Kimberly Johnson Fontanez
Columbia,SC
Summary
- Manage the state and federal funds allocated to the Developmental Disabilities Council (DD Council) and Central Midlands Council of Government
- Maintain all financial data for forty-six (46) county transportation committees (CTC)
- Process over $30 million of reimbursement for the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) program
- Point of contact for technical assistance and liaison between grantees and/or contractors, program staff, and agency staff
- Reconciliation of contract/grant payments
- Outstanding training, leadership, organizational and communication skills
- Multi-task oriented
- Proven ability to lead with effective results
- Knowledge of current South Carolina State regulations as well as current Federal regulations concerning grant/contract payment compliance, and GAAP
- Team environment and work independently with limited supervision
- Perform a variety of program activities related to increasing access and independence for people with disabilities especially in regard to reliable transportation
- Perform general office duties such as ordering and maintaining office supplies, maintaining records management systems, and performing basic bookkeeping work
- Acts as a leasing agent, assisting with applications, leases, renewals, and other similar functions
- Complete detailed-oriented tasks in a fast-paced and results-driven environment
- Proficient with Microsoft Access, Excel, PowerPoint & Word
- Provides expertise on a broad range of human resource (HR) management concerns
- Serves as a first point-of-contact for client departments regarding day-to-day HR-related questions, needs, and problem
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Entry Operator III
SC Child Support Enforcement
01.1998 - Current
- Responsible for entering data regarding new hire referrals, and contacting employers for corrections
- Process incoming mail, answer telephone calls from employers
- Provide assistance to the Project Administrator filling paperwork for revoked license(s) for non-custodial parent issues and other general office duties
Richland County CASA
01.2014 - Current
- Guardian
- An individual who is at least 21 years of age and has successfully passed screening and training requirements
- Commit to Richland County CASA for a minimum of 18 months
- Visit each individual child at a minimum of once each month until the case closes
- Keep in contact with the CASA office on a frequent basis
- Attend all court hearings
- Submit a report to the CASA office prior to all hearings
- Attend 12 hours of additional In-Service training on an annual basis to keep Guardian status
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc
01.2019 - Current
- Communication, teamwork, problem solving, creativity, interpersonal, attention to detail and time management
- Ran social media account to promote the March of Dimes and bake sales for the sorority to raise money and awareness by scheduling daily posts across Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter 5
AAA Grant Specialist/Assessor
Central Midlands Council of Government
01.2023 - 01.2024
- Provide assistance to the AAA Director and AAA Finance Manager on the American Rescue Plan
- Act grant and other duties as assigned
- Individually assist clients by completing assessment, assessing needs, determining eligibility, researching available options, and directing consumers to appropriate aging and disability services
- Gather instructive information and provide to IR&A specialist for referral as the basis for the initial assessment
- Screen client for eligibility of various programs and services
- Make referrals for services indicated on the completed assessment
- Prioritize and recommend clients for services
- Document actions and provide follow-up activities as needed
- Perform other duties as assigned
Mobility Program Assistant
ABLE South Carolina
01.2019 - 01.2021
- Contact paratransit applicants in a timely manner
- Schedule eligibility appointments in a scheduling database system
- Provide accessible and positive customer service
- Maintain organization of applicants
- Conduct eligibility assessments with team input on final recommendations
- Provide information and referral services for community transportation resources
- Prepare eligibility letters for mailing
- Document program activities via data entry using multiple computer-based platforms
- Organize trainings and outreach
- Collect data and compile monthly reports
Receptionist
Empire Property Management Group, LLC
01.2018 - 01.2019
- Read and analyze incoming memos, submissions, and reports in order to determine their significance and plan their distribution
- Pickup, sort and distribute mail and misc
- Bank deliveries
- Open, sort and distribute incoming correspondence and faxes
- File and retrieve corporate documents, records, and reports
- Greet visitors/residents and provide assistance
- Answer all calls and transfer accordingly – multi-line phone system
- Prepare responses to correspondence containing routine inquiries
- Draft daily correspondence and prepare misc
- Forms/documentation
- Perform general office duties such as ordering and maintaining office supplies, maintaining records management systems, and performing basic bookkeeping work
- Assist personnel with misc
- Duties (Office Manager, Property Manager etc.)
- Acts as a leasing agent, assisting with applications, leases, renewals and other similar functions
- Daily communication with and assisting government agencies and property locations
- Assists in renting/showing properties for rent
Grants Administrator II
SC
01.2016 - 01.2017
- Review all grant requests and requirements to ensure compliance with agency mission
- Prepare the indirect cost rate annually
- Review all requests for draws and reconcile accounts
- Prepare and submit all grantor reports
- Monitor sub-recipients of grants issued by the Agency
- Provide guidance on best accounting practices and answer questions from program areas on proper procedures and accounting codes as requested in order to process invoices for payment
- Other related duties as required
Grants Administrator
SC Developmental Disabilities Council
01.2008 - 01.2016
- I
- Collect, assimilate, and ensure accuracy of financial data submitted by council sub-grantees
- Process reimbursement requests from sub-grantees
- Reconcile situations when files are out of balance to SCEIS, research errors and ensure corrective action
- Provide technical assistance to sub-grantees
- Assist in monitoring projects supported by DD Council funding
- Compile DD Council budget annually
- Provide state and federal financial reporting accurately and within the time guidelines
- Team environment and work independently with limited supervision
- Operate SAP/SCEIS
- Travel Coordinator for staff and council members
Accountant Fiscal Analyst II
SC Department of Transportation
01.2007 - 01.2008
- Record monthly gas tax and interest for CTC
- Post form 608 payments for lump sum, preliminary engineering and construction engineering
- Record 1% preparation, $300 set fees and 3% annual administration fees
- Establish and update CTC projects
- Prepare form 608 to re-mit gas tax to nineteen (19) CTC on monthly basis
- Acts as liaison between the accounting department and “C” project development and accounting contract employee for forty-six (46) CTC
- Analyze and prepare financial reports and supervises financial employees
Accountant Fiscal Analyst II
SC, Social Services
01.2005 - 01.2007
- Process over $30 million of reimbursement for the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)
- Afterschool Snack Program (ASP), Emergency Shelter Program (ESP) and Summer Food Services (SESP)
- Compiles data for federal, State and Division reports for statistical and other purposes for the programs
- Supervise and process contractual grant and other related payments to ensure compliance with contractual requirements and/or applicable federal and state laws and regulations, and GAAP
- Reconcile payments to the GAFRS DAFR966D report
- Train staff in processing grant, contractual and other payments
Accountant Fiscal Analyst II
Human Services
01.2003 - 01.2005
- Supervise and process contractual grant and other related payments to ensure compliance with contractual requirements and/or applicable federal and state laws and regulations, and GAAP
- Reconcile payments to the GAFRS DAFR966D report
- Train staff in processing grant, contractual and other payments
Team Assistant
Palmetto GBA
01.2004 - 01.2003
- Key hardcopy Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetic, Orthotic, Supply, Parenteral, Enteral
- Immuno suppressive Drug Claims efficiently and accurately
- Research edit situations using BUDS, APPL, OLDS, VOQC, and VMON systems
- Stay abreast of all updates and testing for hardcopy Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetic
- Orthotic, Supply, Parenteral, Enteral Immuno suppressive Drug Claims
Auditor III, Lead Auditor
SC, Health and Human Services
01.2001 - 01.2003
- For the Area Agency on Aging audits
- Conduct all audits of all agency programs Aging, ABC Childcare, Internal Reviews, and Medicaid
- Administrative Contracts
- Develop all workpapers based on the requirements noted in the division’s policy and procedures manual to present the results of the audit in both written and oral form
- Ensure compliance with OMB Circular A-87, A-110, A-122, A-133, and GAAP
- Maintain a working knowledge of all appropriate statutory and regulatory items pertaining to programs audited and keep abreast of any changes in requirements to ensure compliance with applicable state and federal laws and regulations
- Travel involved about 80% of time: overnight travel involved about 50%
Auditor II/III
SC Department of Social Services
01.1999 - 01.2001
- Perform as Team Leader during on-site audits of the various accounting, financial, statistical, and program records of the Agency and/or Providers of Services for internal control and improvement
- Assist in planning and performing all audits of for-profit organizations (who receive $75,000 or more in Federal awards in one year) that participate in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), a USDA program administered by SCDSS, as required by Federal Regulations
- Develop all workpapers based on the requirements noted in the division’s policy and procedures manual to present the results of the audit in both written and oral form
- Ensure compliance with OMB Circular A-87, A-110, A-122, A-133, and GAAP
- Maintain a working knowledge of all appropriate statutory and regulatory items pertaining to programs audited and keep abreast of any changes in requirements to ensure compliance with applicable state and federal laws and regulations
- Travel involved about 80% of time: overnight travel involved about 50%
SC Child Support Enforcement Services
01.1998 - 01.1999
- Accounting Tech I
- Process child support receipts received from the 46 SC county Clerks of Court
- Review and reconcile validated deposit slips to the collection sheets received from the 46 counties and Foster Care Transfers
- Post accounting entries to the State Accounting System (GAFRS)
Human Resource Consultant/Auditor
Total Employee Sourcing, LLC
- Provides expertise on a broad and comprehensive range of human resources activities, including recruitment, compensation, performance management, talent development, employment transactions, policy compliance, and other related HR functional areas
- Serves as a first point-of-contact for departments regarding HR concerns, needs and issues; evaluates situations, navigates and directs departments to the various resources available; partners with HR specialty areas across the Division of Human Resources to address organizational needs
- Provides advice to management regarding adherence to applicable federal, state, and local laws, as well as UNM policies and procedures; identifies innovative solutions and options to address complex human resource management issues
- Assists departments, as needed, in identifying opportunities to enhance departmental operations, policies, and procedures
- Conducts general needs analyses and provides recommendations to management regarding opportunities for improvement; develops and delivers routine training, as needed
Education
M.B.A - Business Administration
University of Phoenix
01.2008
B.S - Business Administration
Coker College
01.2005
A.S - Business
Florence-Darlington Technical College
01.1997
Timeline
AAA Grant Specialist/Assessor
Central Midlands Council of Government
01.2023 - 01.2024
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc
01.2019 - Current
Mobility Program Assistant
ABLE South Carolina
01.2019 - 01.2021
Receptionist
Empire Property Management Group, LLC
01.2018 - 01.2019
Grants Administrator II
SC
01.2016 - 01.2017
Richland County CASA
01.2014 - Current
Grants Administrator
SC Developmental Disabilities Council
01.2008 - 01.2016
Accountant Fiscal Analyst II
SC Department of Transportation
01.2007 - 01.2008
Accountant Fiscal Analyst II
SC, Social Services
01.2005 - 01.2007
Team Assistant
Palmetto GBA
01.2004 - 01.2003
Accountant Fiscal Analyst II
Human Services
01.2003 - 01.2005
Auditor III, Lead Auditor
SC, Health and Human Services
01.2001 - 01.2003
Auditor II/III
SC Department of Social Services
01.1999 - 01.2001
Entry Operator III
SC Child Support Enforcement
01.1998 - Current
SC Child Support Enforcement Services
01.1998 - 01.1999
Human Resource Consultant/Auditor
Total Employee Sourcing, LLC
M.B.A - Business Administration
University of Phoenix
B.S - Business Administration
Coker College
A.S - Business
Florence-Darlington Technical College
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