Grants Accountant

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide oversight of grants by monitoring grant activity, including reviewing expenditures, appropriate recording of expenses to the general ledger, and appropriate recording of staff salary to grants
• Monitor and ensure compliance with federal, state, and local reporting requirements for grant activities
• Conducts grant reconciliations, billing schedules, and billing support document packages. Reads, reviews, and understands grant requirements, rules, reporting, and deadlines for billing, performance, and schedules
• Prepare and submit budget modifications to funders as needed; understand the budget modification process and rules/requirements for each funder
• Assists in revenue recognition, month/quarter/year end close assignments, or to correct postings or make reclassifications. Examples include prepaid expenses, investments, allocations of insurance, ETO costs to grants, cell phone cost allocations, and fixed asset schedules and entries
• Assists with maintaining grant and payroll schedules for department use and dissemination of information to other departments (salary spread, grant assignments)
• Assists with financial reporting for internal and external purposes, as assigned by the Grants and Finance manager
• Work closely with assigned program managers to monitor grant budgets, ensure spend-down of grants, submit budget modifications as needed, and/or identify challenges related to the grant
• Recommends changes to financial procedures and internal controls
• Recommends changes to grant accounts in accordance with grant guidelines
• Makes monthly/quarterly/annual journal entries for grants into Intacct based on assignments
• Meets program standards for timely, accurate reporting. Works within financial program guidelines. Ensure grants are reconciled and billed in accordance with funder requirements and on time.
• Completes month/quarter/year end assignments on time and accurately
• Follows established policies and procedures
• Uses good customer services attitude in all situations
• Other reasonable duties as assigned

• Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Pay range: $65,000 - $72,000

Experience, Education, Certifications/Licenses

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or similar field (or equivalent work experience) required.
• Ability to work independently and accurately.
• Good analytical skills. Identify questions and issues while performing work requirements.
• Ability to design and use EXCEL spreadsheets. Power user of Office products, and ability to utilize Intacct.
• Effectively manage assignments and calendar daily.
• Energetic team player with excellent interpersonal communication and problem solving skills.
• Maintains confidentiality with access to significant personal data and personnel data.
• Experience with grant reconciliations and reporting a plus.
• Ability to learn and follow instructions to complete assignments each month/period consistently.
• Ability to understand intimate partner violence and how it affects the client population.
• Ability to work with people of diverse backgrounds.
• Ability to pass a criminal background and credit history check.

House of Ruth Maryland offers a comprehensive Total Rewards Package that will include but is not limited to medical insurance, prescription plan, dental insurance, vision insurance, paid time off, life insurance, 403(b) retirement savings plan, and Employee Assistance Program.

House of Ruth Maryland upholds the mission of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission by being an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All applicants will be considered for employment and will not be excluded because of color, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status or age.