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Gloria
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Chief Accountant
CFO Government Contractor, VP Finance Government Contractor, Director Government Contracts & Finance
GLORIA EWING
1903 ALTA VISTA COURT · NAPERVILLE · ILLINOIS 60563
510 757-1188 · GLORIA_EWING@MSN.COM
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Financial & contract administration executive, former Department of Defense - DCAA auditor with compelling and profitable contributions to Government contractors doing business with the DOD, EPA, NASA & other Government agencies.
Redesigned PeopleSoft Project Costing & GL in order to comply with FAR & CAS.
Redeveloped forward pricing rates allowing additional 8% cost recovery plus profit.
Directed cost & pricing, fact-finding, supported pre-award & compliance audits, negotiated sole source & competitive RFP responses achieving higher profits.
Conducted $40 million cost impact study disclosing additional $6M billable revenue,
Successfully defended FAR/CAS non-compliance allegations posed by DCAA.
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Chief Accountant - Military & Government (interim) 2006 - 2007
International Truck & Engine Corporation Chicago, IL
PeopleSoft Project Costing is at the hub of this newly formed truck manufacturing LLC that provides heavy armored vehicles to domestic and international military customers.
· Controller, team leader & subject matter expert on Government compliance, FAR Part 31 Cost Principles and Cost Accounting Disclosure statement issues.
· Managed monthly close; approval of all JEs, A/P, timekeeping and GL activities. Audited & reconfigured PeopleSoft Project Costing, general ledger systems to comply with Government regulations. Would not pass Government audit.
Accomplishments:
· GL redesign and cost accounting projects ended with timely go-live date in 2007.
LLC has not achieved certain contracting goals that align with mine. Resigned.
Government Finance Director 2005 - 2006
Ceridian Corporation Arlington, VA
Established Government contracts lead team for pricing, RFP & accounting compliance.
Accomplishments:
Redeveloped indirect rates to capture total allowable costs resulting in additional
8% cost recovery, plus 10% profits on $160M DHHS & $61M DOD efforts. These
fully costed rates are now used on all forward pricing efforts, support for incurred
costs submissions (ICE) and DCAA pre & post award audits.
CFO reorganized eliminating finance department. Joined International on contingency.
Director Government Contracts 2003 - 2005
HDR, Inc - Omaha, NE
Ranking number 15 of the top 40 Architecture/Engineering firms HDR is growing and positioning itself for a greater portion of the Federal market targeting the huge contracts demanded by the war efforts in Iraq. In preparation to meet HDRs Federal growth goals I
Accomplished:
Introduced cradle-to-grave contracting under FAR Part 15 to senior management,
Directed processes relative to GAAP & CAS compliance & drafted first Cost
Accounting Disclosure Statement.
Developed & trained staffs multiple offices on timekeeping, estimating, expense
reporting and other new policies & procedures ensuring FAR compliance.
· Developed first contract database & integrated into PeopleSoft ERP accounting.
· Omaha location didnt work for me relocated to DC area.
AccountSoft & Company
Owner: Women-owned, SBA business - Pleasanton, CA 1992 - 2003
Founded and successfully operated a business engaged in the evaluation,
Procurement and installation of state-of-the-art, ERP accounting systems. (AP, AR, PO, SO, GL, inventory, job cost & reporting. Provided financial accounting & contracts services to government contractors: Bentley Engineering, SAIC, MH Chew & Associates and others.
Accomplishments:
Prepared business plan for SBA funding, handled forecasting, budgeting.
Obtained Certified Woman-owned Small Business from State of California & won set-aside contracts.
Provided contract closeout services and demonstrated to senior management how an under priced CPFF contract with NASA resulted in a loss of $2.4 million.
Sold lucrative business. Ever changing technology required exorbitant hours.
Internal Audit Manager
BEI Technologies, Inc. - San Francisco, CA. 19811983 & 1990-1992
The Precision Systems & Space Division designs and manufactures pointing and tracking mechanisms for spacecraft, military aircraft and for military vehicle turret and gun position control. Rapid corporate expansion during Desert Storm dictated a need for stronger internal controls and better financial reporting. I was charged with establishing the first Internal Audit Department and later, to direct RFP cost & pricing with oversight of procurement systems. I reported to the board of directors.
Accomplishments:
Defended and won post-award claims of non-compliance with CAS 401 & 405,
Performed due diligence on competing company Systron Donner leading to acquisition of Inertial Guidance Division.
Drove processes necessary for division to pass the CPSR on first go-around.
Controller/Senior Financial Analyst
Systron Donner a BEI subsidiary company (above)
A leading designer and manufacturer of both militarized and space versions of optical encoders, scanners and accelerometers used in armored vehicles, spacecraft, radar tracking and avionics. Directed the cost and pricing activities for prime and subcontracts for research & development, production, repairs and spares proposals. Accomplishments:
Won against DCAAs allegations of CAS 401, 402 & 405 non-compliances and revised the Cost Accounting Standards Disclosure Statement.
Priced and monitored all CPFF, FFP, LOE and T&M contracts in progress; customers included: Boeing, Lockheed, Raytheon, Rockwell, DOD & NASA.
Directed financial statement reporting activities, closed books, consolidated period end reporting for corporate office, prepared financial analyses and variance reports for senior management. Supervised cost and pricing of labor and materials.
In charge of development of all direct & indirect forward pricing rates & estimating.
Promoted to Senior Financial Analyst then Controller of Inertial Division and later to Internal Audit Director of BEI Electronics mentioned above.
BEI outsourced internal audit function to Coopers & Lybrand due to extensive travel requirements. I left BEI & established AccountSoft & Company.
Director of Internal Audit
Large International Engineering Corporation San Mateo, CA 1985 - 1990
With non-compliance and post-award issues looming and more on the way, the company was experiencing difficulty convincing the Government sector that it could continue to be a responsible bidder. I wore two hats serving both as director of internal audit and legal advisor for contract compliance, cost & pricing & FAR 31.205 Cost Principles & TINA. Reported to CFO & the board of directors.
Accomplishments:
· Turned the firms accounting into contract compliant organization.
Developed cost impact study disclosing $40 million of unbilled incurred costs,
Launched a task force that re-costed and billed $6 million on cost plus contracts,
Developed & launched best practices to circumvent under costing & pricing.
Two corporate reorganizations due to financial difficulties eliminated my position.
Government Accounting Manager
Triple A Shipyards Hunters Point, San Francisco 1983 - 1985
A major player in the refurbishment and repairs of the USS Enterprise, USS Carl Vinson and other aircraft carriers & submarines.
Accomplishments:
Established awards database proving no CAS coverage for the period in question,
Prevented payment of $700K claimed by the Navy as over billed costs by challenging DCAAs misinterpretation of CAS 416 and saved estimated CPA consulting fees of over $150K,
Re-engineered and migrated Artemis EVMS system improving C/SCS reporting.
Triple A ceased business when US Navy reclaimed shipyards. I joined company above.
EARLIER CAREER
U.S. Department of Defense - Defense Contract Audit Agency
Palo Alto, California
Senior Auditor - Accountant
EDUCATION
B.S. Business Administration (Accounting 40 units, minor Economics)
California State University - CA
Post Graduate: (3 years) DCAA Audit Institute (cleared secret)
Certifications: contract audit, estimating, due diligence
Stanford, CA & Memphis, TN
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
National Contracts Management Association (NCMA)
Financial Executives International (FEI)
Women In Defense (NDIA)
OTHER SKILLS_________________________________________________________
Accounting systems (including job cost) design & ERP implementation: PeopleSoft, MAS*90, Great Plains. Familiarity with Deltek, SAP, Oracle financials & Crystal Reports.
Expertise in GAAP, GAAS, DCAA, CAS, DFAR, FAR, EPAAR, NASA, DOE regulations, compliance & estimating. Commercial contracting (FAR Part 12) & contracting by negotiation (FAR Part 15). State and local government accounting circular compliance.
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