Eileen Kunkler

Financial Program Manager @Ohio Office of Budget and Management

Columbus, OH, US

Ohio Grants PartnershipWorks with state agencies on quarterly reporting for U.S. Treasury State Fiscal Recovery Funds grant programs by reviewing submitted data for accuracy, completeness, and alignment with requirements. Assists with writing and reviewing reporting narratives to document eligibility and scope of work. Compiles, reconciles, and analyzes financial data. Collaborates with performance metric team to collect project performance data and track project status. Provides guidance on OMB Uniform Guidance and grant regulations to aid state agencies in running eligible grant programs with strong documentation. Researches and analyzes grantor guidance and datasets to help state agencies to establish eligibility for new grant programs, including parameters and restrictions. Created dashboards to support monitoring funding timelines and key metrics on usage rates. Part of a team that reviews for approval grant applications and then subrecipient activity reports based on documented procedures. Analyzes data from subrecipient reports to catch emerging issues, spending/usage data, and compliance issues. Drafts guidance documents for subrecipients and responds to subrecipient questions. Helps to draft and develop online grant training modules.

The Ohio State University

B.A., International Studies, Russian, Italian

The Ohio State University

M.A., Public Policy

The Ohio State University

M.A., Slavic and East European Studies