Lorena Barrera

•Managed departmental budget preparation, expenditure monitoring, financial forecasting, budget adjustments, and fiscal reporting to ensure compliance with City policies and financial objectives.
•Reviews completed budget documents for format, accuracy of budget codes, and computations; provides department officials with budget histories and pertinent information on forecasts.
•Checks requisitions for completeness and accuracy; writes specifications and requisitions; and assists in the selection of bids.
•Market research to find most cost-effective items
•Strategically sourced products for department price analysis.
•Document cost savings to demonstrate to management.
•In charge of budget items in department: requisition, request for checks, transfers, change orders, pcard transactions department purchases and returns.
•Input agenda items for department.
•Performs related work as required.
•Participates in and assumes responsibility for purchase of commodities in department.
•Conducted market research, vendor evaluations, cost analyses, and procurement recommendations that improved purchasing efficiency and reduced departmental costs.
•Speaks to and chooses which vendors regarding products are suitable for City and making sure they are cost effective.
•Utilizes a computerized automated procurement system.
• Served as a key member of the implementation team for Kronos Workforce Management and Tyler Munis ERP systems, supporting testing, training, implementation, and operational improvements.
•Implemented, assigns and maintains VectorSolutions training platform.
•Analyzes budget status by monitoring monthly expenditure reports; prepares and processes transactions, periodic adjustments, and transfers.
•Oversaw clerical personnel at the front desk.
•Compiles, calculates, and maintains time cards; coordinates department and personnel activities including personnel records and payroll.
• Interviewed applicants for employment to determine qualifications; provided information to applicants regarding City employment.
•Prepares reports on behalf of the City as assigned.
•Coordinates panel interviews for department positions.
•Updates department website and City website.
•Acts as a liaison with other departments.
•Ability to prepare and submit reports.
•Evaluate sole source requests.
•Developed, prepared and presented for various staff, stakeholders and others for several different events, Family Movie Night, RLA and ToastMasters to name a few.

• Directed daily operations to ensure high-quality charter services and customer satisfaction.
• •Direct all aspects of the operation of a small tourism transportation and brokerage company.
  •Performs all administration functions to keep the company running.
  •Performs data entry tasks.
  •Responsible for all company accounting, including accounts payable and accounts receivable.
  •Assists in monitoring and updating company website content.
  •Makes all decisions regarding acquisition of equipment, hiring and firing personnel, etc.
  •Kept track and contact for all vendors and customers.
  •Managed a fleet of company vehicles by coordinating preventive maintenance, repairs, insurance renewals, registrations, permits, licensing, inspections, and asset records to ensure operational readiness and regulatory compliance.

•Applies the provisions of various collective bargaining agreements in order to assure the accurate preparation of the payroll; consults with various authorities when there are complex personnel-payroll questions; assures consistency in application of pertinent rules and regulations.

•Evaluates efficiency and effectiveness of payroll operations and makes recommendations for improvement; implements those recommendations.

•Audits payrolls to insure accuracy of payroll transactions and adherence to established personnel-payroll policies and procedures.

•Plans, assigns and reviews the work of subordinate specialized employees engaged in payroll processing.

•Interviews applicants for employment to determine qualifications; provides information to applicants regarding career City employment.

•Performs related work as required.

•Assists in planning and preparing department or project budgets; ensures adherence to budget procedures and guidelines.

•Assisted in creating and inputting data into new budget book FY 14/15.

•Reviews completed budget documents for format, accuracy of budget codes, and computations.

•Analyzes budget status by monitoring monthly expenditure reports; prepares and processes transactions, periodic adjustments, and transfers.

•Supervised clerical personnel.

•Compiles, calculates, and maintains time cards; coordinates department and personnel activities including personnel records and payroll.

•Interviews applicants for employment to determine qualifications; provides information to applicants regarding City employment.

•Coordinates panel interviews for department positions; tracks new hires and promotions.

•Acts as a liaison with other departments.

•Performs related work as required.

•Worked directly with Battalion Chief, Emergency Manager and Emergency Coordinator

•Assisted with Emergency and Hurricane Operations Plan for each department in the City.

•Updated vulnerable population and Assisted Living Facilities •Worked on MIR3 and CodeRed. Met with middle school for Emergency Procedures. Inventory of the OC

•Did accreditation, and proclamation for the Emergency Management Office

•Created all hazard and survival plan, SOP active shooter incident, analyze and compare Overbridged and CodeRed and attended Table Top Active Shooter