Experience

• 

  Research Foundation for SUNY

  • Accounts Receivable Specialist (part-time)

    • May 2018 - Sep 2018

    Responsible for the administration of the Research Foundation's Purchasing Card account. Monitored and reviewed corporate card activity for compliance with policies set by the vendor and the Research Foundation. Reconciled the Purchasing Card account each month.

• 

  Schenectady County Office of Community Services

  • Schenectady, NY

  • Accountant (part-time)

    • Jan 2014 - Dec 2016
    • Schenectady, NY

    Provided fiscal management for New York State funds received by the County for Mental Health and Substance Abuse services allocated to non-profit provider agencies. Developed annual fiscal viability analysis for funded non-profit agencies, prepared contracts and processed vouchers submitted by th...

• 

  Department of the Army

  • Accountant

    • Apr 2012 - Oct 2012

    Utilized professional audit skills to conduct internal reviews and prepare formal audit reports; provided advisory services to the Commanding Officer and Chief of Staff as requested and performed activities relating to internal and external audit compliance and follow-up.

• 

  New York State Dept of Health

  • Medicaid Pharmacy Finance Director – Special Assistant

    • Oct 2008 - Dec 2011

    Responsible for financial management and analysis for the NYS Medicaid Pharmacy Fee for Service Program. Major functional responsibilities included budget development, monitoring pharmacy expenditures, overseeing the pharmaceutical rebate program, and developing fiscal analyses to assess the imp...

• 

  New York State Dept of Civil Service

  • Principal Auditor

    • Nov 2005 - Oct 2008

    Responsibilities included management of the DCS Employee Benefit Division Audit Unit staffed by 9 auditors with responsibility for auditing the various components of the New York State Empire Plan: Hospital, Medical, Prescription Drug, and Mental Health / Substance Abuse. In addition, the Audi...

• 

  NY State Dept of Civil Service

  • Associate Auditor

    • Oct 1999 - Nov 2005

    Performed duties of auditor in charge for the New York State Empire Plan’s 1996 and 1997 medical audit of United HealthCare, the 2000 hospital audit of Empire BlueCross BlueShield, and prescription drug audits of Cigna / Express Scripts from 1999 through 2003. Produced numerous data sets to sati...

• 

  New York State Dept of Civil

  • Senior Auditor

    • Feb 1999 - Oct 1999

    Performed activities involved in the annual quality control audit of the New York State Empire Plan medical (United HealthCare) contract; also responsible for auditing the prescription drug contract with Cigna/Express Scripts. Applied computer skills to create and manipulate claims databases use...

• 

  NY State Insurance Department

  • Insurance Examiner

    • Sep 1995 - Feb 1999

    Investigated consumer complaints against New York State licensed insurance companies; ensured that company actions were consistent with New York State Insurance Law and Regulation. Taskforce member and system administrator on Bureau’s Imaging and Workflow Project.

• 

  NY State Department of Health

  • Senior Accountant

    • Dec 1994 - Sep 1995

    Responsible for reconciling Child and Adult Care Food Program grant expenditures to OSC Central Accounting System, conducted internal control reviews of Agency’s Accounts Payable activities, participated in special projects.

• 

  New York State Dept of Insurance

  • Insurance Examiner

    • Sep 1993 - Dec 1994

    Conducted quality control activities relating to the Insurance Regulatory Systems’ automated database system; documented exceptions; designed an automated diskette tracking/exception/letter generation database application utilizing Microsoft Access and Microsoft Word.

• 

  New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substan...

  • Substance Abuse Accounts Auditor

    • Feb 1990 - Sep 1993

    Reviewed internal controls, and conducted internal audits of OASAS bureaus; conducted financial audits, including internal control reviews, of funded non-profit provider agencies; prepared audit reports; reviewed Single Audit reports from counties receiving federal block grant funding.