Reginald W. Mitchell
Clarksburg,MD
Summary
- Highly successful senior executive service (SES) executive leading, executing and directing complex financial, budget, information technology and administrative programs in multi-disciplinary organizations
- Over 30 years experience in the areas of financial management/services, budget formulation/execution, enterprise risk management and information technology/management
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Chief Financial Officer
U.S. Agency, International Development, USAID
03.2014 - Current
Assistant
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
01.2013 - 01.2014
- Office of the Executive Director, As the Assistant for Operations (AO) to the Executive Director for Operations (OEDO), I was responsible for the overall planning, management, control, and coordination of the operational and administrative activities of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- This responsibility included supervising the Office of the Executive Director for Operations (OEDO) staff responsible for Communications, Business Process Improvement, Performance Management, and the Executive Assistants who served as the liaison with the Regions and Technical and Corporate Management Offices
- Additionally, as the AO I served as the Agency's Performance Improvement Officer, responsible for supporting the Chief Operating Officer (the EDO) in leading performance improvement efforts across the agency
- As the AO, I served as the liaison to the Government Accountability Office and the Office of the Inspector General for audit follow up
- Major Accomplishments
- Implemented the Performance Improvement Officer governance structure for the agency
- Led the change management activities associated with the development and implementation of the technical advisor cadre interactions with the program organizations.
Controller
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
San Diego, CA.
01.2011 - 01.2013
- Served as the Agency’s principal senior executive for financial management, services and reporting, and advisor to the Commission and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for all financial accounting activities
- Provide executive oversight for the Agency’s day-to-day financial management and services functions
- Provide executive oversight and direct travel services, payroll, account receivable/payables, debt collections, financial statements, internal controls, senior assessments, financial systems development, operations and management, fees billing and rulemaking activities
- Perform allowance holder function for 16 program and Commission offices
- Provide agency senior managers technical advice, assistance, and interpretation on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) financial reporting, accounting, financial policy, financial systems, and financial operations activities
- Define requirements for, coordinates, and oversee an agency-wide internal controls program in accordance with the Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA) of 1982 and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-123
- Develop and administer policies, standards and procedures for all NRC financial systems and for NRC accounting and license fee activities
- Develop and maintain financial systems for general accounting, cost accounting, fees, and capitalized property
- Prepare the Agency's annual financial statements and other financial reports
- Administer the NRC's licensee fees program and provide managerial oversight of NRC's license fee policy functions
- Formulate standards and procedures for license fee collections
- Maintain liaison with Government Accountability Office (GAO), Treasury, OMB and other agencies on accounting, financial systems and reporting matters
- Evaluate financial and programmatic information systems in support of the Agency meeting its fiduciary responsibilities
- Provide payroll, travel, and fiscal services for the NRC
- Major Accomplishments
- Led the transformation effort and successfully transition the NRC’s core financial system that replaced 5 legacy sub-systems and 9 fee billings sub-systems with a single business solution
- Achieved a clean opinion (unqualified) on the NRC Financial Statements for FY 2012 with no material weaknesses
- Achieved an unqualified opinion on the Agency’s Internal Control Program for FY 2012
- Successfully led the Agency’s Human Resources Management System (Time and Labor Payroll system) modernization that provided major function enhancements for all NRC employees (4,000 employees)
- Delivered presentations on best practices for “Implementing an Agency’s Core Financial System” at the Association of Government Accountant (AGA) 2011 Professional Development Conference in Atlanta, GA
- Gave presentation on best practices for “Making Legacy Systems and New Systems Function” at the AGA 2012 Professional Development Conference in
Budget Director
Commission
01.2008 - 01.2011
- Served as the Agency’s principal senior executive for the execution of the Agency’s Planning, Budgeting and Performance Management (PBPM) process, including budget formulation and execution, funds control, performance and accountability reporting, performance measures, and performance improvement governing process
- Developed and managed the Agency’s annual budget, including schedules and guidance for formulating, and executing the Agency's appropriation
- Formulated the budget consistent with related legislative policies for agency programs
- Developed and presented to the public all agency level budget and related policy proposals to OMB and Congress
- Advised the Chairman, Commission, and the Executive Director for Operations on the budget impact of events occurring within and outside the Agency
- Issued to program and Commission offices allowance and financial plans based on OMB allocation
- Provided senior management with independent analyses on issues related to policy, program, and resource utilization
- Coordinated the development of the Agency's Strategic Plan, Performance and Accountability Report, and Congressional Budget Justification
- Worked with stakeholders to assure that performance measures the effectiveness of agency programs
- Assessed the effectiveness of agency programmatic internal controls
- Worked with OMB and various Congressional oversight committees on the Agency’s formulation, presentation, and budget execution
- Developed and maintained policies, procedures, and operations to ensure proper allocation and execution of the agency approved appropriation
- Developed budget and programmatic reports to support agency decision-making in support of budget development and execution
- Major Accomplishments
- Implemented a new budget structure that provided improved transparency of the Agency’s resources
- Implemented a new enterprise-wide budget formulation system for capturing the Agency’s program and Commission offices budget data
- Awarded AGA's Certificate of Excellence in Accountability Reporting (CEAR) award for the Agency’s Performance and Accountability Report (PAR) for 2008, 2009, 2010
- Redesigned for clarity and improved presentation the Agency’s Performance Budget and the Congressional Budget Justification (CBJ)
- Reorganized to support improvements for the budget formulation process.
Office of Nuclear Reactor
01.2006 - 01.2008
- Provided executive oversight and leadership for strategic and programmatic planning, short-range program planning, resource forecasting and allocation, and budgeting through the PBPM process
- Managed, controlled and coordinated the execution of the Office's financial resources and associated contracting activities
- Provided independent review of office policy papers and issues to ensure completeness, accuracy, consistency with budgeted resources, and adherence to agency and office policies
- Provided oversight and support to the office for its information technology and management requirements
- Provided administrative and management support for human resource management, work planning, tracking and coordination, facility management, training, FOIA coordination, and principal correspondence
- Provided executive oversight for running the Agency’s the annual Regulatory Information Conference (RIC)
- Facilitated continuous organizational improvement by developing and improving the Office’s infrastructure
- Major Accomplishments
- Coordinated the hiring of over 400 engineers and support staff to establish the Office of New Reactors responsible for licensing, under 10 CFR Part 52, new nuclear power plants in response to the Nation’s Nuclear Renaissance created by the Energy Policy Act of 2005
- Restructured and improved the Agency’s premier Regulatory Information Conference with over 3,000 participants and representatives from 23 foreign countries.
Director
Office of Information Services
01.2005 - 01.2006
- Program Management and Policy Development and Analysis (SES), Business Process Improvement and Applications Division (SES), Provided comprehensive strategic, analytical, business, and technical services in support of efficient and effective planning, acquisition, development, and management of information technology (IT) investments and applications development
- Worked with the Agency’s program offices to improve awareness and acceptance of the role of project management, capital planning, and enterprise architecture in achieving the agency strategic and programmatic goals
- Coordinated business requests for IT applications across the agency
- Developed and maintained programs to implement and support the agency’s Information Technology/Information Management (IT/IM) Strategic Plan, including technology assessment, business process improvement, and application support
- Served as the principle executive for supporting Federal task groups and other interagency initiatives
- Provided secretariat function for the Agency’s various IT Governance boards
- Major Accomplishments
- Developed and implemented the Agency’s Governance structure for IT investments
- Developed and implemented the Agency’s IT enterprise architecture, instituting OMB’s Data Reference Model, Technology Reference Model, and the Business Reference Model.
Deputy Director
01.2005 - 01.2005
- Program Management and Policy Development and Analysis (GG-15)
- Office of Regulatory Research, Provided leadership and managed short- and long-term strategic and programmatic planning, resource forecasting and allocation, and budgeting
- Provided direction for the development and oversight of the Office of Regulatory Research (RES) operating plan
- Managed and directed the execution of financial resources for RES
- Provided overall administrative and financial management and planning for RES technical assistance projects with private contractors, Federal agencies, and DOE National Laboratories
- Provided overall guidance to the divisions for program planning, management, and guidance for the development of objectives and requirements for contracted technical assistance programs
- Provided independent review of non-technical RES policy papers and issues to ensure completeness, promptness, accuracy, and adherence to agency and office policy
- Coordinated international cooperative nuclear safety research activities, including the Code Applications and Maintenance Program (CAMP), the Cooperative Severe Accident Research Program (CSARP), and other programs with DOE and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
- Managed, coordinated, and supported the acquisition of appropriate information technology and information management (IT/IM) infrastructure
- Provided administrative and management support in the areas of human resource management, equal employment opportunity (EEO), facilities management, training, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) coordination, and management of principal correspondence for RES
- Major Accomplishments
- Improved the accountability of the Department of Energy (DOE) programmatic deliverable and billing for interagency DOE laboratory activities
- Achieved a 10% reduction to the RES’ prior year obligation.
Chief, Information Resources
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
01.1999 - 01.2005
- Branch (GG-14, Provided information technology/management services, regional computer support, LAN administration, telecommunications services, mail processing, and document reproductions
- Coordinates records, files, FOIA activities, and ADAMS implementation
- Major Accomplishments
- Managed the construction of a state of the art data center and acquired and implemented a Private Branch Exchange (PBX) telephone system for the regional office
- Established a state of the art training facility for IT training, saving thousand of dollars in staff salary for breaking down and setting up training facilities for staff training
- Established state-of-the-art information management center in support of the Regional Office mail and copying operations
- Implemented security procedures in response to new requirements after the anthrax attacks.
Region
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
01.1998 - 01.1999
- Performed budgeting, accounting, procurement, contract administration, travel, property management, building maintenance and security
- Major Accomplishments
- Streamlined the budget process resulting in a 25 percent reduction in the amount of time needed to formulate the Region’s budget
- Military Service
- U.S
- Navy
Chief Financial Officer
U.S. Agency for International Development
- (CFO) for the, (USAID), I direct and provide oversight for the development of USAID worldwide financial management policies, program, activities and systems
- I provide financial management leadership to the Agency's Administrator and senior managers to establish a clear set of policies and procedures ensuring the financial integrity of the Agency
- This includes directing the daily operations of the CFO organization and providing technical financial management leadership for USAID’s worldwide controller network in 70 plus countries and for Washington operating units in executing the agency’s 9,000 FTEs and approximately 30 billion-dollar financial portfolio
- Major Accomplishments
- Established and provided oversight of the Agency’s Enterprise Risk Management program by redirecting existing resources from lower priority activities
- Awarded AGA 2016 International Achievement Award for Accountancy
- Awarded AGA's Certificate of Excellence in Accountability Reporting (CEAR) award for the Agency’s Agency Financial Report (AFR) for 2015 thru 2023
- Regained the Agency’s unmodified opinion on its FY 2014 and FY 2015 financial statements after a disclaimer the year before
- Directed and oversaw the development and/or upgrade of multiple procedures and process improvements that contributed to closing out several longstanding OIG’s significant deficiency findings
- Reestablished effective communications with the controller network in carrying out financial activities international
- Effectively addressed the Agency’s fund balance with treasury (FBWT) imbalance by directing and overseeing a comprehensive project plan
- Directed the establishment of a six-member tiger team to augment the central accounting and reporting division to address longstanding accounting practices that contributed to the Agency’s FBWT issue
- Created a Government Accountability Officer (GAO) liaison position to address longstanding contentions associated with the Agency’s release of document in support of GAO audits
- Led the development and signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and USAID for accountancy capacity building worldwide
- Led the development and signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Government Accountability Officer (GAO) and USAID for audit capacity building worldwide.
Chief
- Financial Resources Management Branch (GG-14)
Education
Master of Public Administration - undefined
American University
Bachelor of Science Degree - Business Management
National-Louis University
Associate of Science Degree - Management
DuPage College
Accomplishments
- Senior Executive Service (SES) Candidate Development Program, 2004 – 2005
- Leadership in a Democratic Society, Federal Executive Institute (FEI), 2005
- Performance AwardsSenior Executive Service Performance Bonuses, 2006 – 2013, 2015 thru 2024.Non-SES Performance and Special Act Awards, 1988 – 2005
- NRC Meritorious Service Award, 2004 2
Timeline
Chief Financial Officer
U.S. Agency, International Development, USAID
03.2014 - Current
Assistant
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
01.2013 - 01.2014
Controller
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
01.2011 - 01.2013
Budget Director
Commission
01.2008 - 01.2011
Office of Nuclear Reactor
01.2006 - 01.2008
Director
Office of Information Services
01.2005 - 01.2006
Deputy Director
01.2005 - 01.2005
Chief, Information Resources
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
01.1999 - 01.2005
Region
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
01.1998 - 01.1999
Chief Financial Officer
U.S. Agency for International Development
Chief
Master of Public Administration - undefined
American University
Bachelor of Science Degree - Business Management
National-Louis University
Associate of Science Degree - Management
DuPage College
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