Sherita McGhee Jones
Warner Robins,US
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Budget Analyst
Secretary of the Air Force (SAF), Office of Studies & Analysis (SA)
05.2024 - Current
- Serves as Senior Budget Analyst managing the execution of $50M+ Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E) and Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Programs. Integrating SAF/SA vision into the Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution cycle to support goals and objectives.
- Supports the development, synchronization, and maintenance of up-to-date central financial dashboard and incorporates all aspects of Planning, Programming, Budgeting, Execution with focus on budgeting and execution.
- Populates and submits required FDOCs to issue/pull/realign funding within the SAF/SA portfolio.
- Generates required AF Form 1269, Request for Load or Change in Fund Targets, to issue/pull/realign funding within SAF/SA.
- Monitors the Status of Funds (SoF) PowerBI Tool to ensure all funding (issue/pull/realign) are posted accurately.
- Monitors and tracks all Obligations and Expenditures within the SAF/SA portfolio and identifies issues and performs corrective actions to resolve.
- Runs CRIS, DEAMS Selective History (STH), Expenditure and Execution Reports to track execution.
- Develops and justifies budget, presents data, presentations and completes funding crosswalks to track and execute funding monthly.
- Conducts daily audit reviews of obligations and performs follow-ups for documents submitted but not yet posted.
- Ensures all CSRs, Overspent Expenses, Unliquidated Obligations Outstanding (ULO), Negative Unliquidated Obligations (NULO), Unobligated Document Listings (ODL), unmatched transactions, reimbursements are corrected or in process of being corrected prior to end of month.
- Supports, facilitates and briefs monthly Financial Management Working Group Reviews to 7 Directors within SAF/SA.
- Strengthens Financial Management Group and Board processes and briefs SES and Principal Deputy monthly.
- This is a federal job
- SAF/SA Directorate
Supervisory Financial Management Specialist
Agile Combat Support Directorate, Combat Avionics Division
07.2018 - 05.2024
- Served as CFO of Avionics USAF and Foreign Military Sales Branches, providing supervisory financial management support for the first level while leading and managing a team of 8 Civilians through execution of 7 Common Avionics programs while consistently achieving 99% Obligation rate EOY FY20, 21, 22, 23 Expiring Funds prior to 30 Sept deadline. Also provides leadership and oversight in support of 21 Countries, 94 cases and 184+ Foreign Military Sales (FMS) lines.
- Leads, directs and performs analytical duties such as developing, formulating, presenting, and executing financial management programs while providing financial management decision support to 3 Program Execution Offices for a complex $3.4B FYPD portfolio of Research Development Test & Evaluation (RDT&E), Procurement, Operations and Maintenance (O&M), including 2 ACAT II programs, 1 Mid Tier Acquisition Program.
- Establishes and sets goals, expectations and priorities for employees. Tracks performance against objectives and provides quarterly feedback addressing performance, providing recommendations, resources and advice for improvement as needed.
- Prepares and assembles information in support of formal presentations of budgets and requests and reviews before OMB and/or Congressional committees. Developed budget estimates and justified budgets through PEM and SAF/AQ. Efforts lead to approval of $27M in support of a Mid Tier Acquisition (MTA) Program lacking FYPD funding.
- Conducts special studies requested by leadership to provide guidance, direction or action on established policies, procedures, regulations, or directives. Makes adjustments to guidance and direction based on new or revised congressional legislation and political climate. Provides clear instructions and guidance on Continuing Resolution (CR), ensures plans are adjusted based on impacts and works with team to mitigate risk while continuing to execute funding timely and in accordance with OSD goals. Implements internal controls to ensure execution occurs within guidelines and in accordance with proper fiscal law guidance.
- Investigates and resolves all employee complaints by following the proper procedures to document incidents. Seeks advice from employee relations office and provides action plan to properly addressing concerns and develops achievable plan to resolve.
- Spearheaded a standup of monthly branch execution reviews and led a focused tracking of obligations/expenditures against baseline forecasts. Provided key decision support for early identification of excess funds and realignment to other AF priorities.
- Demonstrates knowledge of FM regulations and interprets guidance and instructions. Closely monitors execution against OSD, AF and PEO goals to ensure Avionics is on track to meet or exceed goals & support customer needs. Works closely with branch leadership to determine how to mitigate funding cuts and continue to fund Program Management Administrative needs within Fiscal Law and Regulations with strong focus on Avionics mission requirements.
- Coached/Mentored four FM’s to greater success; developed and implemented internal OJT plans and methods to provide training virtually. Closely monitored APDP training plans and tracked completion of DAU courses.
- Evaluates and advises on pending and current Congressional, OMB, DoD and USAF decision and recommends courses of action. Develops language to formulate and POM for budget requests across FYDP, coordinates with SAF/AQ and submits inputs into the Budget Execution Submission (BES) and President’s Budget (PB) ensuring all requirements are captured and supported during PPBE cycle.
- This is a federal job
- Combat Avionics Chief of Finance
Foreign Military Sales Financial Analyst
Agile Combat Support Directorate, Electronic Warfare Division
04.2014 - 07.2018
- Served as Financial Analyst for the Precision Attack (PA) Area of the Common Avionics Division, managing over 14 Countries, 73 cases and 184 Foreign Military Sales (FMS) lines.
- Manages over $600M in funding to support the F-15 Modernization Program for Saudi Arabia. This includes budgeting and the execution of funding, as well as monitoring expenditures to ensure proper delivery and payment of contracted efforts. Reports all deliveries to ensure proper closeout for each line managed.
- Responsible for Reporting Deliveries against over Foreign Military Sales lines to ensure payments are accurately reflected within SAMIS and reconciles transactions against the General Accounting and Finance System (BQ).
- Manages funding for the Government Purchase Card and ensures all expenses are properly accounted for and populates vouchers to ensure FMS customers pay their fair share of the yearly charges.
- Processed incoming documents such as Military Interdepartmental Purchase Requests (MIPRs) to receive funding for various requirements.
- Processed Work Orders (GOO41) and Project Orders (J025A) to fund Organic work being worked by the Depot.
- Provided budget analysis for the acquisition of weapon systems for Foreign Military Sales (FMS) through the usage of the Comprehensive Cost and Requirements System (CCaR), SAMIS and CMCS.
- Reconciled travel orders and travel vouchers within the Defense Travel System (DTS) against the (BQ) to ensure 100% accuracy and accountability within both systems
- Remained involved with development, and execution of budgets and multi-year programs required to properly fund and meet FMS weapon systems requirements.
- Supervisor: Kasie Swayne Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes
- This is a federal job
Financial Analyst
Warner Robins Air Logistics Center
04.2013 - 04.2014
- Financial Management lead for all United States Air Force Commands while managing the GISP sustainment contract.
- Successfully managed over $1 Billion in Transportation Working Capital by evaluating reports, analyzing facts and performing the appropriate research which increased by $270 Million over FY 13 execution.
- Overcame challenges faced on several vacant USAF desk, by managing additional programs including CAM, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Command & obligating over $769M between 4 commands.
- Worked closely with Contracting Division and Program managers to execute Operations and Maintenance and Transportation Working Capital Funds (TWCF).
- Populated and updated AMC expenditures from prior and current year, to ensure current year funds were not decreased to pay prior year obligations through the revolving funds account (TWCF) and determined appropriate recommendations when issues remained unresolved.
- Compiled charts and validated information while working with program management team to make corrections to CCaR Forecast for monthly execution review. Organized and briefed monthly execution reviews
- Processed Purchase Requests, amendments and insured obligations occurred prior to expiration.
- Responsible for financial management/budget formation and detailed analysis of AMC’s budget.
- Performs budget execution and financial management work involving monitoring obligations and expenditures within CCaR/RFM/CRIS.
- Supervisor: Magnolia Lipsky Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes
- This is a federal job
- Mobility Directorate, C-17 Division
Financial Management Specialist
Warner Robins Air Logistics Center
04.2012 - 04.2013
- Served as Cost Accounting Branch financial analyst for Foreign Military Sales funding/billing. Submits monthly sales code figures to DFAS and balances against trial balance to ensure accuracy.
- Provided Accounting and Working Capital Funds support to WR-ALC, 402 Maintenance Wing.
- Served as the principal reimbursement focal point for Private Party Checks from government contractors. Received and transported over $7M of private party checks to the 78th Air Base Wing disbursing office for deposit into treasury to reimburse 402 Maintenance Wing (MXW) for repair of government vendor aircraft and commodities.
- Followed process from “cradle to grave” to ensure that funds are properly recorded on Cash Collection Vouchers (DD1131) and posted into accounting system (Defense Industrial Financial Management System or DIFMS) and funding system (Job Order Cost System or JOST).
- Oversee Financial Interface Transaction (FIT) system that passes data from Legacy Systems to DIFMS which is critical to ensuring that proper vendor funds reimbursement is provided for 402 MXW for maintenance activities.
- Reviewed financial systems and retrieves data to prepare reports for in-depth analysis of discrepancies.
- Reviewed/reconcile discrepancies submitted by the 402 MXW workload Business Office (WR-ALC/OBW) and collaborates with the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) to resolve issues and effect reconciliation. Prepared reports for WR-ALC/FM management decision-making.
- Provided system surveillance and trouble-shooting to ensure that accurate data is passed from one system to the other and reviews error reports from systems to determine proper way to effect reconciliation.
- Processed over $2.2M of data transactions to move funds between Customer Order Numbers (CONs) to prevent underfunded CONs and unbilled balances.
- Processed over $2M of data transactions for WR-ALC (402 MXW) Electronic Funds Transfers (EFTs). Reconciles and processes over $36M of Electronic Fund Transfers to reimburse 402 MXW for repair of government vendor aircraft and commodities activities.
- Coordinated with representatives at DFAS and serves as liaison between customers/DFAS in resolving posting issues, errors or other discrepancies that may arise when receiving and processing incoming funds via Electronic Funds Transfer Process.
- Computed bills from raw data spreadsheet to create and submit 1081’s to bill Air Force Materiel Command, Air National Guard, Joint Stars and Air Force Reserve Command to reimburse Working Capital Fund at WR-ALC (402 MXW). This service is critical to ensuring that proper reimbursement is provided for 402 MXW maintenance activities.
- Interprets and applies Federal Accounting Standards and DOD Financial Management Regulations when suggesting corrective actions.
- Served as financial analyst and bill-payer for Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory, tracking and processing over $100K of Precision Measurement Equipment (PME) billing transactions to WR-ALC PME customers while gaining invaluable knowledge of DMAG customer billing and revenue accounting to report profit/loss for the center.
- Supervisor: Jacqueline Sapp Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes
- This is a federal job
Education
Air Command & Staff College
Primary Military Education (PME)03-2025
MBA -
Troy University
Troy, AL12-2010
Master of Arts - Accounting And Finance
Fort Valley State University
Fort Valley, GA05-2008
Certification
DoD Financial Management Certification Program - Level III,
DoD Financial Management Level III Defense Acquisition Work Improvement Act (DAWIA) Certification
Relevant Leadership Experience
ALCP Acquisition Leadership Challenge Program I and II, Defense Civilian Emerging Leadership Course, Basic Financial Management Officers Course (BFMOC), Financial Management Officers Course (FMSOC).
Training & Coursework
A combination of accounting/auditing (27 semester hours), business, economics, management, marketing, quantitative methods, and organizational management and leadership.
Awards
FMSTAR Cohort, 2025; Financial Management Annual Awards 2023 Nominee - Product Support; Annual Performance Awards - 2023, 2022, 2021 Large Team Award - Precision Attack Integrated Product Team - 2023; Selected - FM Shadow Program (AFRL) – 2024
Timeline
Senior Budget Analyst
Secretary of the Air Force (SAF), Office of Studies & Analysis (SA)
05.2024 - Current
Supervisory Financial Management Specialist
Agile Combat Support Directorate, Combat Avionics Division
07.2018 - 05.2024
Foreign Military Sales Financial Analyst
Agile Combat Support Directorate, Electronic Warfare Division
04.2014 - 07.2018
Financial Analyst
Warner Robins Air Logistics Center
04.2013 - 04.2014
Financial Management Specialist
Warner Robins Air Logistics Center
04.2012 - 04.2013
Air Command & Staff College
MBA -
Troy University
Master of Arts - Accounting And Finance
Fort Valley State University
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