METIS FORTUNA

Rhonda is interested in augmenting your team by utilizing her 18 years of experience with financial management, business and operations management, project portfolio management, construction project management, and grants management to contribute toward the realization of your strategic goals.

• Business Operations Management & Strategy.
• Business Management.
• Financial Management.
• Grants Management – Construction, Research, and Operations.
• Analytical Problem-Solving.
• Evaluate and Improve Processes.
• Complex Financial Analysis, Reconciliations, & Reporting.
• Financial Budgeting, Forecasting, Staff Utilization, and Cash Flow Reporting.
• Project Portfolio Management, Project Accounting.
• AR, AP, Assist with Accounting Audits.
• Create Training and Process Documents.
• Financial Management Software & ERPs: JD Edwards, SAP, Banner, Sage, QuickBooks, Access.
• Financial Reporting Software: Excel, Cognos Report & Query Studios, Oracle BI, Power BI, Primavera ProSight.
• Other Software: SharePoint.

Overview

• Contracts and funding sources managed: operating funds, federal grants (aviation construction, higher ed. research, higher ed. operations), corporate grants, intergovernmental agreements, corporate contracts, aviation self-supporting operations (Beechjet flight, flight simulator, student flight instruction), gifts, cash, LOC, and government credits.

• Construction industry project types: higher education, transportation, infrastructure, convention centers/ arenas, office buildings, healthcare, and animal care facilities.

Construction Project Management

• Business and Operations Management for Construction Project Management firm.
• Federal Construction Grants Management.

• Project Accounting.
• Project Portfolio Management of 200+ active project accounts.
• Contract Management.
• In-depth financial testing, review, and reconciliations: Reconciled pay apps against GMP contract and SOV. Prepared narrative reports detailing testing parameters and results, as well as Excel financial reports for the reconciliations. 
• Budget, cash flow, and forecast reports.
• Tracking subconsultant activity.
• Design and execution of tailored complex financial reconciliations using financial data compiled from multiple sources (client and third parties).

Grants Management, Project Portfolio Management & Project Accounting

• Financial Analysis and Reporting.
• Project Accounting.
• Project Portfolio Management of 700+ active project accounts.
• Complex fund accounting.
• Grants Management (pre & post-award), adherence to OMB uniform guidance/ circulars and federal agency requirements.
• Contract Management.
• Project Accounting management for a wide variety of funding sources and contract types.
• Financial audit support for internal and external audits.
• Design and execution of tailored complex financial reconciliations using financial data compiled from multiple sources (primary organization and third parties).