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