Fiscal Analyst 4
About the role
The Fiscal Analyst 4 position plays a crucial role in the financial management and compliance of Lower Columbia College's Head Start/ECEAP program. This role involves developing comprehensive annual grant budgets, ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local fiscal policies, and managing the annual budget development process.
Responsibilities
Develop comprehensive annual grant budgets, narratives (including salary/benefits calculation), and project revenue and expenditure needs for each program.
Ensure all expenditures strictly align with federal, state, and local fiscal policies; design and implement required cost allocation processes.
Oversee, monitor, and track progress toward meeting the program’s annual mandated in-kind/matching funding requirements.
Manage the end-of-period fiscal closeouts to ensure maximum funding utilization, and write/revise fiscal policies to align with performance standards and new Program Instructions/Information Memoranda.
Perform monthly budget reconciliations and prepare billing requests for reimbursements from funding agencies.
Provide detailed analytical monitoring of funding sources and compile data reports for the leadership team, Policy Council, and external grantors.
Maintain absolute confidentiality regarding personnel, family, and program operations, and handle other administrative duties as assigned.
Directly supervise, train, and instruct fiscal team staff in their daily performance and duties.
Set agendas, prepare materials, and conduct program Budget Committee meetings; actively participate in the Program Policy Council and its sub-committees.
Serve as the core fiscal communicator, bridging information between program staff, funding agencies, college leadership, and program parents.
Stay current on fiscal regulations by actively attending relevant conferences, trainings, and webinars.
Requirements
Education requirement: Certified Public Accountant; OR Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Fiscal Management, or related field from an accredited institution.
Two years of progressively responsible experience in fiscal accounting.
Fiscal experience in an organization with multiple funding sources.
Qualifications
Working knowledge in Performance Standards for federal and/or state grants.
Working knowledge of 45 CFR Part 75 Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards.
Understanding of 45 CFR Part 1303 Financial and Administrative Requirements and Part 1304 Federal Administrative Procedures.
Fiscal experience in a non-profit.
Prior to First Day of Employment: Washington State Patrol Background Check, Sex Offender Registry Check, TB test completed within the last year, Valid driver’s license, CLETS fingerprint clearance card, Unofficial Transcripts.