Laura Riguzzi
Washington,DC
Summary
Senior Financial Budget Analyst with 12 years of experience in providing intelligence Financial and Budget/Resource Management support to elements of federal government agencies and private banks. Demonstrated proficiencies in budget development, expenditure tracking, business systems development, and financial coordination taskings including preparation of documents for submission to congressional oversight bodies. Cultivates long-lasting relationships with internal and external partners, while continuously surpassing customer needs through exceptional data analysis and process improvement initiatives.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Programming and Budget Integration / Senior Budget Analyst
National Geospatial - Intelligence Agency (NGA)
11.2021 - Current
- Strategic lead for planning programming and budgeting activities for the Chief Information Officer & Information technology (CIOT) Services Directorate to ensure IT investments supported agency vision, mission and goals (~5B).
- Led efforts for the development and utilization of innovative 'smart' worksheets, Tableau, and other data analytic tools to analyze previous Congressional reductions that significantly impacted NGA's programs.
- Managed and led the integration of the Intelligence Budget Program Submissions/Congressional Budget Justification Books (IPBS(s)/CBJB(s)) and the Intelligence Program Budget Reviews/Congressional Justification Books (IPBR/CJB(s)) narratives and budget exhibits.
- Coordinated and prepared Congressional Budget rollouts, and documentation for NGA's projects as part of the annual presentation to the Congress that justifies NGA's Operations Budget request and reflects the continuing process to provide improved strategic focus, data quality, and information on topics of greater Congressional interest.
- Proposed adept recommendations to leadership regarding NGA's budget for requirements instituted by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), House and Senate Committees, and the President of the United States.
- Briefed leadership on the impacts of Congress final budgetary decisions/budget Marks to their projects and used critical thinking skills to propose practical and efficient solutions.
- Advised and provided recommendations on Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI )'s budget decisions over NGA to internal customers, management, and senior personnel.
- Acted as a liaison to senior leadership on various Financial Management (FM) activities.
- Oversaw cost, schedule, and technical performance of acquisition, operations, and support activities for a large and high-profile program that required coordination with external agencies and the ODNI.
- Engaged, developed, and trained new employees, peers, and senior contractors.
Program Resource Analyst
National Geospatial - Intelligence Agency (NGA)
02.2020 - 11.2021
- Provided guidance during program build and budget formulation to ensure that resources were allocated in compliance with appropriations law to prevent future technical corrections or excess obligations, expenditures, waste, or fraud.
- Lead and supervised the development of the Spend Plan with a total budget of ~$ 2.15B.
- Briefed leadership on the impacts of not meeting the Office of the Secretary Defense (OSD) goals, and proposed practical and efficient solutions by using critical thinking and analytical skills.
- Lead efforts for the development of an execution dashboard in Tableau that enabled Program Managers to keep track of the budget authority, commitments, obligations and expenditures of their programs.
- Leveraged tradecraft knowledge and collaborated with senior leaders in mitigating risk, removing redundancies, and identifying exceed funding that resulted in a ~$95M across the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP)cost saving.
- Lead and accountable for the overall success of capturing all program build decisions into the Organization Requirements and Budgeting Information Tool (ORBIT) system, by creating a requirement ID, aligned funds by Budget Line Item (BLI), appropriation, and meet ODNI's fiscal guidance.
- Provided employee mentorship, facilitated training, and oversee performance tasks.
Program Integration Analyst
National Geospatial - Intelligence Agency (NGA)
01.2016 - 02.2020
- Provided FM support and analysis to the Resource Deputies (RDs) which include strategic analysis of the mission of 54 programs, and the prioritization of their strategies per NGA's strategic guidance, including cost benefit analysis, as well as the projection of investments into the next five years to optimize the best resource allocation.
- Analyzed and communicated RDs equities and impacts derived from DNI Decision Documents, Congressional Marks, OMB passback, and other documents.
- Facilitated the development and defense of an array of high visibility financial deliverables (spend plans, budget briefings, ad-hoc financial summaries, congressional special topics).
- Developed spend plan, variance summaries, and tracked planned obligations and expenditures against OSD goals.
- Assisted and contributed in the development of the programming and budgeting module in ORBIT as well for the development of the narrative justification tool (CRS); These would become the premier data collection and justification financial tools for the NGA FYDP.
- Assisted team with the development of Standard Operating Procedures to ensure that all procedures were captured increasing consistency and accountability in efforts like planning, programming and budgeting.
Banker
Banco Davivienda
01.2005 - 02.2010
- Leveraged strong financial knowledge, stringent auditing methodologies, and exceptional client service and support.
- Lead a 'Quick Support' team that increased retention of clients by solving their financial and banking needs in a quickly and effectively way.
- Mentored and trained new tellers showing them all the operational procedures such as the Cash Dispenser, Vault Operations, Audit Operations, and how to improve customer service interactions.
- Assisted customers with setting up or closing accounts, completing loan applications, and signing up for new services.
- Collaborated with colleges, universities, and diversity organizations to attract diverse talent into the bank.
Education
BS - Business Administration with specialty in Finances
Marymount University
Arlington, VA05.2017
AS - Business Administration
Northern Virginia Community College
Sterling, VA05.2015
Skills
- Programming development
- Budget development
- Policy development
- Strategic Business Analysis
- Financial Action Planning and execution
- Federal Government Financial Acumen
- Agile Process Development
- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access)
- Understanding of budgeting
Clearance
TOP SECRET//SCI w/ CI Poly
Certification
- DOD FM Certification Level I, Defense Acquisition University (DAU), 06/2021.
- The Legislative Process of Working with Congress, 11/2021.
- External Learning Appropriations Law Seminar, 01/2020.
- External Learning Intelligence Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Evaluation (IPPBE), 10/2019.
- External Learning Budget Analyst's Essential Guidance to Formulation, Justification and Execution, 04/2018.
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Additional Information
Professional References, Performance Appraisals, SF-50: Available Upon Request
Timeline
Programming and Budget Integration / Senior Budget Analyst
National Geospatial - Intelligence Agency (NGA)
11.2021 - Current
Program Resource Analyst
National Geospatial - Intelligence Agency (NGA)
02.2020 - 11.2021
Program Integration Analyst
National Geospatial - Intelligence Agency (NGA)
01.2016 - 02.2020
Banker
Banco Davivienda
01.2005 - 02.2010
BS - Business Administration with specialty in Finances
Marymount University
AS - Business Administration
Northern Virginia Community College
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