Experience

Downstate Health Sciences University
• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee
• Grants Manager

  • Apr 2022 - Present


California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute

• Grants and Contracts Analyst III

  • May 2019 - Mar 2022

  • Interface directly with a team of Principal Investigators to oversee the financial management and reporting of a medical research portfolio exceeding $29M in federally and privately funded grants. • Provide in detail budgetary projections while sustaining attentive communication throughout the study teams to ensure all effort and non-personnel expenses are properly allocated and charged at the appropriate levels to meet contractual requirements. • Administer oversight to the compilation and approval process for all applicable intercompany payroll transfers, purchase orders, subrecipient invoicing, and contractual amendments.



Thomas Jefferson University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Financial Grant Specialist II

  • Apr 2018 - Apr 2019

  • Manage portfolios for 60+ biochemistry grants exceeding $20M in total utilizing technological systems such as Oracle PeopleSoft, JPMorgan Payment Net, ERA Commons, and in-house payroll tools. • Drive monetarization of monthly expenditure to ensure clients (scientists) are staying within budget and expenses are in compliance with contract sponsor’s regulations. • Lead financial statement reconciliation to journal via data quality accuracy review. • Proactively communicate financial risks identified through budget projection analysis, and consult on solutions with Principle Investigators and Department Leads.



Rutgers University - Camden

• United States
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Grants Management Specialist

  • Dec 2015 - Apr 2018

  • Advised in testing of Oracle PeopleSoft with Huron Consulting to ensure quality of system delivery met stakeholder needs prior to solution launch. • Developed all financial reporting for a portfolio exceeding 50+ grants and $15M in funding. Reports included: actual vs. budget, revenue forecasting, annual carry-over estimates, and sponsor mandated reports and invoices across private, local, state, and federally sponsored contracts. • Oversaw with key personnel including law department director to support effective expenditure of grant funds in adherence to applicable guidelines and budget deadlines. • Owned approval of journal entries, purchase requisitions, and expense reports for project managers to ensure reasonableness and allowance with University policies and procedures, as well as guidelines stipulated by grant contracts.



Camden County College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Business Office Manager

  • Dec 2012 - Dec 2015

  • Managed a team of 15 individuals to operate front and back end day to day activities related to financial affairs for college population exceeding 23,000 students. • Focused heavily on team and individual growth via one on one coaching conversations, hosting team-wide trainings, and empowering staff with challenging opportunities to unlock each team members potential. • Partnered with program leads throughout the entire program lifecycle to launch an e-commerce platform (TouchNet). Critiqued multiple vendors to determine optimal system solution, provided detailed business requirements to implementation partner, tested quality of the system in test environment, and acted as subject matter expert by leading end user trainings. TouchNet system implementation resulted in increased savings for overhead costs, streamlined payment processes, and improved customer service



Caesars Entertainment Corporation

• Internal Auditor

  • Aug 2007 - Dec 2009

  • Completed financial, compliance, and operational audits throughout the full audit lifecycle for ~40 audits. • Owned activities including planning audit budgets and timeframe, identifying scope per Casino Control Commission regulations, and identifying key risks and control issues through interviews, observations, and testing. • Presented findings to an executive audience including the Chief Operations Officer. • Completed financial, compliance, and operational audits throughout the full audit lifecycle for ~40 audits. • Owned activities including planning audit budgets and timeframe, identifying scope per Casino Control Commission regulations, and identifying key risks and control issues through interviews, observations, and testing. • Presented findings to an executive audience including the Chief Operations Officer.