PERSONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Results-driven professional with a participatory management style, proven track record of executing key performance indicators across large public and private organizations, able to envision and deliver measurable results. Particularly adept at streamlining, reorganizing and leading staff productively.

Grant Management

General Accounting

Activity Based Accounting

Fund Management

Management Reporting

Annual Budget Process

Multi-location Operations

Manufacturing Processes

Lean Manufacturing Tools

Strategic Planning

Material Planning / MRP

Inventory Management

•Adjunct Professor, College of Continuing Education at Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia.

•Proficient in Microsoft, (Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Publisher); PeopleSoft, Lawson, Hyperion, Ceres, HCM, Oracle, Kronos, MACPICS

Manager of Grants and Contract Tandym Group Holding

New York, NY United States

March 2022 – September 2023

Manager of Grants and Contracts - Remote, Community Food Bank of New Jersey

•Managed a portfolio of over $85 million in government and foundation funding resources composed of grants awarded primarily by the Department of Agricultural, Labor, Community Development, Health, and Feeding America. Review contract awarding documents to interpret funding agency guidance and regulations to ensure compliance.

•Assist with preparation of budgets for private foundation grant proposals in support of unrestricted revenue and restricted program revenue and maintain internal controls to ensure program goals. Coordinated across departments to secure the needed data and financial information for proposals and reporting.

•Provide grant lifecycle oversight and management from post-award to closeout and auditing stage; review contracts ensuring all projects meet plan objectives, stay on schedule and within budget; tracked, monitored, and analyzed data, spend plans and contractual performance outcomes to ensure compliance, and accountability. Facilitated program Cadence meetings on grant performance to budgets.

•Manage revenue drawdown request following submission of time-sensitive financial status reports through state portals SAGE, DCA SAGE and Grants.gov to maintain accurate accounting records.

•Prepare weekly cash flow projections and monthly revenue, accounts receivable and advance roll forward.

•Establish operating procedures to ensure consistency and uniformity with established policy and procedures as outlined by terms and conditions of grantor.

Grants Accounting & Reporting Manager Fulton County ~ Atlanta, GA

Atlanta, Georgia United States

February 2020 – January 2022

Grants Accounting and Reporting Manager, Fulton County Government

•Manage a portfolio of over $75 million in complex and highly visible federal, state and local grants awarded by the DOJ, HUD, HHS, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity, Ga Department of Human Services, Ga Behavior Health and Development and the City of Atlanta to ensure accurate and timely submission of financial status and reimbursements reports.

•Provide grant lifecycle oversight and management from post-award to closeout; review contracts ensuring all projects meet plan objectives, stay on schedule and within budget; tracked, monitored and analyzed data, spend plans and contractual performance outcomes to ensure compliance and accountability, OMB and GAAP compliance. Facilitated program Cadence meetings on grant performance to budgets.

•Manage county revenue drawdown funding through federal cash management systems PMS, IDIS, eLOCCS, and ASAP.

•Establish operating procedures to ensure consistency and uniformity with established policy and procedures as outlined by term and conditions of grantor.

•Manage a team of 4 professional accountants, evaluate work performance, responsible for hiring, training, disciplinary actions and performance appraisals.

Financial Leadership, State of Georgia Government ~ Atlanta, GA

Atlanta, Georgia United States

July 2009 – August 2019

Chief Financial Officer, Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency (GVRA)

•Oversight of all grant management and contracts for Federal, State and Local activities over $200 million in financial awards; to include tracking, monitoring and reporting to ensure timely submission in compliance with federal agency codifications of grants, the Uniform Guidance for Federal Awards, State guidelines and GAAP. Provide complex analysis and feedback on contract negotiations, financial performance and key performance outcome measurements.

•Responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of accounting, revenue, payroll, budgeting, contracts and procurement, and the grants and compliance to ensure optimal operations of the fiscal unit. Manage team of 5 professional accountants.

•Introduced and implemented policy and procedures for financial management ensuring internal and external controls, financial strategies, performance analysis, and process improvements to manage cost and improve productivity in a lean environment.

•Agency point-of-contact for state and federal auditors; overseeing the audit engagement, timely address audit findings, discrepancies, and initiating appropriate corrective actions to mitigate future findings.

•Review appropriate legislation and federal regulations; provide updates to Executive Director on financial performance; make recommendations for short-term and long-range budgetary requirements related to budget appropriations and financial management guidelines to ensure the Agency compliance with laws and regulations.

•Proposed OPB budget enhancement for Vocational Rehabilitation Services program to provide financial resources to address the salaries of key positions with high attrition rates due to competitive positions within the private sector and education system. The budget enhancement would specifically target field service positions that are directly involved in the provision and administration of client services and ultimately address turnover and vacancy rates within the program.

Director and Manager of Grants and Compliance, DHS/Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency

•Managed successful efforts to re-structured federal and state financial reporting for over $1.2 billion in funding awards; provided oversight and reporting to ensure financial reports were submitted timely, conformed to federal agency codifications of grants, state guidelines and in compliance with GAAP. Resulted in eliminating 90% of audit findings.

•Served as liaison with state and federal auditors; overseeing audit findings and recommendations, work with unit management and program budget staff to timely address findings, identify discrepancies, determine root cause and initiated appropriate corrective actions to mitigate future findings.

•Managed the activities of replace and integrate agency 30-year old legacy system to state-of-the-arts grants reporting system; managed the development of the conversion plan, which outlined specific tasks, key milestones; managed and brokered team resources across the department; determined the need for additional resources; signed off on completion of all tasks; script testing and evaluation; established post-conversion follow-up procedures and monitored the resolution of post-conversion issues to ensure minimum disruption to operations during the conversion period.

•Supervised team of 8 professional grant accountants to achieve goals and objectives outlined by the department; defined staff responsibilities, set priorities and training opportunities.

Assistant Project Manager, Georgia Department of Human Resources (DHS)

•Managed multiple highly visible Department of Family and Children Services (DFCS) programs awarded over $200 million in Grant awarded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. Responsible for planning, analyzing, the effectiveness of the ARRA programs. Provided oversight grant management and contracts ensuring all projects met plan objectives, stayed on schedule and within budget; tracked and monitored spend plans and contractual performance outcomes. Prepared schedules for various phases of project to include complex Pro forma reports; facilitated weekly ARRA Cadence meetings and managed day-to-day resources for team of 23 professional accountants and clerical staff; defined staff responsibilities required to accomplish the project. Trained and mentored staff. Provided in-depth, targeted program reviews to validate strategies, eliminate unnecessary requirements, establish internal controls and provide the best practices.

•Monitored and analyzed contract performance and financial reporting and implemented program goals and objectives under ARRA funding for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Child Care Development Funds (CCDF), Title-III Older Americans Act, Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Section 110, Disability Adjudication Services (DAS), Community Service Block Grant (CSBG), Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), Child Support Enforcement (CSE). Prepared written procedures and guidelines to introduce these new initiatives.

Assistant Controller, Southern Staircase Inc. ~ Alpharetta, GA

Alpharetta, Georgia United States

May 2007 – December 2008

Assistant Controller, Southern Staircase Inc.

•Managed month/year-end general ledger closing process, operating and capital budget process and consolidation corporate financial reporting, ensuring compliance with GAAP, for all regional manufacturing and sales facilities.

•Managed Balance Sheet and P/L, treasury management, wire transfers, account reconciliation and commercial purchase cards; served as liaison with banks and external auditors.

•Responsible for achieving cost improvements within finance area using lean management techniques; reduced month-end close process by 50% ensuring timely and accurate recording of expenses and revenues.

•Supervised staff of 3 accountants in general accounting, accounts payable and cash management; defined staff responsibilities, trained and mentored staff.

Financial Management Consultant, Whitfield Technology Group ~ Marietta, GA

Marietta, Georgia United States

May 2006 – May 2007

Financial Management Consultant

•Conducted reviews of standard operating procedures to ensure consistency and uniformity of processes.

•Worked closely with team to identify revenue enhancement opportunity and contract negotiations to extend product line; assisted with establishment of short-term and long-range financial planning and analysis.

Director Financial Planning, Atlanta Public Schools ~ Atlanta, GA

Atlanta, Georgia United States

October 2000 – April 2006

Director Financial Planning

•Responsible for the development of operating budgets and budget amendments for complex funding sources including general fund, special revenue and capital budgets exceeding $769 million per year. Managed preparation and distribution of financial reports and statements; managed preparation of Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) ensuring compliance with GAAP and served as liaison with internal and external auditors.

•Established guidelines for calculating and documenting charter school allocations for Quality Basic Education (QBE) Earnings that ensured revenues are calculated and reported in accordance with Georgia General Assembly and Charter School Act for the districts eight (8) charter schools. Microsoft Office database queries were used to import external data by account and department into pivot tables and charts for analysis and reporting. The data assembled included the salary and benefits for the classroom, cost for textbooks, utilities, maintenance and administrative expenses collected at the school and district levels in terms of a dollar amount per student. Further calculations for full-time equivalents and funding allocations were made which resulted in the earnings per school district.

•Managed federal, local and special project grant reporting and contracts to ensure accurate and timely submissions of sponsored programs for Title I, National Science Foundation, Lottery, Secondary Vocational and Adult Education funding. Established department-wide procedures to ensure consistency and uniformity with established policy and procedures as outlined by these agencies.

•Reviewed appropriate legislation and federal regulations and made recommendations for immediate and long-range budgetary requirements related to appropriation laws and financial management guidelines to ensure the district’s compliance with laws and regulations.

•Management team responsible for the implementation and integration of, Lawson Enterprise, a state-of-art accounting and general ledger system. The implementation of Lawson gave rise to new improved financial reporting at the department level. I provided managers with adhoc expenditure reports detailing historical trends and expenditures by account and department. This process improved monthly performance reporting, assisted with identifying discrepancies and facilitated the control of accounting transactions as well as assisted with identified and correction of discrepancies.

•Managed a team of 17 professional accountants, accounting assistants and clerical staff in general accounting, revenue accounting, accounts payable and cash management; evaluated work performance; responsible for hiring, training, disciplinary actions and performance appraisals.

Plant Controller, Federal Mogul – Cooper Automotive

Hampton, Virginia United States

May 1992 – October 2000

Plant Controller

•Managed the development and analysis of annual operating and capital budgets exceeding $38 million a year; created common operating metrics which improved plant capital improvement program, utilizing Economic Value Added (EVA) and Activity Based Accounting (ABA) management tools.

•Established and monitored plant manufacturing standard cost by product line; analyzed indirect and direct cost monthly variances to budget and forecast.

•Implemented Kronos time and attendance system which provided the infrastructure necessary for on-line, real-time productivity and utilization reporting, which led to over 40% total plant improvements in productivity.

•Supervised a team of 6 professional and clerical staff; assigned workload and evaluated work performance.

•Participated and lead self-directed teams engaged in benchmarking best practices, Six Sigma exercises and Kaizen events. 1997 Industry Week - America’s Best Plant; 1998 Automotive News – PACE Award; 1999 Shingo Prize.

EDUCATION

Master Business Administration - Finance Rutgers University, Newark, NJ

Bachelor of Science – Accounting Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA

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