Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Timeline

Sean Hardie

Miami,FL

Summary

Detail-oriented Budget Analyst proficient in monitoring costs, investigating variances and processing data files. Excellent multitasking, problem-solving and interpersonal abilities. Prepared to bring ten years of related experience and take on a new professional challenge as a Financial Specialist.

Overview

32
32
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Budget Analyst - Reserve/GS-9

Homestead Air Reserve Base
Homestead, FL
07.2016 - Current
  • Maintain current Secret security clearance
  • Serve as principal budgetary advisor to senior leadership in maintaining balance, efficiency, and economy of operations to assure overall mission accomplishment
  • Monitor unit funds execution to verify evidence of progress throughout the fiscal year
  • Perform weekly data analysis to assure compliance with government regulations.
  • Build lines of accounting for budget and acquisition systems.
  • Coordinate with Contracting Office to ensure funds are executed timely and accurately.
  • Utilize a variety of tools to monitor canceled funds, perform reconciliation, and maintain database integrity.
  • Perform various administration functions, including monitoring canceled funds, performing reconciliation, conducting contract closeouts, and maintaining database integrity
  • Review and approve over 20,000 orders per year with little to no errors.
  • Assist with final closeout of unit contracts by ensuring delivery, acceptance, and purchasing mechanisms are accurately performed.
  • Analyze issues that arise and impact timely delivery or the required items and payment to the contractor.
  • Interpret technical data provided by the contractor and the various technical specialists in order to make decisions
  • Monitor special provisions to monitor expenditures/cost incurred, protecting government’s interest.
  • Utilize independent judgement to interpret guidelines and procedures for specific situations.
  • Reviewed monthly operations to assess compliance with budgets and determine necessary adjustments for future plans.
  • Monitored and reported budgetary discrepancies to senior management to maximize reporting efficiency and finalized spending plans.
  • Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
  • Works well in team settings, providing support and guidance.

Military Lead Pay Technician

Homestead Air Reserve Base
Homestead, FL
07.2012 - 07.2016
  • Maintain current Secret security clearance
  • Perform broad-in-depth financial analysis of interrelated accounting, logistics, and computer file systems concerning pay and accounts payable or receivable.
  • Analyze diverse financial management technical methods, techniques, precedent cases, and procedures to resolve an extensive range of difficult financial issues or problems.
  • Utilize experience and judgment, rather than guides, to fill in gaps, identify sources of information, and make working suppositions about what transpired to decide approaches and resolve specific problems.
  • Develop variations in approaches to fit specific problems or deal with incomplete, unreliable, or conflicting data in the process of work performance in order to validate transactions and resolve inconsistencies.
  • Provide prompt and courteous customer service to over 1700 Reserve members.
  • Obtain additional information to reconcile discrepancies or inconsistencies, and apply pertinent laws, regulations, precedent decisions, and procedures to determine appropriate action for resolution.
  • Perform research on many different and unrelated processes and methods relating to financial transactions for analysis of complex and unusual financial transactions.
  • Interpret data to identify problems, determine nature of the problem or issue, decides approaches to resolve issues and recommends solutions for systemic changes to enhance operations.
  • Interpret user requirements in order to design new reports or modifications of standard financial and management systems.
  • Research, interpret, analyze, and apply regulations, policies, procedures, and legal decisions to work and/or resolve complex fiscal issues/problems.
  • Perform or conduct research, investigate, and solve problems involving discrepancy reconciliations to identify, analyze, and provide solutions.
  • Apply a series of different and unrelated methods, processes, and techniques involving establish financial management systems.
  • Audit a full range of pay, travel, and accounts payable authorizations and entitlements to determine compliance with multiple laws, regulations, policies, and issuances.

Military Pay Technician

Homestead Air Reserve Base
Homestead, FL
07.2007 - 05.2012
  • Maintain current Secret security clearance
  • Completed payroll accurately and timely to meet employee expectations.
  • Reconciled payroll discrepancies and responded to inquiries from employees.
  • Maintained employee privacy and protected payroll operations by keeping all information confidential.
  • Developed and implemented payroll procedures to streamline workflow.
  • Performed data entry tasks and maintained accurate records of employee payroll information.
  • Responded to employee questions and requests for information in timely and knowledgeable fashion.
  • Tracked employee vacation time.
  • Resolved over 20 customer financial pay issues per day.
  • Audited timesheets and payroll records for accuracy.

Fuels Distribution Operator

Homestead Air Reserve Base
Homestead, FL
02.1996 - 07.2007
  • Maintain current Secret security clearance
  • Recorded operating data such as products and quantities pumped, stocks used and operating times.
  • Kept shop workspaces and various fieldwork locations clean and organized for maximum productivity.
  • Stayed calm and focused in emergency situations to provide efficient fixes for diverse mechanical problems.
  • Monitored gauges and flowmeters and inspected equipment to verify tank levels, temperatures and pressures remained at specified levels, reporting abnormalities as necessary.
  • Issued over 100,000 gallons of jet fuel without mishap.

Bulk Fuel Specialist

US Army Fort Campbell
Fort Campbell, KY
08.1991 - 07.1995
  • Completed detailed tool and equipment inspections both in field and in shops to identify and address malfunctions and performance concerns.
  • Recorded operating data such as products and quantities pumped, stocks used and operating times.
  • Kept shop workspaces and various fieldwork locations clean and organized for maximum productivity.
  • Operated and lubricated tools to protect durability and functionality.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Supervision And Management

Miami Dade College, Miami, FL
07.2021

Associate of Arts - Business Administration

Miami Dade College, Miami, FL
12.2015

Associate of Science - Networking Services Technology

Miami Dade College, Miami, FL
07.2006

Skills

  • Budget development and management
  • Overseeing budgets
  • Proactive and team player
  • Outstanding active listening skills
  • Proactive mindset
  • Interpersonal and written communication
  • Document preparation
  • Data analysis understanding
  • Fiscal Law Understanding
  • Customer Service Standards
  • Good understanding of the Air Force Operating Instructions (AF65-601 & AFI 64-117)

Certification

• December 2022 - DoD Financial Management Certification (Level 1)

Timeline

Budget Analyst - Reserve/GS-9 - Homestead Air Reserve Base
07.2016 - Current
Military Lead Pay Technician - Homestead Air Reserve Base
07.2012 - 07.2016
Military Pay Technician - Homestead Air Reserve Base
07.2007 - 05.2012
Fuels Distribution Operator - Homestead Air Reserve Base
02.1996 - 07.2007
Bulk Fuel Specialist - US Army Fort Campbell
08.1991 - 07.1995
Miami Dade College - Bachelor of Science, Supervision And Management
Miami Dade College - Associate of Arts, Business Administration
Miami Dade College - Associate of Science, Networking Services Technology

• December 2022 - DoD Financial Management Certification (Level 1)

Sean Hardie