LAUREN JENNINGS
Rochester,NY
Summary
Self-motivated financial and data analyst with accounting background currently working towards a Master of Business Administration. Adaptable and committed to continuous learning and improvement. Can work and communicate effectively either independently or on a team, excels in building and maintaining relationships. Consistently commended for organization, time management, attention to detail, and problem-solving abilities. Knowledge of govt. regulations pertaining to grants and contracts. Highly skilled with SAP and Analysis, Microsoft Office Software including extensive Excel and Tableau.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
SR GRANTS & CONTRACTS ANALYST
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF
08.2021 - Current
- Managed sponsored portfolios for 20+ faculty and postdocs.
- Correctly applied effort and salary to awards, completed invoicing and financial reporting, met with all Faculty at least quarterly, or monthly depending on faculty preference.
- Portfolios contain a variety of awards including government grants and contracts, commercial clinical trials, foundation grants, and subcontracts. Corrected any issues that were remaining in old awards and submitted to SPSS for closeout.
- Used Coeus for grant submissions, Nexus for account reconciliation and to approve 6-month reviews on high risk subawards, and ERS for effort reporting.
- Assisted faculty with sponsored issues, troubleshooting if needed.
SPONSORED PROJECT ACCOUNTANT II
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
01.2021 - 08.2021
- Setup, modify, maintain, and close grants using JHU’s SAP and Oculus systems
- Reading and interpreting contracts from NIH, DOD, NASA, NSF, USAID as well as private sponsors such as AHA and CFF to ensure correct grants and contracts setup and compliance
- Preparing and submitting invoices and financial reports for various government and private sponsors, interacting with various departments and faculty throughout the University as well as external sponsors, troubleshooting for assigned departments, faculty, and sponsors
- Financial reporting for NIH, DOD, USAID, ect. and also for various foundations.
- F32, K08, K23, R01, R21, R34, U01s as well as commercial clinical trials, subcontracts, private (non-govt) awards and contracts
- Trained for Quality Control Team while still assisting with the
- DOM team and training new accountants from
- Joined Quality Control fully in March 2021
- Completes daily, weekly, and monthly reporting for SPSS with minimal supervision
- Reconciles our Grant Master Data with PMS data and grants and contracts via
- Oculus, corrects any errors, confirms and uploads DHHS LOC draws
- Worked with Supervisor to create F&A reviews to ensure correct Grant Master data and adjusted reports as needed to improve effectiveness
- Uploads completed reports on F&A functions and location data into SAP database tables, compiles Accountant’s stats monthly for management reports, verifies new funding and new vendors monthly, confirms new sponsor setups daily, checks for errors that would interfere with automatic overnight jobs and confirmed that those jobs ran correctly.
MATE (MID LEVEL MANAGER)
TRADER JOES
09.2007 - 11.2018
- TOWSON, PIKESVILLE, ANNAPOLIS
- LOCATIONS)
- Managed shifts with 30+ crew members, opened and closed store and books, merchandizing, scheduling shifts for 75+ crew members, ordering, receiving, customer service and returns, crew and manager training and development, controlling and verifying inventory, building positive relationships with customers and crew, leading teams to achieve company objectives, creative problem solving
- Ordered and maintained all produce and displays/merchandizing at this time.
Education
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE ACCOUNTING -
WESTERN GOVERNOR’S UNIVERSITY
MASTER’S - BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT12.2023
Skills
- 5 years of collective management experience
- 20 years in customer service
- Establishing and maintaining good working relationships
- Financial reporting and compliance for govt and foundation grants
- Data analytics including statistical analysis
- Visual representation of data
- Experienced with government/ private/ commercial clinical trials
- Highly Organized and detail oriented
- Experience working with SAP/Nexus/BW Analysis
- Excellent communication skills
- Knowledge of Controller’s Office and SPSS Policies
- Very proficient with Excel
Certification
CompTia Project+ Management certification
Timeline
SR GRANTS & CONTRACTS ANALYST
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF
08.2021 - Current
SPONSORED PROJECT ACCOUNTANT II
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
01.2021 - 08.2021
MATE (MID LEVEL MANAGER)
TRADER JOES
09.2007 - 11.2018
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE ACCOUNTING -
WESTERN GOVERNOR’S UNIVERSITY
MASTER’S - BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Western Governors University
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