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TARA M. BREWER

Stafford, Virgina,VA

Summary

My purpose is to enable the success of others through transformational learning experiences. I bring over 20-years’ experience delivering workforce programs that empower individuals, teams, and organizations to reach their maximum potential. I am routinely recognized for working collaboratively across organizations to identify gaps and developing strategic solutions to solve them. Active Secret Clearance. Reliable Budget Analyst with over 20 years of experience in budgeting, strategic planning and accounting. Sound background creating feasible budgets, conducting comprehensive analyses and maintaining database of monetary information.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Budget Officer

Dual
05.2019 - Current
  • Performs all duties of Supervisory Accounting Officer described below while serving as Budget Officer
  • Oversee budget and execution of $100M budget in Operations and Maintenance (O&M) and $20M budget in Procurement appropriations executing out of six Program Elements in both CIV-N and CIV-Y ensuring Office of Secretary of Defense benchmarks are achieved monthly
  • By ensuring the benchmarks were met each month allowed to easily defend our budget for potential future budget cuts
  • Perform and advise on funding requirements in all of the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) phases and systems of budget administration
  • Formulation of budget and cost estimates to support phasing plans, programs, and activities, including presenting and defending budget estimates before authorities, review and evaluate budget requests, controls, and reporting of obligations and expenditures
  • Closely monitoring funding requirement changes allowed me to reallocate funds for unfunded deficiencies
  • Analyzes financial and accounting data for trends and issues, evaluates possible causes and impacts, and advises management on recommended actions, changes, or solutions
  • As an example, I identified a trend of incorrect pay code stations on the vendors’ invoices
  • The vendors were not getting paid due to this
  • I held multiple meetings with the vendors, DFAS, and COR’s on how to identify if the pay code is correct, what to look for, and how to properly certify an invoice for payment
  • Advises financial personnel, functional users, technicians, and program directors on systems interfaces and implementation requirements
  • Provides technical, trend, and analysis advice for management decision making and evaluation of possible problems
  • This allowed me to identify trends for training opportunities or changes to Standard Operating Procedures or policy/guidance changes
  • Conducts research and determines corrective action for accounting error reports and initiates and processes correspondence to transfer charges to achieve proper accounting effect on erroneously recorded transactions
  • This satisfies internal control measures by routinely monitoring corrective action plans and milestones
  • Performs trend analysis and recommends necessary corrective actions
  • Monitors financial transactions to ensure funds are spent in accordance with financial plans.

Marine Corps University
03.2018 - Current

Supervisory Accounting Officer

GS12
03.2018 - 05.2022
  • Supervised four civilians GS 09 through GS 11 and two Marines
  • Managed team’s task and workload by conducting routine meetings, aligning task to the employee’s strengths and weakness, and regular training sessions with team
  • Ensure that revenues are received and spent in accordance with laws and regulations
  • Internal auditors check for mismanagement of an organization's funds
  • Identify ways to improve the processes for finding and eliminating waste and fraud

Budget Analyst

Missile Defense Agency
10.2017 - 03.2018
  • II - 0560 (GS09-0560 Equivalent)
  • Oversaw budgeting and execution of a portfolio account for Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense contributing to $1.8B, which is spread across appropriation types, to include O&M, Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation (RDT&E), and Procurement within various stages of the acquisition lifecycle across other Services and various Other Government Agencies (OGAs)
  • RDT&E funding experience includes programs spanning Budget Activities (BAs) 3, 4
  • Managed portfolio level programming and execution of 6 programs active and expired accounts to include 8 Procurement, 6 RDT&E, and 5 O&M, across the Future Year Defense Plan (FYDP) to ensure proper allocation, obligation, and expenditure of funds.

Education

High School Diploma -

Brooke Point High School
Stafford, VA
06.1995

Skills

  • Budget Administration, Financial Analysis, Policy and Planning, Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE), Principles of Accounting, Trend Analysis, Data Interpretation
  • Closing Procedures
  • Balance Reconciliations
  • Budgetary Reviews
  • Budgeting and Financial Management
  • Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable
  • Financial Strategy Management
  • Budgeting and Variance Analysis

Timeline

Budget Officer

Dual
05.2019 - Current

Marine Corps University
03.2018 - Current

Supervisory Accounting Officer

GS12
03.2018 - 05.2022

Budget Analyst

Missile Defense Agency
10.2017 - 03.2018

High School Diploma -

Brooke Point High School

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