Grants Accountant

Montgomerty City-County Personnel•Montgomery, AL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

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 the 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 department head.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from a university or college with major course work in accounting
Two (2) years of governmental accounting experience at the level of an accountant
Qualifying education, training and experience that provide the requisite knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the job will be considered.

Responsibilities

Establishing grant accounts
Managing grant accounts
Analyzing, researching, and compiling financial data
Providing technical assistance and oversight
Performing a variety of related administrative tasks
Continually monitor changing program and reporting requirements for a variety of funding sources
Balance the management of numerous grant financial projects and accounts