Police Grants Specialist

City of Mesa•Mesa, AZ

5d•Onsite

About The Position

A Police Grants Specialist is responsible for generating, monitoring, and analyzing financial reports and documents, in addition to grants coordination and management. Duties include: overseeing the financial tracking, reconciling, and reporting of multiple state and federal grants and task forces; monitoring revenue and expenditures ensuring compliance with contractual and other program obligations while utilizing appropriate accounting procedures and adhering to reporting and audit deadlines; assisting with budget related tasks while coordinating with City Financial Services and with the different divisions within the Police Department; analyzing and summarizing financial budget/actual reports achieving a concise, user-friendly format; and other special projects such as reconciling overtime and expenses for special events, overseeing internally and externally restricted police funds, monitoring and summarizing expenditures of various Police Department programs, invoicing intergovernmental organizations and third-party vendors for police services rendered, and maintaining detailed records of monetary and non-monetary donations received. The Police Grants Specialist may supervise paraprofessional and/or clerical staff. This class performs related duties as required. This class is distinguished from the Financial Specialist class by the more technical work performed and overall oversight with respect to grants management, as well as the additional financial tracking projects and budget work. The Police Grants Specialist is supervised by the Financial Coordinator. This class is FLSA exempt-administrative.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Public or Business Administration, or a related field.
Considerable (3 - 5 years) professional-level experience in finance, accounting, or a closely related field.
Successful completion of a background investigation.
Pre-employment or pre-placement alcohol, drug, and/or controlled substance testing.

Nice To Haves

Experience utilizing computerized or personal computer (PC) based financial systems.

Responsibilities

Generating, monitoring, and analyzing financial reports and documents.
Grants coordination and management.
Overseeing the financial tracking, reconciling, and reporting of multiple state and federal grants and task forces.
Monitoring revenue and expenditures ensuring compliance with contractual and other program obligations while utilizing appropriate accounting procedures and adhering to reporting and audit deadlines.
Assisting with budget related tasks while coordinating with City Financial Services and with the different divisions within the Police Department.
Analyzing and summarizing financial budget/actual reports achieving a concise, user-friendly format.
Reconciling overtime and expenses for special events.
Overseeing internally and externally restricted police funds.
Monitoring and summarizing expenditures of various Police Department programs.
Invoicing intergovernmental organizations and third-party vendors for police services rendered.
Maintaining detailed records of monetary and non-monetary donations received.
Supervising paraprofessional and/or clerical staff.