Grants Management Financial Specialist

ICF is a mission-driven company filled with people who care deeply about improving the lives of others and making the world a better place. Our core values include Embracing Difference; we seek candidates who are passionate about building a culture that encourages, embraces, and hires dimensions of difference. Diversity & Inclusion, is simply who we are and what we do.

ICF seeks experienced FINANCIAL SPECIALIST to provide grants and financial management training and technical assistance (TTA) nationwide. In this role you will support U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs (OJP) grantees to build financial management capacity and infrastructure to improve financial management of federal awards to support victim services, criminal justice, juvenile justice, and justice research programs.

* This position is REMOTE.  Applicants should have the ability and willingness to travel up to 25%.

*This position requires obtaining a Public Trust Clearance PRIOR to start date.

What You Will Do

• Assess financial and grant management tools and resources used by Office of Justice Programs grantees.
• Leverage your knowledge of national trends and initiatives; the organizations and individuals actively leading the field; and effective program and project implementation.
• Deliver customized training and technical assistance to federal grantees as they seek to strengthen their organizational financial management practices.
• Coordinate with project team members and a diverse group of client representatives, external partners, and subject matter experts on developing innovative tools, resources, and services.
• Plan and deliver virtual webinars, regional workshops, office hours and other events that aim to increase grantees’ awareness and knowledge of federal grants financial management requirements.
• This is a remote position; you will work 100% from home and travel 5-10%.

Your minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in any finance and accounting field from an accredited institution.
• 6 + years of experience in financial management, accounting, federal grants management, business administration or organizational development-related discipline.
• US citizenship required by federal government contract.
• This position requires a Public Trust security clearance. Applicants will be subject to government security investigation to obtain clearance prior to the start date.

Additional qualifications we expect you to have

• Demonstrated experience and ability to perform or manage a full range of financial management, accounting, business administration or organizational development-related work.
• Knowledge of federal grants financial management requirements and effective grants administration practices.
• Demonstrate excellent analytic and effective communication skills.

Skills we would like you to have

• Ability to plan, organize, and manage the provision of direct technical assistance services to the field; evaluate curriculum or training; conduct needs assessments; and develop publications.
• Experience providing training and technical assistance to American Indians/Alaska Natives, or U.S. Territories, or State Administering Agencies. 
• Demonstrated success in effectively managing federal client relationships and deliverables.
• Experience working with federal /state grantees and a customer-service orientation.
• Experience planning, promoting, and conducting virtual meetings (i.e., MS Teams, Zoom, Webex) and in-person training events.
• Knowledge of online case management systems and Microsoft office applications.

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