ROMONTE E. JOHNSON
Silver Spring,MD
Summary
Obtain a challenging position of responsibility that will offer professional growth and career development in the areas of Business Management, Information Systems and Human Resource Management.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Management Analyst GS-13
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Silver Spring, MD, United States
02.2016 - Current
- Advise managers and program officials on management policies and procedures
- Create budget spreadsheets by office with the breakdown of the various spending categories for each office current budget for the fiscal year
- Analyze and evaluate the management practices and methods, and administrative operations of a major organization unit
- Compile and review the budget projections for the various offices regarding the EOY budget close-out; assist the offices with any questions pertaining to their projections and ensure that all required fields are completed on the spreadsheet
- Reviews, analyzes, update and maintain budget estimates, allocations and executions during the formulation/execution process
- Creates standard operating procedures (SOP) for various processes to ensure that structure is applied across the board for all tasks
- Identify and analyze issues and/or problems encountered, gather facts and formulate possible courses of action to present to management to determine a resolution
- Serves as the travel liaison regarding all travel related requests/issues for both domestic and foreign official travel, ensuring that funds are available to travel, travel cards are current, and travel profiles are established for all new employees
- Uses qualitative and quantitate methods to assess progress toward organizational goals and objectives
- Identify best practices and advises organizational leadership on how they can be adopted throughout the organization
- Attend bi-weekly budget meetings to discuss various topics regarding formulation, end of year funds & close out, allocations, remaining funds, projections and various line items
- Provide presentations/demonstrations to staff pertaining to new systems implemented in the office to ensure that staff understands the overall process
- Responsible for remaining knowledgeable on new, updated or changing policies/procedures related to government travel to ensure best practices are utilized when assisting with any office
- Create fiscal year forecast for purchase card spending
- Review and approve several purchase card requests for supplies, equipment, training, etc as submitted
- Maintain budget tracking database and provide bi-weekly reports
- Submit E-Order (new equipment) request for all on boarding new employees as well as scheduling appointments IT support to set up the equipment prior to the arrival of new employees
Administrative Specialist
U.S Department of Homeland Security (Office of the Secretary)
Washington, DC, United States
11.2010 - 02.2016
- Acts as a confidant to the Director in discussion of plans, actions, and programs
- Provides suggestions and/or recommendation for Director’s consideration in connection with problems, actions, or plans under discussion
- In the absence of my Director, ensures that all requests for actions, whether by telephone or in writing are appropriately handled
- Monitor incoming and outgoing correspondence and action documents to ensure that responses are prepared and deadlines are met
- Screens all correspondence prepared for the supervisor’s signature, including: document construction, format, completeness, proper coordination, and compliance with the supervisor’s directions and viewpoints
- Distinguishes between priority and routine matters researches and assembles materials; independently responds to various inquiries, both orally and in writing
- Personally composes routine memorandums and letters in accordance with the Director’s directions
- Collaborates with a variety of offices on the analysis, assessment, planning, and reporting of shared efforts, such as maintaining and updating the Efficiency Review (ER) database in Access, program evaluations, and other related activities
- Conducts quarterly reviews of the ER database as well as submit recommended improvements needed for a more efficient system
- Developed and maintains an accurate tracking database for new members to the various initiatives and working groups to obtain daily updates and/or information for that particular initiative
- Edits, analyze, and coordinates the departmental strategic and or performance plans
- Updates and maintains the matrix spreadsheets for ER initiatives and ER technical leads, using the DHSConnect website, ER websites, and Share Point database
- Created SOP’s to uploading documents to the Share Point, DHS internal ER websites, and other office policy’s and procedures
- Participates in the interview process for all new ER Fellows; also has the responsibility for training each new ER Fellow
- Schedule conference rooms, telecoms, and video conference calls through the DHS service center as delegated; also schedule and manage driving services for executives
- Review, update, and manage the budget via tracking systems for four sections within the agency to ensure funds are available prior to making purchases with government purchase cards
- As well as analyze requests to ensure funds are available for fiscal year spending
- As the timekeeper, create profiles for new employees, unlock accounts as delegated, conduct leave audits, delete and/or inactive profiles for employees that leave the agency, and ensure that time cards are completed, validated, and certified at the end of each pay period
- Review, reconcile, and approve/deny purchases associated with purchase card in the JP Morgan system
- Prepare, review and submit all necessary badge paperwork for all new employees as well as coordinate appointments with the access control office to ensure all new employees are badged as well as granted access to the appropriate offices requested
- Create, manage, and submit pre approval forms ,that require approval, for all supplies and equipment ordered with purchase cards
- Enter, update, and monitor equipment in the SAMS property database
- Conduct semi-annual and annual office equipment inventory for the office
- Process 560-3 forms for property that is returned when employees arrive, depart or transfer within the office
- Submit the LDD report for inventory/property on a monthly basis
- Schedule official government vehicles for SES and Directors in the Office of the Secretary with Fleet Management for official meetings as delegated
- Review and update personnel action requests in the FHR navigator database as well as FOIA requests
- Enter service request in the customer service database; also follow up, track and close out requests upon completion
- Utilize practices never used before with property asset management in the office to ensure effective and efficient annual property inventory of all assets assigned to employees
- Facilitate office moves and/or removal of furniture in the various offices as delegated
- Manage, review and update the ESEC-ABL mailbox to ensure various requests are either pending or completed
- Create the spreadsheet report reflecting monthly expenditures for Travel, Training, Supplies and Equipment for all offices within the agency
Management & Program Assistant ZS-0344-IV
U.S. Department of Commerce - National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Silver Spring, MD, United States
08.2007 - 11.2010
- Perform various research projects for the Office of International & Interagency Affairs that required my analytical skills to determine the most useful information for the project at hand
- Managed and updated the office web sites and research web development software to help provide better technology solutions for the office
- Participated in monthly website management meetings to keep staff updated on the current practices for the office websites
- Trained all present employees in the office on the process on the new agreements database (i.e any materials needed, username and password access and how to use the system as far as creating and editing agreements)
- Maintained an accurate MOU agreements database
- Provide program support and office quality control involving internal and external office communications, NESDIS monthly status reports, briefing book materials as well as other special projects as delegated
- Briefed senior management and staff on the status of various projects, procedures and processes related to the office including property inventory, agreements database management, current and updated travel management procedures as well as website management updates and practices
- Managed and executed the process for obtaining State Department required country clearances for all NESDIS employees and contractors traveling internationally
- Responsible for processing foreign and domestic travel orders and vouchers for office employees
- Managed and tracked the time and attendance for all employees using the Department of Commerce electronic payroll system; prepared leave audits as requested as well as updating and deleting profile for former employees
- Updated, maintain, and tracked user friendly agreements database for the office to utilize
- Created and manage all new property inventory for the office into the Sunflower database
Education
BS Degree - Computer Management Information Systems
Norfolk State University
Norfolk, VA05.2001
Skills
- Windows Operating System
- MS Word
- PowerPoint
- Access Queries
- Data Modeling
- HTML
- Java
- Visual C
- JavaScript
- SharePoint 2010
- United Financial Management System (UFMS)
- DocView
- CDER Budget & Acquisition Planning System (CBAPS)
Clearance
SECRET, 11/01/10
Awards
- Performance Awards – Certificates of Appreciation
- PMAP awards for outstanding performance
- Group awards for working on several special projects (i.e. Student Loan Program, Incentive Award Program, various budget related projects)
Timeline
Management Analyst GS-13
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
02.2016 - Current
Administrative Specialist
U.S Department of Homeland Security (Office of the Secretary)
11.2010 - 02.2016
Management & Program Assistant ZS-0344-IV
U.S. Department of Commerce - National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
08.2007 - 11.2010
BS Degree - Computer Management Information Systems
Norfolk State University