Lamar Handy

Background

About Lamar Handy

Lamar is the Capital Budget & Financial Analyst in Finance & Planning at Georgia Institute of Technology (GA Tech) in Atlanta, Georgia. Prior to his most recent position, he worked as a Financial Administrator for the School of Literature, Media and Communications. During this role; he was responsible for overseeing the budget for faculty members, keeping track of spending and processing invoices and reporting using Workday. Prior to this role, he was the Interim Administrative Manager for the School of Public Policy for eight months. Working briefly with the grants administrator, HR and budgeting for the department, budget amendments and payroll approval for employees. In this role, Lamar worked in two positions as the Interim Administrative Manager and Financial Administrator for the four months while training and learning the ins and outs of the interim position. He has also held a role as the Business Coordinator for Auxiliary Services and an Accountant at Georgia Gwinnett College for a total of 5 1/2 years. Lamar has experience in capital budgeting, Workday, accounts payable, accounts receivable, travel, procurement, capital budgets, financial reports, budgets, leadership and management. He has strong skills in Workday, OneUSG and past experience using Peoplesoft. He has over 8 years of experience in finance and budgeting in the Higher Education arena. Lamar obtained an MBA in Business Administration from Kennesaw State University and a BS in Business Management from Paine College.