SummaryResults driven and award winning accounting and auditing professional with over ten years of experience. Motivated team leader and excellent mentor. Exceptional skills in Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Generally Accepted Auditing Standards Interviewing Techniques Research Data Gathering Financial Analysis Budget Preparation Accounts Payable Accounts Receivable Implementing Effective Internal Controls OMB Circular A-133 MS Office HighlightsGuest servicesInventory control proceduresMerchandising expertiseLoss preventionCash register operationsProduct promotions ExperienceAccountant,09 2015-03 2016Transamerica Life Insurance Company Doral,FL,Evaluated the effectiveness of financial processes, and made procedural changes to improve Child Support Cashier Collections and Settlement which, decreased incidence of misallocated funds due to software glitches and documentation mistakes.Recommended video surveillance system installation which, safeguarded cashiers.Participated in committees and task forces established to analyze and resolve systemic problems.Performed a financial data analysis of 1.3 million and 4,700 receipts to locate busy periods in the Child Support Cashier Booth, and noted that the Cashier Booth is usually the most busy during the beginning and end of the month as well as around holidays.Interpreted and implemented a variety of policies and guidelines, and proposed findings and solutions to decrease errors and susceptibility to fraud such as utilizing a second cash register at the Child Support Cashier Booth when cashiers may feel overwhelmed from high client volume.Supervised and trained six staff members on proper utilization of policies and procedures to insure that there would be less possibility of inaccuracies.Reviewed and approved twelve bank reconciliations to insure accuracy.Reconciled Child Support Fee check register on a daily and monthly basis.Audited Child Support Files, and reconciled amount of Child Support owed to the PACSES (Pennsylvania Child Support Enforcement System),.Administrative Specialist II,09 2014-09 2015State Of Maryland Garrett,IN,Posted and entered accounting data to the City s financial database using proper fund codes.Gathered and reviewed supporting detail as well as re-computed invoices and backup documentation, and authorized invoices for payment.Examined accounting records to ensure that all data was correctly and consistently recorded.Identified and corrected incorrect entries and other clerical errors.Also, communicated with vendors to assist with billing disputes.Prepared bank deposits and booked income for SELF Inc.client savings accounts in Quickbooks.Also, recorded receipt of money orders.Reviewed and evaluated target, operating, and quarterly budgets for funds amounting to approximately 100 M.Developed reports required by Federal and State monitoring agencies for the Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing (HPRP) and Child and Adult Care Food (CACFP) program within deadlines.Reviewed relevant regulations, contracts, laws, ordinances and procedures governing departmental decision-making.Auditor II,04 2005-09 2014Bluecross Blueshield Of South Carolina San Francisco,CA,Evaluated city departments for conformity with SAPS (Standard Accounting Procedures), GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles), and departmental policies and procedures.Audited city departments for grant compliance with CFDA (Catalog of Financial Domestic Assistance) and state requirements.Assessed Federal and State grant compliance requirements including laws and regulations, administrative procedures, contract terms, and general grant stipulations.Reviewed prior year s audit documentation, audit report, management letter, and budgetary testimony.Met with department representatives during entrance conferences to discuss objectives and timetables.Interviewed department officials to gain knowledge of the internal control systems in place.Also, prepared internal control questionnaires to assist in the modification of audit programs.Selected audit sample, and completed attribute testing of sample items.Prepared and organized audit work papers.Formulated findings and recommendations based on exceptions found.Investigated cases of suspected fraud or abuse including noncompliance with Charter School laws, contractual fraud, co-mingling of funds, and overstatement of assets on financial statements.Accountant,01 2003-04 2005Transamerica Life Insurance Company Elgin,IL,Searched account histories to locate imbalances and incorrect entries.Prepared invoices and reconciled asset and liability account balances for 300 agency contracts, which accounted for 550 M per fiscal year.Established and maintained effective working relationships with agency officials and administrators.Compiled, summarized, and analyzed financial data concerning accounting transactions.Performed basic statistical analyses to determine trends, estimates, and significant changes.Examined accounting source documents for conformance to standard accounting principles, departmental and citywide procedural directives and guidelines, and legal or budgetary restrictions.Provided technical direction to a staff of six financial service staff members. EducationBachelor Business Administration Accounting,Expected in-Fox School of Business, Temple University-Philadelphia,PAGPA Status-Accounting SkillsAccounting, administrative, agency, audit report, backup, bank reconciliations, basic, billing, budgets, cash register, Cashier, Catalog, clerical, conferences, contracts, client, data analysis, database, decision-making, direction, documentation, Financial, financial statements, funds, legal, money, policies, processes, Quickbooks, video  SEP  Job Description As a Principal Software Engineer, you will be responsible for helping design, build, test, deploy and operate highly scalable solutions for the canonical asset management system for all of Oracles next generation Cloud Infrastructure. You should be a rock-solid coder, and a distributed systems generalist who can dive deep into any part of the stack and low-level systems and design broad distributed system interactions. Your passion for excellence combined with your experience will help you be an outstanding technical contributor but also help you mentor more junior engineers. You should be able to work independently and as part of a team in an Agile environment. You should be an expert communicator to both technical and non-technical stakeholders in multiple locations around the globe. You should also be able to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment, be results-driven, and thrive even when faced with ambiguity and uncertainty. Most importantly, you should be a team player, someone who is eager to learn, and willing to do whatever it takes to help the team succeed. ResponsibilitiesRequired Experience BS or MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent experienceAbility to obtain US Government security clearance.Minimum 8 years in a software-engineering related position, at least half of which was in an AgileDevOps environment 5 years of Java development 5 years of Python development5 years of experience with REST API developmentStrong knowledge of LinuxUnix fundamentalsStrong knowledge of microservices, data structures, algorithms, operating systems, and distributed systems.Solid understanding of relational databases, NoSQL systems, storage, and distributed persistenceExcellent troubleshooting, debugging, and performance tuning skills.Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex information clearly and concisely to all audiences.Desired Experience and SkillsExperience with build automation, continuous integration, or continuous deployment tools such as Git, Jenkins, Maven, Grunt, RunDeck, Ansible, etc.Experience building multi-tenant, virtualized infrastructure is a strong plus.Working knowledge of or experience in data center infrastructure and operations is a plusExperience with Infrastructure-As-Code Tools like Terraform is a strong plus.Experience with React JavaScript framework is a plusExperience in developing and designing solutions with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.Experience testing web-based applications with REST APIs, especially applications requiring IAMSAML authentication.Experience with observability tools and practices.Experience with working flexible hours and working with team members in a global setting with distributed time zones.