Samantha Morton Email & Phone Number

Responsible for accounting related to the Community Development Block Grant, HOME Investment Partnership, and City/Federal/State Aid Funds for the City of Lynchburg.• Reviews grant reimbursement reports and monitors receipt of grant revenues• Maintains comprehensive grant files.• Performs internal audits of the City’s Federal/State grants• Performs requests for drawdowns of funds with federal agencies for various grants.• Prepares cash/fund balance analysis of grants• Reviews and approves invoices, purchase orders, Council reports, budgetary transfers, and reports related to grant funds.• Primary liaison with City departments and agencies to assist with grants.• Prepares annual financial statements related to grants

• Manages all grant and contract related budgets, budget revisions, encumbrances, expenditures, and invoicing• Provides reports to funding agencies in accordance with deadlines and maintains related records• Communicates with grant and contract personnel to ensure adherence to University policy, funding agency regulations, and federal, state, and local legislation

• Coordinate and assist in the development of the operating budgetfor the departments of Planning & Construction, Field Operations, Campus Recreation, Auxiliary Services, Real Estate, and Capital Projects• Ensure departments operate in accordance with the University’s Policies and Procedures• Monitor operational and special purpose budgets and support managers with maintaining budgets throughout the year• Audit budget and expense transactions• Supervise the Budget Analyst I for Construction in Progress• Supervise the Budget Analyst I for Field Operations• Analyze past and current spending• Develop and distribute budget reports to operating departments and the CFO• Train end users to use Banner Finance in a classroom setting• Troubleshoot problems with Banner Finance, SharePoint, Rapid Recon, and Infor• Approve Liberty issued credit card transactions using Rapid Recon• Assist end-users with the implementation of new policies, procedures, and software

• Maintain the budgets for capital and special projects in Banner Finance• Work closely with project managers to manage funding and expenditures• Maintain and distribute weekly budget reports for projects• Reconcile Liberty issued credit cards using Rapid Recon• Issue requisitions and change orders for materials/services related to projects• Maintain records for project related materials

• Distribute information received from division office to managers and associates• Create and maintain management's schedule• Build and distribute reports concerning sales, customer satisfaction, etc.• Collect information from stores about events such as presales• Work closely with representatives from GE concerning credit initiatives• Act as manager on duty when necessary including servicing customers on the sales floor, opening and closing the store, resolving customer issues, maintaining Belk standards within the departments, etc.

Farmville, Va

Planned and completed a professional audit of a campus department

• Responsible for providing a high level of customer service• Performed tasks such as filing, copying, answering phones• Responsible for mailing daily packages to company headquarters• Responsible for deposits into customer accounts

Doctor Of Business Administration (Dba), Accounting

Doctoral Candidate

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Accounting

Bachelor Of Science In Business Administration, Accounting

Activities and Societies: Delta Sigma Pi, Accounting Association