Andrea Daniels, Mba Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas Area

•Evaluates, analyzes, and manages projects, seeking or that are currently funded, through the Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) and Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) grant funds.•Oversees $66 million-dollar CDBG grant budget, which includes managing, reconciling, tracking, and auditing individual project budget allocations.•Provides financial analysis reports and spending forecast projections to executive-level management and Federal regulations reporting team, for monthly and quarterly reports as well as the annual benchmark.•Coordinates and collaborates with compliance teams to ensure work force regulations with federal, local, and state requirements are adhered to.•Mitigates risks to contractors, subcontractors, and the environment, through collective environmental analysis review, prior to construction commencement.•Lead bi-weekly meetings for CDBG-MIT and CDBG-DR which provides guidance and support to city departments, public, and private entities seeking funding for projects and provide project updates.•Performs site visits, reviews change orders, maintains project files, review project’s scope of work, and facilitate monthly construction meetings.•Ensures each project is operating efficiently and effectively in accordance with the design/construction phase, budget, City Ordinances, Federal regulations, accounting requires, and legal contractual obligations, on a continual basis. •Reviews timelines, Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s), Scopes of Work (SOW’s) to ensure the accuracy of the project and that the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) are followed and deliverables and milestones are met.•Successfully closing out two grant related projects in the Housing Urban Development (HUD) grant reporting system as well as overseeing a very high-profile multifaceted project between the City of Houston, Harris County and Buffalo Bayou Partnership in a TriCity Agreement.

• Facilitates in the preparation and operations for the $200-million-dollar capital budget controlled by the Harris County Commissioner’s Office Precinct One.• Reconciles general ledger and special projects accounts, and compiled monthly reports for the Auditors’ Office • Processes and analyzes 92% of invoices, acquisitions, addendums, requisitions, request-to-purchase and request for payment forms for programs and parks within Harris County.• Technically assistants and sustains effective cost analyses and fiscal allocation including monitoring expenses for special programs, parks and other departments. • Enhances customer service for both internal and external customers, monitors contracts with vendors maintaining compliance, liaison between the County and company, and process interim transactions. • Researches and analyzes procurement and financial operating activities and procedures. • Educates and coordinates the development and implementation of a variety of financial services, polices, programs, techniques and analyses to effectively prepare budgets and special projects• Consolidates and audits the Primary Fund Allocation and its breakdown for Fiscal Service• Reviews invoices, transfers funds among the various accounts, monitors and tracks expenditures for grants, special vendors and capital projects; resolves vendor payment, processing and purchase order issues.• Prepare, create or review biweekly Commissioner’s Court agenda items.• Co-created a user-friendly internal automated purchasing system for the entire Precinct to use.• Successfully implemented a new budget preparation process for the entire Precinct using Excel.

•Audited allocated cash drawer and vault against the general ledger, performs trial balances and safeguards assets.•Processed numerous monetary instruments and various transactions with a less than 1% error percentage•Recognized and appreciated by the CEO for surpassing expectations when aiding a prestigious client.• Provided financial knowledge and exceeded cross selling expectations and provided services to meet customer’s needs, improving customer satisfaction, retention, and assists the branch in meeting and exceeding account goals by 5% • Demonstrates in-depth knowledge of proper policies and procedures including dual control, confidentiality, and verification of currency and checks.• Recently recognized for going beyond the call of duty to assist customers

Houston, Texas Area

• Influenced and provided financial knowledge and cross-sold services to meet customer’s needs, exceeded expectations, and improved customer satisfaction and retention by 10%.• Co-spearheaded weekly branch meetings, and exceeding account goals by 5%• Acknowledged for my outstanding yet professional customer service, 100%.• Demonstrated in-depth knowledge of policies and procedures including dual control and confidentiality

Tutored students in low income areas (voluntarily and paid) •Facilitated study sessions for college courses•Created group tutoring sessions for all classification levels in numerous classes such as statistics, accounting, college algebra and English.

Processed checks, managed credit and debit card transactions, and balanced cash on hand with receipts while practicing positive customer service.•Priced and allocated merchandise to appropriate areas•Reconciled monetary daily, ensuring that it balanced with the computer’s revenue account in the general ledger.•Verified and validated the entire day’s sales, received in cash; and properly distributed into the official store bank account in a timely manner.•Used proficient mathematical skills to resolve register errors and practiced store regulations and rules to create better work atmosphere•Provide clerical assistance to upper level management while performing routine accounting functions.