Accountant

About the role

Established in 2005, Knowledge Builders Inc. (KBI) offers a wide range of services, including Information Technology Consulting, Administrative and Health Care Staffing solutions, Payrolling, and Call Center services to organizations of all sizes, including both private companies and governmental entities. KBI is a certified Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE) recognized by New York State, New York City, and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Our extensive consultant placements cover a variety of roles, from Technical Architects and Specialists to Developers, Project Managers, Analysts, Executive Secretaries, Nurses, Dietitians, Paralegals, Computer Operators, Food Preparation Workers, and many other occupations. To date, KBI has successfully placed over 1,000 consultants across more than 100 private sector companies and public sector agencies in New York State and throughout the country. We are dedicated to recruiting candidates who consistently exceed our customers’ expectations.

Responsibilities

• Reviewing grant awardee certification and attestation forms to ensure they are signed and completed properly; tracking receipt of submitted forms and ensuring they are filed accordingly, providing technical assistance to external stakeholders.
• Assisting with the build-out and review of contracts in the NYS Statewide Financial System (SFS) module, ensuring all awardee insurance certificates are properly presented and all budgets and project scopes conform to the award type for audit-readiness and award implementation; working with external stakeholders and providing technical assistance on this process to ensure proper completion.
• Working with stakeholders and communicating warm hand off of workflow from the federal unit grants administration team to the federal unit compliance team for expense reporting review and federal regulatory oversight.
• Providing technical assistance on working with external stakeholders to execute contract amendments in SFS for award no cost extensions, prior year carryover requests, and for additional funding tied to multi-year contracts.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree and 2 years relevant experience.
• Background check required.
• Vaccination not required.
• OMH required training (provided by OMH).

Schedule

Assignment length: 24