1. BONNIE A. BORON, CPA
1255 N. Sandburg Terrace
Chicago, Illinois 60610
(312) 943-5335
Re: Grant Accountant
Dear Hiring Executive:
I am very enthusiastic to see your advertisement for a Senior Grant Accountant. With my passion background in managing
grants and contract accounting, regulatory and operational reporting and compliance in nonprofit organizations, secondary
education and consulting for a university, I am confident that I would be an immediate asset to your client.
I can bring my experience in managing up to 90 grant / contracts - $25MM. Some of my skills and experience that would make
me an immediate asset to your client’s organization are:
• Preparing / Maintaining project-based budgeting and financial reporting for grants in accordance with GAAP, FASB’s. I bring
experience implementing budgeting and reporting templates, variance analysis and solutions, internal controls,
reconciliations and general ledgers and cash management.
• Expertise in all areas of grant accounting and building relationships with funders.
• Monitoring all accounting documents, reports, grant operations and implementing internal controls and preparing audit
schedules, account reconciliations and documentation to ensure compliance and accuracy of information.
• Using proficiency in accounting software programs, advance Excel, Word, Outlook; experience with MS Office, donor
databases, payroll software programs with proven ability to quickly learn new systems and procedures.
• Using online banking systems to prepare daily cash flow reports for management.
• Becoming a valued back-up to Management for resolving issues, providing ongoing customer service and training and for
assuming additional responsibilities as needed.
Some accomplishments that attest to my abilities are:
• Increasing cash receipts on approved grant and contract from 80% to 95% of approved budgets; preventing loss of
additional $17,000 in grant revenues.
• Reducing budgeting to 2 weeks, financial reporting to 1 week, reconciliations to under 1 hour for accounts with over 200
entries, reducing cost allocation process from 2 days to 1 hour.
• Receiving unqualified audit opinions by managing grantor audits, assisting with annual and A-133 audits.
• Bering asked to train coworkers on my system to track multiple tasks to completion to beat tight time deadlines.
With my experience, skills and passion I know that I could be an immediate asset to your client and I would enjoy speaking with
you further to discuss how I can help manage their grant accounting and reporting needs.
I thank you for your consideration and look forward to speaking with you soon.
Sincerely,
Bonnie Boron
Bonnie Boron

2. BONNIE A. BORON, CPA
1255 N. Sandburg Terrace
Chicago, Illinois 60610
(312) 943-5335
BonnieBoron@aol.com
PASSIONATE NONPROFIT GRANT ACCOUNTANT
Hands-on nonprofit accountant with proven success in managing all pre and post-award accounting, budgeting and regulatory
reporting for up to 90 grants and contracts - $28 MM. Recognized by management for implementing process simplifications,
reducing processing time by at least 50%, ensuring accounting, regulatory and operational compliance by preparing customized
systems, reports, reconciliations, analysis and templates. I have the experience to provide the information needed in the form
needed, that users understand.
Experience in project-based, consolidated and intercompany accounting. Team and relationship builder; proactive
accountant.
PROFESSIONAL & COMPUTER COMPETENCIES
• FASB’s 116, 117, 136, restricted / unrestricted revenues, expenses, grant, contract, donation reporting rules.
• Grant and contract / regulatory reporting and accounting: Budgets, vouchers, in-kind matches, financial and regulatory
reports, cost allocations; Indirect Cost Proposals, OMB rules, GASB33.
• Managing all budgeting, financial and grant reporting and implementing new grants for a secondary educational institution;
managing a grant compliance program for a large University.
• Receiving unqualified audit opinions by managing grantor audits, assisting on annual and A-133 audits.
• Computer Software: MIP, FundWare, QuickBooks, Blackbaud, Lawson, MAS500, Oracle, Team Approach (donor database),
Excel (macros, pivot tables, vlookups), Word, Access, Outlook, MS Office, ADP.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
BAB Consulting, Chicago, IL
Consultant 2008 – Present
• Currently manage accounting for low-income housing company. Implemented budgets, account and bank reconciliations,
and accrual entries to correct accounts and ensure proper financial reporting. Designed financial report formats to show
monthly and year-to-date results.
Examples of consulting projects:
• Completed large bank reconciliation project for dynamic nonprofit. (8,000 checks/month; $4 MM)
• Ensuring grant and contract compliance and documentation for Chicago State University.
• Managing A/P, account analysis and governmental reporting for large association.
• Recent: Evaluating grant accounting procedures for large nonprofit.
Alzheimer’s Association, Chicago, IL
Specialist, Shared Fundraising 2007 – 2008
• Prepared monthly shared donation financial statements for 11 chapters / national office, detailing budget variance analysis,
in compliance with FASB’s, chapter sharing percentages, as management tool.
• Decreased intercompany journal entry processing time by 50% by developing Excel templates with macros. Calculated
accurate intercompany cash transfers by executing 100 monthly intercompany entries / account and cash reconciliations.
• Designed procedure to ensure agreement between project-based year-to date G/L and donor database revenues.
• Received commendations for providing ongoing training, and customer service to affiliated chapters.
• Requested to train coworkers on my system to track completion of multiple projects to beat tight time deadlines.

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The Resurrection Project, Chicago, IL (over $2 MM -14 nonprofit low income properties) 2007
Accountant - Assistant to Controller
• Maintained funding by preparing project-based / consolidated financial statements. Implemented accrual entries, budget
variance analysis.
• Saved over $5,000/year in late fees by reconciling 14 bank accounts / G/L accounts, 1 year in arrears; high-volume A/P
and A/R processing, implementing cash flow analysis and internal controls.
• Received unqualified audit opinions by managing grantor audits, assisting on annual audits.
Social Services
Grant Accountant 2002 –
2006
Howard Area Community Center ($3 MM - 17 grants) / BAB Consulting (Client consulting) / Heartland Alliance
($28 MM – 90 grants / contracts), Chicago, IL
• Managed grant, contracts, budgeting / billings, financial / grant reporting, cash, H/R / payroll for 2 social service agencies
and multiple clients.
• Prepared and / or supervised all financial, grant accounting and budgeting for alternative secondary education institution.
Doubled student population by increasing revenues. Worked with Program Managers to implements new grants, including
No Child Left Behind to ensure program compliance
• Increased grant revenues from 80% to 95%, reduced processing time by at least 50%, ensured accounting, operational,
regulatory, audit compliance by:
- Preparing budget submissions, financial and regulatory reporting, implementing customized templates, reports, analysis,
procedures, internal controls and cash management. Reduced budgeting from 2 months to 2 weeks, financial reporting
to 1 week, cost allocations from 2 days to 1 hour .and bank / account reconciliations to under 1 hour for accounts with
over 200 entries.
- Auditing accounting reports and operational activities, auditing and / or preparing journal entries, auditing / supervising /
backing-up A/P, A/R, payroll and becoming go-to person to resolve issues and provide ongoing customer service and
training. Prepared over 40 manual ADP checks in 1 day to correct payroll processing.
- Building relationships with grantors which once prevented loss of addition $17,000 in grant revenues.
- Managing grantor audits, assisting with annual and A-133 audits.
- Completing system conversion modules and customized reports, resulting in detecting / correcting system data errors.
• Became valued back-up to Controller and Executive Management for preparing ad hoc reports, researching and resolving
issues, providing customer service / training and assuming additional responsibilities in their absence.
EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION & CONTINUING EDUCATION
CPA Certificate / Registered CPA, IL CPA Society
Masters of Science in Accounting, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL
BS, Education, Northern IL University, DeKalb, IL
Semi-fluent in Spanish
• Nonprofit and General Accounting Seminars • Grantor Training Sessions • Seminars on New 990 Rules • MS Office /
Accounting Software Classes.