Latoya Sweeney
Hyde Park,MA
Summary
Public sector procurement professional with experience managing $1.6M in grant-funded purchasing for goods and services within Boston Public Schools. Skilled in vendor coordination, contract support, budget oversight, and data-driven purchasing decisions. Known for effective stakeholder collaboration, strong Microsoft Office and data visualization skills, and ensuring compliant, efficient procurement processes.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Perkins Grant Manager
Boston Public Schools
Boston
08.2022 - Current
- Manage funding sources for $1.6 million grant and develop a process to implement grants for schools to support 52 Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs
- Devise tracking systems and metrics to quantify schools implementation their grant awards
- Managed procurement processes to ensure timely acquisition of goods.
- Facilitate and lead relevant training for directors and educators
- Track data on student course completion, certificate attainment and employment
- Build and sustain strong professional relationships with key stakeholders
- Assist CTE Director to develop marketing materials to recruit and enroll students in pathways
- Create CTE monthly newsletter
Lead School Secretary
Boston Public Schools
Boston, MA
01.2015 - 06.2022
- Manage school-wide daily systems including attendance, discipline data and other student data
- Keep an accurate binder of staff attendance records
- Prepares payroll for all staff for principal to review and sign off on
- Inputs and monitors information relative to requisitions, purchase orders, supplies and repairs
- Assists in planning and managing logistics for school events and activities as needed
- Maintains confidentiality of records, communications and information as appropriate and prepare a variety of reports
Junior Staff Accountant
Canaccord Genuity
Boston
01.2006 - 01.2012
- Assisted with the preparation of multi-company and multi-departmental financial statements
- Performed variance analysis
- Responsible for month-end balance sheet and income statement reconciliations and accruals
- Acted as a key contact in completing annual and regulatory audits
- Processed all bank activity and reconciles all bank accounts
- Responsible for General Ledger close including journal entries for multiple companies and departments
Junior Financial Analyst Assistant Internship
Scholastic Inc.
New York City
01.2005 - 12.2005
- Assisted with budgeting and forecasting
- Performed financial research
- Assisted with reporting packages
- Prepared Journal Entries for CEO
Education
Bachelors of Art - Management
Southern New Hampshire University
12-2026
Skills
- Office Administration and Management
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Google Workspace
- Aspen
- Peoplesoft
- Quickbooks
- Partnership development
- Strategic initiatives
- Data Visualization
- Time Management & Organization
References
Available upon request
Timeline
Perkins Grant Manager
Boston Public Schools
08.2022 - Current
Lead School Secretary
Boston Public Schools
01.2015 - 06.2022
Junior Staff Accountant
Canaccord Genuity
01.2006 - 01.2012
Junior Financial Analyst Assistant Internship
Scholastic Inc.
01.2005 - 12.2005
Bachelors of Art - Management
Southern New Hampshire University