Robert Slone

Senior Grant Specialist at American Bar Association (2023-11 – 2025-10)

Managed $100M+ federal fund accounting portfolio across 200+ domestic and international awards, maintaining full compliance with 2 CFR 200 Uniform Guidance and GAAP standards across the complete reporting cycle
Supervised and mentored a 20-person finance team weekly, building standardized reporting workbooks that cut review time 25–50%, reduced overtime 30+ hours per cycle, and eliminated extension requests from 20+ to fewer than 2
Inherited a quarterly federal grant reporting function with no formal review process and a history of late submissions across 200+ awards. Built a review process that eliminated late submissions within 9 months of taking on the portfolio, sustaining zero missed submissions across 120 concurrent deadlines within a 14-day reporting window
Served as lead on federal grant filing operations, owning SF-425 and SF-270 reporting and compliance submissions across all active awards
When the 2025 federal funding freeze hit, built a program-level risk model across the $100M+ portfolio and developed funding alternatives for executive decision-making, producing compliance documentation supporting the organization's court challenge to contract cancellations

Grant Administrator at US Naval Sea Cadet Corps (2020-08 – 2021-11)

Owned month-end and year-end close in accordance with GAAP and internal control standards, including GL maintenance, journal entries, revenue recognition, fixed asset tracking, depreciation, and balance sheet reconciliations across 350+ restricted programs within an $8M fund portfolio
Prepared Form 990, SEFA, and SF-425 filings in support of annual grant renewal, securing continued funding for the $8M portfolio
Partnered with the Director of Finance on the annual audit, owning ground-level preparation and serving as day-to-day liaison with external auditors
Presented the grant compliance and reporting segment of board and finance committee meetings for the foundation share of the portfolio
Partnered with the Director of Finance to migrate the full finance stack from QuickBooks Online to Sage Intacct, including reimbursement and budgeting platforms, training 15+ staff on new systems while maintaining live accounting operations

Founder/Senior Accountant at Adaptify (2020-01 – Present)

Partnered with a client's Director of Finance to clear a 9-month accounting backlog in 3 months, taking over from an externally hired accounting team and replacing the incumbent auditors, delivering a clean audit on a newly set deadline
Authored accounting SOPs and financial reporting frameworks for client organizations, standardizing processes and establishing audit-ready documentation
Advised nonprofit clients on board financial reporting and regulatory compliance, sharpening board presentation clarity across the client portfolio
Developed executive KPI dashboards and financial reporting giving client leadership real-time visibility into cash position and performance metrics across the client portfolio

Financial Manager at Alexandria Restaurant Partners (2015-08 – 2020-03)

Built AP workflow infrastructure from scratch, scaling from 3 to 10 locations and $12M to $45M in revenue, processing 600+ invoices per week with error rates below 1%
Configured ERP dashboards for real-time cost tracking and P&L visibility across 10 locations, enabling a 5% cost reduction and $500K in annual savings

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