Jocelyn Smith

Jocelyn Smith, CPA has extensive work experience in financial reporting and analysis. Jocelyn began their career at Howard University in 2009, where they served as the Manager of Financial Reporting, Planning & Analysis in the Office of the CFO. In this role, Jocelyn prepared consolidated financial statements for Howard University and Howard University Hospital, which had over $1.4 billion in total assets. Jocelyn also maintained supporting documentation for the financial statements footnotes.

After their time at Howard University, Jocelyn joined Sprint Nextel in 2007 as the Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis. Here, they managed a team responsible for budget creation and forecasting in the Supply Chain Management organization. Jocelyn developed annual budgets and quarterly forecasts, tracked actual spend against budget, and worked directly with department leads to manage the budget and monitor monthly activities. Their efforts resulted in no surprise variances and timely and accurate variance explanations delivered to senior management.

Jocelyn's most recent position was at Howard University, where they held various roles in the Office of the Controller. Jocelyn served as the Director of Financial Reporting from 2014 to 2018, overseeing the preparation of consolidated financial statements for Howard University and Howard University Hospital, which had over $1.4 billion in total assets. Jocelyn also served as the Senior Director of Financial Reporting and Audit Readiness from 2018 onwards, where they were responsible for preparing consolidated financial statements on a monthly basis and ensuring proper general ledger coding for financial reporting purposes.

Jocelyn Smith, CPA, obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree in Accounting from Howard University in the years 1990-1994. Additionally, they earned the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) certification in June 2016 from the Delaware Board of Accountancy.