jamie schwartz

Leadership and Financial Analysis Managed support for the TSA Post Payment Audit (PPA) Program, supervising two auditors who reviewed 1000+ travel expense vouchers monthly. Identified over $1.0M in over-reimbursements of TSA funds. Analytical Skills and Process Improvement Identified flaws in the financial data management system and proposed and implemented changes to increase efficiency, accuracy and ease of use of reporting. Enabled auditors to increase the number of monthly audits performed by more than 25%.

* Leadership and Teamwork: * Collaborated with district executive teams to develop new business strategies. Increased department sales by $160,000 and exceeded the Fall season sales plan by $55,000. * Coached 37 associates to drive sales, reach goals, and increase associate scorecard performance for two fashion departments with annual sales of $2.0M and $6.0M respectively.

* Strategic Analysis and Project Management * Administered and managed support for the TSA Conferences Program, overseeing 250+ conferences a year with a $6.8M budget, and reduced DHS * s audit findings by 90% in a single quarter. Innovation and Implementation * Collected business requirements, designed, and administered a shared database to enter and maintain financial data in order to respond to audits and analyze trends.

Client Impact and Implementation Collected business requirements for and implemented an automated dashboard and notification system that resulted in a 57% reduction in processing time of TSA policy creation in a single quarter. Leadership and Client Buy-In Managed 10 cross-functional teams to rewrite, standardize, and issue comprehensive aviation cargo screening procedures for all airline cargo carriers flying into and out of the United States. Collected updates from four team members, identified potential issues, and provided overall project status to the client on a weekly basis to ensure completion of deliverables.

Innovation and Implementation Created and administered technical solutions to track the production of TSA-issued security policies and generate performance metrics. Analytical Skills and Process Improvement Analyzed the performance metrics to propose and implement business process redesigns to assist the client in issuing 1000+ security policies to airline and airport industry members. Teamwork and Client Buy-In Lead an Integrated Project Team consisting of client members from 5 divisions and professionals from other consulting firms to receive feedback for and deliver a work product tracking system.

2009 Berlage Terp Service Scholarship Recipient Activities and Societies: Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honors Society; CIVICUS Living and Learning Citation; Dean’s List