MEREDITH MOREFIELD
Hampton Roads
Summary
Highly accomplished, results-oriented leader with expertise in strategic planning, program analysis, and resource management. Proven ability to serve as a principal advisor, directing strategic activities across multi-divisional operations, specifically managing blended fund environments and high-value, enterprise-wide compliance projects. Possesses Top Secret Clearance/SCI Eligibility and strong background in Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) cycles, financial systems, policy implementation, significant direct and second-level supervisory experience, expert in resolution of group grievances and employee complaints.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
CHIEF OF STAFF, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (OCFO)
Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA)
Quantico
05.2019 - Current
- Principal Administrative Program Director: Principal advisor to the CFO and Deputy CFO, directly managing strategic activities and executive oversight for the daily and long-term administrative functions of a 90+ person blended fund environment.
- Policy Formulation and Implementation: Led implementation of Executive Orders (EO), Secretary of War (SoW) compliance, Congressional mandates, and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) directives for all financial and budgetary activities, establishing a robust governance framework that ensured 100% compliance and strategic alignment across the agency.
- Enterprise-wide Project Management: Executed a complex Business Case Analysis (BCA) that successfully compelled a high-touch specialty mission from an Appropriated to a fee-for-service (WCF) funding stream; directly impacting over $150M+ in resources and winning the Office of the Undersecretary of War-Comptroller (OUSW-C) Team Award for FY2023.
- Directed cross-functional teams of military, civilian, and contractor personnel to deliver business intelligence and automation solutions, enabling Agency leadership to quickly assimilate technical and disparate resource data for informed decision-making. Billing and Collections deployment in ServiceNow automated $180M in processes, while Intelligent Automation (bots) saved 17,200 resource hours annually.
- Represented OCFO at executive-level internal and external working groups, contributing to strategic planning, programming, budgeting, and execution processes within Department of War to ensure national security financial readiness.
- Managed Personnel Security Investigation-Industry (PSI-I) and International Military Students (IMS) programs (~$400M), supporting personnel vetting of industry and students, thereby enhancing national security.
- Procurement & Contract Management: Oversee the full acquisition lifecycle for critical enterprise services and supplies. (Financial Management Transformation $16M/yr and Financial Operations ($20M/yr) Ensure strict compliance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and standard contracting procedures. Direct the development of Statements of Work (SOW) and Performance Work Statements (PWS), manage the oversight of contractor performance to ensure deliverables meet the intent of strategic planning, and goals achieved. Comfortable with engaging in vendor performance activities as needed.
SUPERVISORY ACCOUNTANT
U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM)
Scott AFB
09.2016 - 05.2019
- Resource and Financial System Knowledge: Led USTRANSCOM write-off of Internal Use Software in Development (IUSID) of over $312M, ensuring compliance with the OUSW(C) directive, and achieving the goal as the first Component Command to successfully do so in the Department of War. Validated assets and ensured compliance with audit assertions.
- Cross-Organizational Resource Management: Developed and led a USTRANSCOM working group spanning five Component Commands to analyze, implement systemic, and process improvements, resulting in the identification and de-obligation of $50M of current year funds for redistribution and use within Military Departments.
- Program Analysis and Adjustment: Implemented the first-ever Consolidated Command Financial Reporting Process, with documented management reviews, clear accountability of statement balances, standardized metric analyses, and a full set of Notes and Disclosures, earning OUSW(C) and Society of Defense Financial Managers (SDFM) National Awards in 2017. This effort significantly improved the ability to analyze and adjust financial operations across the organization to meet program and Department objectives.
SYSTEMS ACCOUNTANT
Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS)
Columbus
07.2001 - 09.2016
- Facilitated GAFS, IAPs, and DEAMS data preparation at Air Force Systems Helpdesk to ensure data accuracy and accessibility. (These are Air Force specific programs, COBOL to Oracle.)
Education
Department of War Leadership -
Air War College
11-2023
Department of War Leadership -
Defense Financial Management And Comptroller School
01-2018
MS - Management Information Systems / Software Development
Bellevue University
Bellevue, NEBS - Management Information Systems / Accounting
Franklin University
Columbus, OHSkills
- Policy formulation
- Project management
- Contract management
- Financial analysis
- Strategic planning
- Resource allocation
- Stakeholder engagement
- Collaborative mindset
- Results orientation
Certification
- FM Certification, Level III
- Certified Project Management Professional, PMP
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
Security Clearance
Top Secret Clearance / SCI Eligible
Highest Grade
GG-15
Timeline
CHIEF OF STAFF, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (OCFO)
Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA)
05.2019 - Current
SUPERVISORY ACCOUNTANT
U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM)
09.2016 - 05.2019
SYSTEMS ACCOUNTANT
Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS)
07.2001 - 09.2016
Department of War Leadership -
Air War College
Department of War Leadership -
Defense Financial Management And Comptroller School
MS - Management Information Systems / Software Development
Bellevue University
BS - Management Information Systems / Accounting
Franklin University