Sylvett T. Porter

· Directly supervise and lead three managers overseeing Facilities, Fleet, Safety, Administrative Services, Billing, Budget, Community Housing, Accounts Payable, and procurement functions, ensuring consistent adherence to policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements: drive performance management, accountability, and service excellence through regular supervision, mentoring, coaching and performance evaluation.

· Served as second in command and Executive Director's Designee

· Direct and oversee production, development, execution, and monitoring of the SWCMHC operating budget, ensuring fiscal integrity, compliance with state and agency financial policies, accurate forecasting, and responsible stewardship of public funds while aligning resources to strategic priorities.

· Served as second-line supervisor for approximately 9 staff across multiple functional areas, providing leadership oversight through subordinate managers, ensuring performance accountability, adherence to policies and procedures, effective workload management, and consistent application of performance management and corrective action processes.

· Represent SWCMHC in collaboration with boards, state officials, and community leaders to strengthen partnerships, advocate for resources and policy support, align stakeholders around strategic priorities, and expand the organization’s community impact.

· Provide oversight of cross-functional projects and initiatives, ensuring clear scope, timelines, accountability, risk management, and successful implementation while aligning projects with SWCMHC’s strategic operational, and compliance priorities.

· Provide oversight of policy governance, fiscal policy compliance, CARF accreditation reviews for facilities, monitor enterprise risk management, and serve as the primary audit liaison, coordinating internal and external audits for financial information, ensuring timely responses to findings, and assist in driving corrective actions to maintain regulatory, accreditation, and financial compliance.

· Monitor billing, expenses, Cards (Bank of America credit cards) and ensure accurate accounting. Oversee the deposits, debt set off and write offs.

• Analyzes and audits complex and detailed financial documents, financial statements (Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss, expenditure reports, Cash flow, etc.), tax documents/forms, surety bonds and credit worthiness of bidder’s organizations.
• Assessed financial risk levels in various organizations to identify potential vulnerabilities.
• Collaborated with managerial staff to present findings and recommendations for submission to Government entity (Medicare/CMS)
• Liaison with managerial staff and presents findings and recommendations; these recommendations are in preparation to be submitted to Government entity (Medicare/CMS)
• Ensure established procedures, policies, legislation and regulations are correctly followed and complied with.
• Compiled and submitted findings via CBES (Competitive Bidding Evaluations System) to aid Government entity in determining contract awards for bidders.

• Managed the fiscal aspects of the program, including budget development, tracking expenditures, invoicing, and procurement of eligible goods within the allotted budget.
• Identifies funding opportunities and facilitate the procurement of such funds.
• Reconciled actual budget expenses with budgetary restraints to ensure financial compliance.
• Authorized petty cash distributions and maintained accurate records.
• Works with other departments for budget development and modifications, ensuring funds are expended in a timely manner.
• Identifies funding opportunities and facilitates the procurement of such funds.
• Manage and conduct regular financial audits on funded projects and program's financial documents.
• Coordinated team's daily schedule to ensure effective time management and productivity., workload and productivity.
• Prepares periodic reports, financial statements and records on program activities, progress, status or other special reports for management or outside agencies.
• Developed and implemented policies and procedure manual.
• Assessed and processed grant applications to secure funding for program initiatives.
• Accomplishments: Successfully integrated and subsequently managed two departments (established Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), developed implementation plan, developed team building exercises, spearheaded team that successfully obtained grant funds through complex application process).

• Managed market operations and administrative functions, fostering a successful and vibrant marketplace.
• Promote use of nutritional purchasing programs such as SNAP/EBT and Project Fresh.
• Ensured vendor compliance by enforcing required permits, licenses, and standards for produce and goods, maintaining quality and safety.
• Work with and manage staff to promote the market to increase awareness and increase customers utilizing the market.

• Review accounts payable, payroll, taxes, ledger and journal to create forecasting models for budget preparation.
• Diagnose and prepare financial statements and accompanying reports and budgets to identify issues with revenue, expenses or cash flow.
• Supervised accounting team of senior and staff accountants and financial coordinator, ensuring alignment with departmental goals.
• Review and sign off on accounting team's journal entries, purchase orders, expense reports, etc.
• Prepared Medicaid and Medicare cost reports in accordance and in compliance with Medicaid/Medicare rules, regulations and laws.
• Managed and monitored federal, state and local grants in excess of $7,000,000.
• Oversee and authorize period closing, report maintenance, account reconciliations and adjustments.
• Work closely with external auditor to ensure data is gathered, analyzed and presented with integrity and in an organized manner.
• Develops and helps manage company's $15,000,000 annual operating and capital budget.
• Expert in the development of financial analysis that enable company to leverage finances, budget and make key decisions.
• Conduct monthly departmental financial reviews with senior leadership and present financial statements to board of directors' designee.
• Organized department workload and established work standards, enhancing operational efficiency and productivity.
• Served as interim CFO/Finance Director, overseeing financial operations and strategy.
• Spearheaded successful A-133 audit for fiscal year 2015, resulting in commendations for thoroughness and accuracy.

• Managed accounting processes for fixed assets and general ledger accounts, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Managed accounting processes for fixed assets and general ledger accounts.
• Prepared departmental budgets and forecasts, asset purchases and depreciation schedules.
• Audited records and collaborated with finance team to ensure accurate transaction recording.
• Diagnosed financial statements, identified issues, and led projects to implement streamlined solutions.
• Audited records, communicated with finance team to ensure proper recording of transactions.
• Diagnosed financial statements, finding problems and leading projects to produce streamlined solutions.
• Maintained employee compensation, deduction and exemptions records; verified hours worked payroll data to transfer to general ledger.
• Prepared manual depreciation schedules for fixed assets in Excel.

GPA: 4.0

• Summa cum laude
• GPA: 3.97