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Baton Rouge, La, Us

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Area

Accountable for teaching courses in the fields of Public Administration, Political Science, plus Emergency and Disaster Management utilizing engaging course curricula designed to guarantee students meet all learning objectives of each course while adhering to the University’s mission, policies, and core values. Task with ensuring students achieved their full academic potential by administering comprehensive lesson plans, lectures, and webinars. Evaluate each student’s academic progression via… Show more Accountable for teaching courses in the fields of Public Administration, Political Science, plus Emergency and Disaster Management utilizing engaging course curricula designed to guarantee students meet all learning objectives of each course while adhering to the University’s mission, policies, and core values. Task with ensuring students achieved their full academic potential by administering comprehensive lesson plans, lectures, and webinars. Evaluate each student’s academic progression via weekly quizzes, focus forums, policy snapshots, exams, white papers, and class presentations. Show less

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Area

This professional accounting position is responsible for managing, planning, evaluating and coordinating the operations of Commission’s Audit Staff in agreement with agency goals, objectives, and policies in accordance with federal, state, and local statutory requirements. Tasked with reviewing official accounting and auditing pronouncements, regulatory rulings, and legislative changes affecting the public utility industry, for the purpose of assisting the Audit Director in updating audit… Show more This professional accounting position is responsible for managing, planning, evaluating and coordinating the operations of Commission’s Audit Staff in agreement with agency goals, objectives, and policies in accordance with federal, state, and local statutory requirements. Tasked with reviewing official accounting and auditing pronouncements, regulatory rulings, and legislative changes affecting the public utility industry, for the purpose of assisting the Audit Director in updating audit programs and related procedures. Liable for providing technical advice to subordinate audit staff when assessing audit findings to ensure that they are adequately supported by evidentiary matter and audit recommendations are practical, feasible, and effective. Conduct financial and investigative compliance audits to determine the operational effectiveness and efficiency of a utility’s strategic objectives, while evaluating the adequacy and usefulness of process controls. Show less

The role of a Utilities Specialist is to act as an Utilities Division Liaison to provide technical support to the Commissioners, Staff, regulated utilities, and other stakeholders to ensure compliance with agency goals, objectives, and policies in accordance with federal, state, and local statutory requirements. My job duties include the review, analysis and evaluation of filings made by utilities, such as proposed borrowings, security issuances, asset transfers, and tariff changes. I also… Show more The role of a Utilities Specialist is to act as an Utilities Division Liaison to provide technical support to the Commissioners, Staff, regulated utilities, and other stakeholders to ensure compliance with agency goals, objectives, and policies in accordance with federal, state, and local statutory requirements. My job duties include the review, analysis and evaluation of filings made by utilities, such as proposed borrowings, security issuances, asset transfers, and tariff changes. I also perform financial audits by examining a variety of fiscal documents to ascertain the validity of a utility’s financial condition, level of earnings, rate of return, debt service coverage, operating margin, etc. Show less

As an Auditor with the Louisiana Public Service Commission I routinely conducted financial audits by examining, analyzing, and interpreting a utility company’s financial information presented in each filed rate case proceeding. Responsibilities included a full investigation and interpretation of each utility’s accounting, financial, and economic data related to rate of return on investments, revenues and expenses, plant, cost allocations, rate design, and daily utility operations to ensure… Show more As an Auditor with the Louisiana Public Service Commission I routinely conducted financial audits by examining, analyzing, and interpreting a utility company’s financial information presented in each filed rate case proceeding. Responsibilities included a full investigation and interpretation of each utility’s accounting, financial, and economic data related to rate of return on investments, revenues and expenses, plant, cost allocations, rate design, and daily utility operations to ensure compliance with agency goals, objectives, and policies in agreement with federal, state, and local statutory requirements. Occasionally executed investigative compliance audits to determine the operational effectiveness and efficiency of a utility’s strategic objectives, while evaluating the adequacy and usefulness of process controls. Show less

Responsible for coordinating, developing, and governing complex contracts, grant agreements, budgets, amendments, sub-grant agreements, and RFP’s in accordance statutory and regulatory requirements with respect to agency goals, objectives, and policies. Conducted a thorough and analytical review of yearly performance evaluations after the completion of each agreement to ensure that all state regulations and terms of the agreement were satisfied. As a lead reviewer, I was also tasked with… Show more Responsible for coordinating, developing, and governing complex contracts, grant agreements, budgets, amendments, sub-grant agreements, and RFP’s in accordance statutory and regulatory requirements with respect to agency goals, objectives, and policies. Conducted a thorough and analytical review of yearly performance evaluations after the completion of each agreement to ensure that all state regulations and terms of the agreement were satisfied. As a lead reviewer, I was also tasked with supervising and providing technical assistance to lower level Contract and Grants Reviewers in preparation of grant proposals, contract agreements, and RFP’s. Show less

The scope of this position encompassed strategically planning, implementing, managing, and controlling all budgetary, accounting, payroll, purchasing, contracts, and other fiscal related activities of the agency. Complexity of this work was marked by having direct responsibility of developing and overseeing a total annual budget of approximately $9.2 million dollars, inclusive of multiple federal grant funding sources totaling $9 million and $216,000 in state general fund allocation. Also… Show more The scope of this position encompassed strategically planning, implementing, managing, and controlling all budgetary, accounting, payroll, purchasing, contracts, and other fiscal related activities of the agency. Complexity of this work was marked by having direct responsibility of developing and overseeing a total annual budget of approximately $9.2 million dollars, inclusive of multiple federal grant funding sources totaling $9 million and $216,000 in state general fund allocation. Also responsible for year-end closing tasks which included generating numerous schedules, reconciliations, reports and other related documentation to aid in the preparation of the agency’s Annual Financial Report. Show less

As a budget analyst I was accountable for arranging monthly, quarterly, and annual reports on the agency’s fiscal conditions, complete with historical funding tendencies, to successfully administer funding to multiple grant programs in accordance with federal, state, agency, and local mandates. I was able to further establish a relationship between the agency’s mission, objectives and financial resources by reviewing, analyzing, and forecasting programmatic trends to effectively propose… Show more As a budget analyst I was accountable for arranging monthly, quarterly, and annual reports on the agency’s fiscal conditions, complete with historical funding tendencies, to successfully administer funding to multiple grant programs in accordance with federal, state, agency, and local mandates. I was able to further establish a relationship between the agency’s mission, objectives and financial resources by reviewing, analyzing, and forecasting programmatic trends to effectively propose changes to performance indicators, in turn significantly enhancing programmatic outcomes. Show less

Master Of Public Administration (Mpa)

Activities and Societies: LSU Public Administration Institute Student Association, 2013 Public Relations Chair

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Accounting

Activities and Societies: National Association of Black Accountants, Southern University Chapter - Parliamentarian (2002) Institute.