Background

Certified Defense Financial Manager (CDFM) / Financial Analyst / Budget Analyst / Research Analyst/with over 10 years of proven experience in the Federal Government and contractor environments. Technical authority and consultant on all budget and resource matters. Strong organizational, research, and project management skills and abilities. Proven proficiency in developing innovative solutions to problems and achieving results. Thrive in deadline-driven environments and versatile in the budget arena.

Job experience

• February 2014 - July 2015
  Operations Manager
  CICAfish LLC
  

  Stafford, VA. USA

  Responsible for Leading the development and execution of CICAfish LLC long term strategy. Ultimately, responsible for all day-to-day management decisions and implementing short term plans. Oversee the implementations of CICAfish LLC long and short term strategy. Ensure that CICAfish LLC is appropriately organized and staffed and have the authority to hire and terminate staff as necessary to enable CICAfish to achieve the approved strategy. Ensure expenditures of the Company are within the authorized annual budget. Assess the principal risks of this business and to ensure that the risks are being monitored and managed. Assure effective internal controls and management information systems are in place; ensure the Company has appropriate systems to enable it to conduct its activities both lawfully and ethically. Prioritize conflicting needs, handles matters expeditiously, proactively, and follows through on projects to successful completion, often with deadline pressure. I am entrepreneur and risk taker; reputation as the one who always think “outside the box”. Give full attentions to others what they are saying, excellent people skills, a mentor and leader. Besides English, I speak and write French fluently, and conducted exploratory marketing research overseas for CICAfish LLC. I am the funding, founding Sole Owner of CICAfish LLC; I established this for the purpose of Education and Not- for-profit.

• December 2003 - November 2013
  Finance/Budget Analyst
  Office of the Administrative Assistant to Sec Army
  

  Fort Belvoire, VA. USA

  Office of the Administrative Assistant to Sec Army (OAA): Budget/Financial Analyst:
  Assist the director of Resource Operations Center (ROC) in the daily activities by working closely with the Division Chiefs to meet all deadlines. Solve urgent and high-visibility problems that require simultaneous application of communications, negotiating and people skill. Proficient in the HQDA tracking System, a tool used to monitor, staffing action and track all projects as they become due for the directorate. Prepared financial data and budget procedures as they relate to OAA programs; administered and monitored programs to ensure cost effective support of programs and policies. Implemented actions necessary to comply with enacted legislation relative to assigned programs by applying OAA organizational budgetary regulations and procedures to review edit and adjust budget estimates.
  Possess extensive knowledge and experience in the Federal Budget Process and Department of Defense Planning, Programming, Budget and Execution systems, and a comprehensive knowledge of fiscal laws, principles, concepts and regulations
  Assisted for all phases of the budget process including formulation, justification, presentation and execution. Formulate the annual budget and long-range strategic plans. Research, compile and summarize financial data to formulate budget estimates. Monitor and track all obligations and expenditures, tabulate cost data, compile data summaries, and prepare annual operating budgets. Maintain and monitor fiscal records and prepare required month-end budget and accounting reports. Analyze, verify and revise budget data. Versatility in the budget arena encompasses financial systems, internal controls, travel, payroll, obligation authority and planning. Able to plan and organize, set priorities, develop schedules, milestones, and follow up. Analyzed and evaluated actual and potential fiscal effectiveness of all the analysis.
  Able to express ideas and facts in a clear and understandable manner; tailor communication to the intended audience, adept at researching, planning, organizing, setting priorities, developing schedules, milestones, and follow up. Decision is based on facts: trends, appropriate cost and benefit of potential action.
  

Education

• Cheyney University of Pennsylvenia
  (16) Bsc
  

  - present

  Marketing : Cum Laude
• LA Salle University, PA
  (18)Masters of Business Administration
  

  1999 - 2002

  Dual Major: Management Information Systems and Finance .

• Hubert K Ouattara
  Department of Defense
  

  - present

  Certified Defense Financial Manager