SENIOR ACCOUNTANT/GRANT WRITER

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Job description

JOB SUMMARY:

Pay Rate: $73,600 TO $110,299 DOQ
4-day work week with remote options
Benefits: Retirement, Health, Vision, Dental, Retirement, Voluntary Life, Critical Illness, Accident and Hospital ), Life & AD&D Ins, Short-term & Long-term Disability, PTO, Sick Leave, and Education Assistance.

A Senior level accountant requires a broad knowledge of accounting principles and procedures. This position also serves as the Grants Administrator for the County who performs high-level, professional work related to grant seeking, administration, and coordinating decentralized grant management activities countywide. Duties include researching and assisting departments in applying for grants as well as monitoring, implementing, evaluating, and ensuring compliance with established guidelines, policies, and local, state, and federal laws and regulations. This position maintains grant records, files, and policies and procedures, as well as prepares reports and completes other related work as assigned. This position also partners with the Finance Director/Assistant County Manager and acts as the primary liaison and coordinator for internal and external requests for information and assists on grant-related matters. As the central contact position for application submittals and reporting to federal, state, and local agencies regarding grants this position will maintain a central repository/tracking function for grants countywide. Under limited supervision of the Finance Director/Assistant County Manager, this position performs technical accounting, grant management, financial and budgetary functions of the County, including periodic creation, review and analysis of monthly financial statements and account balances, and advises on technical accounting research; professional accounting functions in the recording and reporting of financial transactions. Assist department directors, staff, vendors, and the general public as requested. Also, responsible for preparing a variety of internal and external financial reports.

PRINCIPAL JOB DUTIES:

• Prepare various monthly financial reports and related statements that reflect the County's financial condition.
• Act as a technical accounting resource for staff, including researching and reporting on new accounting standards or interpreting and implementing existing standards.
• Manage and maintain the accounting system set up for expenses and budgets. Manage FTE and position changes as they relate to the budget.
• Assist with the development of accounting, budgeting, and finance policies and procedures and assist in the oversight and general supervision of the County's accounting function.
• Monthly reconciliation and monitoring of assigned funds, including A/R and A/P, review and maintenance of General Ledger accounts, revenue and expenditure analyses, journal entry adjustments, compiling and analyzing data, research and analysis transactions to resolve budget issues, and providing analysis of available funds at management's request.
• Perform monthly cash analysis and bank and treasurer reconciliations.
• Prepare various reports for federal, state, and other outside agencies, as well as internal accounting.
• Prepare audit work papers and prepare financial statements for the ACFR (Annual Comprehensive Financial Report) in accordance with GAAP.
• Audit and process payments for various contracts and miscellaneous expenses.
• Monitor and report on the status of state and federal grants; review and audit grant contracts, amendments, and other documents to ensure grant compliance.
• Monitor and maintain records of the county's fixed assets related to assigned funds.
• Review payroll distribution and analyze payroll reports bi-weekly.
• Adhere to all County policies and procedures, and all laws and regulations pertaining to the management of assigned area.
• In partnership with the Finance Director/Assistant County Manager, this position performs high-level, professional work related to grant seeking, administration, and coordinating decentralized grant management activities countywide.
• Duties include researching and assisting departments in applying for grants as well as monitoring, implementing, evaluating, and ensuring compliance with established guidelines, policies, and local, state, and federal laws and regulations
• This position maintains grant records, files, and policies and procedures, as well as prepares reports and completes other related work as assigned
• This position also acts as the primary liaison and coordinator for internal and external requests for information and assists on grant-related matters
• This position will serve as the central contact position for application submittals and reporting to federal, state, and local agencies regarding grants and will maintain a central repository/tracking function for grants countywide
• Researches and identifies grant funding opportunities and identifies grant-funding sources
• Provides technical assistance and training to departments in grant writing, contract review, preparation, compliance requirements, and management
• Reviews, maintains, updates, and implements grant-related policies and procedures to ensure consistent countywide grant handling
• Develops and implements systems to track grants and ensure both internal and external compliance with regulations or policies; monitors grant activity, assists in determining grant eligibility, ensures critical deadlines are met, and maintains records and files
• Aids in the compilation of the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) documents
• Resolves procedural, operational, and other work-related problems by working with departments and granting agencies to facilitate solutions
• Assists with the annual funding process, program evaluation and auditing, as well as financial analysis and tracking of grant funds
• Assist departments to research and analyze grant-related activities, prepare Board agenda items, and potentially attend Board of County Commissioner meetings
• May prepare and manage contracts and submit reports for regulatory compliance for various federal, state, and local funding sources
• General principles and practices of providing grant-funded services at the local government level
• Grant life cycle process including grant seeking, grant writing, and the grant management processes
• Programs, processes, and procedures, including laws and regulations, for implementing and administering various federal, state and local grants
• Source materials, references, and resources regarding grants and grant-based opportunities
• Contract and procurement processes for the solicitation, negotiation, drafting, funding, and execution of grant-based contracts
• Standard office procedures, practices, and equipment
• Follow oral and written instructions
• Keep abreast of federal, state, and local grant programs
• Effectively interpret federal, state, and local statutes, codes, and regulations
• Coordinate and participate in the development of grant applications
• Draft effective contracts and grant solicitation documents
• Determine eligibility for a variety of grant proposals
• Comprehend and make inferences from legal and administrative written materials
• Analyze and compile information and prepare written and oral reports
• Make mathematical calculations and draw logical conclusions
• Handle multiple projects simultaneously and use good judgment in prioritizing work assignments
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with other county employees, supervisory personnel, outside agencies, and the public
• Operate a personal computer and related software and demonstrate proficiency to prepare documents, spreadsheets, email, and timesheets
• Communicate effectively both orally and in writing
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear
• The employee is required to: stand, walk, bend, twist, stoop, kneel, or crouch
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
• This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax/scan machines
• Employee will have periodic exposure to hazards in the field such as driving and inclement weather

MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS:

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE / EDUCATION
• MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
• Any equivalent combination of education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Education:
• A Bachelor's degree in Accounting or a closely related field and two (2) years of technical/professional experience in accounting OR an Associate's degree in Accounting and four (4) years of technical/professional experience in accounting
• Experience:
• OR experience: six (6) years of technical/professional experience in accounting

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Knowledge of financial system applications and processing.
• Must have strong financial analytical ability to prioritize and handle multiple competing tasks and demands and to prepare and interpret various financial statements, reports, and analyses.
• Thorough knowledge of applying Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) pronouncements. Government Fund Accounting knowledge.
• Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data click apply for full job details

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