Peter J. Grant, MBA, CDFM 5794 Sandstone Way, Jacksonville, FL 32258

Mobile: (315) 281-3705 | petegrant55@yahoo.com

OBJECTIVE: Seeking position in Executive Management, Financial Management or Project Management in Upstate NY, utilizing extensive experience in; executive leadership, strategic development, personnel management, budgetary formulation, and audit compliance. Ready to join your team!

SKILLS:

Disciplined, dynamic, covenant leadership philosophy; effective working with diverse teams Skilled assessing and adapting to new leadership environment, yielding focused results and execution Lean Six Sigma Black Belt trained; significant experience leading and facilitating teams and projects Sustained superior performance; amongst elite promoted from enlisted to officer Expertise in government finance systems, processes, terminology, and audit readiness

EXPERIENCE:

Director Resource Management/Chief Financial Officer August 2013 - PresentNaval Hospital Jacksonville, FL

Direct financial operations for the third largest Naval Hospital; responsible for a budget of over $145M. Manage four departments and supervise 41 staff in the areas of Accounting, Budgeting, Collections, Internal Audit and Data Quality. Member of the Hospital Board of Directors reporting and advising on all financial activities. Articulated and received additional $25M funding in fiscal year 2014, obligating all requirements to over 99.8%

Executive Board Champion for Audit Readiness Strategic Goal, leading the hospital to achieving 93% audit-readiness in the first-ever Bureau of Medicine (BUMED) audit inspection. Presented best practices for audit preparation to all BUMED financial officers.

Customer Service Champion, leading a multi-disciplinary team to develop and implement a command-wide staff recognition program focused on excellence in service for patients in a high reliability organization.

Achieved zero discrepancies and four best practice accolades during Inspector General inspection of all programs: budget formulation and execution, status of funds, payroll execution, and Internal Review Program.

Command Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, leading a team to identify costs contributing to overhead. Developing and implementing strategies to maximize resources. Mentoring two new green belts, whose projects are focused on reducing waste and increasing audit compliance.

Liaison Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) August 2011 - August 2013Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED), Rome, NY

Navy Medicine’s Liaison to DFAS Rome; independently coordinated the resolution of issues for more than $3B in annual transactions for over 70 BUMED medical and research activities. Supervised Systems Accountant, who oversaw processes to meet audit-readiness compliance. Spearheaded a process improvement project for 12 medical treatment facilities to standardize the collection reporting for cafeterias, increasing reimbursement and audit compliance.

Chief Financial Officer April 2012 - August 2012 Medical Education and Training Campus, San Antonio, TX

Assignment as senior staff member within Tri-Service (Army-Air Force-Navy) organization. Managed $24M budget in support of 64 education programs, closing out finances for FY12 and developing budget for FY13. Briefed Tri-Service Board of Governors on status of funds, identifying and receiving $1.2M in support for

educational programs. Utilized Lean Six Sigma Black Belt knowledge to lead a team in revising and consolidating METC’s travel program, which immediately resulted in $350K savings.

Director Resource Management/ Chief Financial Officer June 2008 - July 2011Naval Hospital Guam

Managed hospital budget of $39M, reimbursement program of $4.3M, and defense travel program of $900K. Member Board of Directors, managing three departments and 12 civilians. Through close coordination and planning of hospital budget, secured an additional $6.1M in FY09. Managed collections program, increasing collections by 19%. Received zero discrepancies for all programs managed during a tri-annual Medical Inspector General Survey. Identified as first of 8 LT MSC officers in the command.

Completed training for Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, serving as the command’s continuous process improvement project officer. Facilitated a highly interactive and successful Executive Steering Committee strategic planning meeting, using Lean Six Sigma brainstorming tools to establish command goals. Spearheaded a command priority initiative establishing and implementing a comprehensive customer relations program that was both patient-centered and staff-rewarding.

Elected as President of the officers wardroom, coordinating traditional command social activities for over 200 Naval officers. Assigned as senior watch officer, training and coordinating duty assignments.

Supply and Logistics Officer April 2010 - August 2010USNS Hospital Ship Mercy

Deployed five months on USNS Mercy Naval hospital ship, a 1,000 bed medical treatment facility, supporting the Pacific Partnership 2010 Humanitarian and Civil Assistance Mission throughout five Western Pacific nations. Responsible for the receipt, accountability and movement of humanitarian medical/dental supplies valued at $2M at six mission ports, serving 110,000 patients. Managed 1 civilian, 2 Chief Petty Officers, and 14 junior enlisted personnel. One of only 8 officers identified to stand watch as command duty officer representing the commanding officer in his absence. Volunteered as Wardroom Mess Treasurer for 200 officers, managing $45K/month.

Finance and Supply Officer July 2003 - July 2006Naval Dental Center, Okinawa, Japan

Identified as #1 of 31 junior officers in the command. Directed all Finance, Materials Management and Biomedical Repair issues for the largest overseas dental battalion. Managed three departments and supervised 11 personnel while overseeing the distribution of the command’s $4.5M in support of 9 geographically separated clinics. As the contracting officer representative, managed 37 contract positions, coordinated all hiring activities. Member of the Executive Steering Committee and reported directly to the Commanding Officer.

Identified $650K of equipment deficiencies coordinating funding and purchase increasing the commands direct funding by 16% while identifying an additional $1.1M in equipment that was funded and purchased by BUMED. Realigned critical resources needed to convert two spaces into service as dental operatories contributed to decreased patient wait times.

Served as the command’s Equal Opportunity Officer coordinating monthly cultural events and advising the commanding officer. Conducted and briefed a command-wide equal opportunity survey that identified opportunities for cultural diversity.

Administrative Officer to Director for Administration, February 2001 - July 2003Director of Medical and Surgical ServicesCommand Customer Relations Officer

Managed a myriad of administrative functions in the largest overseas Navy Medicine Facility. Monitored and controlled the distribution of over $3M operations and $170.5K travel funding to meet mission requirements. Coordinated communications for 19 departments providing directors recommendations for departmental

requirements. Investigating officer for four command investigations documenting and reporting directly to commanding officer recommendation for disciplinary actions.

Pioneered the creation and implemented an internal staff recognition program to promote five star customer service that included training, recognition programs, staff empowerment, and metrics reducing patient concerns by 70% in just 3 months. Additionally, created a two-day customer service workshop to include team-building exercises where 81 employees received in-depth training.

SKILLS:

Analysis, Budget Formulation and Execution, Payroll Processing, STARS-FL Operation and Reconciliation, Benchmarking, Collections and Reimbursable Processing, Travel Processing, Travel Liquidation, Equipment Purchasing and Receipt, Contracting Officer Representative, and Contract Execution.

EDUCATION:

Master of Business Administration, Financial Management Program Jun 2008Certified Defense Financial Manager May 2008Naval Post-Graduate School of Business and Public Policy, Monterey, CA

Bachelor of Arts, Financial Management Dec 2000University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL

Associate’s Degree Dec 1998Florida Community College at Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL

ADDITIONAL TRAINING / HONORS:

Lean Six Black Belt Certification, Navy Medicine Support - Jacksonville, FL 5/09 - 9/09 Financial and Material Management Training – Bethesda. MD 7/03 - 9/03