Accounting and Finance
Felicia A. Dixon, MBA (CPA Candidate)
DC Metro?------------(C)?------------
CORE COMPETENCIES
o Human Capital Management
o Employer-Employee Law
o Acquisitions & Financial Management (FMS)
o Budget/Variance Analysis
o Customer Service Management
o G-Power, SPSS, SAP, Microsoft Office Suite
o Organizational Development
o Financial Statements o Recruitment
o OSHA Compliance Regulation
o Accounting Information Systems
o Financial Reporting :10Q, 8K, S1, S3, S4
o Taxes: Federal (940,941, 1120/s)
o State, Sales/Use & Property
o Payroll/benefits administration
o Staff Supervision
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
o Possess MBA: Public Health (Doctoral Candidacy) & CPA (Candidacy)
? Certificate: Graduate Accounting Certificate, Employer-Employee Law, Operations Management, and Leadership.
o Senior Financial Analyst. Quantifiably saved DC DHCD borrowers over $1,000,000.00 in mortgage housing expenses in refinancing their mortgage to lower their monthly housing expense, terms, and interest rate for FHA, Conventional, HPAP, EHAP, NEHAP, Homestead, CDBG, VA, and HPTF loans and reduced the execution time for subordinations from 45 to 60 days to an average of 30 days. Provided Mortgage financial analysis for prospective single-family loan refinance for over 7000 borrowers using industry/company standard analytical tools to determine loan approval or denial.
o Assistant Treasurer (acting). City of Glenarden: Managed Local State Government Municipality budget, forecasting, and financial analysis functions utilizing Sage Fund Accounting.
o Benefits and Payroll Administrator. Benefits: State Government Satellite Benefits Coordinator for City of Glenarden. Managed the daily administration of employee benefits programs (health, welfare, program, and pension) including leave administration support for disability, FMLA, and Worker’s Compensation. Guided employees with benefit-related questions and concerns. Managed benefit vendor file transmissions, benefit reports, and coordinated employee benefits orientation.
O Director of Finance & Administration. Responsible for finance and administration with direct accountability for budgeting, forecasting, internal controls, taxes, payroll, operational planning, payables/receivables, and closing/reporting activities for start-up New York based Construction Company. Staff supervision of accounting/administrative.
o Human Resources Administrator: Managed recruitment, hiring and compensation policies, payroll management, and employee benefits programs. Maintained state OSHA safety compliance.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
DC Water., Washington, DC 2017-2018
Revenue Assurance Analyst II
Optimize AR management and collections in order to achieve revenue cycle performance objectives, organization strategic goals, identifying areas of improvement in DC Water utility revenues and margins. Through analysis and creation of new audits and reports as a Revenue Assurance Analyst ensures accurate billing to customers.
o Functionality System Integration Testing: Integration/System Tester testing the various work streams, applications or releases that comprised the DC Water revenue assurance management system from a functional perspective utilizing SAP & SharePoint for Go Live.
Dept. of Housing & Community Dev. Washington, DC 2014-2017
Mortgage Financial Analyst
Mortgage Financial Analyst. Quantifiably saved DC DHCD borrowers over $1,000,000.00 in mortgage housing expenses in refinancing their mortgage to lower their monthly housing expense, terms, and interest rate for FHA, Conventional, HPAP, EHAP, NEHAP, Homestead, CDBG, VA, and HPTF loans and reduced the execution time for subordinations from 45 to 60 days to an average of 30 days. Provided Mortgage financial analysis for prospective single-family loan refinance for over 7000 borrowers using industry/company standard analytical tools to determine loan approval or denial.
City of Glenarden, Glenarden., MD 2012 – 2013
Accountant/Assistant Treasurer (acting).
Prince Georges County: Managed Local State Government Municipality budget, forecasting, and financial analysis functions utilizing Sage Fund Accounting.
o Worked collaboratively with The Mayor, City Manager, Elected City Council Board Officials, and City Treasurer in all areas of financial management
o Supervised and trained city Fiscal Assistant
o Managed and implemented bank EFT for fixed asset loans
o Worked with City Attorney on vehicle contracts purchases
o Provided all necessary information for known liabilities including auditor review, within a required timeline of the closing process
o Assisted in the development of budget exhibits and developed functional programmatic and financial briefings.
o Analyzed business-related issues to formulate and develop new or modified solutions
o Monitored, analyzed, and reported variances for local and direct administration expenses.
o Managed, trained, mentored, and communicated project expectations to junior- and senior-level team members
o Financial accounting (financial statements, reconciliation, accounts receivable/payables)
HUD Community Development Block Grant: Managed Federal Housing Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Youth Broadcasting project. Developed and maintained business relationships vital to the success of the project and developed best practices and tools for project execution and management. Prepared work plans and timeline to ensue submission of Federal HUD grant application and program reports in a timely manner. Prepared required forms and correspondence and routes for appropriate review and approval.
o HR, Benefits & Payroll Administrator. Benefits: State Government Satellite Benefits Coordinator for City of Glenarden. Managed the daily administration of employee benefits programs (health,
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welfare, program, and pension) including leave administration support for disability, FMLA, and Worker’s Compensation. Guided employees with benefit-related questions and concerns. Managed benefit vendor file transmissions, benefit reports, and coordinated employee benefits orientation.
o Payroll: Employee time management for payroll utilizing ADP platform. Managed all aspect of the payroll process for successful payroll data submission. Managed employee time and attendance tracking system. Attested payroll data and transmission of final approved processed payroll files.
The Marjon Corporation., Harrisburg NC 2005-2012
Business Consultant
Provided accounting, financial planning, reporting and analysis of financial management information and operating metrics for small business owners. Managed client accounts, researched, & business analysis in identifying business improvements. Taxation: Successfully negotiated $57,000 outstanding commercial state tax debt for $20 within three (3) weeks comparison to the usual six months resulting in elimination of high-interest tax expenses. Implementation of project start-up funds by securing $250,000 corporate credit accounts for client. Contracts: Assisted clients in meeting requirements for MBE certification for state and national government contracts.
Exxon Mobil., Fairfax, VA 2004-2005
Oil and Gas Financial Analyst
Publicly traded $420.7 billion international oil and Gas Company. Account management of $1 billion high volume oil trades utilizing SAP ERP Financial Management Software and Energy Server commodities web solutions for contract pricing, pipeline tariff analysis and stock projection workspace. Analyzed pipeline, county, state, market area, and geographic region for oil commodity sector. Developed client pricing for energy commodities, analytical support of trading desk operations and analyzed pipeline tariffs
Prepared monthly downstream accounting statements for multiple partnerships. Partnered with core operating business oil trade sales team in contract negotiations to close oil trades. Attested daily oil sales, oil order processing, and shipment actualization. Oil rail-truck-vessel-pipeline scheduling transportation & distribution (TD), Trader's & Scheduler's Workbench (TSW).
Full Mason Contractors, Reston, VA 1995-2000
Director of Finance and Administration
Start-up New York based Construction Company. Responsible for finance and accounting with direct accountability for budgeting, forecasting, internal controls, taxes, payroll, operational planning, payables/receivables and closing/reporting activities. Prepared 940,941, 1120, 1120s taxes. Identified best practices and implementation of new initiatives for compliance of taxes, contract administration, and accounting. Coordinated and managed annual audit preparation and year-end accounting. Assisted in corporation entity conversion. Managed State Government Certified Payroll, insurance, SALT (state & local tax).
o Human Capital Management: Managed recruitment, hiring and compensation policies, managed payroll and employee benefits programs. Lead implementation efforts of staff training and professional development (new employee orientation) and ensured human resources management compliance. Staff supervision of accounting/administrative assistant.
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EDUCATION
o Public Health (Doctoral Candidacy)
o Graduate Accounting Certificate, University of Phoenix
o Masters of Science, Business Administration & Management, Strayer University
o Bachelors of Science, Business Administration, Strayer College
o Certified Public Accountant (CPA Candidate)
CREDENTIALS & CERTIFICATIONS
o Certificate: Employer-Employee Law
o Certificate: Operations Management
o Certificate: Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word
o Certificate: Essential of Project Management I & II
o Certificate: Leadership and Supervisory Skills for Women
o Reading & Analyzing Financial Reports: Wall Street Prep
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Software:
o SAP/Sharepoint
o SPSS IBM Statistics Software
o Microsoft Office Suite Professional
o Microsoft Project
o Sage 100 Fund Accounting
o ADP Payroll
o DELTEK ERP
o Lawson Financial Management
Felicia A. Dixon, MBA (CPA Candidate)
DC Metro?------------(C)?------------
CORE COMPETENCIES
o Human Capital Management
o Employer-Employee Law
o Acquisitions & Financial Management (FMS)
o Budget/Variance Analysis
o Customer Service Management
o G-Power, SPSS, SAP, Microsoft Office Suite
o Organizational Development
o Financial Statements o Recruitment
o OSHA Compliance Regulation
o Accounting Information Systems
o Financial Reporting :10Q, 8K, S1, S3, S4
o Taxes: Federal (940,941, 1120/s)
o State, Sales/Use & Property
o Payroll/benefits administration
o Staff Supervision
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
o Possess MBA: Public Health (Doctoral Candidacy) & CPA (Candidacy)
? Certificate: Graduate Accounting Certificate, Employer-Employee Law, Operations Management, and Leadership.
o Senior Financial Analyst. Quantifiably saved DC DHCD borrowers over $1,000,000.00 in mortgage housing expenses in refinancing their mortgage to lower their monthly housing expense, terms, and interest rate for FHA, Conventional, HPAP, EHAP, NEHAP, Homestead, CDBG, VA, and HPTF loans and reduced the execution time for subordinations from 45 to 60 days to an average of 30 days. Provided Mortgage financial analysis for prospective single-family loan refinance for over 7000 borrowers using industry/company standard analytical tools to determine loan approval or denial.
o Assistant Treasurer (acting). City of Glenarden: Managed Local State Government Municipality budget, forecasting, and financial analysis functions utilizing Sage Fund Accounting.
o Benefits and Payroll Administrator. Benefits: State Government Satellite Benefits Coordinator for City of Glenarden. Managed the daily administration of employee benefits programs (health, welfare, program, and pension) including leave administration support for disability, FMLA, and Worker’s Compensation. Guided employees with benefit-related questions and concerns. Managed benefit vendor file transmissions, benefit reports, and coordinated employee benefits orientation.
O Director of Finance & Administration. Responsible for finance and administration with direct accountability for budgeting, forecasting, internal controls, taxes, payroll, operational planning, payables/receivables, and closing/reporting activities for start-up New York based Construction Company. Staff supervision of accounting/administrative.
o Human Resources Administrator: Managed recruitment, hiring and compensation policies, payroll management, and employee benefits programs. Maintained state OSHA safety compliance.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
DC Water., Washington, DC 2017-2018
Revenue Assurance Analyst II
Optimize AR management and collections in order to achieve revenue cycle performance objectives, organization strategic goals, identifying areas of improvement in DC Water utility revenues and margins. Through analysis and creation of new audits and reports as a Revenue Assurance Analyst ensures accurate billing to customers.
o Functionality System Integration Testing: Integration/System Tester testing the various work streams, applications or releases that comprised the DC Water revenue assurance management system from a functional perspective utilizing SAP & SharePoint for Go Live.
Dept. of Housing & Community Dev. Washington, DC 2014-2017
Mortgage Financial Analyst
Mortgage Financial Analyst. Quantifiably saved DC DHCD borrowers over $1,000,000.00 in mortgage housing expenses in refinancing their mortgage to lower their monthly housing expense, terms, and interest rate for FHA, Conventional, HPAP, EHAP, NEHAP, Homestead, CDBG, VA, and HPTF loans and reduced the execution time for subordinations from 45 to 60 days to an average of 30 days. Provided Mortgage financial analysis for prospective single-family loan refinance for over 7000 borrowers using industry/company standard analytical tools to determine loan approval or denial.
City of Glenarden, Glenarden., MD 2012 – 2013
Accountant/Assistant Treasurer (acting).
Prince Georges County: Managed Local State Government Municipality budget, forecasting, and financial analysis functions utilizing Sage Fund Accounting.
o Worked collaboratively with The Mayor, City Manager, Elected City Council Board Officials, and City Treasurer in all areas of financial management
o Supervised and trained city Fiscal Assistant
o Managed and implemented bank EFT for fixed asset loans
o Worked with City Attorney on vehicle contracts purchases
o Provided all necessary information for known liabilities including auditor review, within a required timeline of the closing process
o Assisted in the development of budget exhibits and developed functional programmatic and financial briefings.
o Analyzed business-related issues to formulate and develop new or modified solutions
o Monitored, analyzed, and reported variances for local and direct administration expenses.
o Managed, trained, mentored, and communicated project expectations to junior- and senior-level team members
o Financial accounting (financial statements, reconciliation, accounts receivable/payables)
HUD Community Development Block Grant: Managed Federal Housing Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Youth Broadcasting project. Developed and maintained business relationships vital to the success of the project and developed best practices and tools for project execution and management. Prepared work plans and timeline to ensue submission of Federal HUD grant application and program reports in a timely manner. Prepared required forms and correspondence and routes for appropriate review and approval.
o HR, Benefits & Payroll Administrator. Benefits: State Government Satellite Benefits Coordinator for City of Glenarden. Managed the daily administration of employee benefits programs (health,
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welfare, program, and pension) including leave administration support for disability, FMLA, and Worker’s Compensation. Guided employees with benefit-related questions and concerns. Managed benefit vendor file transmissions, benefit reports, and coordinated employee benefits orientation.
o Payroll: Employee time management for payroll utilizing ADP platform. Managed all aspect of the payroll process for successful payroll data submission. Managed employee time and attendance tracking system. Attested payroll data and transmission of final approved processed payroll files.
The Marjon Corporation., Harrisburg NC 2005-2012
Business Consultant
Provided accounting, financial planning, reporting and analysis of financial management information and operating metrics for small business owners. Managed client accounts, researched, & business analysis in identifying business improvements. Taxation: Successfully negotiated $57,000 outstanding commercial state tax debt for $20 within three (3) weeks comparison to the usual six months resulting in elimination of high-interest tax expenses. Implementation of project start-up funds by securing $250,000 corporate credit accounts for client. Contracts: Assisted clients in meeting requirements for MBE certification for state and national government contracts.
Exxon Mobil., Fairfax, VA 2004-2005
Oil and Gas Financial Analyst
Publicly traded $420.7 billion international oil and Gas Company. Account management of $1 billion high volume oil trades utilizing SAP ERP Financial Management Software and Energy Server commodities web solutions for contract pricing, pipeline tariff analysis and stock projection workspace. Analyzed pipeline, county, state, market area, and geographic region for oil commodity sector. Developed client pricing for energy commodities, analytical support of trading desk operations and analyzed pipeline tariffs
Prepared monthly downstream accounting statements for multiple partnerships. Partnered with core operating business oil trade sales team in contract negotiations to close oil trades. Attested daily oil sales, oil order processing, and shipment actualization. Oil rail-truck-vessel-pipeline scheduling transportation & distribution (TD), Trader's & Scheduler's Workbench (TSW).
Full Mason Contractors, Reston, VA 1995-2000
Director of Finance and Administration
Start-up New York based Construction Company. Responsible for finance and accounting with direct accountability for budgeting, forecasting, internal controls, taxes, payroll, operational planning, payables/receivables and closing/reporting activities. Prepared 940,941, 1120, 1120s taxes. Identified best practices and implementation of new initiatives for compliance of taxes, contract administration, and accounting. Coordinated and managed annual audit preparation and year-end accounting. Assisted in corporation entity conversion. Managed State Government Certified Payroll, insurance, SALT (state & local tax).
o Human Capital Management: Managed recruitment, hiring and compensation policies, managed payroll and employee benefits programs. Lead implementation efforts of staff training and professional development (new employee orientation) and ensured human resources management compliance. Staff supervision of accounting/administrative assistant.
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EDUCATION
o Public Health (Doctoral Candidacy)
o Graduate Accounting Certificate, University of Phoenix
o Masters of Science, Business Administration & Management, Strayer University
o Bachelors of Science, Business Administration, Strayer College
o Certified Public Accountant (CPA Candidate)
CREDENTIALS & CERTIFICATIONS
o Certificate: Employer-Employee Law
o Certificate: Operations Management
o Certificate: Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word
o Certificate: Essential of Project Management I & II
o Certificate: Leadership and Supervisory Skills for Women
o Reading & Analyzing Financial Reports: Wall Street Prep
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Software:
o SAP/Sharepoint
o SPSS IBM Statistics Software
o Microsoft Office Suite Professional
o Microsoft Project
o Sage 100 Fund Accounting
o ADP Payroll
o DELTEK ERP
o Lawson Financial Management