Led programming of the agency's more than $10 billion annual budget comprising 12 appropriations, reflecting long and short-term strategic planning. Led agency-wide cross-functional, cross-programmatic analysis, collaborating with executive leadership, to promote efficient, effective agency operations and provide budget and operational recommendations to the Administrator, Deputy Administrator and other senior executive leadership. Facilitated cross-programmatic visibility of agency initiatives and programs and provide opportunities for discussion of programmatic resource needs, investment recommendations and implementation of resourcing decisions by leading (with co-leadership from other functions, as appropriate), supporting or participating in agency-wide working, oversight and steering groups, including chairing the agency's Investment Working Group (IWG) and representing the IWG at the agency's Investment Review Board. Conducted studies and objective analysis of current and proposed FEMA programs, organizational readiness, business management effectiveness and other issues to provide recommendations to agency leadership concerning program operations and alignment of objectives and resources within strategic priorities and support effective decision-making and ensure agency-wide management of priorities and projects. Supported leadership commitment to establishing and using performance information for decision making by leading for the agency regular reviews of agency-wide performance results. Facilitate decisions based on performance information through reports that integrate budged and performance data. Provided objective economic analysis to support informed decisions related to proposed rules and regulations. Supported FEMA's Strategic Workforce Planning Initiative, contributing a key comprehensive force planning model developed through analysis of more than 10 years' operational data.
Administered ADB's integrity function that included responsibility as the sole investigative function for any allegation of fraud, corruption or conflicts of interest, including employee misconduct, for the international financial institution with an annual administrative budget of more than $300 million, more than $50 billion assets and greater than 2,400 employees. Provided technical support to internal and external stakeholders. Developed and implemented policies for institution-wide waste, fraud, and abuse programs. Represented ADB in conferences and meetings, including numerous international speaking engagements. Established and maintained effective working relationships with ADB staff, including it management and board of directors, as well as senior government officials and agencies of ADB's member countries. Supervised and personally completed investigative field missions, including some in association with anti-corruption investigators from other international organizations. Planned, implemented and managed ADB's project procurement-related audit program that reviewed more than $100 million in contracts leading to investigation of government officials, contractors and consultants. Provided technical guidance and increased awareness of ADB's Anticorruption Policy and integrity guidelines and procedures by briefing and training ADB staff and management, member country government officials and prospective bidders, consultants, contractors and suppliers (firms or individuals) on appropriate ethical conduct under ADB's anti-corruption policy and measures to improve accountability and the integrity of internal operations. Engaged member country supreme audit institutions in project procurement-related audit and investigative work to establish trust, share knowledge and impart ownership with the member country. Directly supervised thirteen multi-national staff with criminal investigative, economics, accounting, auditing and administrative experience.
Planned, conducted and led audits and reviews of US Postal Service Operations. Led a team of four evaluators to complete an audit of freight rail detention charges, identifying opportunities for $50 million in cost savings. Completed a procurement and contracting review of a $13 million portion of a $900 million logistics support project. Resolved complaints to the hotline and Congressional inquiries, documenting findings and preparing reports. Supervised a team of more than one dozen managers, auditors and investigators to review a 120 page semi-annual report to Congress to resolve discrepancies and ensure accuracy.
Managed an audit of the corporate education function that resulted in changes to the functional management structure and the refocus of resources and responsibilities to better support agency management and the learning and development needs of more than 100,000 employees. Interpreted and established functional guidance to more than 1,000 auditors and investigators nationwide related to the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988 and published a computer matching agreement for the agency affecting all agency employees. Directed and reviewed the work of regional teams analyzing the development of corporate information systems to identify data required by more than 1,000 inspection function staff to accomplish the inspection program mission. Helped form annual audit plans based on agency strategic goals through assessing critical organizational activities and policies and recommended real-time, on-demand, or user-specific audits of emerging issues or concerns.
Conducted and supervised performance and financial-related audits following generally accepted government auditing standards of local, regional and national programs. One audit resulted in an agency-wide policy change and another in the removal of a division chief. Others identified significant revenue enhancing opportunities. Independently conducted integrity reviews and audit tests that identified financial control weaknesses and, in one case, identified embezzlement that resulted in staff termination. Established a regional corporate data mining and analysis program to identify trends and leads that supported the regional audit program
Assessed the insurability of financial institutions based on the examination of records and operations. Completed detailed financial analyses of financial position, capital, earnings, investments, liquidity, administration, and internal routines and controls. Supervised bank examiners as Assistant Examiner In Charge. Trained new employees.
Review and analyze FDIC programs and activities to provide independent, objective information to support FDIC management decision-making and improve operations. Conduct audits and evaluations under Quality Standards for Inspections and Evaluations, which may be requested by the FDIC Board of Directors, FDIC management, or the Congress. Key Achievements o Developed a matrix of contracting risks and controls and a 50+ page white paper outlining the contracting control environment and assessing potential risks. o Provided analytical support on the return on investment of offices of inspectors general to support Inspector General testimony to Congress. o Led a team of 10 audit staff to complete a complex audit of OneWest Bank's loan modification program (http://www.fdicoig.gov/reports11/11-004EV.pdf) requested by the FDIC Chairman in response to allegations addressed to her, other regulators and officials, and media outlets. o Independently completed the FDIC's portion of the statutorily required Review of the Joint Implementation Plan for the Transfer of Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) Functions (http://www.fdicoig.gov/reports11/11-002EV.pdf) and the two follow-up audits, Status of the Transfer of Office of Thrift Supervision Functions (http://www.fdicoig.gov/reports11/11-005ev.pdf and http://www.fdicoig.gov/reports12/12-004EV.pdf). o Completed a comprehensive audit of a $100+ million contract using statistically-based testing that allowed projection of questioned costs, including unsupported costs, to the sample universe (http://www.fdicoig.gov/reports12/12-003EV.pdf).
B.S. in Business Administration
Concentration: Finance with an Economics minor
M.B.A.
Concentration: Accounting
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