Accountant 1

New Wave People•Albany, NY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This position involves reviewing grant awardee certification and attestation forms for completeness and proper signatures. The selected candidate will track the receipt and filing of these forms, and provide technical assistance to external stakeholders. Responsibilities also include assisting with the build-out and review of contracts in the NYS Statewide Financial System (SFS) module, ensuring compliance with award requirements for insurance certificates, budgets, and project scopes to maintain audit-readiness and facilitate award implementation. The role requires working with external stakeholders to provide technical assistance for contract execution, including amendments for no-cost extensions, prior year carryover requests, and additional funding for multi-year contracts. Additionally, the position involves communicating workflow handoffs between the federal unit grants administration team and the federal unit compliance team for expense reporting review and federal regulatory oversight.

Requirements

Bachelors Degree
2 years relevant experience
Proper footwear required to perform tasks in a safe manner.

Nice To Haves

Training will be provided

Responsibilities

Reviewing grant awardee certification and attestation forms to ensure they are signed and completed properly.
Track receipt of submitted forms and ensure they are filed accordingly.
Provide technical assistance to external stakeholders on form completion and contract processes.
Assist with the build-out and review of contracts in the NYS Statewide Financial System (SFS) module.
Ensure all awardee insurance certificates are properly presented.
Verify that budgets and project scopes conform to the award type for audit-readiness and award implementation.
Work with stakeholders to execute contract amendments in SFS for award no-cost extensions, prior year carryover requests, and for additional funding tied to multi-year contracts.
Communicate workflow handoffs from the federal unit grants administration team to the federal unit compliance team for expense reporting review and federal regulatory oversight.
Perform other reasonably related duties as required.