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Elaine Silva

La Habra Heights

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Coordinator, Financial Grants Management and Compliance

Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority
01.2024 - Current
  • Plan, develop, and conduct on-site monitoring reviews in accordance with LAHSA policies and procedures; act as an independent review and evaluation body to ensure that compliance issues and concerns are being appropriately evaluated, investigated, and resolved; ensure LAHSA funded agencies adhere to LAHSA standards and have appropriate internal controls over their systems; work directly with service provider's and conduct interviews to verify compliance with the Federal, State, and Local regulations as specified in the LAHSA contract; prepare monitoring reports, identifying findings and recommended corrective actions; identify potential areas of compliance vulnerability and risk; develop and implement corrective action plans for resolution of concern/finding; attend training, workshops, and any necessary technical assistance to LAHSA staff; provide recommendations that result in changes to LAHSA existing policies and practices; maintain integrity of data and comply with data request; build successful, collaborative relationships with colleagues and management of LAHSA, in addition to service providers; stay informed of laws, regulations, statutes, rules and policies affecting LAHSA and homelessness and keep appraised to any changes.

Analyst, Budget

Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority
01.2020 - 12.2023
  • Developing, interpreting and implementing financial concepts for financial planning and budget control; analyze, research and prepare recommendations for financial plans; interpret and maintain cost allocation plans throughout various funding sources; analyze historical or trend data; work with other units to project costs within program models; participate in meetings to provide information concerning financial aspects of programs; prepare salary forecast; determine analytical techniques and information-gathering processes and obtain required information and data for analyses; Participate in the budget development process by compiling and analyzing financial data; monitor and analyze departmental budgets; review and study departmental budget requests and changes; make recommendations; work with management to maintain expenditure controls; prepare spend down analyses; prepare budget variance reports; participate in meetings to identify variances and actions to be taken; monitor accuracy of accounting transactions; identify problem areas and issues; analyze administrative operations and strategies in order to suggest work methods to enhance and streamline processes; create spreadsheets to monitor and analyze data.

Budget/Accounting Specialist

City of Anaheim
06.2014 - 12.2019
  • Play key role in the budget development process and budget monitoring; collect and analyze financial, historical and trend data; make recommendations; prepare budget forecasting analyses and schedules; work with management to maintain expenditure controls; prepare budget variance reports; monitor funds and programs; monitor contracts and agreements; review payroll registers for job costing and accuracy; prepare salary forecast; monitoring and administering master agreements; process requests for funds; ensure funds are expended in accordance with requirements and restrictions; prepare specifications and bid packages; make cost assessments of proposed services versus ability to perform work in-house; develop and prepare a variety of reports that reflect job costs and expenditures; prepare recommendations on utilization of procedures; supervise, assign and manage work assignments and direction to field staff; supervise, delegate and oversee the work of clerical staff processing invoice payments, purchase requests and work orders; verify and monitor accuracy of accounting transactions; work with clerical staff to correct deficiencies; monitor workflow.

Senior Accountant

City of Sierra Madre
04.2017 - 03.2018
  • Participate in the budget development process; review and analyze department budget requests and changes; collect, analyze, prepare revenue forecasting and expenditure projections; prepare bank reconciliations; prepare journal entries; participate in audit preparation for special funds and grants; analyze and audit grant monies to ensure funds are expended in accordance with grant requirements and restrictions; research discrepancies and post correcting entries; analyze a variety of financial information for presentations and reports to City Manager, City Council and outside reporting agencies; monitor expenditures; implementing corrective actions; supervise staff and delegate financial responsibilities in payables, receivables and payroll functions; approve payroll registers, warrant check registers, cash receipts and bank deposits.

Financial Analyst

City of La Habra Heights
11.2005 - 06.2014
  • Prepare, examine, and analyze complex accounting records and financial reports to ensure accuracy; play key role in budget development process by compiling and analyzing financial data; preparing budget forecasting analysis and schedules; work with management to maintain expenditure controls; monitor and analyze department budgets; project costing; project management; analyze and audit grant monies to ensure funds are expended in accordance with grant requirements and restrictions; prepare agenda reports for city council meetings; prepare bank reconciliation; reconcile general ledger; prepare journal entries; play key role in the city’s annual audits and special funds audits; oversee payroll administration, payables, and receivable; supervise clerical staff by delegating, coordinating and reviewing work assignments including payables, receivables and payroll functions; approve warrant check registers, cash receipts, bank deposits, and payroll registers; oversee monthly accounting close process; identify, cultivate and implement new procedures that would enhance and streamline process.

Analyst, Asset Management

Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority
  • Analyst will identify, underwrite, and acquire affordable housing assets for Blackstone's investment vehicles
  • Real estate investment underwriting, including detailed financial models and analysis to determine viability of potential acquisition opportunities for Blackstone's investment vehicles
  • Detailed market research and analysis, including economic, demographic, capital markets, and locational (submarket/micro-location) to identify key investment drivers and potential impacts
  • Investment Committee presentation preparation and support
  • Pipeline and reporting support
  • Analytical support for dispositions, partner buyouts, and preservation business lines, including analysis, due diligence review and preparation of valuations
  • Collaboration with internal partners/stakeholders including the Blackstone investment team and various specialist teams within April Housing (Transaction Management, Asset Management, etc.)
  • Communication with external parties, including brokerage firms, operators, appraisers, third-party vendors, etc
  • Ad-hoc and special projects related to team infrastructure improvements, industry research, and potential investment opportunities

Education

Bachelor of Science - Accounting

DeVry University
Los Angeles, CA
09-1999

Skills

  • MS Office (Intermediate)
  • EGMS
  • MIP Cloud
  • 4Cast
  • Oracle
  • Incode
  • Quickbooks
  • ADP
  • Adobe InDesign

Programs And Skills

  • MS Office (Intermediate)
  • EGMS
  • MIP Cloud
  • 4Cast
  • Oracle
  • Incode
  • Quickbooks
  • ADP
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Bilingual (Spanish)

Timeline

Coordinator, Financial Grants Management and Compliance

Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority
01.2024 - Current

Analyst, Budget

Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority
01.2020 - 12.2023

Senior Accountant

City of Sierra Madre
04.2017 - 03.2018

Budget/Accounting Specialist

City of Anaheim
06.2014 - 12.2019

Financial Analyst

City of La Habra Heights
11.2005 - 06.2014

Analyst, Asset Management

Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority

Bachelor of Science - Accounting

DeVry University
Elaine Silva