Hoxton Circle consulting has partnered with a local non-profit in the Monterey-Seaside area to add a Grants/Contracts Accountant to their team via a interim/contract to permanent placement. The role will have medical benefits before converting to permanent and moving over to the client payroll. The contract/temp phase is slated for 2-4 months but can convert to permanent sooner depending on candidate performance.

Duties:

• Provides post award administrative support including, account establishment, expenditure approvals, financial detail and reporting requirement information.
• Monitors for allowability on contracts, internal controls and compliance management.
• Participate in award set-up meetings with the principal investigators and pre-award Sponsored Programs Office to gain a full understanding of the criteria and requirements necessary to manage each award.
• Enter journal entries and budgets and coordinate monthly analysis of variances in indirect cost allocations.
• After evaluating a wide variety of financial and administrative issues formulate alternative solutions and make recommendations for changes.
• Ensure compliance with Federal regulations, and other contractual requirements.
• Provide financial reports to Principal Investigators and other responsible parties as needed/requested.
• Monitor over/under-spending on projects and notify responsible parties of any issues.
• Assist with agency and accounting audits of grants and contracts and the preparation of the annual HERD survey.
• Supports developing, implementing, improving, and enforcing, policies, and department controls to increase accuracy and efficiency.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Thorough knowledge of financial record-keeping methods, procedures, and practices.
• Experience in governmental accounting methods and related laws, government regulations, cost principles and administrative requirements applicable to grants like, FAR, CFR, highly desired. 
• Knowledge and experience working with federal grants and contracts in non-profits. 
• Familiarity with F&A costs, assessing these costs, and verifying F&A cost rate calculations.
• Equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance or Business Administration. 

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