17 Years Running Financial Operations Inside a U.S. Federal Agency

Financial operations at a U.S. government mission run under permanent scrutiny. Every invoice must match a purchase order, and every payment must trace back to approved funding. Travel spending, payroll, and advances all move through documented controls, and auditors can request the paper trail on any transaction years after the fact. There is no cleaning it up at year-end. The books have to be right continuously, because the review never stops.

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   Processed invoices and matched them against purchase orders before preparing any payment
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   Prepared funding and payments to federal documentation standards
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   Managed a declining-balance travel card program for 74 employees
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   Processed travel advances under the same documented controls
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   Handled payroll transmissions and prepared financial reporting
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   Supported internal controls and compliance across every transaction cycle

Barb served from September 2000 to October 2017, seventeen years of continuous service in a role where the work product had to stand up to federal oversight as a matter of routine. She holds a Bachelor of Economics in Accounting from the University of Pristina, evaluated as U.S.-equivalent, and is an Internationally Credentialed Accountant through the Society of Certified Accountants and Auditors of Kosovo (SCAAK). Since then, she has carried the same disciplines into U.S. accounting work: monthly closes, account reconciliations, and financial reporting at a West Palm Beach corporate services firm.