Grant Accounting Specialist

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Grant Accounting Specialist performs accounting and financial service functions for programs funded by grants or special revenue. These functions include helping with financial projections and budgets, actual-to-budget reporting, reviewing/monitoring of individual grants and transactions for compliance with private, local, state and federal fund requirements, billing and collections, journal entries, and financial grant reporting including preparation of reports for granting authorities. In this role, the Grant Accounting Specialist will steward relationships to work closely with grants, programs, and finance to provide full-cycle procurement and contract support, grants support and training to staff, ensuring the highest quality implementation and compliance with grant policies and requirements. Additionally, the Grant Accounting Specialist may be required to act as a proxy to the Grants Manager.

All employees and volunteers are expected to be sensitive to our clients’ cultural and socioeconomic characteristics, reflect Sunbeam Family Services core values and to always perform at Sunbeam’s standards of excellence.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Prepares monthly grant reconciliations and related projections, monitoring budget and spending and reporting to the Grants Manager.
• Prepares monthly reimbursable award invoicing, while monitoring adherence to budget, spending trends, fiscal compliance and auditing for expenditure allowability.
• Attends ongoing training to maintain current and accurate knowledge in order to ensure compliance with federal regulations and best practice.
• Assist in identification, development, implementation, and maintenance of grant policies, practices, and guidelines.
• Coordinates and implements internal process improvements, while establishing strategic objectives to develop and enhance grants administration activities internally.
• Contributes to program and grant related meetings and collaborations, both internally and externally, with clear and concise fiscal reporting.
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with program staff, external partnerships, grant agencies, and external auditors.
• Maintain complete grant files electronically for current operations and future monitoring.
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