Karen Moreno (she/her)
karen.moreno@lacity.org
Procurement and Financial Analysis Manager
Procurement & Financial Analysis Section
Karen Moreno (she/her) serves as the Procurement and Financial Analysis Manager. As Procurement and Financial Analysis Manager, Karen oversees the Contract, Budget, and Public Record Act (PRA) Request groups, which includes supervising work such as; contracts, requests for proposals, and requests for quotes, ensuring compliance with procurement policies and procedures, leading the budget team in financial planning and analysis, translation and accessibility requests, handling PRA inquiries, and collaborates with the accounting team on financial status reports and processing vendor invoices to maintain accurate financial records.
Karen started her career with the City of Los Angeles as a part-time project assistant with the Bureau of Sanitation (LASAN) entering data into grants databases and running reports for grant administrators. She has since worked in four different departments (Personnel, Economic Workforce Development Department, Housing, and now EmpowerLA) promoting or transferring to sharpen her administrative skills and abilities.
Karen graduated with her Bachelor’s of Science Degree from California State University, Northridge in Business Administration with an Option in Business Law and a minor in Economics. Karen enjoys reading fiction and fantasy stories, playing video games and watching anime with her husband and when she can, playing Dungeon and Dragons (3.5 edition) with her friends. Karen and her husband welcomed their first child this past January and are enjoying every sleep deprived moment.