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"At times, there comes a change in the order of life, an oddity occurs. Mostly the change goes unnoticed but sometimes its echoes are heard..." - Unknown
NAME Carolyn E. Hermanns
ADDRESS 4135 Rector Road, Cocoa, FL 32926
TELEPHONE 321 639-6240
CELL PHONE 321 536-8823
E-MAIL hermanns@digital.net
OFFICE 407 646-4605 
E-MAIL carolyn.e.hermanns@dfas.mil
 
PERSONAL DETAILS
DATE OF BIRTH 9 Mar., Melbourne, Florida
MARITAL STATUS Married
HEALTH Excellent
NATIONALITY U.S.
TRANSPORT Auto
INTERESTS
EDUCATION
Brevard Community College
AA, General Studies, 3.20 GPA, 1974
University of Alabama Huntsville
N/A, Accounting
University of Maryland
Community College of the Air Force
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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY SUMMARY

Aug.00 to Present DFAS-Orlando, FL Supervisory Accounting Tech., GS 525 08
Jul. 96 to Sep. 00 DFAS-Orlando, FL Accounting Technician, GS 525 07
Dec. 95 to Jul. 96 DFAS-Orlando, FL Accounting Technician, GS 525 06
Dec. 94 to Dec. 95 DFAS-FAO - Redstone Arsenal, AL Accounting Technician, GS 525 07
Mar. 91 to Dec. 94 Control Branch - Redstone Arsenal, AL Accounting Technician, GS 525 06
Nov. 88 to Mar. 91 Approp Acctg Br - Redstone Arsenal, AL Accounting Technician, GS 525 06

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY DETAILS
PERIOD Aug 2000 to Present
EMPLOYER'S NAME DFAS-Orlando, AFVP, Box 934500, 2500 Leahy Av., Orlando, FL 3293-4500
TITLE Supervisory Accounting Tech., GS 525 08
RESPONSIBILITIES
Supervise staff of between 9 and 12 Accounting Technicians, both Active Duty military and GS 525-5 civilians. Support quarterly awards program for both military and civilian, EEO/AA - satisfy employee requests and assess the development and effectiveness of subordinates, by monitoring and providing quarterly, semi-annual and yearly performance appraisals. Ensure information on regulations and policy changes are explained as well as DFAS's Goals and Objectives. Maintain effective internal controls to safeguard against fraud, waste and abuse. Identify inadequacies and initiate and/or recommend corrective actions as well as training. Maintain weekly productivity and performance reports to identify training shortfall areas of my personnel. Maintain good customer service relationship between Air Force Vendor Pay and the Air Force installations supported by DFAS Orlando. Provide technical advice and guidance to and maintain open communication with base liaison offices. Counsel personnel on proper customer service techniques. Maintain cross training of personnel in my section to enhance process improvement. To ensure Program Management and Resource Management and Internal Controls are followed, maintain an awareness of regulatory restrictions called for by public law. Set and prioritize section workflow to ensure interest penalty payments and voided vouchers are minimized and discounts maximized. Misc. Pay Section represents 60% of workload of AFVP, averages apprx.4,000 payments quarterly.

Supervisor: Ms. Ronda Blackmon, 407 646-4607
REASON FOR LEAVING Not Applicable

PERIOD Jul. 1996 to Sep. 2000
EMPLOYER'S NAME DFAS-Orlando, AOB, Box 934300, 2500 Leahy Av., Orlando, FL 3293-4500
TITLE Accounting Technician, GS 525 07
RESPONSIBILITIES
Acting Lead of Manual billings team, AF Receivables. Certifying Official for SF1080s, SF1081s and Journal Vouchers. Responsible for all manual SF 1080 billings for AF Bases serviced by DFAS-OR. Monitored Suspense and Deposit Fund accounts for all five Air Force installations. Ensured propriety of use of accounts, monitored account balances prevented them from extending past 90 days. Responsible for the reconciliation and balancing of all receipt accounts daily, submitted monthly reports to R & A (Reports and Analysis) Br. on Receivables' Suspense and Deposit fund accounts, compiled reports were generated and submitted in spreadsheet format. Provided monthly reports and verified quarterly reports on accounts forwarded to DFAS-DE for collection assistance. Point of Contact (POC) within DFAS-OR for identification of "By Other" transactions. Responsible for directing transactions to the appropriate technician or offices for processing. OPAC Liaison responsible for identifying and researching OPAC (now IPAC) transactions. POC for receipt/distribution of unidentified checks to appropriate office. Responsible for reimbursable and obligation/disbursement accounting, for receiving, reviewing, correcting and processing monthly BEAMS/WIMS (Base Automated Management System/Work-order Info. Management System) and VIMS (Vehicle Interactive Management System) SF1080 billings. Maintained MIPR, MORD & PO balances. Verified accuracy of accounts and their balances in the ODL (Open Document List).

Supervisor: Mr. John Vine, 407 646-4370
REASON FOR LEAVING Promoted in Organization,

PERIOD Dec 1995 to Jul. 1996
EMPLOYER'S NAME DFAS-Orlando, AOB, Box 934300, 2500 Leahy Av., Orlando, FL 3293-4500
TITLE Accounting Technician, GS 525 06
RESPONSIBILITIES
12/1995-3/1996 Responsible for stock fund billings for PAFB and Hurlburt AFB. Generated and submitted monthly invoices (AF 819s for nongovernmental agencies and SF1080s for government agencies) to AF stock fund customers. Responsible for initiating collection actions via SF1080 (No Check Drawn) NCD billing transactions, located appropriate account for credits received via "By Others" transactions, generated SF1131 cash collection vouchers upon receipt of checks. 

3/1996- 7/1996 Responsible for manual billings for PAFB and Tyndall Air Force bases. Balanced obligation (O), accrued (U) balances and expenses (E) to the unfilled orders (D/UFO), filled customer orders uncollected (F/FCOU) and the filled customer orders collected (R/FCOC) balances using retrievals generated from BQ (the General Accounting and Finance System/GAFS). Responsible for reviewing MIPR, Project Order, and MORD (Miscellaneous Obligation/ Reimbursement Document) documents for accuracy of accounting data and presence of acceptance. Responsible for receiving, reviewing, correcting and processing Hurlburt AFB's BEAMS/WIMS and VIMS 1080 monthly billings, on average, within one week of receipt of all pertinent data (addresses, FSR/Funds Summary Records and PSR/Program Summary Records). Received and reviewed, for completeness and accuracy of data, certified billing statements from Program/Project Managers authorizing the billing of customers. Assured accuracy of daily BQ transactions via daily report histories.

Supervisor: Mr. John Owen, 407 646-4370

REASON FOR LEAVING Promoted in Organization,

PERIOD Dec. 1994 to Dec. 1995
EMPLOYER'S NAME DFAS-FAO, Redstone Arsenal, AL, Bldg 8021, Redstone arsenal, AL 35898
TITLE Accounting Technician, GS 525 07
RESPONSIBILITIES
Verified receipt of all copies of contracts plus modifications by Commercial Accounts (CA). Responsible for researching, correcting and entering data cited on contracts, purchase orders and modification (mods) into the AFES (Automated Financial Entitlement System). If while researching, it was determined the accounting branch germane to the appropriation cited had not entered the sought for data into the appropriate system, a copy of the contract, purchase order or modification was provided to the office. Such data was compared and entered into the AFES system, once the data was entered into their system. Research was done in appropriate data base determined by the accounting appropriation cited on document. Appropriations researched were OMA (Operations Maintenance Army), R&D (Research & Development), FMS (Foreign Military Sales), APA (Army Procurement Appropriation), WSF (Wholesale Stock Fund), RSF (Retail Stock Fund) and DBOF. Systems researched were SOMARDS (Standard Operation and Maintenance Army Research and Development System), CCSS (Commodity Command Standard System), SAPAS (Standard Army Procurement Accounting System), STARFIARS, RASFIARS (Retail Army Stock Fund Inventory Accounting & Reporting System), CONSTAT and FACON (Finance & Accounting CONtract database). Entered receiving reports and invoices into AFES towards preparation of payment vouchers for vendors as time permitted or office work load necessitated.

Supervisor: Mrs. Bettye Anne Showers, 205 876-3215
REASON FOR LEAVING Moved to Florida, Transferred to DFAS Orlando

PERIOD Mar 1991 to Dec. 1994
EMPLOYER'S NAME Control Branch, Redstone Arsenal, AL, Bldg 8021, Redstone arsenal, AL 35898
TITLE Accounting Technician, GS 525 06
RESPONSIBILITIES
Responsible for Transactions By Us (TBU) Control Desk. Daily, blocked accounting documents for processing. Ensured each day's business balanced with Statement of Accountability. Reviewed daily and monthly reports to ensure all documents were processed and updated correctly. Rejects and errors researched and adjustments made into the appropriate automated systems. Assisted with month-end reports ensuring amounts balanced with Disbursing Division's totals and totals provided by DELMARS (Data Element Management Accounting Reporting System) Control desk. Balanced and reconciled automated Sperry data base and processed all adjustment documents prior to submission of month-end reports. Maintained daily, automated ledgers on accounting transactions processed, with less than a 2-workday backlog. Pulled AFES block proofs generated from payments made by Commercial Accounts and sent all fully complete voucher data to SOMARDS database utilizing an application of the Sperry Split Screen. Pulled a cash flow after each update and sent it to a local block control program in Sperry database to verify amounts processed. Personally initiated a program for the freight/transportation charges to be pulled from AFES into a local program of the Sperry Split Screen which saved approximately 15 man-hours a month. Processed Transactions By Others (TBO) disbursement vouchers into SOMARDS and SAPAS databases and into Sperry system. Special Open Allotment transactions processed monthly.

Supervisor: Mrs. Ella Williams, 256 876-3837
REASON FOR LEAVING Promoted, New Responsibilities

PERIOD Nov. 1988 to Mar. 1991
EMPLOYER'S NAME Approp Acctg Br, OMA/R&D, Redstone Arsenal, AL, Bldg 8021, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898
TITLE Accounting Technician, GS 525 06
RESPONSIBILITIES
Examined and processed accounting documents including funds, obligations, expenditures, indirect work orders, project orders, service orders, bills of lading, customer orders, earnings, collections, travel orders, etc. Assured mathematical accuracy, required signatures, correct document numbers, sufficiency of supporting documentation, legibility, and propriety of funds charged. Balanced journals, ledgers and reports monthly. Maintained ledgers, registers and journals daily. 6 week Detail to assist with reconstructing of R&D's OMARDS data base. Entered funds, commitment, obligation, expense, and disbursement data into SOMARDS data base. Used Funds Control Program Build , Funds Control/Execution Resource Build, Job Order Build screens. Built reimbursable orders, established commitments, obligations, expenses, disbursements, progress payments and any combination of transactions as necessary.

Supervisor: Mr. Ray Hughes, 256 876-7173
REASON FOR LEAVING Promoted, New Responsibilities

 

Date last edited: 04/07/2006