Financial Specialist

Skills
Professional SkillsAccounting StandardsBasic AccountingDrawdownFinancial ProceduresFinancial SystemsGrants Management
Role

What the job involves

The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.

Requirements

  • 2+ years of experience in grants management financial management or accounting within government or government consulting environments
  • 1+ year of experience working with financial data spreadsheets and basic reconciliations
  • 1+ year of experience analyzing complex financial data and reporting findings
  • Able and willing to travel based on client and program needs
  • Valid U.S. driver’s license and successful MVR check
  • Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills including VLOOKUP XLOOKUP pivot tables charts formulas sorting filtering and large datasets
  • Excellent communication writing and presentation skills
  • Detail-oriented highly organized and strong problem-solving skills
  • Proactive collaborative team-oriented approach

Nice to have

  • Early-career
  • Detail-oriented
  • Highly organized
  • Collaborative
  • Team-oriented
  • Proactive
  • Fast-paced environment

Day to day

  • Support day-to-day financial and grants management activities for federally funded programs
  • Assist with budget tracking expenditure review and financial reconciliation tasks
  • Review supporting documentation for eligible and allowable costs maintain audit-ready files and help respond to monitoring or audit inquiries