Brendan Redman

About Brendan Redman

Collaborative, strategic non-profit administrative and operations leader who builds and improves strong operating structures, processes and systems across organization. • Constructive partner to program directors who fully understands agency priorities and programmatic needs, and leverages funding opportunities to shift dollars to areas of identified program need. • Analytical finance expert and exceptional communicator able to engage program leaders in a fluid budget process and build fiscal management capacity in non-finance managers. • Resourceful problem-solver and planner who ensures success of strategy by cascading it throughout the organization.• Intuitive relationship manager and motivating team leader.

Experience

1. Director

   BDO USA

   Jan 2020 — Present · Nyack, NY, US

   Ongoing build out and development of the grants management team, with a focus on diverse professional experiences that align with the varied support needs in this area.• Evaluate clients’ current grants management processes, and provide recommendations on tools/other technology solutions to better support the monitoring and reporting on sponsored projects.• Partner with the client team teams to address issues of noncompliance (outstanding financial reporting, corrective actions, audit findings), and introduce process changes to minimize this risk going forward.• Collaborate with executive leadership to resolve significant delays in contracting, budget negotiations, and reimbursement of costs on government sponsored programs.• Build understanding and internal capacity on what is required to responsibly manage all aspects of a portfolio of awards at all stages of the grants cycle.• Serve as a thought partner to internal staff to maximize recoveries of government awards, thereby improving the impact on program operations.

Education

• City University of New York

  Bachelor of Science - BS

• Howard University

  Bachelor of Arts - BA