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The Accounting Manager - Grants and Foundations performs specific lead accountant duties for various grants, programs and accounts. This role is an audit liaison for those programs and accounts and provides excellent customer service to other internal departments, to external donors, and to other stakeholders. A high degree of personal integrity and ability to maintain confidentiality is necessary given financial areas of responsibilities.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Submit periodic reports to the funding agency detailing grant activity, invoices, and progress updates, and coordinate with program team to ensure compliance including reviews of sub-contractors.
• Engage as primary contact during regular governmental audits related to assigned grants.
• Responsible for the recording of all fixed assets into the Fixed Asset system including the associated general ledger account entries, activities and balances.
• Accountable for the receivables process, including invoicing for receivables from all contractual arrangements, reconciling receivable accounts, generating invoice reports when requested and notifying supervisor or CFO or outstanding invoice amounts.

KSA (KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES):

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree, in accounting or related field, non-profit experience preferred
• Knowledge of use and operation of standard office equipment and 10-key, at a level generally acquired through 1+ years’ related experience.
• Computer proficiency in Windows environment and MS Office Suite. Advanced proficiency in Excel and Word preferred.
• Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in maintaining moderately complicated accounting records and compiling financial reports. Federal grant management experience preferred.
• Three (3) years’ work experience in non-profit agency or related experience.
• Knowledge of accounting systems and financial analysis.
• Ability to acquire, analyze and apply professional/technical knowledge, skills, experience, and judgment to accomplish results, better service customers and contribute to the organization’s intellectual capital.

• Function as lead accountant for miscellaneous internal grants, community initiative program funds and temporary restricted funds, doing necessary journal entries and reporting to assure funds are spent only to the extent they are available.
• Meticulously tracking all grant funds received, ensuring expenditures strictly adhere to specific guidelines outlined in the grant agreement, classifying costs as either direct or indirect, and maintaining detailed documentation to demonstrate compliance with federal regulations, particularly regarding allowable costs and cost principles outlined in 2 CFR Part 200 (Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards).
• Manage financial accounts as assigned and prepare associated, assigned reconciliations and work papers for annual audit, 5500 and 990 federal returns and other miscellaneous reporting.
• Follow established guidelines for keeping supervisors informed of progress, developments and obtaining approvals.