What are the responsibilities and job description for the Fiscal Manager- Grants position at Esperanza?
Job Description
Description:
Fiscal Manager- Grants
Urgently Hiring!
Job Summary:
Reporting to the Controller, the Fiscal Manager- Grants is responsible for supporting college, charter school and cyber charter school accounting, budgeting and grant financial reporting. The position provides accounting support for routine accounting functions including ensuring a timely monthly close for school entities, federal and state filings related to budget and annual financial reporting as well as grant reporting requirements.
Essential Functions:
Description:
Fiscal Manager- Grants
Urgently Hiring!
Job Summary:
Reporting to the Controller, the Fiscal Manager- Grants is responsible for supporting college, charter school and cyber charter school accounting, budgeting and grant financial reporting. The position provides accounting support for routine accounting functions including ensuring a timely monthly close for school entities, federal and state filings related to budget and annual financial reporting as well as grant reporting requirements.
Essential Functions:
- Plans, organizes, and coordinates the accounting and financial reporting for college, cyber and charter activities.
- Develops budgets, analyses spending trends including personnel, benefits, grants and other expenditure and revenue indicators to ensure spending aligns to organizational goals and objectives.
- Serve as the primary financial liaison for grant reporting and requirements.
- Maintain financial records consistent with audit standards, monitor spending against budget and timelines
- Prepares all applicable month-end close journal entries, including salary accrual, recurring journal entries, indirect cost calculations, allocations, and accruals of other expenditures; monitor for reversals.
- Assist the Controllers with timely, accurate and effective reporting of all financial information to both internal and external stakeholders meeting all deadlines
- Provide support in the annual budget and audit process
- Engage in catching up with backlog, cleanup projects, system implementations, and accounting process development.
- Supervises Grant Coordinator assigning tasks and work to meet grant maintenance and reporting deadlines
- Other duties as assigned within the scope of position expectations
- Bachelor’s degree in, Accounting, or related field
- Experience with grant financial reporting.
- Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles
- Knowledge of federal government guidelines is a plus
- Experience working in Abila MIP is a plus
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Ability to multi-task and handle a fast-paced work environment
- Must be detail oriented, analytical, proactive and a team player