LaMonique S. A. Missouri
Fairburn,GA
Summary
Experienced professional who structures, negotiates, and manages contracts and projects ranging up to $3B, primarily in US and international government and defense sectors. Expert at analyzing financial data and navigating through successive phases of the project lifecycle. Strategic thought partner: proven ability to deliver financial support and subject matter expertise to executive leadership, impacting decisions on business-critical initiatives, driving efficiencies, and maximizing ROI.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Subcontract Administrator, SR
Parsons Corporation
06.2021 - Current
- Lead and manage multiple strategic domestic and international vendor accounts under the Engineered Systems business unit, supporting critical programs of national significance in defense, security, intelligence, energy, and environment.
- Spearheaded the establishment and growth of strategic vendor partnerships to support the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) mission to mitigate threats from weapons of mass destruction.
- Manage complex supplier relationships with U.S. and international government agencies and contractors, supporting high-visibility programs including MOTCO, USACE, GUAM MDA, Galena, DOD (DTRA), DOE, DOL, and USPS.
- Serve as Subject Matter Expert (SME) in government procurement regulations and policies, advising on compliant procurement strategies and developing templates and processes that improve efficiency and reduce administrative costs.
- Develop and execute long-term supply chain sustainment strategies, negotiating and administering Fixed Price, Time & Materials, Cost-Reimbursement, and IDIQ subcontracts. Draft specifications, statements of work, and terms & conditions, and negotiate subcontract modifications.
- Lead end-to-end subcontract lifecycle: preparing solicitations, analyzing and negotiating proposals, issuing awards, establishing performance metrics, and administering subcontracts in alignment with FAR/DFARS and organizational policies.
- Conduct detailed pre-award price analyses, evaluating vendor proposals against Independent Government Estimates (IGEs), market data, and historical trends to determine price reasonableness and support negotiation positions.
- Advise senior program management on subcontracting strategies and mentor junior staff, fostering a culture of compliance and excellence in procurement practices.
Contract Specialist, Intermediate II
LEONARD-NEWMAN UNLTD
12.2020 - Current
- Direct support of the Acquisitions and Grants group for the Federal Aviation Administration of the Department of Transportation.
- Support a wide variety of functions encompassing the entire spectrum of the acquisition process in accordance with the Acquisition Management System (AMS) and any other agency.
- Review solicitation documents, such as, Procurement Requests, Statement of Work, Screening Information Requests (SIRs), RFPs, RFQs, RFOs, and No Bids.
- Prepare and develop pre-award documentation for acquisitions ranging up to $1.06mil for Contracting Officer’s review and signatures.
- Review all received quotes, determine the fair and reasonable lowest price offered and provide recommendation for award to the Contracting Officer.
- Create contracts, purchase orders, task orders and delivery order in PRISM.
- Complete the Federal Procurement Data System report (FPDS) as required.
- Responsible for the solicitations, analysis, evaluations, and negotiations of proposals and budgets.
- Perform acquisition planning, scheduling procurement from time of acceptance in the Division through award.
- Prepare and maintain current acquisition plans, appropriate milestone charts, and related schedules.
- Responsible for post-award functions involving procurements to include negotiations of contract changes, administrative and other modifications, terminations, and closeouts.
- Monitor contract delivery delinquencies, and performance discrepancies and recommend actions to implement resolutions.
- Document all findings or factors causing delivery delay or unsatisfactory performance.
- Prepare contract files for closeout, determine requirements for close out audits or de-obligations, Government furnished property records, complete contract closeout checklist in Prism, and other closeout requirements required by the Acquisition Management System (AMS) and office policy.
- Assist Contracting Officers with special projects such as redlining SOWs and negotiating terms and conditions of Government software and hardware acquisitions.
Tax Preparer (Contractor)
Self Employed Services
01.2017 - Current
- Prepare individual simple and complex income tax returns, as well as small business returns. Research applicable tax information in accordance with federal and state regulations. Inform clients of tax options and fee structures. Resolve customer concerns and complaints.
- Initiate recommendations for withholding purposes to maximize tax returns due to the development of proposed changes to tax law affecting individual taxpayers.
Project Manager (Contractor)
Internal Revenue Service, IRS
10.2019 - 04.2020
- Liaised between client and planning and project team conducting IT infrastructure upgrades, which encompassed monitoring project schedule and communicating project status to management.
- Orchestrated meetings between project team, management, and executive leadership.
- Integrally contributed to special project in wake of COVID-19 pandemic, facilitating procurement requests for IT equipment to migrate workforce from on-site to home office setups.
Contracts Specialist (Contractor)
SITA
10.2018 - 10.2019
- Directed full scope of contractual activities of customer bids for Government Gateway Services & Airport Solutions Line for 280+ domestic and international airports.
- Provided pre- and post-award contract support, contributed expertise to bid team to identify and remediate contract risk, and steered administrative activities throughout contract lifecycle.
- Generated and executed agreements, renewals, extensions, and certifications of cost of living for contract workers.
- Recovered $500K in unpaid invoices dating back 2 years with Air Canada Government Gateway, in process of reviewing and renewing their contracts.
- Negotiated agreement to back bill 2 years of missed billing, and subsequently instituted new process to issue monthly billing.
- Subsequently appointed to lead India's Government Gateway program and recovered additional $700K in unpaid invoices.
Associate Project Manager
Epic Systems Ltd.
10.2017 - 10.2018
- Led e-Discovery projects for class action lawsuits, which encompassed Early Care Assessment (ECA), Forensic Collections, ESI Processing, Hosting Document Review, Document Production, Data Archival and Storage.
- Designed court-ordered coding panels for reviewers, and supported branding of court order documents.
- Advised managers and program officials on management or program-related policies and procedures.
- Positioned firms to capture $5K-$30K in savings, by consulting with them on using Relativity for evidentiary redactions on documents and images required for delivery to opposing counsel.
Contract Negotiator
Lockheed Martin, Aeronautics
06.2014 - 09.2017
- Led negotiations for contracts and proposals ranging up to $3B, and Multiyear contracts for C-130B-J Technical Publications, Support Service Agreements, AC-130 Precision Strike Program, Hellenic Navy Greece P-3 Mid-Life Upgrade Program, and US Customs & Border Protection Programs.
- Negotiated agreements pertaining to US Government, Foreign Military Sales (FMS), and Domestic Commercial Sales (DCS) for aircraft.
- Developed cost volumes, negotiated labor and material costs, and conducted contract revisions, extensions, and certifications. Administered purchase orders, bid proposals, and requisitions to procure supplies and services.
- Rescued $141M P3 Greece Mid Life Upgrade Program, plagued by delays, underfunding, and in jeopardy of being halted, and successfully delivered 6 MLU kits for the Navy on time and below cost.
- Redirected contract funds to expedite procurement on the critical path for faster shipments and decrease on engineers’ travel expenses.
- Reduced long lead time for procurement from up to 150 days to just 90 days on components purchased from sister units within Lockheed Martin.
- Instituted specific Request for Quotation (RFQ) and Request for Proposal (RFP) forms ensuring that technical descriptions and appropriate contract clauses are included.
- Generated queries in SAP to shorten time that finance and supply chain were notified of parts requests.
- Led pre- and post-award activities for procurements of government contracts to sustain $10M AC-130 Gunship Precision Strike program, ensuring on-time payments, milestones, and deliveries.
- Instituted measures to comply with the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations (DFAR), when proposals exceeded the $700K Truth In Negotiations Act (TINA) threshold.
- Proactively maintained work order assessment memo to generate charge order numbers for all key stakeholders and orders of parts, especially long-lead parts, to minimize supply delays.
Multi-Functional Finance Analyst-Tech Ops
Lockheed Martin, Aeronautics
04.2013 - 06.2014
- Monitored core engineer labor hours, travel expenses, overtime, and vacation hours, and generated metrics in Excel to indicate uncompensated costs, paid and unpaid overtime, uncontrollable and controllable absences, and salary grades.
- Utilized SAP to validate work orders, account debits and credits for material, and testing performed in engineer labs.
- Reduced repeated incomplete labor offenders 80% in 1 year, by articulating cost reduction options to senior management regarding incomplete and transferred labor charges.
- Decreased overhead cost 20% from year prior, by forecasting estimate-to-completion and estimate-at-completion reports.
Multi-Functional Finance Analyst Associate-Advance
Lockheed Martin, Aeronautics
01.2010 - 03.2013
- Provided financial support to program managers regarding actual cost breakdowns, estimates-to-completion (ETC), labor hours, and estimates-at-completion (EAC).
- Produced work order packages for contracts team to track ADP budget and performance.
- Budgeted and managed series of cost plus fixed fees (CPFF), firm fixed price (FFP), and time & material (T&M) contracts ranging up to $3M at 18%+ profit.
- Generated 5% management reserve, developed project cost baseline, forecasted program performance, and created weekly budget and schedule reports.
- Applied Earned Value Management practices to adhere to estimate to completion and estimate at completion.
- Ensured continuation of jeopardized Low Speed Wind tunnel testing project, by analyzing pricing rates of testing and man-hours used, and reducing errors of incorrect billing and payments.
Lead Teller
Redstone Federal Credit Union
05.2008 - 12.2009
- Provided full range of retail banking service, encompassing deposits, withdrawals, cashing checks, and promoting additional credit union products.
- Verified signatures, identification, and legalities, in accordance with National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) guidelines.
- Conducted training for new employees.
- Operated as back-up Cashier Supervisor.
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Project Management
Keller Graduate School of Management at DeVry University
12.2012
Bachelor of Science (BS) - Finance
Alabama A&M University
05.2008
Skills
SAP Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite Salesforce PRISM Electronic Document Management System (eDocs) Electronic Contracting Environment (ECE) SharePoint Relativity Hyperion Artemis/Cost View
Enterprise Data/Collaborative System (EDCS) Oracle ADAR DART
Affiliations
- Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated 2021 to Current
- Lockheed Martin Leadership Association (LMLA) 2010 to 2017
- National Management Association 2010 to 2017
- National Honors Society 2005 to 2008
Certification
- Certified LM21 Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
- Federal Acquisition Regulations (FARs) Course Certification
- Moderate Risk Background Investigation (MBI)- Public Trust
Timeline
Subcontract Administrator, SR
Parsons Corporation
06.2021 - Current
Contract Specialist, Intermediate II
LEONARD-NEWMAN UNLTD
12.2020 - Current
Project Manager (Contractor)
Internal Revenue Service, IRS
10.2019 - 04.2020
Contracts Specialist (Contractor)
SITA
10.2018 - 10.2019
Associate Project Manager
Epic Systems Ltd.
10.2017 - 10.2018
Tax Preparer (Contractor)
Self Employed Services
01.2017 - Current
Contract Negotiator
Lockheed Martin, Aeronautics
06.2014 - 09.2017
Multi-Functional Finance Analyst-Tech Ops
Lockheed Martin, Aeronautics
04.2013 - 06.2014
Multi-Functional Finance Analyst Associate-Advance
Lockheed Martin, Aeronautics
01.2010 - 03.2013
Lead Teller
Redstone Federal Credit Union
05.2008 - 12.2009
Bachelor of Science (BS) - Finance
Alabama A&M University
Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Project Management
Keller Graduate School of Management at DeVry University
DESIGNATION
- Public Trust Security Clearance 2020 to Current
- Secret Security Clearance 2013 to 2016
- Experience In | Exposure To: Financial Modeling | Financial Trends | Financial Variances | Profitability Enhancement | Procurement Acquisitions | Financial Dashboards | Government & Defense Contracting | Process Improvement | Risk Management | Vendor Agreements | Vendor Negotiations
EXPERTISE IN
- Contract Negotiations
- Contracts & Subcontract Pre- & Post-Award
- Subcontract Administration
- Project Management
- Government & International Contracts
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Forecasting & Reporting
- Tax Examiner
- Buyer
- Budget Management
- Price/Cost Analysis
- Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS)
- Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations (DFAR)
- Procurement
- Acquisitions and Grants
- Solicitations
Awards
SPOT Award 2012 and 2014
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