Senior Grant Accountant (Evening/Night Availability)
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DAVID H. SSEWANKAMBO,
Stoneham, MA,
************@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY March 2024 - Present
SPONSORED PROGRAMS ACCOUNTING
Senior Grant Accountant
Grant award set up in the financial System
Grant -close out with Sponsors
Financial Accounting
Time and effort reporting
Payroll management
Invoicing and draws
Cash Management
Audit
HARVARD UNIVERSITY September 2013 – February 2024.
Berkman Research Center - Cambridge, MA,
Research/Financial Administrator
Responsible for reviewing and analyzing federal and non-federal policies and grants.
-Oversee and manage grant funds, ensuring that all expenditures are based on the proposed projects.
-Ensure proper compliance with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
Carry out post-award duties, such as account set up and extension, handling sponsor billing agreements and invoice payments, and monitoring financial performance to ensure compliance.
Reconciliation and settlement of monetary and accounting transactions.
Payroll management of students, fellows, staff, and faculty.
Manage all domestic and international travel reservations and hotel folios for the research center.
Control auditing and reimbursement processes.
Review and reconcile weekly expenditures through the Harvard P-card system.
Review vendor contracts.
Work on budget forecasts and financial analyses.
Drive budget programs and project policy outcomes.
Portfolio management
Preparing customized financial reports for principal Investigators
Auditing financial reports to uncover federal rule irregularities that lead to budget imbalance.
Perform financial data management, research, and reporting through Harvard financial systems. Use
-CREW to run various fund reports,
-GMAS for data and information retrieval on sponsored funds, and
-ORACLE for general ledger accounting, P-card review, budget uploads, and corporate card management. Possess
working knowledge of federal circulars, reconciliation reports, and cost transfers.
Participate in a team of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP).
HARVARD UNIVERSITY,
Harvard Law School - Cambridge, MA.
Administrative Clerk III August 2003 – September 2013
Assisted with the creation and completion of month-end close deliverables such as aged trial balance, corporate credit card journal entries, and reconciliations for outstanding checks.
Offered customer service to faculty, staff, graduate/undergraduate students, and researchers.
Managed the receipt of a high volume of invoice processing both manually and in the automated system, ensuring that invoices were processed timely with minimal errors.
Managed employee expense reports.
Updated and maintained claims and expense database for 700 faculty members.
Maintained databases, files, and records with the use of Pitney Bowes technology.
Responsible for the 1099 forms to recipients at year-e
EDUCATION
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, WALTHAM, MA
Master of Science in Finance
MAKERERE UNIVERSITY, KAMPALA UGANDA
Bachelor of Arts in Economics
NATIONAL TEACHERS COLLEGE, KYAMBOGO UGANDA
Diploma in Education
SYSTEMS EXPERIENCE
Oracle System applications include AP, AR, General Ledger, web reimbursement, PeopleSoft,the Microsoft Office Suite, Concur, Buy-to-Pay (B2P), Grant Management Application, and HU Budgeting system
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) Compliance, Cost analysis, account reconciliation, use of Pivot tables and V lookups for Financial Reporting.
Harvard Analytical and Reporting Tools (HART)
-HART Data Visualization
-Student Information Analytics (SIA)
-QuickView HR Analytics.
Contract Management.
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