Fiscal Operations Manager – Government Grants & Accounting

Job Title: Fiscal Operations Manager – Government Grants & Accounting
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Work Arrangement: Hybrid
Employment Type: Temporary Contract
Duration: 11/23/2026 – 06/30/2027
Candidate Pay Rate: $20-$25 per hour
Education Requirement: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Public Administration, Business Administration, or related field preferred
Residency Requirement: Candidate must be a Tennessee resident before starting the assignment
Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM CST
Hours: 8 hours/day, 40 hours/week
Expenses: Allowed

Position Overview

The Fiscal Operations Manager will provide fiscal and financial operations support for a large statewide rural health transformation initiative

The position will work closely with project leads, program staff, accounting teams, accounts payable, and other fiscal stakeholders to ensure consistent accounting, budgeting, contracting, reimbursement, invoice, payment, and documentation processes

This role requires someone who can understand complex federal and state funding requirements, review financial activities, monitor budgets and expenditures, support grant administration, resolve fiscal issues, and translate complicated financial requirements into clear guidance for program teams

Required Skills / Experience

• Knowledge of governmental accounting

• Knowledge of federal grants management

• Knowledge of budgeting and financial administration

• Knowledge of contract and subrecipient administration

• Knowledge of reimbursement and payment processes

• Knowledge of financial reporting

• Ability to review contract budgets, deliverables, payment provisions, reimbursement requirements, and supporting documentation

• Experience supporting invoice review, reimbursement requests, advance payment requests, and related fiscal documentation

• Ability to support expenditure estimates, budget monitoring, reconciliations, financial reporting, drawdowns, and closeout activities

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Strong fiscal judgment and attention to detail

• Strong organizational skills

• Effective written and verbal communication

• Ability to translate complex fiscal requirements into clear and practical guidance

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and collaborate with fiscal and program staff

• Candidate must be a Tennessee resident before the assignment begins

Preferred Skills / Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Public Administration, Business Administration, or a related field

• Experience with federal or state grant programs

• Experience with governmental accounting

• Experience with contract management

• Experience with financial reporting

• Experience using state accounting and procurement systems

• CPA certification

• CGFM certification

• Other relevant fiscal or accounting certification

Job Responsibilities

• Serve as a fiscal resource to project leads and program staff by helping interpret accounting, contracting, reimbursement, invoice, payment, and documentation processes

• Serve as a liaison between fiscal/accounting operations and the program team

• Communicate upcoming initiatives, anticipated expenditures, estimates, implementation concerns, and issues requiring fiscal attention

• Collaborate with General Ledger and Accounts Payable teams regarding upcoming activities and required accounting, budget, invoice, and payment processes

• Review proposed activities, contract budgets, deliverables, payment provisions, reimbursement requirements, and supporting documentation

• Identify potential fiscal issues and assist with resolution

• Help program staff understand the relationship between contract dates, state fiscal years, federal budget periods, obligation requirements, expenditure deadlines, and liquidation periods

• Support review of invoices, reimbursement requests, advance payment requests, and related documentation

• Assist with expenditure estimates, budget monitoring, use-of-funds classification, reconciliations, reporting, drawdowns, and closeout activities

• Maintain knowledge of applicable grant guidance, federal requirements, award documentation, approved applications, FAQs, and executed agreements

• Communicate relevant fiscal changes to project and financial staff

• Develop or assist with fiscal guidance, checklists, templates, desk guides, presentations, and other tools

• Maintain organized fiscal records

• Assist with resolving documentation gaps, process questions, monitoring requests, and other financial issues

Ideal Candidate

The strongest candidate is likely an experienced Government Grants Accountant, Fiscal Operations Manager, Grants Financial Analyst, Government Accounting Manager, Grants Manager, or Senior Financial Analyst with experience supporting federally or state-funded programs

The ideal candidate should combine:

Governmental Accounting Federal Grants Budget Management Contract Administration Financial Reporting

A particularly strong candidate will have hands-on experience with:

Accounts Payable General Ledger Reimbursements Invoice Review Grant Compliance Reconciliations Federal Funding

The best candidate will be comfortable working between program teams and accounting teams and explaining complex fiscal requirements to non-financial stakeholders

Experience handling federal grant budgets, state fiscal-year requirements, expenditure deadlines, drawdowns, grant closeouts, contract payments, and financial documentation would be especially relevant

Candidates with CPA, CGFM, governmental accounting, public-sector finance, or state/federal grants experience will be particularly competitive