Maria J.

Provide strategic financial and administrative leadership across a broad portfolio of Central Administrative Units supporting academic, research, operational, and institutional functions of the School of Medicine. • Lead planning, budgeting, forecasting, and resource allocation for the Central Administrative Units (CAU), overseeing a portfolio of $243M in central revenues and $186M in operating expense budgets across academic affairs, research operations, faculty affairs, diversity and belonging, communications, endowments, and administrative services. • Oversee financial stewardship for a broad portfolio of funds, including gifts, endowments, central departmental budgets, interdisciplinary program budgets, and 60+ cost centers, ensuring strong internal controls and alignment with school-wide priorities. • Partner with senior academic and administrative leaders to strengthen institutional planning, governance frameworks, compliance structures, and multiyear financial strategies across Central Administrative functions. • Lead an administrative workforce of 25+ finance and operational staff, promoting consistency, accountability, and service excellence across all Integrated Business Office functional areas.

Serving as an integral member of the Executive Team and actively contributing to organizational plans and programs, I play a key role in shaping the Center's strategic direction by evaluating long-range planning and regulatory risks. I prepare and present comprehensive materials for Board meetings, including financial reports and analyses. Additional responsibilities include the implementation of new ERP and eRA systems to streamline critical business functions, managing finance and accounting teams, ensuring compliance with standards, overseeing budgeting efforts for an $80M+ operating budget, and optimizing financial strategies through effective controls. I lead pre- and post-award grants management for a diverse portfolio, ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements and maximizing funding opportunities. I also oversee safety and compliance measures institution-wide, manage capital assets, and lead a diverse team through training and development initiatives.

• Responsible for the overall financial management and administrative operations of the Computer Science Department for 50 faculty, 150 PhD students, 350 Master students,1,200 Undergrad Computer Science major students • Manage a team of 20 staff and provide active, hands-on leadership of the Computer Science Department’s financial activities, including budgeting and financial planning, expense reconciliation, closing, reporting, and internal controls spanning across gift projects, discretionary projects, and pre- and post-award grants and fellowships • Lead the department’s Human Resources and Faculty Affairs programs, including the recruitment, selection and onboarding of administrative staff • Engage in hands-on training, coaching, counseling, and team-building within the administrative staff • Promote innovation, documentation of SOPs (standard operating procedures), and optimization of departmental financial and administrative processes • Oversee academic administration in close collaboration with the Student Services team, Dean’s Office, Provost Office and Faculty • Oversee the department’s facilities needs and external relations activities • Provide strategic financial planning and forecasting to the Chair to support financial / operational decision making for the Department • Utilize budget analyses and modeling to forecast future financial needs/resources • Design systems for cross-training, peer coaching, and mentoring to promote skill development and career progression for departmental staff

Design and implement complex financial reporting tools to support decision making for middle and senior management with particular emphasis on advanced use of excel. Prepare ad hoc business plan reports, implementation of annual budget and quarterly current estimate process, working closely with division and central administrators. Prepare intra-department AIMHI cost allocation and ensure accurate implementation of approved distributions. In charge of the reporting process for the NYPH Joint Budget. Prepare complex monthly profit & loss reports at the local, division, and department level.

Coordinate contract renegotiation initiatives through providing detailed analysis on Brokerage fees to gain transparency on FX E-commerce vendor activity o Identify cost drivers using agreements and vendor trade details in several regions o Analyze spend, notional, effective rates and rate discounts cross vendor and cross traded instruments (FX Spots, Forwards, Swaps, Options) Develop pro forma financials, investment and operating models – business cases (Cash and P&L views), volume and price modeling, cash flow analysis Provide multiple scenario cost-benefit analysis expertise as a decision making tool for identifying the most efficient solution to several outsourcing initiatives Perform cost allocation analysis amongst internal business units Oversee other business analysts for management reporting and development of business plan efforts Actively engaged in developing analytic reporting which tracks and monitors business unit expense via vendor, exchange and internal support functions

Monitoring of backend banking applications, infrastructure and data integrity for the various Citigroup Global Transaction Services organizations of Treasury, Trade, Securities and Funds Services Facilitate the coordination, communication, and escalation of incidents impacting the delivery of IT services to the client, through an established incident management process covering cross-functional engagement interaction with partners in GTS Technology, Operations, Client Delivery and Product Execution of deliverables associated with the Business Command Center / Incident Management work stream implementing a dedicated BCC structure by writing detailed descriptions of user needs, as well as functional specifications Responsible for incident response, coordination, and executive communication, as well as high level trouble shooting and issue resolution on a broad range of software applications, platforms, and networks

Process and submit quarterly and monthly account performance reports and client spending trends Analyze processing systems to evaluate effectiveness and develop new specific elements to improve production Participate in the development of the organization's annual and long-term plan, generate performance reports and analysis and be responsible for improving the management reporting of the organization Use of Excel text and numerical manipulation for keyword build, suggestion, and expansion automation

Support the futures, foreign exchange and commodities compliance staff in its daily review trading records and surveillance reports Review current business process, workflow and scheduling limitations Develop financial analysis projects related to the market derivatives-futures and options; tracing trading activity not in assent with the Legal and Compliance Rules Assist in investigating financial transactions and reports

Analyze current portfolio with access to bond and security trades, postings and money transfers Investigate Trade Correction entries and Retail Accounts Conduct account research on the GPS Wealth Management Workstation Contribute to actual and planned budget projects, assisting team members in detecting potential business risk and financial opportunities