Grants Accounting Manager

Grants Manager

The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless seeks a Grants Manager to manage the day-to-day grants activity, overseeing billing staff and program staff to ensure compliance with regulations and grant requirements and prepare financial reports as required by granting agencies and management. This position is the first point of contact for grant related inquiries both internally and externally. This role is responsible for initial and continuous training and guidance of Grant Analysts and Grant Billers, various internal staff, and subrecipients to ensure a high standard of grants compliance across the organization. This position reviews billings for accuracy and compliance with requirements, maintains accounting records within guidelines of GAAP and Uniform Grants Guidance regulations and coordinates the single audit. This is a working manager. This position is responsible for managing the capacity and prioritization for the grants team. Other responsibilities include reviewing and recording general ledger maintenance, financial accounting activity, and account reconciliations.

Coalition Benefits

• Choice of HMO or PPO health insurance coverage options: full-time employees contribute only 1% of their earnings for their own HMO health coverage and no more than 4% of their earnings for coverage of eligible dependents. We're proud to offer same-and opposite-sex domestic partner coverage.
• Choice of dental insurance or discount plan.
• Vision insurance.
• Flexible spending accounts for health care / dependent care / parking expenses.
• Free basic life and AD&D insurance coverage.
• Employee Assistance Program, a problem-solving resource available to you and your household members.
• Dollar-for-dollar retirement plan matching contributions up to 5% of earnings with 3-year vesting.
• Extensive paid time-off, including 9 holidays, 12 days of sick leave, and three weeks of vacation for new full-time employees in their first year.

Essential Job Functions

• Manage Grant Analyst and Grant Billing staff.
• Reviews (Federal, State, City and Foundation) grant billings and reports prepared by Grant Analysts to meet billing and reporting due dates (bimonthly, monthly, quarterly, and annually) and provides feedback and corrections as needed.
• Responsible for initial and continuous training of Grant Analysts and Grant Billers.
• First point of contact for grant related inquiries from internal staff and outside contacts.
• Provide Pre- and Post- award fiscal management and compliance of Federal, State, City, and foundation grants awarded to the agency.
• Review and processes monthly general ledger duties to assist in providing timely and accurate financial statements.
• Coordinates with Program Directors and program staff on Financial Compliance, budget planning and goals.
• Monitor spending and audit, research, and resolve any issues relating to grants, audits, monitoring and subrecipient's of CCH.
• Liaison to external auditors for single audit and responsible for documenting internal control audit memos, proposing accounting treatment of revenue transactions, and preparing complex audit schedules, including revenue recognition schedules required under ASC 606.
• Provide instruction in the interpretation and application of appropriate fiscal laws, rules, regulations, and procedures.
• Assist with the preparation, calculation, determination of eligibility, and tracking of match requirements relating to grants.
• Coordinates with Awarding agencies and Program staff regarding budget amendments.
• Provide guidance and oversight of Grant Analysts monitoring subrecipient's expenditures and budget to ensure accuracy and compliance.
• Assist with APR preparation, review and submittal as assigned.
• Draw payments from various funder websites to ensure timely payment.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications Summary

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, business or related field is required. Relevant work experience may substitute for degree.
• Extensive experience in grant billing preferred.
• Supervisory or management experience in grant management preferred.
• Previous experience using and maintaining a computerized accounting system required; experience with Sage Intacct software preferred.

$101,278 - $120,915 a year WHERE A CANDIDATE IS PLACED IN THE COMPENSATION RANGE DEPENDS ON TOTAL RELEVANT YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

Employee must be able to perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation and without posing a direct threat to safety or health of self or others. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. Employee will perform job according to applied laws. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless is committed to delivering services, making employment-related decisions, selecting volunteers, and selecting vendors without regard to age over 40, race, sex, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, medical condition related to pregnancy, military status, or any other applicable status protected by law.