Accounting Manager-Grants, Fixed Assets, Payroll, and Procurement

About the role

Responsible for overseeing the organization's grant accounting, payroll operations, procurement activities, fixed asset accounting, inventory accounting, and annual cost reports while ensuring compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), federal, state, grantor, and organizational requirements.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all grant accounting activities, including budget monitoring, reimbursement requests, financial reporting, and grant compliance.
• Manage and oversee payroll processing to ensure timely and accurate employee compensation, payroll tax reporting, deductions, and compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
• Oversee procurement activities to ensure purchasing complies with organizational policies, grant requirements, and applicable procurement regulations.
• Manage the organization's fixed asset program, including capitalization, depreciation, inventory, disposals, and periodic physical asset verification.
• Review and approve journal entries, account reconciliations, and general ledger transactions related to grants, payroll, procurement, and fixed assets.
• Avoid performing month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing processes and the preparation of financial statements.
• Manage and supervise the daily operations of the accounting department.
• Prepare, review, and analyze cost reports to ensure the accurate allocation of expenditures.
• Supervise, train, mentor, and evaluate accounting staff assigned to grants, payroll, procurement, and fixed asset functions.
• Ensure compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), internal controls, and organizational policies.
• Collaborate with Human Resources, department managers, and program staff to ensure accurate payroll allocations, grant reporting, procurement compliance, and asset management.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting required, experience in lieu of education will be accepted on a year for year basis.
• Minimum of six (6) to eight (8) years of financial accounting experience required.
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Access and Excel is required.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Word and PowerPoint preferred.
• CPA a plus.