Profile | Manage 25 million dollar budget, Solid background in management, financial analysis, information systems and reporting, and project management, with strong emphasis in auditing, telecommunications, account management and customer service. Experience in handling projects from conception to completion Skilled in constructing, auditing and implementing standardized policies and procedures Ability to research and decipher information findings. Out-the-box thinker |
Career History | Confidential |
Budget Analyst/Grant Manager - Prepare, review, approve and/or reconcile the following for assigned Budget Entities/Programs Areas: to include Community Planning, Executive Leadership, Finance and Administration, and Information Technology
- Budget Ledgers
- Rate and Salary projections
- Operating Capital Outlay OCO requests for purchases
- Budget amendments, five percent transfers, and allotment transfers
- Annual Operating Budget AOB requests to reflect approved budget General Appropriations Act Confidential
- Allocate AOB based on grant funding
- Fixed Confidential budget requests/reversions for the General Services program area or the Governor's Office
- Assist with trouble shooting pivot tables and performance analysis
- Summaries of analysis and recommend actions to resolve allotment problems and deficiencies to include accounting Confidential adjustments for expenditures
- Process Personnel Actions for Hire, Promotions, Pay Adjustments, or reclassifications
- Review and Approve Contracts to ensure funding is available to include Confidential
- Coordinate, prepare, or submit the following as part of the annual Legislative Budget Request LBR
- Budget Requests Issues, D-3As
- Capital Improvement Project Plans
- Long Range Program Plan a Projected Financial Outlook to include compiling a metric system for established performance measures within the entire agency
- Manual Exhibits and Schedules to report on Litigation Inventory, Major Audit Findings, Organizational Structure, Reduction Targets or Reprioritization
- Schedule Is and Related Documents to convey critical financial and budgetary information about each trust fund
- Track bills, Statues, and Revenue Estimating REC results for assigned budget entities or programs and services
- Coordinate the questions and responses related to findings on the Schedule I received from the Governor's Office
- Assist with any adhoc request from the Governor's Office
- SharePoint Administrator for Budget and Grants Management Office
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Budget Analyst - Managed 105 million dollar budget
- Prepare Budget Ledgers and reconciliations to include all DOT budget entities, prior year work program categories, non-operating categories, and salary projections
- Streamline and automated the Budget and Salary Reconciliation process
- Review, analyze, and process requests for budget amendments, five percent transfers, and allotment transfers
- Process and assist with trouble shooting pivot tables and perform analysis
- Prepare Master Allocation tables for assigned budget entities to reflect approved budget Confidential
- Coordinate all schedules and manual exhibits for submission of the annual LBR
- Coordinate and prepare the annual Schedule I and manual exhibits for submission
- Track bills, Statues, and REC results that directly affect the numbers submitted on the Schedule I
- Answer all Technical Review questions related to findings on the Schedule I received from the Governor's Office
- Prepare summaries of analysis and recommend actions to resolve problems and deficiencies
- Assist with any adhoc request from the Confidential
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Confidential Financial Reporting Coordinator - Directly responsible for reconciling Toll Facilities Revolving Trust Fund and the Petty Cash Accounts, and reviewing the trial balance for atypical balances
- Monitored status of accounts with negative balances payroll, cash, budgetary, and receipt accounts
- Created a database that will allow an efficient method of investigating, analyzing, and tracking of cash reconciliation errors
- Prepared financial statements and ensured the Department's financial information is materially accurate and in compliance with appropriate accounting principles
- Coordinated the entire financial year-end process
- Ensured the Department closes the fiscal year financial records smoothly within the period established by the Confidential
- Coordinated, reviewed, and submitted financial statement forms to DFS within 20 days of closing the Confidential financial records
- Ensured staffs timely completions of assigned year-end duties were met
- Prepared and reviewed necessary financial reporting accrual, adjusting and correcting entries
- Prepared financial statements as required by bond covenants and/or Management: Commission for Transportation Disadvantage, the Confidential Regional Transportation Authority
- Coordinated the process of Confidential Accounting and Information Resource System Confidential Access request approvals
- Setup Agency employees' access in Report Distribution System RDS and reset passwords as needed, and assisted training for reports
- Provided assistance and training with accessing information in FLAIR, RDS, and Management Reporting Environment MRE
- Supervised and monitored the work of professional accountants, whom reconcile Departmental Confidential records to State Accounts for Cash Receipts and Cash Disbursements through an internal Cash Reconciliation system, reconcile Contract Advances , Bid Protest Bonds, Cash Performance Bonds, Transfers in/out, Intra-departmental Transfers, Intra-departmental due to/from, Cost Distribution, Revolving Funds, and Accounts Payable Subsidiary Ledger
- Reconciled internal systems: Cashier Office Funds Transmittal System FTS , Batch Tape Corrections, Phantom Project Reconciliation, and Financial Management
- Reviewed and implemented new accounting standards GASB 49, 08/09 fiscal year and GASB 51, 09/10 fiscal year
- Assisted other offices with projects/issues relating to accounting and Confidential
- Assisted with the preparation and findings of current year revenues and expenditures for the LBR process
- Assisted with the Schedule I Technical Review questions directly related to the LBR process
- Managed personnel related issues
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Games Administration Supervisor - Created a knowledge database for employees to reference when providing customer service to retailers
- This provides consistency with documentation of calls across staff
- Provides the Analysts an automated resource for troubleshooting issues
- Designed and implemented Analyst call statistics Crystal Reporting
- Created the reports to run automatically
- An excel workbook was created to perform all calculations related to analysts' required levels of service
- Designed a performance measurement criteria worksheet to audit the day-to- day functions within Games Administration
- Review Analysts calls monthly to ensure staff applied technical expertise to the resolution of customer service requests and hotline call etiquette expectations
- Monitor the hotline for call volume
- Create Team Building exercises to encourage teamwork
- Participated in the revamping of online drawings/air times and the Retailer Contract application process
- Encourage the creation of our department's mission statement
- Managed personnel related issues
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Confidential Senior Accountant - Consistently prepared/delivered financial statements with zero discrepancies to the Governor's Office and 18 members of the Legislature Board
- Designed a performance measurement criteria worksheet to audit the day-to- day functions within Financial Reporting
- Prepared financial notes for the Year-End Financial Statements
- Successfully completed the statewide accounting system closing process and assist the Accounting Manager with the information flow to DFS
- Assigned as Lottery's training coordinator for the ASPIRE project
- Selected to Performed Retailer contracting functions, ie processing applications by background and credit screening retailers
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Staff Accountant - Performed procedures to ensure expenses requested for reimbursement from the Child Support Enforcement Title IV-D grant complies with the OMB Circular A-87 for all 67 Confidential counties Travel Required
- Performed off-site analysis to test the expenses for unexpected variances charges and risk assessments
- Analyzed and interpret expense explanations to ensure reasonableness
- After completion of research, summarizations and recommendations are concluded and submitted to Florida Association of Court Clerks
- Performed audit procedures to ensure integrity of Florida Lottery nightly on-line games
- Compiled and audit journal entries, general ledger, trial balances, and financial statements for not-for-profit agencies
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