Yolanda Mendez
Orlando,FL
Summary
Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills. Finance Budget Analyst with Nonprofit experience and Account Receivable and Accounts Payable experience. Cross-functional team player skilled at partnering with leaders to identify and implement process improvements.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Finance Analyst
Community Coordinated Care for Children Inc. (4C)
Orlando, FL
09.2021 - 08.2023
- Prepare yearly budgets for federal programs ensuring that expenses are following Head start regulation as well as cash match being met
- Review monthly financial statement and compare the budget to determine if a budget amendment is needed
- Prepare budget-to-actual and forecast-to-actual analysis monthly
- Prepare and submit monthly, quarterly federal financial reports for programs, such as Cash transaction report and Federal Transaction report
- Review and assign allocation to purchase order request from program and verify that funds are available
- Present to Directors and Policy council annual budgets, amendment budgets and financial statement
- Prepare reports for Federal transfer of grant funds, twice a month for expense incurred
- General ledger reconciliation and preparation of journal entries to reclass expenditures to proper program.
Vaco Recruiting Agency
Orlando, FL
04.2021 - 09.2021
- Contracted by the staffing firm to perform multiple assignments related to Grant Billing duties on a temporary basis for Homeless Services Network of Central Florida
- Review billing received from different agencies to ensure all necessary documents are attached and billing is correct as well as contractual compliance is being followed
- Resolve any discrepancies with the outside agency before billing is processed
- Verify client’s eligibility for services based on HMIS software
- Accounts receivable reconciliation.
Project Contract Manager, Community Partnership Schools
Children’s Home Society of Florida
Maitland, FL
02.2020 - 07.2020
- Responsible for contracts and grants administration and management
- Provide guidance and assistance to staff regarding interpretation and understanding of requirements and performance outcomes
- Conduct quarterly meetings with Program Directors to review contracts, subcontracts, and grants
- Address concerns and barriers and assist with advisement and formulation of action plans for resolution
- Managed budgets for twenty-four schools to ensure we are following grants requirements and find opportunities to maximize revenue and performance.
- Create and maintain relationships with contractor and serve as the singular point of contact for matters concerning contracts.
- Ensured all changes to existing contracts were documented and approved in accordance with established policies.
- Acted as a liaison between internal departments and contractor when necessary during negotiations or other contractual matters requiring input from both sides.
Financial Planning Analyst
Children’s Home Society of Florida
Maitland, FL
07.2007 - 02.2020
- Preparation of budgets for various programs in five divisions
- Assist the Director of Budget and Contracting in supporting the Executive Directors and Program Directors in the divisions
- Prepare, review, and analyze budget performance and projection report
- Monitor revenues, expenses, and projections, notifying the Director of any variances; and aiding in contract oversight and administration
- Generate and review actual expenses to budget based on contract requirements monthly and quarterly reports
- Ensure compliance with contract and legal requirements
- General ledger reconciliation and preparation of journal entry form if needed.
- Analyzed budget reports to identify discrepancies and recommend corrective actions.
- Assisted with the preparation of funding requests for new programs or initiatives.
- Provided guidance on budgetary matters to senior management staff.
Financial Analyst
The Howard Philips Center for Children and Families (Orlando Health)
Orlando, FL
08.2005 - 07.2007
- Prepare, analyze, report, reconcile and monitor financial data for five programs
- Active interaction with program managers to help resolve budget to actual variances
- Prepare monthly contract billing and resolve any discrepancies with billing.
Education
3 years of college for a bachelor’s degree in psychology -
Berry University
Orlando, FLFundamentals of Lean six sigma for nonprofit -
Certificate
Skills
- Account Reconciliation
- Expense Monitoring
- Budget Forecasting
- ERP Understanding
- Budget Planning
- Contract Administration
- Analytical Thinking
- Critical Thinking
- Account Payable and Accounts Receivable Knowledge
- Investigating Variances
- Developing Solutions
- Monthly Reporting
- Financial Forecasting
- General ledger accounting
- Strong organization
- Research abilities
- Excellent attention to detail
- Developing solutions
Accomplishments
● Account Receivable reconciliation finding that transportation cost was not being paid. Saved approximately $1,000,000 to the company.
● Participated in changing procedures for the billing department once i discovered that they were not following HIPAA regulations. Penalties for noncompliance are based on the level of negligence. These can range from $100 to $50,000 per violation (or per record), with a maximum penalty of $1.5 million per year.
● Established Policy and Procedures for grants to insure proper utilization of funds. Avoiding penalties for overspending or having to return funds.
● Improved Account Receivables billing for student enrollment. Created an invoice to automatically calculate once enrollment numbers are entered, reducing time for generating the invoice, avoiding late fees.
Languages
Spanish
Full Professional
References
References available upon request.
Work Availability
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Timeline
Finance Analyst
Community Coordinated Care for Children Inc. (4C)
09.2021 - 08.2023
Vaco Recruiting Agency
04.2021 - 09.2021
Project Contract Manager, Community Partnership Schools
Children’s Home Society of Florida
02.2020 - 07.2020
Financial Planning Analyst
Children’s Home Society of Florida
07.2007 - 02.2020
Financial Analyst
The Howard Philips Center for Children and Families (Orlando Health)
08.2005 - 07.2007
3 years of college for a bachelor’s degree in psychology -
Berry University
Fundamentals of Lean six sigma for nonprofit -
Certificate