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Grants Accounting/Grants Administrator/Grant Fiscal Specialist

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$30 - 36 hourly

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Job Description - Grants Accounting/Grants Administrator/Grant Fiscal Specialist




Job Description: 
Minimum Requirements:

  • Candidate must have a bachelor's degree in finance/related field, or 2+ years of relevant work experience.

  • Must be able to work with other departments to provide customer service and budget updates. Will also be required to work with external sub-grantees on these budget updates as well.

  • MUST be skilled in excel/spreadsheets.

  • Candidate will be supporting budget planning for AZED. They must have experience in working with large amounts of money (millions of dollars), and using grant money appropriately across the department.

  • Assist with procurement tasks as well, such as creating POs and invoices.

 
Job Summary

  • Support the Early Childhood Education (ECE) Department and local Education Agencies (LEAs) and Early Care and Education Programs relative to grant compliance, budget, and quality improvement efforts for early childhood education and facilitate collaborative relationships through a finance lens.

  • Rare in-state and out-of-state travel is required.

Candidates should apply with an ability and willingness to work-in-office up to 5 days per week as business needs necessitate.
 
Job Duties

  • Direct administrative activities of ECE grants and budgets including communication with procurement, accounting, personnel and payroll, and project management.

  • Plan and review the fiscal portion of projects conducted by the ECE unit including submission, review and processing of projects, grants, Inter-governmental Service Agreements (ISAs), and Inter-governmental Agreements (IGAs) for state and/or federal assistance funding.

  • Designs and prepares comprehensive statistical, financial, and other reports for program accountability to funding agencies, state legislature, and other stakeholders.

  • Direct oversight of state and federal grant requirements.

  • Monitor budgeted line items at the LEA and ADE level for compliance with the Uniform System of Financial Records (USFR) Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs):

 
Knowledge in:
·         Adult learning styles
·         Fiscal management and budget preparation
·         Standard accounting principles and procurement
·         Experience in monitoring and evaluating program fiscal effectiveness
·         Knowledge of state and federal grants
·         Bachelor’s degree in the finance or accounting fields or equivalent experience to substitute for the degree, is required
·         Minimum of 2 years supporting finance or accounting operations in an educational or business settings
 
Skills in:
·         Communication skills, both verbal and written
·         Decision making and problem-solving skills
·         Organizational skills including planning and prioritizing 
·         Conducting research
·         Analyzing data
·         Using data to make programmatic and fiscal decisions
·         Intermediate skills in MS Word, Excel and Outlook
 
Ability to:
·         Identity a goal, create plans to achieve the goal, and ensure appropriate time and effort are allocated to complete the project
·         Muti-task
·         Work as a member of a team
·         Develop reports and written procedures
·         Provide attention to detail
·         Provide high quality customer service
·         Provide fiscal and data technical assistance and/or professional development to early childhood and education programs
·         Support staff with fiscal and grant activities
 
Selective Preferences:
Preference will be given to those applicants with:
·         Post secondary education in accounting, finance, or organizational management
·         Minimum of 15 credit hours in accounting or financial management
·         Experience working in programs that support children and families



Compensation: $30.00 - $36.00 per hour






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