Support HIAS’ offices in Peru, Ecuador, and Venezuela in grants management support

Manages the grant portfolio and departmental budgets for Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, and Mexico

Research economic development and social unrest for the Metropolitan Center, an Urban Policy Think tank at American University

•Manages university billing lifecycle process, and tracks ongoing sponsorship and payment issues throughout academic year•Foster relationships with university partners, and provides guidance to on navigating sponsorship and payment issues•Interprets and applies applicable financial policies to ensure program deliverables and method of solution are within compliance•Gather necessary background information to inform problem solving and consulting with internal and external stakeholders•Communicates the financial policies and requirements of the client to internal partners, and consistently relay updates and how to navigate them

•Coordinated and implemented financial operation strategy for 100+ new scholarship recipients from Saudi Arabia•Manages supplier set-up and payment processing of third-party vendors via Oracle People, and tracked payment from purchases order to vendor delivery•Assisted in rebuilding the program’s relationship with external partner, Aetna healthcare, by analyzing ongoing issues and implementing new communication procedures•Built relationships with internal partners and found new pathways to achieve successful close-outs of previous fiscal year budgets, which led to bringing the program up-to-date with its contractual program delivery with the client and organization•Managed and executed standard financial processes, including processing third-party vendor invoices, check cancellations, creating accounting journals, and reconciling programmatic expenditures

•Oversaw and reviewed student deliverables, and kept detailed records to ensure timely payment schedules•Provided guidance and communicated with over 150 award recipients on required program deliverables and assured deliverables met the National Security Education Program’s (NSEP) compliance standards throughout multiple award stages: pre-opportunity, opportunity, and post-opportunity•Monitored potential issues and challenges that could hinder a student’s successful completion of their study abroad program, violate compliances, or affect their award amount•Communicated with internal and external contacts on general and specific inquiries concerning program deliverables, individual grant rewards, and policies for Scholarship and Fellowship portfolios•Assisted in analyzing situational backgrounds and developed report for Program Managers on rare occurrences involving Scholarship and Fellowship recipients lack of communication or special concerns

•Oversaw strategic curriculum and education planning to ensure students achieved weekly and quarterly goals•Monitored and analyzed student’s English language acquisition and learning issues by maintaining grading system and utilizing various testing methodology •Coordinated curricular alignment with essential life skills and cultural exchange lessons inside classroom•Collaborated with English teaching colleagues about trimester plan and successful teaching methods, which led to a 10% increase in English grades for 8th•Facilitated cultural immersion and integration sessions for new Peace Corps trainees to begin their Peace Corps training and acclimate to Mozambican culture

•Served as Provincial Coordinator for two Northern provinces under Peace Corps/Mozambiques’s flagship girls’ empowerment national initiative, Raparigas em Desenvolvimento, Educação e Saúde (REDES)•Coordinated key organization provincial events, Training of Teachers and a weekend camp, which led to recruiting local leadership and building sustainable girl empower groups•Facilitated training bootcamp and engaging sessions for local Mozambican leaders and American volunteers on mentoring young Mozambican girls and addressing gender inequality•Created and tracked three multi-provincial budgets, totaling 600,000 MZN or 8,000 USD, for two weekend camps and training for adult leaders•Oversaw and provided guidance for girl empowerment groups in two provinces, including assisting with applying for grants and upholding grant compliance•Worked with local secondary school girls to learn about income-generation ideas, importance of education, gender equality, and HIV/AIDS