Financial Analyst
Booz Allen Hamilton
Total years of experience :11 years, 11 Months
Financial Analyst, Booz Allen Hamilton, VA 12/2006 - 5/2012
• Supported IT- System Resource Center (SRC) performing budget tracking, reporting and forecasting
• Instructed and prepared budget projects with an annual budget of $10 million. Supervised the department with 75-100 people, and monitored their time report, target percentage and utilization rate.
• Reviewed and provided monthly and quarterly reports to the Controller and Director's office
• As Financial Lead for the developing cost rates, labor categories, and budget allocations, I prepared the classified list of over 20 new account codes for specific projects. Led several projects for expense and capital codes and for preparing for implementation a new accrual process. It showed more accurate information with budget plans and quickly finding the exact results in the analyses and reports. Analyzed operations with emphasis on variance, risks, opportunities, and trends
• Used a highly customized package of Oracle Financials for our planning and budgeting, General Ledger, and project performance reviews and analysis. Reconciled ledgers, managed accruals and external labor activities, and monitored monthly close. Compiled budget data, cost management data, COGNOS reports, forecasts, determining cost rates for new fiscal year)
• Reconciled and evaluated the various financial reports of the department's General Ledger and subsidiary accounts. Prepared both internal and external budget and financial reports requiring accounting expertise of the IT department, Finance and outside clients
• Supported budgeting for several cyber projects along with mapping current business activities for new department. Developed solutions and action plans to improve performance and mitigate risks; and implement approved action plans
Accountant, Van Metre Companies, Burke, Virginia 12/ 2002 - 7/2006
• Prepared general financial principles, reporting, contracts, labor utilization, and process improvement
• Assisted in the development of long-range financial forecasts and government regulations
• Provided internal controls tasks by performing internal control reviews
• Assisted in the development of annual budgets for all capital projects and related operating expenses
• Combined historical financial data and assist in delivery of financial models for lots
• Compiled data from various tasks into consolidated reports. Assisted in reviewing with the variance, re-forecasting, and preparation and delivery of reports to senior management
• Prepared requested financial analyses for divisional homes, review historical data and prepared forecasts of future results
Client Financial Analyst, Accenture, Government Market Unit, Reston, Virginia 06/2001 - 12/2002
• Provided support to management for financial operations for client facing work. This included: producing client bills, invoicing and tracking of receivables, auditing of employee time reporting, job summary reconciliation, new job number setup
• Performed contract management assisting in a base third party contract development and compliance
• Maintained project teamwork plans, tracked work against these plans and produced weekly client status reporting
• Consolidated financial data to support client's projects
• Performed analysis of monthly financial performance, producing reports and project forecasts
Staff Accountant, Baan USA Inc., Financial Department, Reston, Virginia 09/1998 - 11/1999
• Developed transition processes from paper to a fully integrated computer accounting system. Implemented process improvements, account reconciliation, transaction processing, analyses, and the application of computer system
• Generated general ledgers, payroll, accounts receivable/payable, billing/invoices, collections, and financial statements
• Prepared monthly accrual reports of journal voucher, end of month closing entries and financial reports
Masters of Science in Finance, May 2006 Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC
Bachelor of Science in Accounting, May 1998 Gallaudet University, Washington, DC
Business Studies, 1989 - 1992 University of Economics, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina,