Management Specialist Grants

McKinley Posely

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Lanham, MD 20706 202-***-****

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OBJECTIVE Senior Grants Management Position

SUMMARY OF

QUALIFICATIONS

Certified Government Financial Manager (AGA), Certified Grants Management Specialist

(NGMA). Grants Officer experienced in budgeting, financial and administrative management of grant awards. Working in federal government, contractors, and nonprofit organizations. Active TS3 Security Clearance.

PROFESSIONAL

HISTORY AND

ACHIEVEMENT

02/01/23 – Present Grants Management Specialist

Federal Management Solutions (FMS), Washington, D.C.

• Served as FMS Grant Management Specialist supporting Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Agency (SAMHSA). Responsibilities included:

• Review and analyze grant application submissions, budgets, and requests to amend notices of awards for compliance with the notices of funding opportunity, Federal regulations, and HHS and agency requirements and policies.

• Conduct pre-award risk reviews.

• Prepare notices of awards using eRA grants management system.

• Support monitoring of recipients through the review of financial and progress and requests to amend the notices of award.

• Review documents for processing post-award amendment actions vis eRA grants management system.

• Communicate with recipients on post-award amendment actions and collaborate with grants management and program staff on these actions.

• Review and analyze information from financial reports, Federal regulations, HHS and agency policies, and other sources to ensure that the grant projects are implemented in compliance with all applicable Federal requirements, guidelines, and terms and conditions of the award.

• Provide relevant technical assistance to recipients on grants management actions.

• Write accurately, clearly, and concisely.

• Work collaboratively using MS Teams, and MS SharePoint.

• Organize work and prepare reports, presentations, logs, trackers, and other documents using MS Office tools.

01/2022 – 12/30/22 Grants Management Specialist

U.S. State Department, Global Engagement Center, Washington, DC

• Served as Grants Officer Representative to award recipients. Responsible for Action Memorandums, Congressional Notifications, administered, and monitored awards. Provided McKinley Posely

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pre and post award assistance to recipients, monitored payments, award terms and conditions, and reviewed and followed up on Financial and Performance Reports. 08/2019 – 01/2022 Grants Operations Specialist

Panum LLC, Washington, DC

• NIFA Awards Management Division, Responsible for execution, administration, and payment of formula funds for research grants to 1862, 1890, and 1994 land grant Universities. Provided pre and post award monitoring services, and technical assistance that provided a continuation of services for NIFA. Reviewed recipients SF-425 financial reports; validated ezFedGrants award files with ASAP account settlement reports. Returned reports to recipients for corrections in compliance with NIFA’s policy and regulations. Processed formula grant applications from Grants.gov into ezFedGrants system and initiated draft grant agreements. Provided administrative support to land grants universities for finance and program reports. Responded to telephone and email inquiries on award terms and conditions. Processed fund release amendments, and award closeouts in ezFedGrants. 10/2018 – 12/2018 Roots of Peace (ROP) Grants and Financial Compliance Advisor Washington, D.C.

• Conducted Internal compliance audit of USAID funded programs. Reviewed agreement regulations for compliance with award terms and conditions. Resolved potential conflict of interest issues to ensure confidential business information remained inside ROP and did not negatively affect local competitors. Reviewed expenditures to validate whether ROP inhouse project expenses remained separate from USAID programs. Proposed potential mitigating actions for any documented audit findings.

01/2012 – 06/2017 USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), Washington, D.C.

• Grants and Agreements Officer for the Office of Capacity Building and Development Program Area of FAS. Administered $10 million in interagency agreements, $79 million in capacity building and trade promotion awards, $200 million in McGovern Dole Food for Education awards, and $250 million in Food for Progress awards. Advised Senior Management on legislative and policy changes affecting interagency agreements, cost reimbursable awards to land grant universities, and grants and cooperative agreements with domestic and foreign NGO partners.

• Led agency Subject Matter Experts in providing input on business practices for design of FAS’s new Grants Management Information System (EzFedGrants).

• Provided individualized training in grants management and the EzFedGrants system to approximately 140 program staff. Ensured proper agreement types were used for awards in compliance with agency regulations and 2 CFR 200; the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for federal assistance awards. ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION Education: MS degree, University of Tennessee, major: Agronomy,1992.

BS degree, University of Minnesota, major Agronomy St. Paul, 1978. McKinley Posely

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• Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM), October 2017, by Association of Government Accountants.

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• Certified Grants Management Specialist (CGMS), September 2022, by National Grants Management Association (NGMA).

• Language Skills: Native English, Speak French, and Hausa.

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