Laura Weekes

Manager

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Laura Weekes is a Manager at ML Weekes & Company, PC. She provides a variety of services for clients who receive grants and contracts from federal and state agencies. She has experience with the federal regulations and guidelines governing grants and contracts including OMB Circulars, 2 CFR Part 200.

Laura assists clients in the preparation of Facilities and Administrative (F&A) and indirect cost rates and plans for not-for-profit organizations, research institutes, government agencies, and colleges and universities.

Before joining ML Weekes & Company, Laura was the Controller for Commonfund in Wilton, Connecticut. She was responsible for financial reporting, regulatory reporting and budgeting for the 501(c)(3) parent company as well as a holding company, a broker dealer and several taxable subsidiaries. Her duties included regular reporting of financial information to the Board of Trustees to include future projections, budget variances and profitability analysis on various projects and lines of business, regulatory reporting to the NASD and managing compliance of net capital requirements, managing time and effort reporting, developing and enforcing policies and procedures as well as coordinating the annual budgeting process across all departments and organizations. She also created and maintained a transfer pricing model between the non-profit parent company and its subsidiaries.

Laura earned a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Rochester Institute of Technology and a Master of Business Administration in Finance from Fairfield University. She earned a Certificate in Public Accounting in Maryland as well as NASD licenses: Series 27 – Financial and Operations Principal, Series 7 – General Securities Representative and Series 63 – Uniform Securities Agent State Law.