Grants Accountant
Job Summary:
The Vander Weele Group seeks someone with a bachelor’s degree in accounting and either a great internship or up to 2-3 years of experience in an accounting or finance role. Our Grants Accountant position is a great opportunity for someone who is gifted at noticing details, interested in working in a consulting company with external clients, and in learning what monitoring (similar to auditing, but not exactly) is all about. If you want to make a difference in how government grant funds are used to help the communities they serve, the Vander Weele Group might be the place for you.
As a Grants Accountant, you will work with government agencies to ensure Federal or state grants (usually millions to billions of dollars) are spent appropriately and that the agency has the process and procedures in place to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse. Responsibilities include sampling expenditures to ensure allowability, testing to ensure sufficient internal controls are in place to comply with Federal and state statutes, regulations, rules, grant agreements, and procedures, and participating in risk assessments. This position mandates meticulous attention to detail, precision, and accuracy in written work.
This position has the potential for up to 25% travel.
Job Duties:
· Follows established procedures to monitor compliance with Federal grant rules and regulations.
· Sample and review expenses for equipment, supplies, and personnel to ensure compliance with laws, regulations, and established guidelines.
· Test processes and internal controls to verify practices are in place to ensure compliance.
· Participate in single-entity risk assessments by analyzing process, procedure, workflow, organizational capacity, and other documents, as well as interviewing stakeholders, to assess risks of noncompliance, fraud, waste, and abuse.
· Participate in drafting recommendations and reports to summarize testing and findings and ensure that required reports are submitted per project requirements.
· Ensure that appropriate actions are implemented to resolve past deficiencies in auditing or monitoring reviews.
· Assist with the development of monitoring tools, compliance matrices, and other needed tools or templates.
· Participate in internal staff, project, and client meetings.
· Work on multiple client projects and assignments.
· Related duties, as required.
Qualifications:
· A bachelor’s degree or above in Accounting, Internal Audit, or a related field or equivalent relevant work experience.
· A minimum of an accounting, finance, or audit internship or up to two years of experience working in accounting, finance, or audit.
· Understanding of and ability to discern between allowable and unallowable expenditures and internal controls.
· The ability to work independently and in a team.
· The ability to multi-task and complete assignments within time constraints and deadlines while working in a remote environment.
· The ability to prioritize and work on multiple sequential processes seamlessly.
Preferred Skills and Experience
· Knowledge of the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance).
· Experience with Federal grants.
· Experience conducting external audits.
· Experience working with various sampling methodologies.
· Experience developing work plans.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $26.00 - $32.00 per hour
Expected hours: 8 per week
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid sick time
- Paid time off
- Profit sharing
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
- Work from home
Experience level:
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Experience:
Work Location: Remote