Clifton L. Williams
Cincinnati,USA
Summary
Business professional with over 30 years of experience in the areas of finance & administration. Highly skilled with a proven record of accomplishment in leading teams, fiscal management, grant & contract oversight, annual budget preparation, personnel management, mitigating organizational risk, project management & implementation, process improvement, accounts payable & receivables management including collections, customer service, & a variety of other administrative functions.
Overview
36
36
years of professional experience
Work History
Consultant
Family League of Baltimore, Inc.
Baltimore, MD
01.2023 - Current
- Monitor partnership management & compliance including related systems to assess funded partner progress
- Collaborate with internal teams to assess systems and foster continuous process improvement
- Provide general support & technical assistance to funded partners & internal Family League staff
- Evaluate funded partner performance and provide related management reports
- Support annual grant and contract planning initiatives
- Review scopes & exhibits to ensure compliance with funder requirements
- Oversee building annual grants and contracts in the grants management system
- Onboard, train, & mentor staff
- Create grants management system training videos
- Update, & where necessary, develop new standard operating procedures
- Spearhead meetings related to all of the above with internal and external stakeholders
Senior Partnership Manager
Family League of Baltimore, Inc.
Baltimore, MD
07.2019 - 01.2025
- Assisted Director of Grants & Contracts to implement framework for grant & contract administration
- Assisted with procurement opportunities including evaluating grant applications
- Played an integral role in the annual grant & contract awarding process
- Ensured that all grants and contracts were promptly & fully executed
- Reviewed & negotiated contract terms
- Managed communication with funded partners related to reporting timelines & deliverables
- Developed standard operating procedures
- Assisted with onboarding, training, & mentoring staff
- Provided ongoing grants management system training to staff and funded partners
- Served as grants management system super user & recommended related upgrades/changes/enhancements including testing and implementing the same including new reports
- Collaborate with internal teams to assess systems and foster continuous process improvement
- Tracked & maintained status of programmatic & financial deliverables intended drive organizational decisions
- Conducted desk audits & on-site monitoring visits with funded partners
- Managed contract renewal & close-out process for funded partners
- Member of the senior management team advisory group
- Oversaw reporting & compliance with City of Baltimore’s Local Hiring Law and Maryland Department of Social Social Services
Associate Director of Finance
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine (JHUSOM)
Baltimore, MD
01.2007 - 01.2015
- Responsible for all aspects of student accounting services including managing student accounts receivables, the related aging & collections reports & activities, the integrated student billing system, & advising senior management on the same
- Promoted continuous improvement, efficiency, & competence within the student accounts & financial services functional areas
- Designed & implemented the Departmental Graduate Aid system & JHUSOM modules of the Integrated Student Information System & played a vital role in the University-wide implementation of both systems
- Compiled & submitted various statistical & financial reports to government, licensing, & accrediting agencies related to JHUSOM medical & graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, & faculty
- Compiled & presented JHUSOM data to satisfy the annual IRS reporting requirements for Forms 1098T, 1099, & W-2 for students, postdoctoral fellows, & faculty
- Served as the financial administrator for Howard Hughes Medical Institute fellowships awarded to JHUSOM faculty, postdoctoral fellows, medical & graduate students
- Prepared, reviewed, & approved journal entries submitted by all JHUSOM departments
- Determined disposition of cash receipts & revenue accruals during the monthly & year-end closings
- Guided, compiled & submitted annual financial reports to the Deans, Department Directors, government, licensing, & accrediting agencies
- Advised the Office of Financial Aid on student tax related matters & other financial matters including reconciling accounts & posting journal entries
- Oversaw & directed all business, financial, & accounting transactions for the foreign medical student escrow program including negotiating contracts with foreign governments & private entities to fund educational & living expenses for non-US resident medical students
- Performed special projects as necessary
- Supervised professional & administrative support staff & student interns
- Resolving issues related to various business services & financial activities
- Served as primary contact for JHUSOM internal & external departmental audits
- Responsible for computing the annual premium rates & managing the financial & receivables components of the postdoctoral & student health & dental insurance programs including reviewing & approving reimbursement of claims expenses
- Responsible for distributing fi aid to graduate & medical students, postdoctoral fellows, & specific faculty
- Authorized disbursements & signed checks for emergency loans to faculty, staff, postdoctoral fellows & students
- Developed & oversaw student commuter programs
- Responsible for managing financial transactions resulting from cooperative agreements with affiliated institutions including directing the inter-business & inter-financial transactions
- Responsible for settling cash, revenue, & receivables for institution-wide fiscal year-end closing
- Accountable for apportioning telecommunication expenses to all JHUSOM departments
- Served as the Compliance Officer for over 500 JHUSOM petty cash accounts & the procurement card program
- Reviewed & approved faculty expense reimbursement requests & other accounts payable transactions
- Developed the hierarchy for & supervised the document management system
Manager of Business Services
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine (JHUSOM)
Baltimore, MD
01.1994 - 01.2007
- Progressively promoted from Budget Assistant I, Budget Assistant II to Budget Analyst
- Collaborated with the Office of Research Administration on matters related to sponsored research applications & the Joint Committee on Clinical Investigations
- Worked with clinical & basic science departments to complete the annual budget & strategic planning processes
- Prepare, analyzed, & approved departmental general, gift, & discretionary budgets
- Processed revenue & expense transactions for the fiscal year end closing process
- Compiled, analyzed, & presented comparative faculty salary data to Dean, Department Chairs, & the AAMC
- Analyzed faculty compensation packages submitted by Department Chairs for approval by Deans
- Approved faculty salary & supplemental payments & ensured proper recording
- Reviewed & approved payroll transactions for both clinical & basic science faculty & staff
- Created & monitored general ledger accounts for sponsored & non-sponsored research activities
- Collaborated with University-wide development offices to ensure the proper disposition & processing of discretionary funds & gifts to JHUSOM
- Performed compliance reviews & approved accounts payables activities for JHUSOM
- Investigated & resolved questionable & erroneous financial activity
Budget Analyst
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine (JHUSOM)
Baltimore, MD
01.1989 - 01.1994
- Responsible for all aspects of student accounting services including managing student accounts receivables, the related aging & collections reports & activities, the integrated student billing system, & advising senior management on the same
- Promoted continuous improvement, efficiency, & competence within the student accounts & financial services functional areas
- Designed & implemented the Departmental Graduate Aid system & JHUSOM modules of the Integrated Student Information System & played a vital role in the University-wide implementation of both systems
- Compiled & submitted various statistical & financial reports to government, licensing, & accrediting agencies related to JHUSOM medical & graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, & faculty
- Compiled & presented JHUSOM data to satisfy the annual IRS reporting requirements for Forms 1098T, 1099, & W-2 for students, postdoctoral fellows, & faculty
- Served as the financial administrator for Howard Hughes Medical Institute fellowships awarded to JHUSOM faculty, postdoctoral fellows, medical & graduate students
- Prepared, reviewed, & approved journal entries submitted by all JHUSOM departments
- Determined disposition of cash receipts & revenue accruals during the monthly & year-end closings
- Guided, compiled & submitted annual financial reports to the Deans, Department Directors, government, licensing, & accrediting agencies
- Advised the Office of Financial Aid on student tax related matters & other financial matters including reconciling accounts & posting journal entries
- Oversaw & directed all business, financial, & accounting transactions for the foreign medical student escrow program including negotiating contracts with foreign governments & private entities to fund educational & living expenses for non-US resident medical students
- Performed special projects as necessary
- Supervised professional & administrative support staff & student interns
- Resolving issues related to various business services & financial activities
- Served as primary contact for JHUSOM internal & external departmental audits
- Responsible for computing the annual premium rates & managing the financial & receivables components of the postdoctoral & student health & dental insurance programs including reviewing & approving reimbursement of claims expenses
- Responsible for distributing fi aid to graduate & medical students, postdoctoral fellows, & specific faculty
- Authorized disbursements & signed checks for emergency loans to faculty, staff, postdoctoral fellows & students
- Developed & oversaw student commuter programs
- Responsible for managing financial transactions resulting from cooperative agreements with affiliated institutions including directing the inter-business & inter-financial transactions
- Responsible for settling cash, revenue, & receivables for institution-wide fiscal year-end closing
- Accountable for apportioning telecommunication expenses to all JHUSOM departments
- Served as the Compliance Officer for over 500 JHUSOM petty cash accounts & the procurement card program
- Reviewed & approved faculty expense reimbursement requests & other accounts payable transactions
- Developed the hierarchy for & supervised the document management system
Education
Bachelor of Science - Management
Coppin State University
Baltimore, MDBachelor of Science - Business Administration
University of Maryland University College
Adelphi, MDSkills
- Assessments
- Reporting writing
- Business presentation
- Technical review
- Strategic growth management
- Team leadership & development
Committee Memberships
- Financial Aid Advisory Board
- JHUSOM Student & Postdoctoral Fellows Medical Insurance Advisory Committee
- Co-Lead JHUSOM Student & Educational Services Task Force
- Co-Lead JHUSOM Student Billing Systems Task Force
- Co-Lead JHUSOM Student Services & Educational Technologies Steering Committee
- Lead JHUSOM Cooperative Administrative Agreements with the Kennedy Krieger Institute, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, & the Lieber Institute for Brain Development Task Forces
- Member JHUSOM Electronic Attendance System
- Member Maryland State Bursar’s Committee
Professional Development Courses
- Effective Project Management
- High Impact Presentations
- Undoing Racism
- Managing Customer Expectations
- Managing Workplace Conflict
- Motivational Leadership
- Coaching & Mentoring for Success
Systems Proficiency
- Systems Applications & Products
- Integrated Student Information Systems
- Enterprise Resource Planning Applications
- Microsoft Office applications
- Pre & Post Grants Management Systems
Timeline
Consultant
Family League of Baltimore, Inc.
01.2023 - Current
Senior Partnership Manager
Family League of Baltimore, Inc.
07.2019 - 01.2025
Associate Director of Finance
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine (JHUSOM)
01.2007 - 01.2015
Manager of Business Services
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine (JHUSOM)
01.1994 - 01.2007
Budget Analyst
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine (JHUSOM)
01.1989 - 01.1994
Bachelor of Science - Management
Coppin State University
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
University of Maryland University College
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