The
Grants Accountant supports grant management efforts by providing technical
accounting, budgeting, and administrative assistance. Responsibilities include
establishing grant accounts; managing those accounts; analyzing, researching
and compiling financial data; providing technical assistance and oversight; and
performing a variety of related administrative tasks. Incumbents perform complex, technical grants
accounting/financial work involving varying fiscal years and numerous reporting
deadlines. Incumbents must continually
monitor changing program and reporting requirements for a variety of funding
sources and balance the management of numerous grant financial projects and
accounts. Errors
in work products may mean losing funds that were used outside parameters of
guidelines/contracts or due to inattention to reporting deadlines and
requirements. This class differs
from the Accountant class because of its emphasis on grant compliance with
budgetary and reporting requirements.
Incumbents work in the City’s Grants Department, Economic Development
and Planning Department and are supervised by a division or a department
head.
Bachelor’s degree from a university or
college with major course work in accounting and two (2) years of governmental
accounting experience at the level of an accountant.
NOTE:
Qualifying education, training and experience that provide the requisite
knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the job will be considered.