Grants Accountant (Hybrid)
Company: Mary's Place Seattle
Location: Seattle
Posted on: October 3, 2024
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Job Description:
Description:The Grants Accountant is a critical position to
provide budgetary and financial management of the accounting for
grants and contributes to accuracy, timeliness, compliance, and
cross-functional collaboration functions. The Grants Accountant
provides expertise in financial and reporting requirements and
shall develop strong cross-organizational relationships and systems
with key partners on the Programs, Operations and Development
teams. The Grants Accountant supports all departments in the
successful set-up, implementation, invoicing and reporting for
grants. The Grants Accountant is experienced at all government
levels of funding requirements and compliance, policy development
and implementation. This position is responsible for establishing
the restricted codes, monitoring, tracking, and reporting all grant
activity.The Grants Accountant actively engages in Mary's Place
racial equity work striving for equitable outcomes and taking
responsibility for creating, maintaining, and affirming communities
for people of color, immigrants and refugees, trans and
gender-non-conforming people, and other populations who routinely
encounter systemic oppressions. This is a full-time, salaried
exempt position, with flexibility to work extended hours to meet
the demands of the position, including the ability to work evening
and weekend hours as needed. The position is hybrid, with an
in-office location at our administrative offices ("the Hub") in
South Lake Union. A flexible work schedule may be available,
provided that performance requirements are met. This is full-time,
non-exempt, position working a daytime schedule, with flexibility
to work some evenings, weekends, and holidays as necessary. The
yearly salary for this position is $80 - $85K DOE. The Grants
Accountant reports directly to the Controller. This position does
not supervise other staff. Key Responsibilities - Review grant
awards and contracts to understand compliance requirements and
identify required reports and other deliverables. - Collaborate
with the Development Team to ensure Program Directors and their
teams understand and comply with funders' terms and conditions as
set out in grant agreements. - Support the development of system
set-up, restricted coding, processes and other controls that ensure
compliance with grant restrictions, including data collection time
keeping requirements, performance monitoring, procurement
processes, staffing allocations, or other needs. - Review subaward
and partner contracts to ensure fiscal monitoring of subrecipient.
- Complete financial grant reporting requirements and record grant
revenue to financial management system (FMS). - Report outstanding
grant receivables on a monthly and reconcile grant activity in the
FMS to the donor database and client database - Participate in
periodic discussions on grant progress, challenges, and other
questions or concerns. - Collaborate with Development and Program
team in preparing the budget for individual grants. - Review grant
expenditures for compliance with donor regulations or terms.
Support Program teams to monitor budget, burndown plans, timesheets
and adjust spending as needed to ensure good stewardship of funds.
- Review monthly grant transaction details for disallowable
expenses and reallocate expenses accordingly prior to monthly
financial reporting for grants. - Collaborate with the Development
and Program teams for budget adjustments or contract amendments as
needed. - Manage the preparation, review, and coordination of
grant-related audit work, including the annual Single Audit
requirement for federal grants as well as city and county
monitoring processes. - Provide guidance on compliance with federal
and other government grant regulations. - Actively engage in Mary's
Place racial equity work; strive for racially equitable outcomes;
take responsibility for creating and maintaining affirming
communities for people of color, immigrants and refugees, trans and
gender-non-conforming folks, and other populations who routinely
encounter systemic oppressions - Assist with other fundraising
projects as requested Requirements:Skills/Qualifications Required -
Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience - 3-5 years of relevant
experience in Finance and Accounting for Grants with proven record
accounting for government grants - Understanding of local, state,
and federal government grant sources - Working knowledge of Uniform
Guidance of Federal Awards - Experience with financial management
of grants and contracts - Excellent writing, analytical, and
research skills - Ability to meet deadlines - Proficiency with
Microsoft Office products, especially Microsoft Excel, required -
Clear desire to embrace and align with Mary's Place's mission of
empowering homeless women, children, and families to reclaim their
lives - Exhibits compassion and empathy; works well with people
from all ethnic, social, economic and sexual orientation
backgrounds. - Successfully manages projects involving multiple
stakeholders, participants, and deliverables - Able to build
relationships and effectively communicate with internal partners
across a variety of functions and levels. - High level of personal
accountability, reliability, and trustworthiness. - Exceptional
time management and organizational skills - Proven ability to
multitask, set priorities, and meet deadlines. - Ability to work
successfully in a collaborative, team-oriented organization. -
Highly motivated, resourceful, flexible, and possesses a positive
attitude. - Attention to detail, interacting with others in-person
and through email, using critical thinking skills to create and
edit documents, and listen and participate verbally at meetings -
Ability to travel between Mary's Place sites, programs, and
meetings outside the office, and around the county as needed
Physical Requirements - The physical demands described here are
representative of those that must be met by an employee to
successfully perform the essential functions of this job. - Ability
to converse with and listen to people in many different settings -
Ability to use a computer and telephone, as well as other standard
office equipment - Frequently required to stand, walk, use fingers,
hands, and arms - Ability to occasionally push, pull, lift, and/or
carry supplies up to 25 pounds - Work takes place in a social
services environment where long periods of sitting, working on a
computer, walking to various work areas, going up and down stairs,
and standing are required - Travel to program sites and meetings
outside the site and around the county are necessary - Ability to
work in an environment where there may be animals present,
including dogs In compliance with the ADA Amendment Act, should you
have a disability that requires assistance and/or reasonable
accommodation with the job application process, please contact the
Human Resources department. Qualified individuals must be able to
perform the essential duties of the position with or without
accommodation. A qualified person with a disability may request a
modification or adjustment to the job or work environment in order
to meet the physical requirements of the position. Mary's Place
will attempt to satisfy requests as long as the accommodation
needed is reasonable and no undue hardship to Mary's Place would
result. Details Mary's Place offers the following benefits to
full-time staff:
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