Finance Director

Michael Zomber

Address: **** ****** **** **,

Baltimore, MD 21209

Phone: 410-***-****

E-mail: ******@*******.***

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-

zomber-14821747/

Fiscal Director, MPA, and Certified Government Financial Manager with broad and extensive experience in fiscal leadership, data analysis and grants management. Skills

Microsoft Office suite including advanced Excel, Budget formulation and financial management, Financial analysis, Grants management, Personnel management, Data collection and analysis, Strategic planning, Fiscal policy analysis, Contracts management, Capital budgeting, Expenditure projections and forecasting, Exceptional oral and written communication skills Work History

2021-10 - Current Chief Fiscal Officer, Head Start Baltimore City Government, Baltimore, MD

• Fiscal Director of the City's federally funded Head start program, with responsibility for financial management, budgeting and compliance for over $10 million in federal Head Start grants.

• Gathers, summarizes and analyzes significant amounts of transactional data to conduct financial analyses, make reasonable conclusions and facilitate key strategic decisions to improve outcomes for the Head Start program.

• Delivers monthly presentations to the Head Start Board of Directors, Policy Council, and finance leadership to monitor and explain performance.

• Works in coordination with the Law department, Budget, and the Comptroller's Office to review and modify internal and intergovernmental contracts to ensure that they meet legal sufficiency and comply with binding agreements and City procurement policies.

• Conducts site visits and engages in comprehensive internal audits of Head Start sub-awardees to monitor compliance with internal controls policies and Uniform Guidance grant financial management regulations.

• Implements sound fiscal management policies and provides advice on effective and efficient methods for the acquisition and use of funds to support Head Start grantee programs and activities.

• Responsible for ensuring that all grant financial reports to federal and state entities for are completed accurately and expeditiously. 2014-05 - 2015-10 Loan Accounting Analyst (Temp)

Wells Fargo Corporate Trust Services, Columbia, MD

• Reconciled discrepancies and resolved complex exceptions throughout the loan accounting process.

• Calculated amortization figures for determining bond payments to investors. 2014-02 - 2014-05 Capital Budget Analyst Intern

Maryland Department of Budget and Management, Baltimore, MD

• Evaluated major State agency capital budget requests to recommend funding allocations in the CIP.

• Assisted in evaluating major facility master plans and programs in order to verify the need for particular capital improvements using established guidelines; advised agencies regarding master plan development. 2015-10 - 2021-10 Senior Budget Analyst

Baltimore County Government, Towson, MD

• Monitored current fiscal year budgets for various major County agencies, including the Police Department's nearly $250 million budget, Community College of Baltimore County, Department of Corrections, and others, while conducting the Budget Formulation and Budget Monitoring stages for the next fiscal year.

• Analyzed line item obligations and expenditures for various large departments - including complex projections of salaries and turnover savings, for 2,000 Police officers, for regular reporting to OBF management and County administration.

• Assistant County Grant Administrator; Reviewed over 250 grants annually and redesigned the template for summarizing grant applications and preparing grant documents for Council approval.

• Served as data management leader on the team that negotiated salaries with major labor union groups, helping ensure that labor negotiations balanced fairness with efficient expenditure of taxpayer funds.

• Added value as a key member of the budget team responsible for formulation of the County's nearly $1 billion annual capital budget and the complex multi-year capital planning process.

• Provided a sophisticated analysis of data to support a strong defense of the County in a $2 million out of court settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, relating to County budgetary and personnel policy.

• Spearheaded a project to calculate $14.6 million in back pay of salary over a four-year period to more than 2,000 police officers, in a settlement with the Fraternal Order of Police and its legal counsel. Education

2010-06 - 2013-06 Master of Public Administration: Public Finance University of Baltimore - Baltimore

• M.P.A. in 2013 (3.95 GPA) with concentration in Public Finance

• Member of Pi Alpha Alpha Honor Society

• Finalist for the Linda Jenkins-Brown Award for superior academic achievement

2006-06 - 2009-06 Master of Talmudic Law

Ner Israel College - Pikesville, MD

2003-06 - 2006-06 Bachelor of Arts: Humanities

Thomas Edison State College - Trenton, NJ

Certifications

2020-08 Certified Government Financial Manager, AGA 2012-06 - 2012-09 Program Analyst (Summer Intern)

Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC

• Collaborated with program analysts in formulating complex queries in Business Objects and Microsoft Access for data retrieval, analysis, and organization; provided extensive database management support.

• Conducted intensive research of budgetary history, sequestration, and related fiscal and policy issues.

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