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Grant Thornton Public Sector LLC City of Santa Ana | RFQ 21- 093 <br /> Revised Proposal <br />Use or disclosure of data contained on this sheet is subject to the restriction on the title page of this proposal or quotation. <br />28 <br />We routinely develop and refine our skills by providing and attending the latest training and professional <br />development events. We have partnered with the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) to <br />host quarterly Grants Management Symposiums across government since 2018 to discuss emerging <br />trends, challenges and the impact of key legislation. Through the National Grants Management <br />Association (NGMA), we have trained hundreds of grant management professionals at federal, state and <br />local government including the use of integrity monitors to improve compliance and reduce risk for <br />grantees. Our professionals are thought leaders in the industry, often publishing articles on grants <br />management trends and best practices. Several of our professionals serve in local chapters and national <br />level executive committees of organizations such as the Association of Government Accountants (AGA) <br />and the Institute of Internal Auditors. Grant Thornton is also a National Emergency Management <br />Association (NEMA) corporate partner which allows our employees to attend the annual conference and <br />have access to both state and local emergency management directors and industry professionals. As <br />mentioned, we will leverage our expertise to support the CITY in overseeing the SLFRF award. <br />Grant Thornton has a dedicated <br />community of practice of COVID-19 and <br />ARPA team that conducts regular <br />legislative analysis, reviews program <br />guidance, and monitors other federal <br />funding developments. The team scans <br />government websites, publications, and <br />news outlets daily to understand and <br />interpret on-going developments. We <br />have established a group of management <br />professionals from across the firm <br />(industries and business lines) to form a <br />COVID-19 cohort which meets twice <br />weekly to discuss the evolving COVID-19 <br />recovery, review the state and local government financial support landscape, and collaborate on the <br />development of tools and solutions to assist our clients’ needs. These policy level meetings provide our <br />team with real-time insight into Congressional actions and federal agency developments that we share <br />with our clients to shape their COVID-19 funding strategies. <br />The Grant Thornton Team’s general approach to providing technical support to the City in the <br />development and monitoring of community recovery projects and submission of reports required by the <br />SLFRFs to leverage our team’s collective knowledge, skills, and abilities to build upon the City’s tools and <br />systems for data collection to create a standardized, repeatable process for efficient data sharing and <br />report development. Since 2011, Grant Thornton has been providing technical assistance focused on <br />demonstrating compliance with federal fiscal management and procurement requirements for clients like <br />the states of Texas and Florida Divisions of Emergency Management, Passaic Valley Sewerage <br />Commission, the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District, and Marin County, California. <br />With each engagement our teams have robust testing and validation procedures that build upon lessons <br />learned. To facilitate the successful deployment of our approach, our team will employ the latest version <br />of process automation and data analytics tools and methods developed by our Intelligent Automation <br />Service Center (IASC). IASC operates as a centralized innovation delivery catalyst, providing solutions <br />that both the firm and our customers can leverage to improve efficiencies. <br />Areas of focus include working with new platforms that provide true orchestration of systems and <br />processes (i.e., Catalytic), automating routine tasks, optimizing employee efforts, and reducing errors. For <br />example, when working with an alumni customer, Grant Thornton used Catalytic to extract transactions <br />from a parent ERP application, and parse to local ledgers, in support of required financial reporting. <br />Automation solutions and tools, developed by IASC, that our team will employ to assist the City in <br />meeting its data collection, analysis, and reporting requirements include: <br />• Invoice Processing – Created invoice matching processes in various systems to reduce manual <br />efforts in Accounts Payable, speeding up the invoice process and creating time for resources to act <br />on more strategic projects. Leveraged both RPA and OCR. <br />Grant Thornton’s COVID-19 community of practice has been <br />operating since the first declaration of the national public health <br />emergency. Our team provides our clients, on a weekly basis, <br />with regular updates on the activities of all federal and state <br />agencies, in which we are engaged, managing and impacting <br />COVID-19 relief funding opportunities. This global approach <br />provides our clients with the critical information they need from <br />their particular federal and state agencies, but also provides <br />them insights into how other states and federal agencies have <br />interpreted and mitigated compliance issues.