Shelby K.

Meade
Objective Qualification Summary

Reston, VA 20191

Phone 703-338-3847 Email skmeade1@gmail.com

To obtain the position of that will allow me to make a positive difference utilizing my wide range of skills as Financial Analyst, Audit, Contract Compliance Manager Specialist and accounting problem solving skills along with ability to recognize the need for additional Policies and Procedures and/or internal controls. Finance and accounting professional with many years experience; proven track record to hit the ground running no matter what software application(s) used; Internal and external auditing skills in conjunction with forensic accounting; general ledger design and maintenance; and in-depth experience in compliance with CAS, GAAP. DCAA. Advanced Excel including pivots tables and vlookup enabling large database management.

Core Competencies

Project Management/Supervision
Internet research and training, grant research, client computer support Audited contract administration compliance including review of modifications as needed. Maintain open lines of communication, monitoring expenditures, ensuring availability of funds, verifying accuracy of, and reviewing invoices for payment. Verified all work was completed and accepted prior to contract expiration date. Closed Government contracts & related accounts Implementation of goals in compliance with objectives, monitoring effects of change Monitor/negotiate subcontractors, evaluate vendor performance, pricing and availability Prepared financial statements, Account reconciliations, General Ledger Design and maintenance Business plans, budgeting, administration of accounts receivable, taxes returns Supervise hire and train billing office personnel, litigation, and audit reviews

Accounting

Administered accounts receivable, establish policies and procedures, contracts Designed CAS compliant chart of accounts with definitions for all direct, indirect, SG&A, allowable and unallowable account definitions. Designed training procedures, performed training and monitored effectiveness of changes and compliance with CAS & FAR. Designed credit application creating secured creditor status Internal Auditing using forensic procedures as needed including foreign currency translation Foreign currency translation, problem identification and resolution and database management Intellectual property, patents, cash flow studies, budgeting and compliance Memorandums of Understanding, Adm. of royalties, accounts payable and receivable problem resolution, litigation, financial reporting issues, written analysis of case Account Reconciliations and Not-For-Profit corporate tax returns (990, 990T and all supporting schedules in the newly required format), Internal controls SOX 404 Multiple software conversions resulting in migration issues requiring post conversion clean up

Financial Analysis
Maintain contract listings & status, prepare financial statements, internal auditing Audit contracts for compliance with DCAA/CAS/FAR or any other contractual vehicle Venture capital needs analysis, Intermediate projections, ProForma Financials Healthcare and financial consulting, evaluate vendor effectiveness, receivable mgmt Develop job costing models, recognition of long term contracts as percentage of completion Software
Windows, Deltek (version 1,GCS,CostPoint), Oracle, Hyperion, JD Edward: World/EnterpriseOne, OneGlobe, PeopleSoft, SAP, Solomon, Great Plains, CGI, Titan, Siebel, Procas, Maximo, Kronos

Professional Experience

Best Staffing 11/2011 March 2012 Washington DC Metro Department of Justice, Budget Analyst, Washington, DC Analysis using Hyperion and legacy accounting system proprietary to government. Travel authorizations, Design/Implement policies and procedures; compliance with government Regulations. Position of trust.

Robert Half International 2/2006 - 9/2011 SPS Division of Accountemps

Washington DC Metro

Salaried Professional Consultant

Projects completed and sampling of Tasks Performed AECOM NSP McNeil, Consultant, Springfield, VA 3/2011 to 8/2011 Pre and post conversion clean up between Deltek GCS Premier and CostPoint Reconciled Accrued Salaries and Payroll going back up to 3 years with up to 5 payrolls running through the account at any given time to satisfy auditors of newly acquired division CAS Compliance including verification/reclassification of unallowable items CTSC, Inc. (Chenega) Analyst IV, Kingstowne and Lorton VA 12/2010 to 3/2011 Customs and Border Patrol Position of Trust Government reporting and analyzing data, verifying compliance with CAS FAR and DCAA Microfinance Information Exchange, Washington DC; Senior Consultant, November 2010 Prepared Travel Policy, forms and related supporting documentation in compliance with CAS/FAR Torres, Advanced Enterprise Solution, Arlington, VA 2/2010 10/2010 Managed DCAA incurred cost audit for Other Direct Costs (ODCs) with use of forensic accounting to satisfy DCAA audit requests. Reclassification of items within General Ledger. Prepared CAS compliant Timekeeping policy and Notifications and Certifications Reviewed support behind determined compliance consistently applied 2008 incurred cost audit Prepared analysis of non-reconciled foreign cash account involving foreign currency translation. Raytheon, Arlington, VA; Senior Consultant 1/2010-2/2010 Streamlined reporting process to what would work efficiently from billing to contract and finally program control enabling them to meet the Gov contract requirements to advise within 75% of available funding Assisted client in resolution of billing issues including preparing invoices in CostPoint, submission in wide area workflow (WAWF) Reviewed prior invoices and prepared/submitted re-billings based on errors detected in original submission; Discovered error over 1.3 million in stated value of option vs. amount exercised effecting cash flow; Audited contracts and set up tables to determine current funding available by CLIN/SLIN/ACRN. Catholic Charities, USA, Alexandria, VA; Interim Controller 11/2009 1/2010 Prepared IRS Proforma Form 990 including all supporting schedules for CY 2008 (in new format) in order to qualify for Combined Federated Campaign Funding (CFC). Reconciled general ledger accounts and prepared comparative notes to the financial statements in compliance with CAS and GAAP. IMS Heath Government Division, Falls Church, VA Sr. Consultant 2/2009 10/2009 Reconciled out of balances between Deltek used in US and SAP used by parent in conjunction with Small Country Model. Researched/reconciled the roll-up of accounts between operating systems for multiple years and multiple conversions in both accounting systems. Discover and correct inter-company out of balances. Reconciled unbilled A/R between systems. Forensic accounting used on a continual basis to discover errors and match with appropriate Offsets. Designed changes in procedures to be more CAS compliant. EMCOR Government Services, Crystal City, VA; CAS Consultant 6/2007 12/31/2008 Established and implemented policies and procedures (P&P) that allowed government contracting segment to be CAS compliant. Designed CAS compliant General ledger with definitions Wrote and implemented Policies and Procedures including timekeeping, chart of accounts (direct/indirect/G&A/unallowable and all definitions), travel and entertainment, inventory control(including Maximo operating instructions), accounts payable and receivable, cash receipts and collections, fleet management and all sub policies Negotiated rates with companies to provide favorable rates for government contractors Won first CAS covered contract and traveled to JPL for implementation Prepared multiple revisions of CAS disclosure statement. Trained staff in time keeping, travel and entertainment and proper use of CAS compliant expense report including per diem instructions.

BearingPoint, McLean, VA 2/2006 6/2007 Performed Revenue Recognition Analysis for US-based global contractor Government contracts were required to be CAS compliant as well as meeting revenue recognition standards of GAAP Tested revenue earned versus revenue reported, unbilled costs, and receivables on a variety of contract vehicles and types Researched and applied SOP81-1, SAB104 and SAB99; implemented procedures, created documentation and guidance on how to apply revenue recognition in a large consulting firm involving government contracts Assisted management in agreeing WIPs and ETCs to general ledger to help determine the EAC per project agreed to mgmt spend plans in compliance with GAAP and FAR

Family and Child Services (FC&S) of Washington, DC 2004-2006

Manager of Accounting Operations Maintain general ledger, review and approve all financial transactions including journal entries for month end and year end close Directed payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, grant reporting and billing, collections and other related accounting functions. Instructed and monitored staff on reconciliation process and compliance. Directed A133 audit, provided all requested supporting schedules. Interfaced with auditors.

Creative Financial Services

9/2004 till conversion to full time employee at F&CS in 2005 Bethesda, MD Senior Financial Specialist Projects completed and sampling of Tasks Performed Family and Child Services of Washington, DC; Interim Manager of Accounting Operations until permanent placement was located and trained. Prepared required journal entries, managed staff and prepared pre-audit schedules for A133 audit. Review and reconcile balance sheet and income statement accounts National Glass Association, McLean, VA; served as Interim Accounting Manager Maintain General Ledger, prepare & review and input financial transactions Perform and review for accuracy ACH transactions, CGI interface and importation of transactions into Solomon Prepare and transmit payroll to ADP, accounts payable and receivable maintenance Guided accounting department through transition to outsourcing

Acsys, Inc.

Reston, VA 12/2000 2/2004 Senior Financial Specialist Projects completed and sampling of tasks performed Road Runner, Senior Consultant, Herndon, VA resolved inter-company out of balances resulting from multiple software conversions Time-Warner legacy system to J.D. Edwards to PeopleSoft over a 3 year period Reconstructed original entries from source documents to determine migration errors. British Telecom NA, Senior Consultant Reston, VA Researched beginning balances and basis for adjustments related to the deconsolidation of the joint venture between BT and AT&T. Identified, verified & validated balances that needed to be reclassified as well as work with software mapping issues within Oracle, Hyperion and Titan. Account reconciliation & forensic accounting, between dual Oracle systems. National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), Senior Business Consultant, Washington, DC Performed internal auditing that revealed problems with computer application use & maintenance requiring 100% examination of 2 fiscal years of data to correct balances. Identified weaknesses in internal control that effected cash, developed & implemented policies and procedures for inconsistencies in membership and accounts payable. Developed plan to correct current errors in computer system and procedures going forward. Identified over 4 million in unidentified/unallocated funds.

DynCorp, Senior Consultant Reston, VA Account reconciliations using Deltek, PeopleSoft and Hyperion In reconciling accts definitions for how acct is functioning in relation to how it should be functioning in accordance with CAS and GAAP was required. Prepared reconciling entries to adjust General Ledger supervised temporary personnel and reported status to management twice a week Forensic accounting used to correct GL of parent to mirror in 64 subsidiaries, resolving issues between parent & subsidiary companies, discovery and correction of errors KEYSOP; 401K; ESPP Verified compliance with FAS, CAS and GAAP EIS International, Inc., Financial Analyst 1999-2000 Herndon, VA Review/interpret/administer contracts, prepare financial statements, Developed job costing models, accruals/deferrals, long term contracts recognized under percentage of completion; Audited subcontractor expenses, direct & indirect costing, projections ,budgeting, written analysis of variances, compliance, Audit and discover unbilled services Consulting- multiple assignments 1998-1999 within Dulles corridor, VA Intellectual property, patents, audit grants, cash flow studies, contracts, memorandums of understanding, royalties, accounts payable, internal controls, problem resolution. One In a Million Foundation Director of Finance 1999-2001 Centerville, VA Not-for-profit foundation for victims of domestic abuse (women and children). Responsible for financial statement preparation, budgeting, cash flow projections, financial analysis, projections Fund raising and grant preparation (RFP). Web page design, implementation, internal control. Micro-Integration Corporation (MI) Credit & Collections Manager 1996-1997 Frostburg, MD Administered accounts receivable, establish policies & procedures for cash and receivables Created credit application: created secured creditor status for MI; corrected re-billings and administration and collection of Royalty fees, foreign currency translation fees Small Business Development Center (SBDC) 1996-1997 Cumberland MD Internet training PdD level instructors, grant research, develop business plans and feasibility stu studies in conjunction with full time graduate assistantship awarded by FSU for MBA Northeast Health Management, Assistant Controller 1994-1995 Stevensville, MD Prepared financial statements, supervise physician billing remotely using telecommunications, supervised clinical offices for 13 contract physicians, budgeting, administer accounts receivable. Sites: Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser, WV and Hampshire Memorial Romney, WV Frostburg Community Hospital, Business Office Manager/Controller 1990-1992 Frostburg, MD administer accounts receivable, litigation, audit reviews, master security officer IBM/36 Supervise and train billing office personnel, Debtor in possession, financial reporting and Not For Profit tax returns (990, 990T all supporting schedules).Converted all procedures performed into CPT-4 codes, Relative Value Units (RVU) and compliance with COMAR. Maintain General ledger with adjusting entries as required. Education Master Business Administration (MBA), Frostburg State University Bachelor of Science, Accounting, Frostburg State University Associate of Arts, Business Administration, Allegany College of Maryland International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Revenue Recognition, PWC
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