Ta-tanisha Dennie
Waianae,USA
Summary
Resourceful Program Manager known for spearheading process improvements at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & IMF, high productivity, and efficient task completion. Skilled in risk assessment, surveillance, and emergency response coordination. Excel at analytical problem-solving with a commitment to continuous improvement, critical thinking, problem-solving, and communication, ensuring to leverage these soft skills to enhance security measures and team performance while developing client relationship management and fostered team collaboration and operational excellence.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Program Analyst Series: GS-0343-12
Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & IMF
Honolulu, HI
04.2019 - Current
- The Department Security Coordinator (DSC) is responsible for managing quarterly meetings to ensure that personnel maintain security readiness. Developed quarterly security reviews for senior leadership and provided feedback to the department on matters pertaining to anti-terrorism (ATO), personnel security (PERSEC), operational security (OPSEC), naval nuclear propulsion information (NNPI), and electronic imaging. Conduct training, surveillance, and am responsible for conducting quarterly meetings with divisional representatives to provide the most up-to-date practices and issues within the security community. Utilized the Defense Information System for Security (DISS) to provide travelers who require security visit requests when traveling to other agencies, as required. Manage building access requests, and provide escorts as applicable for security requirements, utilizing command instructions.
- During a new project renovation of a workspace in 2021, I identified and corrected security gaps through facility service requests and shop assistance to meet the requirements in the DOD, OPNAV, and SECNAV instructions, which assisted in the project renovation not being delayed and the timely completion of work.
- Conduct investigations and review practices that are dangerous to security to provide oversight in identifying gaps related to security procedures, spillages, and control of materials. Periodically, perform risk assessments by reviewing root causes and historical trends. Create and maintain guidelines and training to assist the department in generating better practices to mitigate security risks and minimize vulnerabilities.
- Developed a guideline on how to create, process, and distribute the Bi-Weekly Nuclear/Non-Nuclear Management Meeting (Agenda) minutes. This guideline is utilized by senior-level management and their staff on how to prepare the minutes for the meeting. As liaison for the agenda minutes, my responsibilities are coordinating minutes for review and final meetings, ensuring communication between myself and action codes to ensure timely input responses, and maintaining the schedule for when items are to be presented at the meetings.
- Created a Shipyard process improvement for the better utilization of agenda minutes, which has increased efficiency by allowing end users to retrieve the data directly once it is loaded into the corporate application. This process is utilized shipyard-wide, used by senior management, and in audits. By creating a codified method, the command can better utilize tracking meeting minutes from the initial introduction, the closing of minutes, and management updates.
- As part of the Nuclear Technical Library Branch, incorporated revisions and changes to nuclear manuals for the Technical Library Branch to provide timely implementation of updated processes and procedures. Provided annual reconciliation of manuals for accountability to the Navy Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP).
- Managed, compiled, and monitored the departmental budget of up to $7M, participated in budget calls, and tracked and provided updates on expenditures for all overhead non-labor (OHNL) and Shipyard Training Council (STC) budget items. As the departmental budget coordinator, my responsibilities are as follows: verifying budget line items to ensure correct phasing, executing funded line items, utilizing discretionary funds as needed, completing variances when applicable, ensuring availability of funding, processing travel, creating travel estimates, processing training requests, and providing responses on fiduciary matters pertaining to purchasing equipment, materials, tools, and software.
- Coordinate requests with the budget analyst as needed for variances, funding documents, and contract funding concerns. Conducts and verifies the annual Defense Property Accountability System (DPAS) audit for departmental property that is more than $5,000, maintains 100% of property accounted for, and is responsible for $1.7 million in assets for the department.
- Provided support and guidance to colleagues to maintain a collaborative work environment. Utilized various software and tools to streamline processes and optimize performance. Promoted high customer satisfaction by resolving problems with knowledgeable and friendly service. Prepared periodic reports on the status of each program initiative, including progress updates, challenges encountered, and successes achieved. Scrutinized company budgets to shave off budgetary bloat and save costs. Developed training materials to improve onboarding strategies and optimize departmental orientation protocols.
Supervisory Program Analyst, GS-0343-13
Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & IMF
Honolulu, HI
11.2024 - 01.2025
- Temporary promotion (90 days) to provide coverage for personnel situations, such as: promotions, paid parental leave (PPL), pay incentives, request for personnel actions, payroll, and to supervise the Technical Information Branch
- While taking on this role I also provided management timely and direct assistance in hiring matters
- Worked directly with Human Resources to resolve personnel issues and provide employees with administrative support
Financial Technician GS-0503-07
Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & IMF
Honolulu, HI
04.2017 - 04.2019
- Recommended new procedures and methods to enhance the efficiency, validity, accuracy, and integrity of accounting processes. My daily responsibilities include validating commitments and obligations for transactions processed the previous day and tracking the status of obligations and committed funds in the Standardized Accounting and Reporting System-Field Level (STARS-FL). When conducting analysis on transaction I use the following systems: COST, STARS-FL, EDA, WAFW (IRAPT), MYInvoice, STARS-OnePay, Syncada, OTC Net, Pearl Harbor Shipyard’s Material tracking system (MAT), Citibank, US Bank, and Defense Travel System (DTS).
- As a government purchase card holder (GPC) for method of payment (MOP) contracts made purchases. Maintained a monthly purchase card log with all correspondence in regards for audit readiness, such as: invoice, receipts, shipping information, requests for payment, and receiver signatures. Completed and certify a monthly statement to validate charges to ensure accountability and accuracy of purchases.
- Researched and reviewed contracts in regard to special handling of product, inspections, and delivery instructions to ensure the products were delivered in regards to the contract and if provisions were applicable per contract clauses. Maintained contact with contracting office, customer, and vendor in regard to any discrepancies, such as: incorrect billing, price changes, defective merchandise and/but not limited to items are replaced or refunds were issued.
- Conduct tri-annual reviews by determining the accuracy, validity and integrity of financial transactions. Perform and monitor accounting, budget execution/phases, and financial management reports to ensure financial integrity, timelines, accuracy, and validity.
- Other duties include validating and analyzing financial data and estimates to identify root causes of discrepancies in account balances and subsidiary ledgers to determine appropriate corrective actions. Recommend solutions or alternatives to improve problem areas related to operating program effectiveness, accounting transaction processing or integrity of financial records and accounting information. Extract automated accounting data and reports to evaluate the status of financial performance indicators. Evaluate automated accounting and financial systems to identify needed improvements in data tracking and reporting
- My experience in the Comptroller’s office has awarded me the understanding of how the various accounting systems interrelate and correspond to each other. Additionally, I conduct and research accounting issues via the Financial Management Regulations (FMR) and the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) to ensure I have a thorough understanding of the issue therefore allowing me to provide the best possible remedy to rectify the issue.
- Some of my routine responsibilities in the Comptroller’s office include identifying out of balance conditions and/or inconsistencies to reconcile accounts or other financial records. Preparing technical financial statements and reports for management officials and/or customers. Reviewing financial reports, documents, records, data, or other materials to verify completeness, correctness, consistency, compliance, or authenticity. Developing financial reports for use in analyzing operations, highlighting problems, or revealing discrepancies. Analyzing automated accounting transactions relating to obligations, collections, and inter-fund transactions to research, detect, and correct transaction errors. Creates a number of SOP’s (Standard Operating Procedures) to ensure new associates have a guide to follow and continuously update current SOP’s as procedures and policies update. In periodic meetings, I brief managers on the progress of corrective action plans to meet financial improvement and audit readiness (FIAR) objectives. Additionally, we discuss corrective actions taken to enhance our policies and procedures and provide updates regarding current work efforts
Procurement Assistant
Commander, Navy Region Hawaii
Honolulu, HI
04.2015 - 03.2017
- Assigned as a Procurement Assistant to PHNS& IMF Interpreted and applied laws, regulations, policies, and procedures governing accounting operations and vendor payments for shipyard transactions in support of Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR). Examined documents such as invoices and vouchers for accuracy, adequacy of documentation and compliance with regulation for food vendors, vending machines, blind vendors, special purchases for the shipyard memorabilia, and tickets sales for various events. In support of identifying discrepancies and monthly close outs routinely reconciled, recorded, and reported to the MWR Chairperson and Treasurer as a Procurement Assistant. Completed administrative duties such as: type letters and manage correspondence while tracking monies received and prepare deposit tickets for the bank to maintain shop account integrity and ensure balanced for the annual review.
- Provided budgetary data by reconciling all purchases for more than thirty shops within the shipyard. Reviewed and checked figures, postings, and documents to ensure that all the information appearing on them is accurate and complete. Ensured credits were administered to the respective codes properly and timely. Reconciled various expenditure reports to source documents for processing and documentation. Assisted vendors in gaining base authorization by providing written correspondences. Verified vendor enrollment status to payment processing within in MWR standards and instructions.
- Processed and disbursed reimbursement checks for authorized personal within the Shipyard for various approved MWR activities. Maintained and organized the sales PHNS&IMF memorabilia to assist in promoting MWR functions for PHNS&IMF.
- Trained shop representatives on the guidelines for MWR to ensure compliance. Collected funds for agency activities and recreational events. Provided and sometimes facilitated information for fundraising, shipyard events, vending machine issues, and refunds while monitoring lunch wagon issues and concerns.
- This was achieved by following up with the respective personal to ensure matters were completed within a respectable time. Prepared the Daily Activity Record (DAR) to identify the respective shop’s amount of funds to be deposited. During this process I posted, examined, balanced, computed and extracted data from various records to prepare reports by utilizing this process, it allows reconciliation of various accounts as well as identify and correct discrepancies.
Procurement Assistant
Commander, Navy Region Hawaii
Honolulu, HI
06.2013 - 04.2015
- Served as a Procurement Assistant in the Procurement Department to the Contracting Officer and Purchasing Agent in the Command Navy Region Hawaii (CNRH) Accounting Office performing government purchase card (GPC) and administrative support duties. Utilized mandatory sources as described in FAR such as: Federal Prison Industries, Ability ONE – government agency for the blind, General Services Administration (GSA) and other mandatory sources. Worked within the micro-purchase threshold for services and supplies. Maintained purchase card log with all correspondence in regards for audit readiness, such as: invoice, receipts, shipping information, requests for payment, and receiver signatures. Utilized Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for GPC for certain services which were repetitive for uniform purchase, laundry and recycling services. Researched and reviewed contracts in regard to special handling of product and delivery instructions to ensure the products were delivered in regard to the contract and if provisions were applicable per contract clauses. Maintained contact with contracting office, customer, and vendor in regard to any discrepancies that arise to ensure items are replaced or refunds were issued.
- Established and maintained shared electronic files and database regarding various types of contracts. Maintain status as a qualified typist at 40 wpm. Composed correspondence on administrative support or clerical functions of the office. Maintain a suspense system to track correspondence/action documents to ensure timely completion. Prepared responses to routine correspondence based on knowledge of organization and administrative staff procedures. Revised and dispose of files in accordance with governing regulatory procedures.
- Receive calls, greet visitors, and direct to the supervisor or other staff members only those contacts needing their attention or action. Responded to routine and non-technical requests for information such as status of reports, suspense date for matters requiring compliance, and similar information readily available from the files. Processed purchase request and sent purchase orders to vendors to ensure end user orders are processed and received acknowledgement upon receipt.
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Business Management
Centura College
Virginia Beach, VA08.2009
Skills
- Client relationship management
- Improve procedures
- Teamwork
- Analytical skills
- Problem-solving abilities
- Attention to detail
Affiliations
Technical Honor Society
References
- Renee Tanya Huggins, 9524 Madison Creek, Converse, TX, 78109, 210-776-5175, 703-401-5175, reneehuggins76@icloud.com
- Rinnah Israel, 94-698 Lumiauau St, Waipahu, HI, 96797, 808-469-8609, sykesraj@gmail.com
- Miltina Williams, 842 Old Clubhouse Rd, Virginia Beach, VA, 23453, 757-270-3773, miltina1@aol.com
Accomplishments
- Receive PHNS&IMF Mahalo Awards for the past 5 years for various activities, such as: teamwork, team building, interpersonal skills for assisting other departments, leadership, and project management.
Timeline
Supervisory Program Analyst, GS-0343-13
Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & IMF
11.2024 - 01.2025
Program Analyst Series: GS-0343-12
Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & IMF
04.2019 - Current
Financial Technician GS-0503-07
Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & IMF
04.2017 - 04.2019
Procurement Assistant
Commander, Navy Region Hawaii
04.2015 - 03.2017
Procurement Assistant
Commander, Navy Region Hawaii
06.2013 - 04.2015
Associate of Applied Science - Business Management
Centura College
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