LaShunda Davis
Madison,United States
Summary
Highly analytical Resource Analyst with proven experience in managing resources to optimize efficiency and performance. Strengths include strategic planning, resource allocation, and data analysis to drive business objectives. Demonstrated ability to enhance operational processes through innovative solutions and decision-making grounded in thorough research and analysis. Committed to delivering high-quality results that contribute to overall business success.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Resource Analyst
Headquarters, Army Material Command
Redstone Arsenal, AL
07.2023 - Current
- Provide day-to-day execution of a segment of HQ Budget Office $200M annual Operations Maintenance Army (OMA) direct and reimbursable program in the Resource, Acquisition and Support Division
- Monitor current year budget operations including input of commitments and obligations, annual spend plans, mid-year reviews, and year end close-out
- Identify areas of concern and provide suggested guidance to team leads on corrective actions
- Process and monitor all payroll accounts to ensure all transactions are processed in a timely manner and adjustments are made to the payroll accounts in to keep them from over-obligating
- Conduct timely, accurate, and in-depth analysis and monitoring of all accounts in accordance with all financial policies and regulations
- Provide detailed procedural guidance on budget submissions, account status, year-end close procedures, historical data, trend analyses, and advice to staff POCs
- Review and research command ULOs, UMTs, and pre-validation reports to identify and resolve discrepancies
- Supports a collaborative work environment demonstrated by cohesive relationships with co-workers, customers, and staffs
- Provides advice that is timely, responsive, and accurate
- Develops and establishes effective working relationships with all stakeholders both internal and external
- Keeps supervisor and team leader informed of difficult and/or controversial issues and unique problems
- Take action to effectively solve problems before they have an adverse impact on the organization or other employees
- Demonstrates proficiency in all common AMC financial management software, to include GFEBS, GFEBS-SA, RM Online, Sharepoint, EDA and maintain Level 2 FM Certification.
Financial Management Analyst
USASAC
Redstone Arsenal, AL
04.2015 - 07.2023
- Serves as Financial Management Analyst and technical advisor directing the accomplishment of funding within the Case Closure Branch at U.S
- Army Security Assistance (USASAC) program for all support funded by various and Economic Air recipient countries worldwide
- Perform analysis of pricing and cost accounting on foreign military sales accounts and funds to ensure accuracy
- Independently performs tasks involving budget execution; compiling, formatting and conducting research on statistical data from various financial reports for local management and higher headquarter
- Interprets and applies an in-depth knowledge of various financial systems, procedures, and functions by working with several highly complex mechanized budgeting and accounting systems that interface and update the financial records such as: CISIL, DSAMS, DIFS, PBAS, SOMARDS & GFEBS
- Review Command/Logistical inhibitor codes for possible closure candidates in search of “clean” lines where financial execution has been completed
- Update Case Lines in CCOPES to reflect the current inhibitor code
- Ensure line closures are processed
- Completes assigned work and meets negotiated suspense dates
- Provide Lead Accountant with monthly performance numbers at the beginning of each month
- Provide financial support to the customer, CPM's and SAMD's for LOA case development, Financial Reviews, Case/line Closure, and Pricing Assistance by performing analysis of pricing and cost accounting on foreign military sales accounts and funds to ensure accuracy
- Performs studies, reviews, and analyses of accounting data
- Actively support LOA Financial Reviews (CWD/DSCA) by providing feedback and ensuring actions are prepared timely and accurately according to IAW financial review check lists, regulations, policies and procedures to certify accurate and reliable information is submitted to achieve fewer returns within the CWD Financial Review process
- Work closely with managerial accountants and DFAS to clear unmatched disbursements (UMD's), unliquidated obligations (ULO's), and negative unliquidated obligations (NULO's)
- Monitor the necessary follow-up actions applicable to ULO's to effect financial management relative to the cash position and integrity of the funds
- Ensure Army audit readiness procedures are followed and work with the Senior Analysts to monitor process changes in order to continue to comply with audit readiness guidance
- Monitor and certify availability of budget levels to ensure legal and efficient use of funding
- Monitor, review and provide analysis of multiple programs throughout the Planning, Programing, Budgeting and Execution Systems (PPBES) cycle
- Analyze, plans, develops, and implements new/revised control procedures for validating processed transactions
- Maintains compatibility between multiple logistics, procurement, various accounting and budgeting systems and DoD databases
- Serves as liaison with external organizations on matters regarding interfacing with accounting and budgeting systems and resulting problems with updates and rejected transactions
- Analyzes books of original entry, control ledgers, subsidiary journals to identify problems that funds are properly recorded and takes action to preclude over-distribution, over-commitment, over-obligation or over-expenditure of funds
- Receives, analyzes, and corrects invalid transactions
- Researches error listings, resolves differences in records and reports, and ensures validity of basic source accounting documentation
- Compiles, consolidates, and verifies supporting schedules/documentation and funding status studies, plans, and implements improvements in the flow of work
- Use effective, professional communication electronically and orally
- Level II Certified in Financial Management.
Management Assistant
US Army Aviation and Missile Command
Redstone Arsenal, AL
10.2014 - 04.2015
- Assist senior management, budget analyst, program analyst, financial management analyst, and financial systems analyst in the management of a variety of command functions
- Perform review and analysis of a variety of interrelated activities such as financial and manpower budgetary workload, cost and functional measurements of operation
- Coordinate correspondence and briefing format guidance with the organizations secretary
- Provide necessary contacts to obtain information, answer questions, or otherwise support and further the goals of the organizational unit to which assigned
- Coordinate civilian training, allocation of spaces, funding requirements, and personnel to attend for the organizational unit
- Knowledge of Manpower and Budget policies
- Compose correspondence and memorandums
- Analyze problems and suggest solutions
- Identify trends in data and communicate conclusions
- Create presentations and reports
- Maintain calendars and coordinate meetings and special events
- Schedule travel arrangements, answer phones, and manage projects as assigned
- Provide administrative and budget support, primary timekeeper, the set up of new employees, corrections and assisting other budget tech's with AATAPS issues; SOMARDs to process reimbursable orders; COTS to accept Customer Orders; as the Government Purchase Card holder, input transactions using PCMS and US Bank, prepares Powerpoint and Excel slides for POM, Year-End and Resource Summit, maintain office files in accordance with governing regulatory procedures
- Provides support in the absence of the G-8 Secretary
- Handle confidential information with discretion, use independent judgment, take initiative and delegates responsibilities when appropriate.
Benefit Authorizer
Social Security Administration
Birmingham, AL
05.2014 - 10.2014
- Calculate the Original Benefit (OB) payable retirement, auxiliary, and survivor beneficiaries
- Calculate rates for dually entitled beneficiaries using the Interactive Computation Facility (ICF)
- Calculate rates using ICFWiz and paste rates calculated to the History Screen in Macade using MacPaste
- Responsible for protecting Personal Identifiable Information (PII) from misuse by keeping social security numbers from unauthorized disclosure, mismanagement or theft
- Participate in intensive study of procedures, policies, and regulations governing the processing of post-adjudicative actions
- Analyze a variety of data and make determinations to adjust benefit payments
- Prepare initial award actions
- Interpret and apply information from A101 & EF101 to process award cases
- Update automated systems to implement necessary payment and other related actions through direct systems input and/or the preparation of input documents
- Prepare notices to the public
- Undertake to develop facts relevant to post-adjudicative issues by contacting the public by telephone or through direct mail, or by contacting the field office
- Use Policy Net, technical instructions and 'bookmarking' in an organized manner, facilitating accurate and timely decision-making
- When assigned to the 800 number telephone answering functions, provides accurate information about eligibility to benefits and other types of government and public service to the beneficiary
- Examine incoming material(e.g
- Computer output, correspondence, etc.) and take appropriate action or make recommendations on how to process the award
- Routine actions are completed independently, assistance is sought on non-routine issues
- Make reliable final and independent decisions on post-adjudicative issues, requiring some assistance with non-routine and/or sensitive situations
- Demonstrate the ability to apply the numerous guides, regulations and other instructional material in a responsible and effective manner, requiring assistance in situations involving obscure references, evaluate company guidelines and procedures or complex research
- Certify direct payment of a representative's fee from withheld title II past-due benefits based on authorization by the fee reviewer or by the Office of Hearings and Appeals (ODAR) authorizer
- Releases excess title II past-due benefits withheld to the claimant and any auxiliary beneficiary(ies)
- Determines appropriate fill-ins for paragraphs using procedure and the information that is designated by the claims representative (CR), claims authorizer (CA), claims technical examiner (CTE) or PC fee reviewer and sends notices to the representative, the claimant, and any auxiliary beneficiary(ies) when SSA pays the fee and releases any excess past-due benefits.
Human Resource Assistant
Redstone Arsenal
Huntsville, AL
04.2010 - 05.2014
- Process Requests for Personnel Actions (RPAs), Wage Grade (WG) and General Schedule (GS) positions in career-conditional, career, temporary, term and excepted appointments
- Process a full range of recurring personnel actions for WG and GS positions that include: appointments, separations, promotions, changes to lower grade, reassignments, transfers, mass change actions awards, Within Grade Increases (WIGI), Quality Step Increases (QSI), adjustments of Service Computation Dates (SCD), Federal Health Benefits (FEHB), Federal Employee Government Life Insurance (FEGLI), Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) and also making any necessary corrections needed on documents
- Ensure proper update of employee records
- Serves as point of contact on all organization submitted appraisals and awards
- Serves as the primary point-of-contact for employees with questions regarding pay, awards, leave, benefits, labor transactions, and personnel database
- Review and analyze RPAs for accuracy and ensure existence of supporting documents
- Research, interpret and apply various regulations such as the Guide to Processing Personnel Action (GPPA), DCPDS Job Aids, the 5 CFR and the PPP Operations Manual to ensure proper completion of all RPAs
- Review Tenure, Vet Preference, Pay Rate Determinants, Position Occupied and all other entities required
- Perform a variety of clerical duties which include: correspondence by email, review incoming and outgoing correspondence, sending completed forms to employees, distributing mail, running daily reports, filing, receiving and directing visitors and phone calls, taking messages and scheduling appointments
- Assist new GS-4/5 and train on correct policies and procedures
- Review personnel action requests for accuracy of agency code, existence and adequacy of supporting documents, appropriateness of the regulatory authority and the proposed action cited in relation to the intended purpose
- Answer questions about the status of pending actions
- Monitor suspense actions
- Resolve processing problems such as failure to be promoted on the expected effective date or irregularities in pay
- Ensures all payroll corrections are processed timely and accurately, and transmits to the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS)
- Responsible for grammatical accuracy, format, enclosures, and distribution of correspondence
- Use E-mail, spreadsheets, databases, and several other office automated programs in the accomplishment of a variety of tasks
- Enter data into an Automated Time Attendance and Production System (ATAAPS)
- Organize and maintain office files
- Serves as office security point of contact and assists in issuance of office supplies
- Provides guidance, support, and training to the activity's timekeepers for civilian pay
- Reviews Time and Attendance Reports for all employees for accuracy, completeness, and adherence to procedures, verifies hours being charged, and types of special pay and entitlements such as hazardous duty pay, premium pay, and night differential pay
- Ability to operate a personal computer and other related equipment such as printers, scanners, and fax machines
- Accustomed to using highly effective communication, problem-solving and conflict resolution skills on a routine basis.
Human Resource Assistant-Military
Redstone Arsenal
Huntsville, AL
03.2009 - 04.2010
- Performed personnel actions in student management of Army AIT trainees
- Student Management performed duties in military records, personnel processing, personnel actions, prepared award certificates, records management, chapter actions, and separation orders
- Entered and verified data in automated systems such as Electronic Military Personnel Office(EMILPO), Army Training Requirements Resource System(ATRRS), Army Personnel Network(PERNET), and Enlisted Distribution and Assignment System(EDAS),PERNET, ETOPMIS, and input time into Automated Time Attendance and Production System (ATAAPS)
- Produced Military Occupation Specialist Orders (MOS), Permanent Change of Station Orders (PCS), Airborne orders and amendments to orders, if required, on a daily basis
- Received visitors and referred to appropriate action officer
- Responsibilities also included conducting weekly inprocessing briefings to trainees arriving on Redstone Arsenal
- Inprocessing consisted of public speaking, organizational skills, attention to detail, knowledge of Army policies and procedures and the ability to effectively control a group
- Created student records from documentation obtained from the soldier
- Reviewed and verified student records to identify discrepancies and gaps in the information received from soldier
- Assisted Transition Point by preparing 201 files with appropriate information needed to complete DD214 for reservist, national guard soldiers, or process chapter actions
- Filed 201 files in proper filing cabinets
- Retrieved data from various information sources, both manual and electronic, for use in answering questions, responding to correspondence, and making appropriate decisions
- Outprocessed soldiers by preparing student folders consisting of MOS orders, PCS orders, clearing papers, and 201 files to ensure that the soldier is prepared to depart to new duty station
- Utilized ability to effectively work in a teamwork environment with co-workers and platoon sergeants by providing guidance and assistance to them to successfully take care of soldiers.
Human Resource Specialist
United States Army Reserve
Anniston, AL
06.2001 - 10.2006
- Prepared routine correspondence, messages, reports, and forms
- Conducted birth month audits of personnel records, and updated rosters of personnel strength
- Prepared and mailed welcome packets to incoming Soldiers
- Served as receptionist, answered the telephone, handled incoming mail and messages, maintained unit records and files, used copying equipment, inprocessed new soldiers, utilized word processing, automation spreadsheet software and applied keyboarding skills
- Updated Servicemember Group Life Insurance (SGLI) and Record of Emergency Data (DD93) forms for 201 files
- Reviewed NCOER's and checked for accuracy
- Prepared award certificates, correspondence and reports
- Composed replies to correspondence, memoranda and other inquiries
- Received visitors for the office and exercised tact and judgement in determining the nature of the visit and referred visitors to appropriate personnel
- Furnished general information to visitors and completed telephone calls and electonic mail inquiries
- Reviewed outgoing correspondence for correct format and made necessary corrections
- Maintained operational levels of protective clothing and equipment used in toxic chemical operations
- Maintained all required records into data base related to toxic chemical protective clothing and equipment
- Complied with safety, environmental and security requirments
- Operated heavy mobile vehicles
- Operated a smoke generator
- Supervise lower enlisted soldiers in tasked missions
- Promoted first drill due to finding inefficiencies in personnel records.
Postal Clerk
US Army
Baghdad, AN
11.2004 - 01.2006
- Served as a finance and operations clerk, guard and laborer
- Ability to operate a postage meter machine, prepare money order transactions, maintain stamp stock, process registered mail, and prepare mail inquiry forms
- Excelled in quick and efficient customer service becoming team leader of Operations Section
- Implemented innovation and work practices eliminating 3 to 4 hours off the normal workday by making recommendations to develop or improve the existing process by making it more efficient and effective
- Developed Standard Operating Procedure Manual to help incoming platoons manage and comprehend their workload
- Monetary transactions as a finance clerk included receiving cash and giving correct change
- Advised customers on various ways mail may be sent, the different classes of mail and the special services available
- Data entry of postal information
- Maintained cash register, stampstock and safe
- Gathered, input and retrieved operational documents in relation to the movement of mail from terminal to truck using manual and computer system
- Created and issued loading orders for trucks and reviewed manifest for arriving and departing planes
- Received incoming shipments
- Maintained daily log reports of incoming/outgoing trucks and incoming/outgoing parcels by developing spreadsheets, charts, and other organizational documents
- Participated in periodic physical count of inventory and monitored data for inconsistencies and errors
- Maintained property book of postal equipment and issued appropriate hand receipts to applicable postal sectors
- Was held responsible for re-directing misrouted mail
- Assisted in loading and unloading several mail vehicles and pitching letters and boxes in correct areas for units to pick up
- Performed guard duty to maintain security of post office and postal equipment
- Experienced in using several types of software programs and hardware for various office needs
- Handled routine and non-technical requests for information such as the status of reports and projects, priority matters with suspense dates or information obtained from files or records
- Initiated travel arrangements for soldiers
- Worked with higher-grade military employees in preparation of monthly reports on military actions status
- Ensured that reports and correspondence were properly distributed within the directorate and other organizations
- Led postal missions to remote areas in Baghdad
- Troubleshot postal equipment and identified source of problem within the equipment, software, and application programs
- Ability to lift parcels up to 70 pounds frequently
- Maintained adequate supply of office supplies for use by post office
- Maintained 9mm small arm weapon on a daily basis
- Promoted to sergeant as a result of hard work and dedication.
Education
Master's degree - Master of Science in Management
Florida Institute of Technology
Huntsville, AL05.2014
Bachelor's degree - Business Management
Jacksonville State University
Jacksonville, AL12.2008
Associate's degree - Business Administration
Gadsden State Community College
Anniston, AL12.2007
Skills
- Financial management
- Budgeting
- Analysis and monitoring
- Payroll processing
- Financial policies and regulations
- Collaborative work environment
- FM Certification
- Pricing and cost accounting
- Budget execution
- Financial systems and procedures
- Logistics and procurement
- Accounting and budgeting systems
- Audit readiness
- Budget analysis and planning
- Data analysis
- Record keeping
- Personnel actions processing
- Customer service
- Timekeeping
- Administrative support
- Correspondence and report writing
- Office management
- Data entry
- Problem-solving
- Teamwork
- Organizational skills
- Attention to detail
- Communication skills
- Leadership skills
- Computer skills (Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
Affiliations
Delta Mu Delta - Member
Jobrelatedtraining
- Fundamentals of DCPDS
- TSP for Human Resource Processors
- Veterans Preference/SCD
- Coding Personnel Actions
- EOPF
- Administrative Clerk (71L) (06/29/2002)
- Personnel Services Specialist (75H) (01/12/2000)
Typingspeed
50 WPM
Desiredlocations
- Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, United States
- Anniston, Alabama, United States
Availability
Permanent, Telework, Full-time
Timeline
Resource Analyst
Headquarters, Army Material Command
07.2023 - Current
Financial Management Analyst
USASAC
04.2015 - 07.2023
Management Assistant
US Army Aviation and Missile Command
10.2014 - 04.2015
Benefit Authorizer
Social Security Administration
05.2014 - 10.2014
Human Resource Assistant
Redstone Arsenal
04.2010 - 05.2014
Human Resource Assistant-Military
Redstone Arsenal
03.2009 - 04.2010
Postal Clerk
US Army
11.2004 - 01.2006
Human Resource Specialist
United States Army Reserve
06.2001 - 10.2006
Master's degree - Master of Science in Management
Florida Institute of Technology
Bachelor's degree - Business Management
Jacksonville State University
Associate's degree - Business Administration
Gadsden State Community College
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