Abacus Staffing, a leading provider of comprehensive employment/placement solutions, is seeking market talent. We offer meaningful and long-term employment opportunities, competitive pay structure and outstanding customer service to a workforce of more than 20,000, nationally.
Job Title: Grants Specialist
Job Locations: Virginia Beach, VA 23462
Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8:15am to 5:00pm, 45-minute lunch break
Payrate: $29.41/hourly
Job Duties:
Responsible for independently coordinating, monitoring compliance and managing grants within a major program in the agency or for all programs in a district or office. Characteristic duties include: maintaining active grants by determining periodic status of expenditures, fiscal trends and reporting requirements; analyzing budget spending rates and forecast year-end expenditures; fulfilling financial reporting requirements and providing technical assistance to managers, staff and contractors involved in the grant budget and implementation process.
1\. Program Support & Technical Assistance
• Coordinates all payment requests with the business unit to maintain accurate budget reporting.
• Prepares monthly and ad-hoc project statistics reports to share with the SBS Director and Program Managers.
• Monitors project budget and provides reports as needed.
• Ensures database contains current project information.
• Drafts program supports documents (including reports, presentations, briefing documents, budget requests, etc.).
• Responds to internal and external audit requests, conducts research and drafts responses to loan applicants.
• Implements assigned program activities in an effective and timely manner.
• Responds to inquiries regarding program and loan requirements.
• Provides superior customer assistance when dealing with internal and external customers.
• Reviews and maintains chart of accounts for grants in assigned area of responsibility.
• Reconciles all expenditures during closeout and creates journal entries as needed to correct coding used.
• Responsible for preparing, printing and mailing grant status notification letters to grantees that have not drawn down on their reimbursements. Letters will be submitted to the Grant Manager for approval and signature.
2\. Disbursement Review & Processing
• Reviews disbursement requests on all loan/grant projects within assigned areas of responsibility for compliance with all program guidelines and requirements.
• Determines accuracy and eligibility of amounts requested and adequacy of supporting documentation in accordance with project scope and budget.
• Prepares loan disbursement approval documents or requests for additional information, as appropriate.
• Interprets and applies fiscal policies and procedures to address routine and non-routine financial disbursements.
• Tracks and analyzes financial data to ensure compliance with federal grant requirements.
3\. Database & Records Management
• Uses tracking and reporting systems to input and maintain detailed accounting, financial and budgetary records for grants projects for assigned area(s).
• Creates and uses spreadsheets and systems to record, manage and process transactions and activities.
• Prepare reports and ensures quality of data.
• Ensure accounting transactions reconcile to Cardinal.
• Maintains up-to-date information on available funds for the SBS Director, FCAP and Project Supervisor to reallocate to current or new projects or grants.
• Maintains database fields, files and conformity summaries.
• Maintains and updates critical project dates and deadlines.
4\. Other Duties
• May be required to perform other duties; may include functions in support of an emergency declaration.
Minimum/Special/Additional Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree, at least 21 years old plus, (2) years of related experience or any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Considerable knowledge of federal, state, and private sector grants and contracts management laws, rules, regulations and guidelines of generally accepted accounting principles and practices.
• Knowledge of budgeting policies, procedures and practices; contract law, auditing standards, computer programs (including Microsoft Word, Excel and Access).
• Experience with databases and automated financial systems.
• Demonstrated analytical skills, proficiency in problem solving, organizing, and coordinating.
• Demonstrated ability to read and interpret grants; to prepare budgets and monitor fiscal transactions, provide technical assistance on complex issues; compile financial information and projections.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work.
Weekly pay and benefits available!