KIMBERLY N. HAWKINS
Summary
Results-driven finance professional prepared for role with strong background in budget management and financial analysis. Proven track record in optimizing resource allocation and ensuring fiscal responsibility. Known for effective team collaboration, adaptability, and focus on achieving financial objectives. Skilled in forecasting, cost control, and strategic planning, with reputation for reliability and flexibility in meeting changing demands.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Budget Officer
Social Security Administration
07.2014 - 05.2025
- Solely oversee and coordinate all phases of the budget formulation and execution of $10M annual operations budget for agency Deputy Commissioner of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity.
- Regulate financial obligations and expenditures on budget cycles using agency accounting and reporting system to prepare weekly financial analysis and budget reports.
- Conduct monthly Executive budget briefings, provide evaluations, funding advice, guidance, recommended business process changes, and justifications on budget policies and/or legislation affecting program funding to executive and senior level officials.
- Interpret complex Congressional legislation and determine the impact on funding levels; apply to component budget submissions, unfunded needs, spending reports and other ad hoc resource requests.
- Serve as Contracting Officer Representative (COR) providing procurement, contract management, and funding for 7 Blanket Purchase Agreements totaling $4M.
- Create, submit and manage purchase order and financial resource packages to acquire new contracts, modifications, or option year requests from external vendors.
- Create and manage federal Interagency Agreements (IAA) totaling $100K.
- Create capital investment inputs of $140K using the Investment Management Tool to submit requests for Entellitrak case management and business process management funding.
- Manage over 300 internal controls and federal agency assignment deliverables.
- Prepare staffing plans and input workload data to coordinate annual staffing allocations.
- Manage and oversee travel, training overtime, and annual operations allocations.
- Serve as the CitiBank Agency Program Coordinator for over 100 agency purchase card holders.
Acting Executive Officer (Supervisory)
Social Security Administration
07.2021 - 11.2021
- Supported the Executive directors with the overall management and direction of the agency's EEO organization by performing a variety of high-level coordinative, consultative, and advisory services to sustain operations.
- Provided authoritative information, evaluations, and recommendations on all phases of operations for use in establishing priorities and formulating policies.
- Developed and presented independent business analyses of controversial matters having agency-wide impact and recommended solutions.
- Researched major background information and prepared position papers, reports, and memorandums containing recommendations between executive offices and other high-level agency officials including the agency Commissioner.
- Supervised administrative support staff of 4 to complete deliverables, requests for resources, transfer of hardware and phones, and agency-wide assignments.
- Oversaw human resource functions: conducted annual performance evaluations and provided recommendations on disciplinary actions and performance awards, approved training opportunities, staffing, time and attendance and all other personnel actions.
- Provided initial administrative coordination of realignment and reorganization to agency-level organization, reporting directly to the Acting Commissioner.
Management Analyst
Social Security Administration
09.2007 - 07.2014
- Monitored and tracked $43M budget formulation and execution for Operations.
- Provided spending and budget analysis and prepared written reports and memos for Executive briefings.
- Prepared justifications to reprogram annual funding appropriations.
- Presented data and managed various projects, workgroups, and funding exercises.
- Created, amended, and validated contract requests to obligate procurement funding and prepared monthly acquisition planning and status reports.
- Monitored and tracked travel budget allocation and approved travel authorizations.
Education
Contracting Officer Representative FAC-COR I -
Federal Acquisition Institute
Washington, D.C.11.2019
Master of Business Administration (MBA) -
Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University
Atlanta, GA06.2003
Bachelor of Science - Biology
Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA06.1997
Skills
- Budget Policy & Regulations
- Contract & Acquisitions Management
- Staffing/Human Resource Management
- Executive & Stakeholder Briefings
- Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
- Financial Analysis & Reporting Systems
Certification
- Contract Innovation Exploration, Federal Acquisition Institute, Washington, D.C., 07/01/24
- Data Maturity Assessment (DatMA), Chief Data Office, Baltimore, MD, 05/01/24
- Contracting Officer Representative Refresher, Technical Management Services, Washington, D.C., 03/01/24
- Fundamentals of Project and Program Management, Management Concepts, Washington, D.C., 05/01/21
Professional Skills Profile
- Budget Policy & Regulations
- Contract & Acquisitions Management
- Staffing/Human Resource Management
- Executive & Stakeholder Briefings
- Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
- Financial Analysis & Reporting Systems
- Interagency Collaboration
- Customer Service & Engagement
Training Professional Development
- Budget Line of Business/Finance
- OMB MAX A-11
- Budget Formulation, Budget Execution
- Data Analysis
- Investment Management
- Contracting - COR Level I
- Administrative Officers Workshop
- Effective Briefing Techniques
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
- Excel 2007 Level 2
- Adobe Acrobat XI
- Project Management Fundamentals
- Inclusive Leadership
- Strategic Thinking Skills
Computer Skills Programs
- Windows
- IOS
- MS Office Suite 365
- Word
- PowerPoint
- Outlook
- Access
- Excel (formulas, charts, pivot tables, macros, and data validation)
- Adobe Acrobat
- Google Drive (Google Docs, Sheets, Slides and Gmail)
- Video Conferencing (Zoom, MS Teams, Skype)
Awards
- Exemplary Contribution or Service, 09/01/24, GS-14, Outstanding Support
- Commissioner's Honor Award, 05/01/23, GS-14, Recognition of Support of Reorganization
- Exemplary Contribution or Service, 04/01/23, GS-14, Outstanding Support
- Exemplary Contribution or Service, 09/01/22, GS-14, Outstanding Support
- Exemplary Contribution or Service, 05/01/22, GS-14, Outstanding Support
Activities
- African American Federal Executive Association (AAFEA)
- Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
- CXO Fellows Program - Interagency Leadership Development Program - FY21 Cohort
- Emerging HR Leaders Forum Cohort
Timeline
Acting Executive Officer (Supervisory)
Social Security Administration
07.2021 - 11.2021
Budget Officer
Social Security Administration
07.2014 - 05.2025
Management Analyst
Social Security Administration
09.2007 - 07.2014
Master of Business Administration (MBA) -
Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University
Bachelor of Science - Biology
Georgia Southern University
Contracting Officer Representative FAC-COR I -
Federal Acquisition Institute
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