In addition to a full award accountant workload:Provide work direction and oversight to team of Award Accountants.Promote employee development through training and review of work performed.Ensure standardization and compliance with funding entity regulations and apply knowledge and education in support of federal regulatory compliance.Identify areas of opportunity for improvement and provide leadership and guidance for new initiatives to achieve efficiency.Serve in critical role to promote partnership between OPAFS, campus departments, and the sponsoring agencies.

• Provide post-award financial administration and management for $200M worth of federal and private research funds.• Responsible for the timely and accurate tracking and processing of financial reports on 300 awards.• Identify special terms and conditions for submitting financial reports in compliance with award terms.• Responsible for the recording, reconciliation and collection of income to which the University is entitled.• Submit monthly and quarterly cost reimbursable invoices, and fixed price milestone invoices; monitor the Accounts Receivable Balance Listing for outstanding invoices.• Research and reconcile payment problems and expense disallowances.• Determine unexpended balances and initiate refunds to agencies per established internal audit procedures.• Perform final reviews of financial ledger balances, initiate closing actions to zero fund balances, and close accounts.• Coordinate and implement budget allocations.• Prepare journal entries, maintain, and reconcile ledger accounts.• Assist with internal and external audits.Assisting with the conversion, testing, and training of system transition to Oracle Financial Cloud.

Actively managed horizontal relationships between the various Operations, Accounting and Project Accounting groupsManaged budget changes and variance adjustments for 200+ projectsReviewed WIP and A/R bi-weekly for accuracy issues and analyze and resolve WIP aging issuesIdentified need for and perform manual adjustment entries, manual transfers and manual invoicesReviewed contract documents to properly set up and manage LS, CPM, CP, and CPFF projects in ERP system Processed billing in accordance with clients’ requirements, within currently established procedures, and the timelines of Service Level Agreement

My position required versatility in a high paced environment refining my ability to multi-task and adapt to each student's needs ranging from preschool to high school levels. I took great pride in helping students work from remedial levels to targeted grade while cultivating an appreciation for learning.Having excelled on the student facing side, I took the opportunity to create and manage social media accounts for the center to generate new clients and engage with current students and parents.I used my prior customer service experience to develop and maintain interpersonal relations with prospective families and business partnerships.As I progressed in the instructor position I was tasked with managing the team of instructors, including training, supervising performance, and assessing instructor growth.

I assisted the San Diego sales team on various projects alongside participating in training programs for new sales representatives. Primarily tasked with customer outreach in an effort to address issues and further build client relationships.

As a part of the research team I performed due diligence tasks on fund managers. Interns were responsible for regularly creating and editing excel financial analysis reports to help the research team with monthly reporting.I facilitated the management of managedfutures.com through interactions with hundreds of CTA program managers.

As a part of the Student Financial Solutions team I oversaw the management of over 24,000 student financial accounts.Developed strong customer service skills advising students, affiliated guardians, and third parties on proper account management with the university.Gained valuable cash-handling knowledge in regards to accounts receivable relations.