TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Microsoft Office
• Adobe
• Delphi
• SharePoint
• SAP
• Business Warehouse
• HHS PMS.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Washington, DC

Grants Program Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Manage Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grants for transportation infrastructure.
• Track and measure program performance against established goals.
• Monitor recipients during post - award and closeout to ensure compliance.
• Evaluate and process all TIGER Grant invoices (SF270) and review for accuracy.
• Review quarterly, audit, and annual budget review reports submitted by grantees. Track all reports for timely submission.
• Review single audit reports for findings and for monitoring purposes.
• Ensure grant recipients are reporting financial expenditures correctly and reporting project progress.
• Process modification requests for budget realignment and period of performance extension.
• Review all grant monitoring plans and matrix tables to ensure the government and grantee are adhering to terms and conditions.
• Closeout grants that expend all federal and port funds and are in compliance with grant regulations, policies and guidelines.
• Provide technical support and advice.

Confidential, Windsor Mill, MD

Program Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Provide analytical data using internal GDIT tools to PM manager to support on-going trend, root cause analysis, performance tracking, and quantitative project management.
• Support data collection and data analysis
• Develop and maintain tracking system for population data inquiries for verification
• Participate in the review and analysis of population data
• Create and submit various weekly and monthly deliverables such as weekly project schedules updates
• Assist with the development and maintenance of SDLC project schedules.
• Collect relevant project information to help compile the monthly status report and briefing.

Confidential, Washington, DC

Grants/Financial Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Develop and generate weekly reporting for High Speed Rail grants for the purpose of tracking obligations and disbursements.
• Review detailed budget for allowable/unallowable costs.
• Assist in the assessment of program evaluation results and audit findings and support agency response efforts.
• Review single audit reports for findings for monitoring purposes.
• Process deobligations for reprogramming purposes
• Develop FRA grants management policy and procedures.
• Ensure adherence to grants management policy and procedures.
• Advise applicants of expected award and application requirements and develop selection criteria for evaluating grant applications for discretionary grants in cooperation with Technical Representative.
• Ensure grantee complies with grant administrative assurances and conditions, including administrative reporting requirements.
• Perform closeout resolution of awards to state governments.
• Review Federal Financial Report (SF-425) and quarterly program performance report.

Confidential, Washington, DC

Grants Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Process modifications to cooperative agreements and ensure processes for maintaining data quality through modifications are adhered to. Monitor grant recipients draw-down of funds through SF 425.
• Verify accuracy of expenditures versus available federal funds.
• Manage multi-year grant solicitations for research and implementation projects.
• Coordinate process with program staff to achieve programmatic goals and to ensure cost efficiency.
• Ensure appropriate mechanisms for collecting financial/performance data needed for statutory/regulatory compliance purposes are in place.
• Manage and oversee the designation process for the programmatic grant competitions and on behalf of the Department, make grant selection decisions for the programs within the regulatory time frame.
• Resolve issues regarding modifications through research and communicate regularly with program officials and grantees.
• Participate in the planning of grant program administration policies and procedures to meet congressionally mandated requirements.
• Provide equipment disposition instructions in accordance with 29 CFR 95.34.
• Compile issues regarding the e-grants system and forward to IT department to ensure system improvements and efficiency.
• Provide technical assistance to program officials and grantees. Post Solicitations for Grant Applications (SGA) on Confidential .
• Present procurement process to Senior Managers and grantees annually.
• Train panel members on the effective and objective review of technical proposals.
• Organize and monitor in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), the competitive review process. Review panel evaluation plan to ensure proposals will be scored in an objective manner. Review all cost proposals in accordance with cost criteria set forth in the SGA to derive the total cost score. Review the panel consensus report after panel to ensure adherence to the evaluation plan.
• Interpret policies and define objectives and make authoritative recommendations to Grant Officer to establish precedents. Review and analyze audit reports made by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) citing inconsistencies and noncompliance with OMB A-133, A-122, and support agency response efforts. Advise audit recipients through written correspondence, for failure to meet requirements set by audit regulations and appropriate OMB circulars.

Confidential, Alexandria, VA

Grants Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Provide advice and guidance concerning the full-range of grants and cooperative agreements, and relevant laws and regulations.
• Provide expertise in administration, preparation, and negotiation of grants and cooperative agreements.
• Ensure grant recipients adhere to indirect cost rates. Duties include designing, formulating, preparing, processing and coordinating federal grant applications.
• Administer, analyze, manage and monitor grant awards during award period in IMPACII and SGIMS.
• Perform multiple task projects related to the grant award process using a variety of techniques and standard grants policies and guidelines.
• Prepare Notice of Award, execute, and track grants, within the grants branch.
• Process carryover requests for grantee requesting unused funds from previous budget period.

Confidential, Greenbelt, MD

Sr. Financial Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for verifying the accuracy of cost data on Confidential Form 533 and distribute to Task Monitors at Confidential.
• Provide support in the preparation of the annual budget, quarterly forecast and variance analysis of actual results versus budget or other forecasted amounts.
• Analyze variances, performance against budget, trends, risks and opportunities.
• Highlight significant operational performance issues to management and recommend actions.

Confidential, Greenbelt, MD

Grants Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Maintained knowledge of grants, accounting and administrative processes and federal financial management requirements.
• Provided technical oversight to all grants staff enabling the completion of grants accounting, and logistical tasks in compliance with requirements.
• Provided expert consulting and evaluation of complex grants, accounting, and administrative, logistical and analytical issues, as needed in coordination with the government.
• Recorded cost and disbursement data in the grants accounting system for financial reporting.
• Assisted in posting final SF 272 cost to SAP. Manually posted cost and disbursement transactions in SAP.
• Monitored transactions sent through the interface, identified errors in transactions and posted correct entries.
• Reconciliation of grants, per Letter of Credit (LOC), data in SAP to the transaction posted in Confidential Payment Management System on an as need basis.

Confidential, Rockville, MD

Grants Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed Assistance to the Firefighters Grants Program, managing, and monitoring grant recipients during, pre-award, post-awards and closeouts.
• Performed multiple task projects related to the grant award process using a variety of techniques and standard grants policies and guidelines.
• Prepared, executed, and tracked grants, within the grants branch. Performed work involving the collection, compilation, and tracking of data and statistical information.
• Responsible for the administrative and technical assistance for fifty states, processing awards, obtaining grant recipients responses over the telephone, making follow-up calls to responses and inquiries of post-awards administration, amendment request, payment request and closeout reports and various grants issues, which is communicated orally and writing.
• Reviewed, approved, and/or disapproved electronic amendment request from grantees requesting excess funds, changing the original scope of work and period of performance extension.
• Composed approved/denial amendment letters, interpreting and applying the regulations, guidelines and conditions in writing according to program office guidance.
• Assessed advice, assisted and resolved programmatic issues concerning grantees from various backgrounds on all levels through oral and written communication skills, utilized advanced automated tracking system and electronic email system.
• Independently reviewed closeout reports ensuring that all federal and match funds have been reported according to the original scope of work and are in compliance with grant regulations, policies and guidelines.
• Reviewed OMB A-133 Single Audit control information and correspondence to ensure applicants meet program requirements.
• Responded to written inquiries, communicating in writing grant recipients Single Audits conducted by various auditors.
• Recommended extensions, negotiated deadlines and made necessary adjustments to grant applications.
• Assisted in training new Grants Management Specialist employees and generated status and progress reports to management on a weekly basis.

Confidential

Human Resource Assistant

Responsibilities:

• Performed quality assurance check on online vacancy announcements.
• Audited Office of Personnel Files to ensure compliance with guidelines set by Confidential .
• Gathered employment applications from multiple sources into Access database.
• Examined and processed applications for review.
• Downloaded online applications via intranet. Opened and closed online vacancy announcements.
• Compiled and sent employment applications to hiring managers and selecting officials for final review.
• Received calls from applicants regarding vacancy closing dates, interviews, and if necessary, direct calls to Personnel Management Specialist.