1. Susan R. Mahoney
2220 Hunters Chase
Bel Air, Maryland 21015
xtreammom@gmail.com
410-459-3964
Work History:
Booz Allen Hamilton (11/6/2008 – 9/20/2014)- Financial Analyst- Belcamp, MD
21017 Clearance: Secret
As a PBS (Program Business Services) Financial Analyst on the C4ISR team, I
provided support of $114.5 M in government contracts on several contract vehicles to
include: TESS (I2WD), TEAMS,GSA AIMS, MOBIS and SURVIAC. Daily duties
included tracking/monitoring of expenditures and budgeting for CPFF, T&M, FFP, FFP
LOE, and FFP award fee contracts. I worked independently and assisted the Program
managers with coordinating engineering and logistics functions, planned, monitored and
tracked all expenses to ensure execution of budget and was responsible for full contract
management from meeting milestones to initiating funding requests.
I was responsible for the kick off and set up of new contracts, assigning profitable Labor
Categories (LCATS) and labor mix to ensure overall profitability upon execution of
contract. I developed and managed the reports to document expenditure and
obligations for all costs to support personnel costs, to include sub contractors costs, for
travel, equipment and supplies in support of the program objectives. I tabulated
projected costs based on statistical formulas derived from budget data and incurred
costs to make recommendations for future funding needs. I assisted the program
manager with requests for increase/decrease in funding and followed with client to
ensure they are received and applied to the program budget. Compiled and submitted
Monthly Status reports ( MSR’s) and CDDRL’s as required by the contract. I worked
with the government client and subcontractors to ensure timely submission.
Through use of my knowledge of army policies, precedents, goals and objectives, I
prepared the monthly financial report of each contract tracking historical data and
current actual to date. I converted the data into meaningful charts to demonstrate the
current status of programming, planning, budgeting and executing the budget. I worked
with the subcontractors to ensure timely submittal of monthly spend plans and
incorporate into the overall project financials monthly. I prepared all PMR (Program
Review slides) for presentation to Program managers and Division chiefs, presenting
current overall financial analysis of the contract to include, budget drills and variances
and analysis of billing to include any contractual mods issued to date.
I have developed a great knowledge of Government contracts to determine whether
funds are being obligated and expended according to the goals and objectives of the
annual budget plans, within the Army budget policies, goals and regulations, to identify
2. the resources, types, and methods of funding . I am familiar with GFIBS accounting and
coding of funding to execute and manage the funding.
I have excellent oral and written skills and the ability to work independently or as part of
a tem. I use many software packages on a daily basis to include; Microsoft office Excel,
Word, PowerPoint, Hyperion, Ariba and people soft systems.
Engineering & Environment, Inc (02/22/2006 – 11/5/2008) - Sr. Executive Assistant
- U S Army Environmental Command- APG
BelAir, Maryland
I held a contractor position as Assistant to the Division Chief for a scientific and
engineering mission division of the U S Army Environmental Command. In a fast paced
mission centric command, I provided system engineering and technical assistance
support to the division chief, branch chiefs and technical program managers of the
Acquisition & Technology Division of the US Army Environmental Command .
I provided technical support through the use of various office automation tools and
functions to determine the best way to track and present data as well as determining the
most time and cost efficient utilization of word processing, database management, and
spreadsheet software to process different types of documents, reports and
correspondence. I support the Division Chief with program scheduling and planning by
formulating guidelines for planning program and contract elements.
I collected raw data from various sources, including contractors and other government
agencies to create meaningful charts, networks and other management tools. These
tools were then used to evaluate contractual obligations. As a liaison with other
organizations in the command, industry and other agencies within the government I
would discuss and resolve any contractual and programming problems, making
recommendations to increase the efficiency of the program management. These
spreadsheets, created in Microsoft office, include development of a tracking
spreadsheet to monitor travel funding for division activities, a spreadsheet to track
disbursement rates of current and prior year funds (MIPR’s), a contractual services
spreadsheet that tracks all contracts within the division and how funds were obligated
and executed on these contracts. I assisted with the input , develop and the execution
of the FY08 Work plan/Budget, OPS-29 inputs, for the division chief, researched
variances and gather data to explain any variances and ensure accuracy. I assisted the
project managers with preparation of the year end unfunded requests(UFRs). Also
assisted project managers in creation, submission and follow up of all MIPR requests
for obligation of funds, ensuring timely submission so funds were obligated in a timely
manner in accordance with type of funding issued.
Using the open MIPR spreadsheet I designed, which indicated type of funds, OMA,
RDT&E, etc and understanding of U S Military Plans and procedures, I gathered funding
and expenditure data from various sources to ensure all funds were obligated and spent
3. in accordance with government funding guidelines. I subsequently reviewed any
discrepancies with the division chief. I followed on all open MIPR’s to ensure funds are
used prior to the expiration date, billed in full and worked with contractors to get timely
submission of invoices, as well as depending on types of funds de-obligations and re-
obligations were made when necessary.
Following procedures and guidelines for DTS (Defense Travel System), I made all
advance travel arrangements, including hotel, airline and car rental reservations, for the
division chief and others when necessary. I ensured the travel orders are authorized
and issued well in advance of travel departure dates.
With my knowledge of procedures for the government timekeeping system, ATAAPS, I
entered government employee’s time and track and process leave requests,
compensation time requests and travel compensation time requests, ensuring forms are
properly completed and have authorization of immediate supervisors adhering to the
Army policies, procedures and guidelines.
I composed routine correspondence and review outgoing documents for format,
procedural, grammatical and typographical accuracy. By applying my expert knowledge
of grammar, spelling, capitalization; and punctuation, I ensure that finalized documents,
forms and reports are in accordance with Army regulation 25-50, “Preparing and
Maintaining Documents” published by the Headquarters of the U S Army. Weekly, I
prepare sig acts and staff notes, reviewing for both grammatical context and technical
content, and submit to the Office of the Commander of USAEC.
I maintained inventory of equipment for the Division. I also maintained hand receipt
inventory records of all equipment in the division, for the division chief and branch chiefs
who were the hand receipt holders. My responsibilities included taking physical
inventories and rectifying the division records of office equipment to the property
division records, often investigating and resolving discrepancies. As part of this
responsibility I produced sub- hand receipts, property passes, transfers of equipment
and turn in forms.
I ensured all division files were maintained in accordance with the Army Records
Management System (ARIMS) and proper administrative and clerical filing procedures
are maintained. I maintained electronic files on the Documentum system for file
storage for the division.
Water Chemical Services (9/2001 - 5/2002) - Accountant
Aberdeen, MD United States
I held a part time position with this water treatment service company in the accounting
dept. I worked in accounting dept and processed accounts payable including employee
travel and expense reimbursements and vendor payables. I developed an automated
system to track revenue and expenses associated with client contracts for water
treatment services. I was familiar with all the technical and specialized terminology of
4. the industry. I prepared and worked independently to install a new computer module on
existing accounting system. Set up all parameters for system and established defaults
in compliance with existing and new company policies. Input existing client contracts,
renewal contracts and new contracts onto system to track revenue and expenses by
job. Used system to monitor profitably of contracts and established salesman
commission payment plans based on profitability. Established, by compiling data and
maintained spreadsheets to track monthly expiration of contracts and follow for
subsequent renewals of contracts. I developed and wrote instruction manual for new
system using proper format, procedural, grammatical and typographical procedures. I
used various software packages to include: Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word and
Advantage software.
RMF Engineering (1/1992 - 12/1997) - Controller
Baltimore, Maryland United States
As the Controller for this medium/large Engineering Firm I performed a variety of,
Accounting, Contract Administration and Human Resource duties.
Accounting duties included billing of $12 million of contracts (both fixed fee and hourly).
I was responsible for reconciling billing and contract discrepancies. By applying
collection procedures, I collected of accounts in excess of $2 million monthly. Other
duties were month end closing and reconciliations and preparation of financial
statements Contract Administration duties included maintaining all job contracts,
including government contracts. I set up new contract modifications and processed all
monthly billing in accordance with the written contract for the job. I maintained data on
time billing and ensured that time was properly charged to correct contract. I processed
accounts payable to include travel and expense vouchers. I assisted new employees
with completion of new employee forms. I managed the 401K plan on a spreadsheet as
well as leave and sick time on spreadsheets which I compiled and updated. Some of
my other duties included processing bi-weekly payroll for 130 employees, advising
employees of various benefits plan and processing disability claims. I became very
familiar with the use of the technical and engineering terms used in the industry.
During my time in this position I supervised and trained one to two individuals at a time
and planned and coordinated workflow within the accounting/administrative
departments.
Used OSAS (Accounting Package), Microsoft Office, Quicken, and ADP Software.
Marsh & McLennan, Inc. (10/1984 - 10/1991) - Assistant Vice president-
Accounting Mgr
Baltimore, Maryland United States
As the Accounting Manager for Washington/Baltimore Profit Center of this Fortune 500
Insurance Broker, I was responsible for all phases of accounting department for two
offices. I managed and was responsible for hiring and training administrative/accounting
staff of 5 people. I ensured that all deadlines of suspense’s were met in a timely fashion.
I was responsible for daily cash management of both corporate and fiduciary funds. I
5. Prepared month end closing, reconciliation, financial statement preparation and
budgeting, both annually and monthly variance analysis on proper spreadsheets when
necessary. Applying general accounting principles, I prepared monthly revenue accruals
and monitored follow up billing or accrual of revenues and researched variances in
revenue budget vs. actual amounts. I prepared Corporate Personal Property Taxes for 3
states. I managed leases and leasehold improvements on five different properties.
Working with the Insurance Companies I managed Premium Payables and reconciled
discrepancies. I processed vendor payables, including travel & expense vouchers.
Implemented and managed a computer conversion for the accounting department and
trained appropriate personnel, and taught training seminars on use and procedures of
the new computer system. Traveled, made travel arrangements, served on training
team and assisted with troubleshooting of computer problems, wrote recommendations
and changes for system in accordance with company policies and procedures. I
developed and wrote a current employee handbook, which included position
descriptions and office policies and procedures. This was developed with my good
working knowledge of grammar, spelling, capitalization; and punctuation to ensure the
finalized documents, were professional. I developed forms that could be used by all
employees. I was promoted to a corporate Assistant Vice President after four years of
service.
Education:
BS Business Administration
Towson University
Towson, Maryland 21204
Graduated 1982
References furnished upon request.