YOLANDA MURIEL FALCON
MACUNGIE
Summary
Experienced with grants management, ensuring compliance with funding regulations and guidelines. Utilizes strong analytical and organizational skills to oversee grant application processes and reporting. Track record of fostering collaborative relationships with stakeholders to achieve successful project outcomes.
Knowledgeable Grants Management with comprehensive understanding of grants administration and compliance. Successfully managed multiple grant portfolios, ensuring timely and accurate reporting. Demonstrated expertise in financial analysis and risk assessment.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Grants Management Specialist: Region 2
Department of Health and Human Services/ACF/OGM/Region 2
11.2022 - 04.2025
- Company Overview: This is a federal job
- Supervise the day-to-day operations of Grant Management Office of in Region 2 that include review, evaluate, and issue Notice of Grants Awards.
- Supervise Grants Management Specialists GS 12 and GS 13.
- Provide training to new employees.
- Establish Employee Performance Plan.
- Participate in the hiring process including interviews, and selection.
- Negotiate Workplace Flexibilities Agreements.
- Participate in meetings with the Grant Manager Officer of the other Regions and Portfolios.
- Establish Correction Action Plan with recipients.
- Provide leadership in the development, management, and resolution of all ACF audits and ensure that the Audit Determination Letters and OIG Clearance Documents (OCDs) are developed and sent to the program offices within 90 days of acceptance. Collaborate with the Office of Head Start and the Office of General Council, (OGC), in a sensitive cases of top manager officers of recipients that were arrested.
- Implement the High-Risk procedures including the restricted drawdown in PMS to recipients that shows weakness in the administration of the grants.
- Develop and implement training to recipients and co-workers national and regional.
- Supervisor: David Kadan, Supervisor
- Salary: $144,889 USD yearly
Supervisor Grants Management Specialist
Department of Health and Human Services/ACF/OGM/Region 2
11.2022 - 03.2023
- Company Overview: This is a federal job
- Responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Region 2 Subsidy Administration Office, which serves New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. I approved the Region Grant Award Notice.
- Supervised the GS-13 and GS-12 Grants Management Specialists including approval of regular and sick leave and establishing EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE PLAN. Participated in the selection process for new employees.
- Prepared and made fiscal presentations for the recipients of the Region.
- Hours per week: 40
- Series: 1109 Grants Management
- Pay Plan: GS - General Schedule (Ch. 51, 5 U.S.C.).
- Grade: 14
- This is a time-limited appointment or temporary promotion
- Supervisor: Stefanie Gordon (646) 905-8061
- Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes
Financial Operations Specialists
Department of Health and Human Services/ACF/OGM/Region 2
05.2012 - 04.2020
- Company Overview: This is a federal job
- Monitor and make recommendations for approval/disapproval of State/Recipient funding plans, grant applications, cost allocation plans, negotiated rate agreements, post award requests, expenditures, administrative costs, and financial reports.
- Conduct or participate in routine and special on-site and desk reviews to assess program quality, performance and compliance commensurate their respective grade level.
- Conduct financial and trend analyses and make recommendations on fiscal estimates and expenditure reports and develop data tables.
- Perform analyses of grant applications, post award modifications, and make recommendations for revisions, approval/disapproval within thirty (30) days of receipt unless a different timeframe is applicable in which case those requirement govern completion of necessary actions.
- Review, analyze, and make recommendations for expenditure reports within thirty (30) days as applicable to the receipt of the award, i.e, Discretionary/Mandatory, or at least fifteen (15) days prior to the beginning of the next quarter to ensure timely issuance of grant awards.
- Review, analyze and make recommendations concerning the acceptability of Cost Allocation Plans, Amendments, and Negotiated Rate Agreements at least five (5) days prior to the established date of submission of recommendations to the Division of Cost Allocation.
- Review, analyze and provide written recommendations for reports resulting from onsite and desk reviews within thirty (30) days of completion of review unless a different timeframe is applicable in which case those requirements govern completion of necessary actions.
- Contribute to effective and efficient delivery of ACF grants management operations through proficient use of electronic systems related to grants, i.e., On-line Data Collections, Grants Solutions, and Head Start Enterprise System.
- Review and analyze audits and prepare the requisite audit clearance documents. Follow-up to ensure States/Grantees complete corrective action taken in response to audits or other findings contained in monitoring reports commensurate with their respective grade level.
- Complete OCD and ADL for approval within one hundred-twenty (120) days of issuance of the audit by the Office of the Inspector General’s National External Audit Review Center.
- Perform audit resolution with emphasis on resolution of audits that have monetary findings and that are more than six months overdue. Monitor implementation of corrective compliance plans proposed by grantees to address findings identified by auditors.
- Provide timely advice, technical assistance, interpretation and consultation to Federal staff and States/Grantees regarding the full range of ACF financial management.
- Interprets changes in Federal laws, rules and regulations to Federal financial participation. Understand and apply laws, regulations, policies and procedures found in the Code of Federal Regulations, HHS Awarding Agency Grants Administration Manual, and other formal sources to award and administer grant portfolio.
- Develop written recommendations or responses to inquiries from Federal and state agencies, grantees, applicants, and other customers regarding grants management and financial requirements in timely manner.
- Meet with business managers, grant administrators and others responsible for grants management matters to determine accountability and allowability of expenditures and drawdowns for ACF Formula, Block, Discretionary Grants and Cooperative Agreements.
- Develop and make presentations at grantee or other conferences; participating in extramural activities not directly related to assigned duties, i.e., working on special reports, providing technical assistance, and internal policy interpretation, e.g. program offices and collaboration with the Division of Grants Policy.
- Demonstrate knowledge about grant related laws, regulations, and policies, and the ability to resolve grants management policies issues within assigned grants portfolio. Provides timely guidance to internal and external customers on a broad range of grant management policy issues related to all ACF programs.
- Utilize applicable laws, regulations, and policies, and is familiar with the vast array of written resources available the AAGAM, HHS grants policy directives, IMS, PIs, program specific regulations, OMB Circulars, GAAP, GATES, PMS, ECLKC and others.
- In coordination with the Office of Head Start to conduct site visits to the Head Start Centers that were impacted by the Hurricanes on September 2017 in Puerto Rico, to evaluate damage and provide technical assistance to Grantees including Directors, Mayors, Fiscal Administrator and Board Members.
- Salary: $101,348.00 USD Per Year
- Hours per week: 40
- Series: 0505 Financial Management
- Pay Plan: GS - General Schedule (Ch. 51, 5 U.S.C.).
- Grade: 12
- Supervisor: Stefanie Gordon (2122642890)
- Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes
Director of Administration
Puerto Rico Legal Services, Inc.
01.2008 - 05.2012
- Responsible for the development, evaluation and monitoring of administrative budgets. Responsible for assuring that the Administration activities comply with the Legal activities.
- Services Corporation Regulations as well as State and Federal Regulations. Head of the Administration and Facilities Management supports 17 Legal Service Centers island-wide in Puerto Rico.
- Coordinator, supervisor and director of the daily tasks of procurement, service contracts, insurances and bonds, and operational services for the 17 Legal Service Centers.
- Responsible for the creation and implementation of the Emergency Response Plan for any Natural Disaster in the island. Ensure that employees, clients and facilities are safe if any Disaster occurred, this includes to prepare and conduct trainings for Directors and employees.
- Responsible for developing and implementing policies, procedures, standards and systems for the operational and fiscal areas; and monitoring performance to ensure effectiveness and efficiency of the programs.
- Responsible for initiating and participating in special studies of accounting systems, practices and procedures; performed professional accounting work of unusual difficulty.
- Responsible for implementing the installation of automated systems and procedures; developed cost estimates for hardware and software applications and oversees acquisition; implementing and coordinating new system conversions or major revisions between staff, users and vendors.
- Monitored expenditures to identify need for in-depth analysis; established and maintained an internal control structure for procurement, expenditures, assets and financial reporting to ensure fiscal accuracy and that requirements/obligations are met.
- Responsible for negotiating, reviewing and approving draft expenditure contracts and for applying policy criteria to ensure that agreements are adequate as to accounting form; designing and maintaining an informational data base for all expenditures of department budget units is also part of the responsibilities as well as reporting findings to the Department Director and Assistant/Deputy Directors.
- Responsible for directing and managing multidisciplinary teams in the development of plans, goals, objectives, policies, and procedures for completion of special projects.
- Responsible for directing and managing staff in the negotiation, reviewing, modification, approval and monitoring of departmental contracts.
- Responsible for establishing, modifying and improving the administration of procedures to assure quality and transparency in the services offered.
- Conduct on-going site visits to all facilities to ensure that facilities are complying with the regulations of the Legal Services Corporations, and the Federal and State Law of Puerto Rico.
- Salary: $69,500.00 USD Per Year
- Hours per week: 38
- Supervisor: LCDO. CHARLES S. HEY-MAESTRE (787-728-8686)
- Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes
Fiscal Administrator
Administration for Integral Child Care and Development
09.2003 - 01.2008
- Overall financial responsibility for the financial operations of 3 programs funded through ACF including Head Start (HS)and Early Head Start (EHS) and ACF discretionary grant programs. ACUDEN received $120 million of federal funding, providing services to 18,000 children, through 28 delegate agencies. Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)an ACF mandatory program, ACUDEN received 33 million dollars, provided services to thousands of children, through sub awards to hundreds of local area providers.
- Responsible for review and analysis of General Ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll and monthly financial reports. Prepared the financial statements for ACUDEN based on Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS), including SAS 112 and 115 (knowledge of SAS 117) and Generally Accepted Government auditing standards (GAGAS), both yellow and red books.
- Responsible for the ACUDEN annual audit, based on A-133 and the A-133 compliance supplement for HS and CCDF. Prepared the audit Engagement letter and lead the annual audit entrance and exit conference. Ensured the annual ACUDEN Management letter was prepared because of the A-133 audit. Responsibility for preparing the annual financial statements for ACUDEN which were used as the basis for the external auditors to prepare the annual A-133, audit report and Management Letter.
- Responsible for preparing the supporting documentation for the information required in the A-133 ACF Compliance Supplement for HS and CCDF. Reviewed ACUDEN A-133 audits, delegate agency audits and management letters. Lead the fiscal discussion each year at the annual risk assessment meeting for ACUDEN held by HHS, ACF regional office in NY.
- Determined ACUDEN financial and program risk, collaborated with other Governmental agency Administrators, Program Managers, Delegate agency and local providers. Reviewed short term and long-term goals and objectives.
- Responsible for conducting trend analysis and to propose recommendations to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the ACUDEN programs.
- Reviewed the general ledger, reviewed supporting schedules, reviewed adjusting journal entries and accruals. Compared current year financials to prior year or prior quarters reviewing expense trends.
- Analyzed the supporting documentation for the ACF Financial Status reports form SF269 for HS and the quarterly ACF-696 forms for CCDF, comparing quarter to quarter and year to year analyzing and identifying trends to ACUDEN Administrators. Based on reauthorizing the HS program,45 USC 9801, Section 635 and the provisions of the CCDF(CCDBG) Act of 1990 and Section 418 of the Social Security Act, developed and implemented financial management policies, procedures and practice, to comply with Federal regulations and specific HS, EHS and CCDF program regulations.
- Responsible for ensuring the fiscal component in compliance with Federal regulations governing HS and EHS grant applications (SF-424), Fiscal data, contained in the HS Program Information Report and HS Grant Application Budget Instrument. Responsible for ensuring the fiscal component in compliance with Federal regulations governing State Plans for CCDF, 45 CFR Part 95.
- Responsible for compliance with the Department of Payment Management and form PMS-272, resolving fiscal compliance issues with ACF Office of Inspector General and Office of General Council. Developed Cost Allocation plans and Indirect Cost Rate proposals, resolved fiscal compliance issues with ACF Division of Cost Allocation. Identified and resolved deficiencies to ensure the ACUDEN management of ACF programs was sound and accountable for the services provided and expenses incurred.
- Responsible for the internal auditing of the ACUDEN programs. Through review and analysis of supporting documentation, identified fiscal deficiencies and resolved them. Lead responsibility for developing corrective action plans and resolution of A133 audit deficiencies, developing fiscal corrective action plans and resolution of HS Federal Triennial Monitoring reports.
- Responsible for providing fiscal technical assistance to Administrators of Governmental agencies, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office of General Council, and Office of Inspector General, fiscal staff, ACUDEN administration and program staff, delegate agency staff and CCDF providers. Interpret and apply policy changes in federal laws, regulations and establish their impact on the programs, based on regulations found at: CFR 200, GAAP, Federal and State regulations.
- Salary: $0.00 USD Per Year
- Hours per week: 38
Education
BBA - Accounting
University of Sagrado Corazon
San Juan, Puerto Rico 05-1982
Master of Arts - Health Services Management
Wester University
Saint Louis, MI12-1993
Skills
- Proficiency in the following programs:
- Power Point, Excel, Access and Word, PAYMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, GRANT SOLUTIONS/OLDC, FEDERAL CLEARING HOUSE, HEAD START ENTERPRISE SYSTEM
- Teamwork
- Adaptability and flexibility
- Team building
- Grants management
- Budget monitoring
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Problem-solving
Certification
- Grants Management Certificate Program, Federal Track, Management Concepts, December 2015
- Level II- Expert Grants Management Specialist, Grants Management Certification Program, US Department of Health and Human Services
Excellent Performances Awards
I have received a performance award every year I have worked in the federal government.
Languages
English
Professional Working
Spanish
Full Professional
Timeline
Grants Management Specialist: Region 2
Department of Health and Human Services/ACF/OGM/Region 2
11.2022 - 04.2025
Supervisor Grants Management Specialist
Department of Health and Human Services/ACF/OGM/Region 2
11.2022 - 03.2023
Financial Operations Specialists
Department of Health and Human Services/ACF/OGM/Region 2
05.2012 - 04.2020
Director of Administration
Puerto Rico Legal Services, Inc.
01.2008 - 05.2012
Fiscal Administrator
Administration for Integral Child Care and Development
09.2003 - 01.2008
BBA - Accounting
University of Sagrado Corazon
Master of Arts - Health Services Management
Wester University
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