Joshua Williams

Strategic advisor to executive leadership at a federal agency with a $4.5 billion budget and 8,000 employees serving 574 tribes. Identified problems, analyzed risk, and advised on resource allocation for high-profile initiatives.

- Managed $850+ million in infrastructure funding across clean energy, water systems, and dam safety programs. Built the team and operational framework from scratch, then guided strategic planning as 6 programs scaled up over 2 years.

- Fixed a bottleneck that was holding up a $150 million program. Identified the operational risk, worked with leadership on mitigation strategies, and got clean energy projects moving to 24 tribal communities.

- Oversaw the turn around an insolvent power utility ($40 million annual revenue, 10,000+ customers). Recommended rate and operational changes that replenished reserves and stabilized finances.

- Built budget dashboards that cut reporting time by 25-50%. Aggregated data from 400+ projects into tools that worked for everyone from program staff to executives—reduced redundancy and made it easier to answer stakeholder questions.

- Prepared executive briefings that translated complex financial data into clear narratives for leadership, oversight bodies, and the public.

Led a team of 4 accountants supporting financial operations for a $4.5 billion organization. Managed general ledger functions, oversaw financial system upgrades, and ensured clean audit outcomes.

- Oversaw administration of $300+ million in reimbursable agreements and a federal loans program. Ensured compliance with federal accounting standards and internal policies.

- Streamlined the year-end closing process by building a monitoring system that caught budget problems before they became issues. Distributed regular fund status reports and coordinated corrective actions that accelerated closing schedules.

- Redesigned the quarterly review process for $1.7 billion in open obligations. Cut routine processing time from 2 days to 2 hours and freed the team up for deeper analysis.

- Developed an accounts payable methodology that accurately captured $90+ million in liabilities. Streamlined the annual review process, which reduced staff hours by 15% and freed capacity for higher-value work.

- Built budget monitoring protocols that prevented compliance violations across a multi-billion dollar portfolio and ensured expiring funds were fully used toward program goals.

- Worked to defend financial data to external auditors and secure clean audit opinions. Created corrective action plans and built controls to address findings.

Generated financial analysis supporting audits and compliance investigations for a $733 million budget. Managed the CFO office budget of $5 million.


- Built an internal controls process for government credit cards. Analyzed hundreds of cardholders and thousands of transactions to identify potential misuse, significantly increased accountability and compliance.

- Established a program to prevent and recapture improper payments, addressing an OIG finding and improving compliance with federal guidance.

Provided financial analysis in support of financial statement preparation and yearly financial audits for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Served as the Team Lead over staff responsible for highly sensitive fiduciary collections and payments that averaged over $100 million in activity annually. Developed policies and procedures to effectively encompass all regulatory requirements and proactively ensure integrity of data in financial systems. Utilized expert knowledge in all areas of financial operations to recommend improvements to processes, identify weaknesses in internal controls, and resolve audit findings.