Paula Cripe Email and Phone Number

*Auditing and approving staff documents for several divisions to ensure proper budgets were applied to fiscal documents, proper vendors, supporting documentation, procurement rules are followed, service dates are correct, prevention of unauthorized spending and for other accounting errors.*Entering payment documents into WOLF's for several divisions and ensuring proper documentation and procurement rules are followed, service dates are correct, etc.*Meeting with Program Managers with assigned Accounting Technicians to discuss budgets, policies and procedures of their divisions, including at the end of the biennium to ensure encumbrances and deadlines are adhered to. *Assisting as a training source for fiscal staff on policies and procedures in processing of fiscal documents within the WOLF’s system*Resolves problems and questions regarding work methods and processes presented by co-workers*Reviewing monthly A642 (Encumbrance Report from InfoAdvantage to review open encumbrances and following up with staff who are familiar with the purpose and circumstances of the encumbrance to ensure they are closed in a timely manner.*Reviewing monthly Budget Reports to monitor spending trends, current month expenditures, percentage remaining and total obligations.*Overseeing billing of Central Mail and back up to MVMS statewide billing, loading, balancing and sending interface to SAO to process the billing and generating of invoices.*Verifying documents conform to internal, State Auditor's and A&I procurement division policies and guidelines*Reviewing, monitoring and controlling amounts expended from the budget(s) to assure expenditures do not exceed funds available*Reviewing Budget Summaries and payment documents for the Governor's Residence.*Researching and resolving issues with rejected transactions and out-of-balance conditions or irregularities*Entering Vendor information into the WOLF's and processing of confidential settlement payments for Risk Management