         GRANTS MANAGER           Summary     Finance professional successful in not-for-profit and for-profit organizations wanting to resume career after meeting personal goals and obtaining unrestricted work authorization.        Skills     Accounting, administration, preparing trial balance, balance sheet analysis, bank reconciliation, billing, budgeting, forecasting cash flows, cash management services, contracts, credit risk, due diligence, financial analysis and modeling, financial reporting, financial statement analysis, general ledger, government grant proposals, inventory management, investment Banking, invoicing, accounts payables, accounts receivables, legal issues, risk analysis, investment valuation.        Experience              Grants Manager    December 2009   to   July 2014     Company Name   －   City  ,   State      Perform due diligence on potential grant opportunities and monitor current funds portfolio.  This included reading all government updates on healthcare research funding, related financial matters and audits.  Worked as an integral person in all facets of financial administration in a small team with a culture of inclusion.  Have been appreciated and respected for my hard working skills and eagerness to learn.  Having worked with some of the best researchers in the healthcare field, I have had to wear multiple hats and work with tight deadlines.  Specialized in preparing grant proposals for both federal and non-federal sponsors that included various grants mechanisms, Clinical Trails, Research Contracts and IPAs.  Held a key role in pulling together and maintaining a large and complex international grant that involved 21 sites (domestic and international).  This role enabled me to become an excellent team player.  Managed all post-award administration for all types of sponsored research projects including, subaccounts, budgeting, creating purchase orders, invoicing, monitoring, expense processing and reconciliation, financial reporting, IRB, OMB circular and University policy compliance and close-outs.  Held administrative responsibilities like petty cash custodianship, space and infrastructure planner for the entire Program.  Also assisted the Program's clinical finance and administrative activities.          Grants Manager    January 2008   to   June 2009     Company Name   －   City  ,   State      Spearheaded research administration of a global health initiative between the University of Pennsylvania and the Government of Botswana, Africa, called the Botswana Program, in the Division of Infectious Diseases.  Designed a patient billing database for a specialty lab service in the Division of Pulmonary Medicine that improved invoicing and collections.  Specialized in post-award administration for all types of sponsored research projects including, subaccounts, budgeting, creating purchase orders, invoicing, monitoring, expense processing and reconciliation, financial reporting, IRB OMB circular and University policy compliance and close-outs.          Manager - Corporate Banking    May 2004   to   August 2006     Company Name          Emerging Corporate and Small Business Enterprises - Financial and Credit Risk Analysis Responsible for preparing credit appraisals from multiple risk perspectives, asset valuation, collateral security evaluation, loan sanctions and post sanction monitoring.  Thorough knowledge of credit policies & financial statement analysis of clients.  Prepared detailed appraisal reports for different types of credit facilities including term loans, working capital financing, bills discounting, bank guarantees, project financing and micro financing.  Meeting new clients for sourcing potential customers, analyzing their income statements and balance sheets and writing detailed recommendation reports for the top management.  Investment Banking Division Managed pre and post issue management functions related to IPOs, follow-on offerings, rights issue and bonds issue.  Handled legal cases pertaining to public/right issues managed by the bank.  Appointed as the bank's Compliance Officer for an IPO from the infrastructure industry which had an issue size of 39 million shares approx.  Audit/ Compliance Ensure compliance with Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI), Reserve Bank of India (RBI), and ING Vysya Bank Ltd guidelines regarding payment of dividends and collection of IPO monies.  Independently performed SOX audits and tests for the bank's RTGS (Real Time Gross Settlement) payment settlement system that included study of prevailing processes, matching existing process with standards already set in PCDM (Process control Document Matrix), finding out deviations and taking corrective measures.          Education      Master of Philosophy   :   Organizational Dynamics Leadership Management  ,   2013    University of Pennsylvania   －   City  ,     USA    Organizational Dynamics Leadership Management        Certified Research Administrator, CRA          2011
Research Administrators Certification Council
New York, USA 
Certification - Investment Banking   :     2007            MBA   :   Finance  ,   2004    Finance        Bachelor of Commerce   :   Finance  ,   2002    Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship   －   City  ,     India    Finance        Diploma   :   Computer Applications  ,   2000    Mount Carmel College   －   City  ,     India    Computer Applications        Masters   :   Business Administration      Investment Banking Training Institute   －   City  ,     USA    Intensive financial analysis and modeling boot camp
Rigorous training in core aspects of investment management including financial statement analysis, valuation techniques, cash flow modeling, LBO modeling, mergers and acquisitions and distressed security analysis. Business Administration        Bureau of Data Processing Systems   －   City  ,     India         