Michaela Thaxton

Experience

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  United States Air Force

  Sept 2010 - Sept 2014

  Payroll Administrator

  • Ensures quality and courteous customer service for over 5,200 personnel.• Lead specialist of eight programs managing over 15 departments to ensure accuracy and compliance.• Trained and self-confident in conflict resolution, negotiation, and interpersonal communication.• Prepares, verifies, computes and audits pay transactions safeguarding classified and sensitive information and files.• Processes, verifies, audits travel claims, estimates travel costs, determines fund availability, and performs follow-up on outstanding travel orders for travelers.• Advises, interacts and coordinates with organizations on financial matters• Substantially improved company out-processing by launching a weekly briefing resulting in 240 saved hours per year and cutting the payment time by 50%.• Re-energized weekly unit-to-unit program meetings which increased average statistics by 40%, exceeding company standards and expectations. Show less

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  United States Air Force

  Feb 2015 - Mar 2023

  • Lead specialist of eight programs managing over 15 departments to ensure accuracy and compliance.• Trained and self-confident in conflict resolution, negotiation, and interpersonal communication.• Prepared, verified, computed and audited pay transactions safeguarding classified and sensitive information and files.• Managed the Leaveweb program for Beale Air Force Base liaised with personnel to ensure leave transactions were validated and processed accurately. Provided exceptional leadership, oversight, and communication to each unit leaveweb monitor. • Accountable official entrusted with the squadron Government Purchase Card. Effectively managed $6.2K worth of squadron purchases to sustain day to day operations. • Analyzed accounting reports and financial data to identify trends for evaluating effectiveness and efficiency of Air Force funding. Show less • Functional point of contact for daily financial issues for 4 assigned programs.• Experienced in the budget formulation process as well as reviewing and preparing financial plans and budget estimates. Dissected $20M expenditures for legality creating an executed and audit able budget/operation.• Determined propriety of funding and certified fund availability to ensure all purchases made are authorized.• Completed financial and strategic planning as well as risk management to assist in budget development. Skilled in preparing forms, schedules, and reports in relation to obligation and expenditure of funds. • Effectively worked hand-in-hand with resource advisors to provide financial advice, assistance, and guidance on budgeting, formulation, execution, and analysis of each section of their specified budget based off of funding requirements.• Served as financial advisor to commanders by providing analysis, summarization of data, and presenting weekly reviews and status of funds. Very comfortable making oral presentations on budget and budget relating training to a number of audiences.• Audited and implemented fraud prevention measures—expert auditor.• Experienced in loading, transferring, and certifying of funds with a spotless audit trail and organized record maintenance. Able to advise on budget administration tasks which may require the reprogramming of funds.• Performed day-to-day control and management to involve the formulation and execution of each budget. Show less

  • Supervisory Budget Analyst

    Sept 2018 - Mar 2023

  • Budget Analyst

    Oct 2016 - Oct 2018

  • Finance Manager

    Aug 2014 - Sept 2016

  • Resource advisor

    Feb 2015 - Aug 2016
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  National Park Service

  Feb 2021 - Mar 2023

  • Finance Officer

    Mar 2023 - Mar 2023

  • Supervisory Budget Analyst

    Feb 2021 - Mar 2023