Maria Rizk

Experience

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  Cleveland Clinic

  Feb 2010 - Sept 2011

  Lab Assistant
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  Case Western Reserve University

  Jan 2012 - now

  - Provide financial and administrative leadership to multi million department working closely with the Chair to implement strategic and operational goals - Build and manage annual operational budget of $7.5 million+ to build on the strategic goals of the Department for the fiscal year- Forecasting and monthly monitoring of expenses for portfolio resulting in a decrease of 30% of operational spend- Responsible for all aspects of fiscal management, including prospective analysis of funding sources, faculty recruitment and start-up packages, endowments and development of pro-forma financial statements; recruited 6 new faculty in highly competitive market in under 18 months- Provide day-to-day administrative leadership for all aspects of sponsored research and educational operations for team of 4 direct reports- Oversee and manage the human resource activities for the department including the resolution of operational issues, design, maintenance and implementation of any changes- Train and mentor a range of junior employees across campus on foundation information, processes and platforms utilization, building up to individual case studies- Work with 28 faculty to build functional budgets for their research or educational projects- Present at faculty meetings, serve on committees for Peer to Peer mentoring, staff advisory committee, and mentor other administrators throughout the University- Develop long range educational proforma and associated operational plans with the chair and graduate program director- Instituted a school wide round table to build community interaction and collective training Show less - Responsible for all aspects of fiscal management for department which resulted in quarterly reviews of all accounts reducing deficits by 25%- Prepared custom analytical reports and detailed analyses for the Chair and Department Director- Prepared and presented custom analytics for internal and external reporting- Led 3 Account Manager direct reports in day-to-day administrative and fiscal operations for all department sponsored projects- Provided financial and administrative leadership to the Department, Chair, and Administrative Director in direct alignment with strategic operations and goals.- Mentor and train new account managers Show less - Manage in a leadership role all financial and administrative functions of assigned $7 million portfolio- Forecasting and monthly monitoring of expenses for portfolio resulting in a 15% decrease in deficits- Create and implement communication strategies streamlining processing and increasing customer satisfaction- Present at national conferences, serve on committees for national program planning and mentor other administrators around the country as requested by the CDC and NIH program- Develop relationships with federal agencies by directing and managing the production of multi-investigator and multi-institutional grant applications, reports, and advisory board materials Show less

  • Director Of Administrative Operations

    Nov 2021 - now

  • Finance and Anayltics Manager

    Jan 2021 - Oct 2021

  • Account Manager

    Nov 2017 - Dec 2020

  • Tissue Coordinator

    Sept 2014 - Dec 2017

  • Specimen Repository Manager

    Jan 2012 - Sept 2014