Budgets and Grants Accountant - Mesa, AZ

Since 1971, A New Leaf has been dedicated to its mission of “Helping Families…Changing Lives,” making a positive impact on the lives of over 24,000 people annually in the Phoenix Metropolitan area. A New Leaf is committed to empowering individuals and enriching communities through transformative services. Guided by our core values—Compassion, Passion for Results, Collaboration, Accountability, Integrity, and Conscientiousness—we strive to create meaningful, lasting impacts in the communities we serve.


Budgets and Grants Accountant
A New Leaf is committed to empowering individuals and enriching communities through transformative services. Our core values—Compassion, Passion for Results, Collaboration, Accountability, Integrity, and Conscientiousness—guide us in creating meaningful, lasting impacts in the communities we serve.
Salary: $65,000 yr
Schedule: Mon - Fri 8-5pm
Job Summary:
The Budget and Grants Accountant supports the financial management of A New Leaf's government, private, and other funding sources by assisting with agency budgeting, grant and contract financial administration, billing, reimbursement requests, financial reporting, and compliance activities. Working collaboratively with Finance Leadership, the Grants and Contracts Division and program staff, this position helps ensure accurate budget monitoring, timely grant billing and reimbursement, compliance with funding requirements, and accurate financial records.
Responsibilities:
• Assists with preparing the Agency's annual operating budgets, including revenue and expense budgets at the program, division, organization, and partner agency levels.
• Prepares quarterly budget-to-actual analyses and ad hoc financial reports and analyses to support Finance Leadership and organizational decision-making.
• Assists Finance Leadership and the Grants and Contracts Division with developing grant and contract budgets for funding applications, proposals, and other funding opportunities, ensuring alignment with Agency budgets.
• Reviews grant agreements and contracts to identify funding amounts, budget requirements, billing methodologies, reporting deadlines, matching requirements, and other financial obligations.
• Establishes and maintains grant-specific billing methodologies and monitors grant and contract budgets to ensure expenditures remain within approved funding allocations, support accurate cost assignment, and reduce the risk of duplicate billing.
• Maintains the Grant Billing Manual by documenting billing, reporting, matching, and documentation requirements for grants and contracts and updating the manual annually or as funding requirements change.
• Prepares monthly and quarterly grant billings, invoices, reimbursement requests, and related supporting documentation by gathering financial information, preparing required forms, submitting requests to funding agencies, responding to follow-up inquiries, and monitoring payment activity.
• Records grant billing and related accounting transactions in the general ledger, as assigned.
• Monitors compliance with grant and contract matching requirements, maintains the Agency's master grant tracking log, and promptly notifies Finance Leadership of potential compliance concerns or funding deficiencies.
• Monitors grant and contract expenditures by budget line item and collaborates with the Grants and Contracts Division and program staff to facilitate timely budget revisions when needed.
• Maintains grant billing and reimbursement tracking logs and provides regular status updates to Finance Leadership regarding billing activity, payments received, outstanding items, and delayed reimbursements.
• Collaborates with the Accounts Receivable/Billing Specialist to resolve billing discrepancies and other issues affecting timely reimbursement.
• Completes monthly federal grant drawdowns through applicable funding systems and prepares required financial reports and supporting documentation.
• Coordinates the preparation and submission of required financial reports under grant agreements and contracts; ensures assigned reports, billings, reimbursement requests, and supporting documentation are completed accurately and submitted within established deadlines; and maintains documentation and proof of submission in accordance with organizational record retention requirements.
• Serves as the Finance Division representative during grantor monitoring visits, audits, and financial reviews by coordinating requested documentation and collaborating with internal departments and external agencies.
• Maintains accurate financial records and supporting documentation in accordance with organizational policies, applicable accounting standards, grant and contract requirements, and internal control procedures.
• Exercises sound judgment in applying grant, contract, and organiz