build civil society capacity and mentoring frameworks for social impact startups.
- Implemented Design Thinking methodologies to construct two municipal co-working spaces at a national university and a health center.
Education
MBA - Investments; Financial Management
Johns Hopkins University, Carey School of Business
Washington, D.C.01.2026
Bachelor of Science - Finance, Economics, Environmental Science and Policy
University of South Florida
St. Petersburg, FL01.2014
Skills
- Portfolio management
- Fixed income analysis
- Financial statement analysis
- Investment strategies
- Financial evaluation
- Economic research
- Multivariate statistics
- K-means clustering
- Microsoft power BI
- Relational databases
- Budget management
- Regulatory compliance
- Data visualization
- System automation
- Model evaluation
- Bayesian inference
- Financial analysis
- Artificial intelligence adoption
- Cost Preparer Trained
- Team Manager Training
- Leadership Mini-Masters
- FAR Financial Management
- Project Management Certified
- ERP (D365, SAP, Intacct)
- Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate
- Advanced Excel (Modeling)
Certifications Skills
Cost Preparer Trained (2024), Team Manager Training (2022), Leadership Mini-Masters (2021), FAR Financial Management (2020), Project Management Certified (2017), ERP (SAP, D365, Intacct), Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, Advanced Excel (Modeling)
Leadership Experience
- Founding President, RPCV Alliance for Ukraine (501(c)3), Led growth strategy to 500+ members., 2017-2021
- Honors, Atlantic Council, Eurasia Center, Named to 2018 honors list for 'Ukraine's Future Leaders.'
- Experience, Finance Intern to CFO, Salvador Dali Museum, Led LED lighting retrofit feasibility study.
Languages
Ukrainian
Limited
Certification
Project Management (Peace Corps, 2015, 2017)
Accomplishments
Atlantic Council, 2018 "Future Leaders of Ukraine"
Timeline
Finance Specialist - FAST Manager
Chemonics International Inc.
01.2024 - Current
Finance Specialist - USG RFC Division Manager
Chemonics International Inc.
01.2022 - 01.2024
Finance Associate - Task Order 1, GHSC-PSM
Chemonics International Inc.
01.2020 - 01.2022
Finance and Operations Associate
National Peace Corps Association
01.2017 - 01.2020
Community Economic Development Volunteer
United States Peace Corps
01.2015 - 01.2017
MBA - Investments; Financial Management
Johns Hopkins University, Carey School of Business
Bachelor of Science - Finance, Economics, Environmental Science and Policy
University of South Florida