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Senior Accountant with extensive experience in non-profit organizations including education, health care, children’s advocacy and social action groups. Particular expertise in streamlining financial operations and creating effective reporting and decision-support tools, templates and processes. Demonstrated ability to make financial data and models accessible and usable to non-financial managers. Known for ability to build productive working relationships with clients, agencies and internal staff at all levels.Specialties: Grants ManagementCoaching leaders in proposal prep and budget development.Maintaining and monitoring budgets.Ensuring compliance with funding requirements. BudgetingDeveloping both annual and grant-specific budgets.Monitoring and investigating variances with actual expenses.Financial ReportingPerforming detailed analysis of activity in General Ledger accounts.Preparing journal entries and accruals in accordance with GAAP.

Listed skills include Financial Reporting, Accounting, Grants, Budgets, and 12 others.