Grants Accountant

Our client, a well-established nonprofit organization based in Manhattan, is looking for an experienced Grant Accountant. This is a full-time role, and the successful candidate will have 2+ years of grant accounting experience.

Client Details

Well-established nonprofit organization based in Manhattan. This role is 5 days per week in office, and offers a chance for someone with 2+ years of grant accounting experience to join a collaborative team of a stable nonprofit in NYC.

Description

This role will involve:

• Manage budgets of assigned programs including preparation of initial budgets and budget modifications. Entering and maintaining them in the accounting software.
• Produce and submit required reports to funding sources.
• Monthly vouchering of expense reports to funding sources.
• Review and approve spending requests from Program Directors.
• Process invoices for assigned programs.
• Journal entries required to perform monthly reports
• Process Merchant Statements on monthly basis
• Prepare and enter payroll journal entry every two weeks. Payroll and labor distribution reports to assigned programs.
• Allocation of expenses and methodology used to allocate expenses to assigned programs.
• Record NYS Unemployment and other fringe benefits to assigned programs.
• Approval of payroll changes for staff of assigned programs. Reconcile payroll changes with related program budgets.
• Bank statement reconciliation.
• Prepare for audits/reviews by funding sources for assigned programs
• Prepare for year-end corporate audit including preparation of assigned reconciliations.
• Preparing year-end closeouts for assigned programs.
• Prepare financial statements to funding sources of assigned programs.
• Petty Cash reconciliation.
• Digitizing documents and maintaining database.
• Monitor and maintain budget variance reports.
• Assist other fiscal staff as needed and other financial tasks as may be required by the CFO and Assistant Controller.

Profile

The successful candidate will have:

• Bachelors' Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field required
• 2+ years of experience in grant accounting required
• Fund EZ ERP experience preferred

Job Offer

Very competitive compensation & benefits package!

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