Grant Accounting Specialist

Job Description

This newly added position, Grant Accounting Specialist, is responsible for managing the accounting aspects of grants, ensuring compliance with guidelines, and preparing financial reports for funding agencies. They track grant expenditures, reconcile accounts, and provide financial information to support grant applications and reporting.   The reporting is to include SEFA; Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards is a report that lists all federal funds expended during a fiscal year.

Key Responsibilities:

• Award Administration: Setting up new grants, managing them throughout their lifecycle, and ensuring proper closeout procedures. 
• Budget Management: Assists in developing and maintaining detailed grant budgets, ensuring they align with grant guidelines and restrictions. 
• Expenditure Tracking: Monitoring grant expenditures, ensuring proper coding, documentation, and allocation to appropriate accounts. 
• Financial Reporting:  Preparing financial reports for funding agencies, including utilization and compliance with reporting requirements.
• Audits:  Assists with audits including preparation of financial information, to regulatory or external audit personnel conducting audit examinations of grant fudning compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Accounting or Finance
• Minimum five (5) years of experience in a position performing duties similar to those described above
• Strong computer software experience including Microsoft Excel.
• Preference for candidates with Workday experience

Why is This a Great Opportunity

This position offers 3 days a week in office and 2 days working from home.  Position is designed to be an individual contributor role and reports to the Director of Accounting.

We are an emerging recruitment organization working with well-known clients based in the USA. Our services offer a wide range of functions related to recruitment. Our young yet experienced team strives to offer the best services to our clients. 

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