Senior Grants & Finance Advisor
About the role
Driven by compassion. Defined by expertise. Strengthened by collaboration. We empower communities to improve disaster outcomes and build lasting resilience.
In the true spirit of emergency management - ACDC seeks to solve crises, both for the communities and individuals affected by disasters as well as for the clients we serve. Our team brings a whole community approach, compassionate guidance and decades of hands-on experience to best embody our core values: competent, caring, and connected.
We are seeking an experienced Senior Grants & Finance Advisor to provide full-time support to the Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) Finance Department, Project Grant Accounting section. This is a senior advisory and process-improvement role for an individual with a strong background in grant financial management, accounting, or both. The ideal candidate should have meaningful experience across grants and finance, with deeper expertise in at least one of those areas.
Responsibilities
Reasonable accommodation will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the following essential functions:
- Review grant accounting policies, procedures, workflows, internal controls, and financial management practices
- Identify gaps, inefficiencies, compliance risks, manual processes, and opportunities for improvement
- Develop and improve SOPs, desk procedures, internal controls, reconciliation processes, reimbursement procedures, reporting practices, and QA/QC tools
- Provide guidance on grant accounting, allowable costs, documentation, reconciliations, reimbursements, financial reporting, audit readiness, and compliance
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