Experienced administrative professional with a strong background in contracts, grants, and budget coordination. Skilled in grant writing, budget review, contracts, data analysis, team building, and maintaining organized grant records.
Work History
Administrative Assistant II
3 Years 5 Months
State of Illinois/Department on Aging | 06.2023 - Current
Serves as Grant Coordinator for the Adult Protective Services Division. Reviews all reporting, budgets, Verifies and processes all grant payments. Works within the GATA portal, Amplifund, and Euna grant systems.
Work closely with statewide Regional Administrative Agencies and all APS provider agencies to formulate grant budgets, training, and provide spending suggestions.
Collaborates with the IDoA fiscal team to maintain Federal grant budgets, state grant budgets.
Collects and organizes all grant and contract data, creates and maintains payment and data files, creates monthly/quarterly reporting and spreadsheets for all grants.
Administrative Assistant I/Adult Protective
3 Years 7 Months
State of Illinois/Department on Aging | 11.2019 - 06.2023
Maintained Caseworker registry and CMP system, organizing all correspondence, mail, and records for Adult Protective Services.
Processed contract and grant payments, reviewed budgets, and created a storage/tracking system for payments.
Compiled data and created spreadsheets for quarterly reporting.
Scheduled appointments, meetings, and trainings for the Aging Network.
Administrative Assistant I/Division of Finance
9 Months
State of Illinois/Department on Aging | 02.2019 - 11.2019
Coordinated the administrative processes for contracts and grants for the Department on Aging.
Received and reviewed notices for State and Federal awards.
Worked within the GATA system online with grants
Executed special research projects including grant analysis, data collection, spreadsheets, and reports.
Revenue Tax Specialist
2 Years 1 Month
State of Illinois/Department of Revenue | 01.2017 - 02.2019
Answered taxpayer questions via phone regarding individual income tax, withholding tax, sales tax and business income tax in compliance with Illinois tax law and department procedures.
Interpreted and explained tax laws, researched tax records, and tax documents.
Reviewed taxpayer correspondence, providing guidance on filings, penalties, and payment requirements.
Utilized MyTax, GenTax, and SAMS systems to assist taxpayers with their online accounts.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
University of South Carolina | Columbia, SC | 05-1983
Administrative Assistant II at Department of Public Safety Parole and ProbationAdministrative Assistant II at Department of Public Safety Parole and Probation