Chelsea Herndon
@chelseaherndon
Detail-oriented Program Analyst with active Secret Clearance, specializing in financial operations, compliance, and data reconciliation improvements.
What I'm looking for
I’m an analytical, detail-oriented Program Analyst with active Secret Clearance and experience supporting financial operations, compliance processes, and cross-functional program workflows in government and financial environments. I focus on analyzing data, identifying discrepancies, and driving process improvements that enhance accuracy, reduce risk, and strengthen operational efficiency.
In my current role supporting financial operations, I reconcile, correct, and process redemptions across 100+ retirement plans while ensuring alignment with financial controls and regulatory requirements. I perform gap analysis and process audits, reducing participant data errors by 15%, and I develop and maintain SOPs for complex processes such as ACH rejects, RMDs, and contribution corrections to improve consistency and team efficiency.
Previously, I resolved billing discrepancies and transaction issues, performed quality assurance reviews, and created SOPs and training materials to standardize workflows. I also supported audit preparation, spend tracking, and contract closeout through detailed documentation review and validation, and I redesigned record management workflows to increase retrieval efficiency by 40%—all while managing multiple high-priority deadlines and stakeholder coordination.
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Supported account-level reconciliation, corrections, and redemptions across 100+ retirement plans while ensuring compliance with financial controls and regulations. Conducted gap analyses and audits that reduced participant data errors by 15%, and built SOPs for ACH rejects, RMDs, and contribution corrections to improve accuracy and team efficiency.
Resolved billing discrepancies and financial transaction issues, improving data accuracy and customer account integrity. Performed QA reviews to identify documentation and workflow gaps, and developed SOPs and training materials; analyzed ticket and call-volume trends to support performance tracking and compliance.
Reviewed and reconciled 100+ telecom service orders monthly to ensure billing accuracy and compliance with federal financial policies. Developed SOPs and documentation for onboarding across bureaus, redesigned file systems to improve retrieval efficiency by 40%, and supported audit preparation, spend tracking, and contract closeout through detailed documentation review.
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