Rachel Roberts

- Led a team of accountants, managing DOE invoicing and ensuring compliance with contractual terms.
- Collaborated with finance teams and DOE, maintaining effective communication and streamlined processes.
- Improved invoice accuracy and efficiency, resolving payment issues promptly.
- Coordinated team recruitment, training, and performance assessments.

- Expertise in GAAP, FAR, and CAS.
- Proficient in Power BI, PeopleSoft, Asset Suite, and Microsoft Office Suite.

- Invoiced over $2 billion to the DOE with only $43,000 in short payments.
- Enhanced operational efficiencies through process improvements.

- Provides leadership in determining solutions to complex problems and be recognized as having expertise in a functional area.

• -Support the Technical Director in ensuring compliance with FAR, CAS, and GAAP, providing technical recommendations and guidance.
  - Conduct assessments to identify and implement process improvements, and manage corrective actions from accounting reviews.
  - Oversee the invoicing hold table, resolve short-payments with the DOE, and validate reconciliations to the General Ledger.
  - Review and recommend improvements to departmental procedures and desk guides.
  - Monitor data adequacy, advise on metrics, and recommend additional analytics for enhanced compliance.
  - Assist in the migration and implementation of the invoicing module in the new business management system.

- Conduct bi-weekly reviews of financial data to ensure DOE-RL invoices meet contractual requirements and are justified.
- Ensure compliance with policies and procedures and support timely invoice delivery.
- Prepare reports to verify sufficient funds for invoice costs.
- Assist with special DOE-RL requests and resolve invoice hold table issues.
-Maintain strong communication with internal and external clients.
- Utilize in-depth invoicing knowledge to recommend process enhancements.
- Collaborate on monthly invoice reconciliations with the General Ledger.
- Develop quarterly and annual reports on invoice findings and suggest improvements.
- Write and improve desk guides for invoice reviews and support team members.
- Ensure business process compliance and perform additional duties as needed.

- Manage daily accounting entries, journal entries, account adjustments, and bank reconciliations at the Hanford WTP Construction site.
- Forecast daily cashflow to ensure proper funding and operational cost estimates.
- Possess in-depth knowledge of capital contributions, payroll, liabilities, and tax costs.
- Ensure WTCC payments comply with contractual requirements and handle bank transactions.
- Process weekly and quarterly tax payments and filings for federal and state obligations.
- Prepare monthly financials for partners and reconcile annual Incurred Cost Statements.
- Manage the Incurred Cost Audit process and prepare necessary documentation for tax returns.
- Renew business licenses and provide reports/data as requested, maintaining confidentiality.
- Serve as SME for the Finance Department, writing and reviewing documents for PDC issuance.

- Oversee payroll and time clock systems for approximately 1,300 employees, ensuring timely preparation of checks and direct deposits.
-Verify and compile payroll data, including hours worked, taxes, deductions, and PTO.
- Record and manage all payroll deductions, updating master records as per policies.
- Review and correct wages for accuracy, ensuring compliance with Federal, State, and FICA tax calculations.
- Calculate and report taxes and wages on various schedules, including biweekly, monthly, quarterly, and annually.
- Manage physician contracts to ensure accurate payments.
- Address payroll-related inquiries and assist with month-end payroll closing procedures.
- Maintain the integrity and privacy of payroll operations.

- Handle weekly, semimonthly, biweekly, monthly, and quarterly payroll for multiple clients.
- Manage EFTPS payments and file quarterly taxes, including 941s, Labor & Industries, Employment Securities Department, Department of Revenue, and multistate filings.
- Perform general bookkeeping and reconciliations for various clients.

- Managed payroll and time clock systems for approximately 700 employees, ensuring timely preparation of checks and direct deposits.
- Verified and compiled payroll data, including hours worked, taxes, deductions, and PTO.
- Calculated and reported Federal and State taxes, ensuring compliance with all reporting requirements.
- Handled payroll inquiries and assisted with month-end payroll account closing procedures.
- Maintained the integrity and privacy of payroll operations.

- Provided financial support for enterprise functions, focusing on IT, and enforced financial policies.
- Validated and processed invoices for Corporate IT and US branches, managing vendor relationships and analysis.
- Tracked and reconciled IT project accruals, and prepared, monitored, and reported budgets.
- Collaborated with global cost center owners to answer technical questions and adjust budgets.
- Prepared management reports and contributed to dashboard reports with financial data.
- Managed and analyzed over 1,000 user mobility and telecommunication accounts.