Grant Analyst

About the role

This long-term contract opportunity offers much more than tracking dollars and preparing reports. You’ll have ownership throughout the grant lifecycle—partnering with program leaders, monitoring multimillion-dollar funding, analyzing spending trends, supporting audits, and helping ensure critical funding is used effectively and responsibly.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the day-to-day financial management of federal grant awards, including budgets, spending, cost allocations, and compliance requirements.
• Monitor grant activity and analyze spending trends to help teams stay ahead of budget concerns and maximize available funding.
• Prepare funding draw requests and ensure reimbursements and cash activity align with approved budgets and grant requirements.
• Prepare and submit required financial reports, ensuring deadlines and federal reporting requirements are met.
• Reconcile grant activity to the general ledger and applicable federal payment systems, researching and resolving discrepancies along the way.
• Serve as a financial resource to program leaders and internal stakeholders, helping them understand budgets, variances, spending trends, and available funding.
• Assist with developing grant budgets, forecasts, and financial analyses throughout the lifecycle of each award.
• Gain valuable exposure to internal and external audits, Single Audit requirements, and federal grant compliance.
• Clock the financial closeout of completed grants, ensuring reporting, documentation, and outstanding obligations are fully resolved.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience working with grant accounting, grant finance, or the financial administration of federally funded programs.
• A solid understanding of federal grant requirements and compliance, with the ability to apply that knowledge to day-to-day financial activities.
• Experience preparing grant financial reports, reconciliations, and supporting documentation for federal awards.
• Strong analytical skills and a natural ability to dig into the details, identify discrepancies, and find solutions.
• Confidence working across teams and translating financial information into clear, practical guidance for non-financial partners.
• Strong technology skills, including advanced Excel and experience navigating accounting or financial systems.
• Experience supporting audits, compliance reviews, and financial reconciliations in a regulated environment.

Qualifications

Most importantly, you’re someone who takes ownership, stays organized, and enjoys being a go-to resource for both the financial and operational sides of a program.