Do you have 5+ years’ experience in nonprofit grants management and accounting?

We are currently searching for a temporary to hire Grants Manager for a Community Services Nonprofit. The position is full-time, temporary to hire and onsite in Chicago’s West Loop.

ORGANIZATION TYPE: Community Services Nonprofit

LOCATION: Onsite (West Loop, Chicago)

POSITION TITLE: Grants Manager

SCHEDULE: 35 hours/week

DURATION: Temporary to hire

HOURLY PAY: $35-40.00/hour

Is This Your Dream Job: The Grants Manager provides recommendations and strategies on prospective funding opportunities to program leadership. Prepares grant applications and proposals, including program concepts, budgets, and associated work/project timelines for program implementation. Reviews grant applications to make sure proposed activities comply with funder requirements. Provide support and leadership on Grants and Special programs. Completes timely all accounting assignments, financial analysis, calculations, postings and verification of financial data for use in the preparation and maintenance of the general ledgers.

Our Ideal Candidate:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting
• 5+ years of computerized general accounting experience preferably in the not-for-profit industry.
• Master’s degree or registered CPA is a plus.
• Leadership experience is a plus
• Thorough knowledge of grant process, accounting principles, procedures practices and laws and regulations related to accounting activities.
• Highly motivated self-starter
• Strong interpersonal, organizational, planning and communication skills.
• Ability to analyze, prepare and retrieve data, reports, and planning.
• Proficient with various software applications, including Microsoft Office (Excel), Health care software (i.e. EvolvFx), and Microsoft Business Solutions/Dynamic – Great Plains.
• Ability to train and supervise personnel.
• Ability to develop, recommend and implement effective and defensible approaches to achieve organization goals.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with divisions, department heads, managers and outside individuals and groups as appropriate.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical information in mathematical or diagram form.
• Ability to remain composed and recommends appropriate actions under stressful conditions which may result from increased responsibilities and timetables.
• Ability and willingness to work overtime hours as required

How You Will Spend Your Day:

• Conduct grant monitoring, readiness, goal achievement through the grant cycle for all grant funding streams.
• Works with program staff on implementation and ensure compliance with funding source reporting requirements.
• Work across the organization and with partners to drive goal achievement.
• Coordinates project timelines with approved budget expenditures, ensuring the budget timelines coincide with project timelines.
• Analyzes and compiles all required monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual cost financial reporting on a timely basis and as per the signed and approved contract awards deadline.
• Assists supervisor in planning the accounting requirements of the Agency’s external reporting requirements for received contracts and awards from governmental agencies (federal, state, county, and City of Chicago, including foundation and corporate funding awards
• Responsible for monthly accounting close-out process for any grants, including billing, reports and posting to accounting system.
• Attends mandated training and orientation sessions with governmental agencies and related field agencies.
• Performs accounting tasks, applying well-established management and accounting principles and practices to a variety of problems to include analyzing and preparing reports as required.
• Completes grant monthly recurring and standard journal entries for month end.
• Studies and standardized procedures to improve efficiency of processes including understanding business processes and driving conversations for improvement.
• Document processes or Cross trains back –up person to assure minimal interruption during paid leave periods.
• Administers monthly journal entries in accordance with accounting principles and documents with the required back-up transaction documents. Assures to maintain accurate archiving rules in view of annual external audit.
• Responsible for all quarterly, semi-annual account reconciliations of designated expenses accounts and related balance sheet accounts.
• Reviews and examines staff work and output for accuracy, completeness, balance, quality and conformance to policy. Challenges unsubstantiated balances and ensures problems are resolved relating to the back-up chart.
• As needed and directed, initiates and maintains contacts with Agency management staff and outside individuals and organizations such as auditors and banks.
• Assists in developing, implementing and monitoring Agency financial systems, methods and procedures to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of staff.
• Maintains confidentiality of all information and adheres to the Agency’s Code of Ethics.

We’d love to hear from you.

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Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we regretfully can only respond to those candidates who best meet the requirements of a specific position or whose backgrounds are generally applicable to our client base. Please rest assured that we retain all candidate information for possible future matches, even if you do not hear from us in regard to your application in response to this ad.