Dynamic Details- and Results-Focused Leader Committed to Optimizing High-Value Fiscal, Grant & Administrative Initiatives

Multimillion-Dollar Grants Management ￨ Financial Modeling / Forecasting ￨ Reporting

Grants Accounting ￨ Budget Development / Control ￨ Expense Management ￨ Trends Tracking

Revenue / Expense Reconciliations ￨ Accounts Receivable ￨ Variance Analysis ￨ Proposal Development

Financial Analysis / Planning ￨ Payroll Administration ￨ Project Management ￨ Regulatory Compliance

Highly Accomplished Leader who offers a record of success in driving fiscal, grant, and administrative initiatives for a global leader in higher level learning and research, and who promotes strategic decision-making to align with key objectives.

Top Performer who contributes solutions-centric critical thinking for insightful, change-oriented results while coordinating, managing, and completing concurrent projects with strict deadlines within fast-paced work environments.

Influential Strategist who skillfully collects and analyzes data and expertly prepares reports, summaries, and analyses while maintaining cutting-edge grants management skills, technology savvy, and awareness of up-to-date industry trends.

Excellent Communicator who develops synergistic relationships with cross-department administrators, multi-site professionals, stakeholders, and regulatory agencies, and who leads peers by example and with ethics and integrity.

Master of Public Administration

Bachelor of Science in Economics

Undergraduate Studies in Database Design & Applications Development

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook) ￨ PeopleSoft GL ￨ PeopleSoft Personnel Management

Grants Accountant

Capitalized on the opportunity to lead forward-thinking fiscal operations concerning key grants and contract awards, including administering awards in accordance with sponsoring agency policies and regulations, as well as proactively notifying sponsors regarding outstanding receivables / funds. Continually monitored accounts receivables and grant activity.

Strategically steered accounting for grants and contracts, including private donor and government funded grants. Reconciled monthly statements to budgets and prepared financial reports and invoices to awarding agencies as necessary.

Delivered excellence in accounting support to Principal Investigators (PI) and administrators via ongoing communication.

Key Accomplishments

  Expertly investigated and verified faculty transactions as required.

  Successfully served as Interim Grants Manager during leadership absence.

  Promptly responded to Office of Sponsored Research s unobligated balance inquiries.

  Ensured seamless operations by supporting reporting efforts during annual budgeting process.

Manager Finance & Administration

Utilized broad scope of industry knowledge toward directing operations for a research institute managed by the university for NASA. Administered a portfolio of $25 million in 55 grants, contracts, subawards, and cooperative agreements.

Cost-effectively managed a $4-million budget for all salary, travel, equipment, and supplies; tracked expenditures and analyzed variances against budgets; and monitored regulatory and reporting compliance with varied grant funding agencies.

Managed month-end and annual closing of accounts and performed monthly account reconciliations against internal records and the university s financial management information system. Directed salary distribution and cost transfers in the payroll system and continually monitored payroll compliance to align with the comprehensive annual salary plan.

Proactively researched funding opportunities and new regulations. Served as liaison for communicating data to Principal Investigators and provided in-house training as required. Coordinated close out processes for projects and grants.

Key Accomplishments

  Effectively led financial operations to pass all audits and achieve zero deficits.

  Successfully streamlined payment of invoices to ensure payment within only 48 hours.

  Submitted 150+ proposals to major federal agencies, state agencies, and private foundations.

  Improved processing time for expenses and reduced reimbursements time from 1 week to 3 days.

  Optimized efficiency by creating financial reports for Principal Investigators to show remaining funds.

Assistant Vice President Worldwide Securities Services

Coordinated database development and administration, including designing a new streamlined database to enable continual compliance with SEC regulations. Created quantitative models to determine staffing needs and evaluate quality performance.

Business Manager New York Consumer Bank

Played a vital role in analyzing demographic statistics and market research to draft summary recommendations of new sales opportunities. Actively determined sales campaigns, product demands, and business opportunities based on location.

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