Financial Services Grants Specialist - #ARS00426
About The Position
Join our team as a Financial Services Grants Specialist and play a key role in preparing critical state and federal financial reports for all Disability Services Agencies. The mission of the Finance Division is to provide exceptional customer service, build strong partnerships with DARS and the DSAs while creating innovative ways to deliver support to our partners and stakeholders, promoting excellence in our work product by fostering a team of high performing professionals while adhering to policies and procedures and upholding our roles as prudent financial stewards of public funds. We are seeking a Financial Services Grants Specialist to be responsible for preparing grants financial reports, assisting with monthly reconciliation of revenue and expenditures for all Disability Services Agencies (DSA), year-end CAFR statements, and the quarterly federal cash reports. Serve as the backup to the Senior Grants Accountant in preparing the daily federal cash drawdown request. Prepare monthly pass-through billings and Medicaid cost allocations.
Requirements
- Training in accounting or progressive experience.
- Considerable experience working with state automated financial and accounting systems, including Cardinal.
- Experience preparing state, federal financial reports, as well as downloading financial reports from financial systems.
- Extensive experience in the use of Excel and Word.
- Considerable working knowledge of federal grants management requirements and generally accepted accounting principles and practices for governmental entities and state fiscal functions and operations.
- Working knowledge of state government and state government accounting policies and procedures.
- Demonstrated ability to assemble, analyze, prepare, and explain financial reports and statements covering complex financial data.
- Ability to work independently as well as with other team members.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in grants management.
- Experience working with federal drawdown systems
Responsibilities
- Prepare grants financial reports.
- Assist with monthly reconciliation of revenue and expenditures for all Disability Services Agencies (DSA).
- Prepare year-end CAFR statements.
- Prepare quarterly federal cash reports.
- Serve as the backup to the Senior Grants Accountant in preparing the daily federal cash drawdown request.
- Prepare monthly pass-through billings.
- Prepare Medicaid cost allocations.
- Grants/Contracts Management and Pass-through Billings
- Reconciliation and Semi-Annual Payroll Certification
- Medicaid Cost Allocation, DOE OMEGA Reimbursement Request and DBHDS SA Billings
- Federal Financial Reporting and Year End Financial Statements
- Drawdown Specialist and Sub-recipient Monitoring
- Other duties and/or special projects as assigned.
- Completes duties and/or projects as needed or directed by supervisor.
- All Finance Employees are expected to work across functional areas to ensure that Division and Agency goals are met.
Benefits
- Choice of health insurance plans
- Flexible spending accounts
- VRS retirement
- Employer paid basic group life insurance
- Employee paid optional group life
- 13 paid holidays
- Sick Leave
- Annual Leave
- Family Personal Leave
- Employee discount programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
