Contracts Accountant

Job Responsibilities

• Prepare and submit grant related invoices reports and supporting documentation while ensuring timely completion.
• Review financial activity and analyze costs to ensure expenses are properly allocated and recorded.
• Perform reconciliations and prepare journal entries to maintain accurate accounting records.
• Monitor grant budgets and funding activity while supporting compliance with sponsor requirements.
• Collaborate with internal teams and funding partners to resolve billing issues and support financial reporting needs.

Requirements

• Experience in grant accounting contract accounting government finance or a related financial field.
• Strong knowledge of financial reporting budgeting and general ledger accounting practices.
• Proficiency in Excel with the ability to analyze validate and manage large datasets.
• Technical accounting skills to ensure compliance with funding guidelines and reporting requirements.
• Effective communication through clear written and verbal interactions with internal and external stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Maintain strong attention to detail and accuracy when reviewing financial records and reporting information.
• Analyze financial data to identify discrepancies trends and opportunities for process improvements.
• Manage multiple priorities while meeting deadlines in a fast paced and deadline driven environment.
• Strong problem solving skills and proactively develop solutions to complex accounting issues.
• Experience with grant administration data analysis government audits or nonprofit funding environments considered beneficial.

Pay

Expected starting pay rate of $35.00 to $38.00 per hour.

Schedule

Not specified.