Grants Reporting Specialist

Overview

With community residents leading the way, the mission of Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation (CHLDC) is to build a strong, sustainable Cypress Hills / East New York, where youth and adults achieve educational and economic success, secure healthy and affordable housing, and develop leadership skills to transform their lives and community.

Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation has an opening for one (1) full-time, experienced Grants Reporting Specialist to join our Finance Team. The Grants Reporting Specialist will manage the contracts and budgets of the organization, maintain accurate contract and budget records, and ensure compliance with Federal, State, and City funders. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of the grants reporting process, principles and practices, excellent analytical and interpersonal skills, great attention to detail, a keen interest in continuous process improvement, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and submit expense vouchers, invoices, and fiscal reports to various government agencies and private funders for assigned program areas in a timely manner, maintaining a calendar of reporting deadlines.
• Accurately create journal entry batches in the General Ledger.
• Adhere to government contracts, fiscal manuals, procedures, rules and regulations of government agencies, foundations and restricted funding sources.
• Assist in the evaluation of the agency's compliance with contract and funder requirements. Make recommendations for revisions to the organization's fiscal manual based on these external guidelines.
• Maintain contract documentation in the agency's financial database.
• Regularly meet with Program Directors to discuss Budget vs Actual reports to ensure alignment with grant resources and requirements.
• Track and manage all assigned grant budgets and ensure transparent and consistent allocations of salary and expenses.
• Establish and maintain excellent working relationships with the fiscal departments / liaisons of external agencies.
• Coordinate with Program Directors to ensure grant funds are properly allocated to program initiatives while ensuring that no budgeted salary or expense is over or under funded.
• Work with program staff in preparing budget modifications and submit them in government agency sites.
• Serve as liaison to government and other external contract monitors / grantors.
• Monitor and track outstanding contract receivables related to assigned reporting grants.
• Provide support to the Controller during funder and agency-wide audits.

Qualifications

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Travel

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Compensation

To Apply

Equal Opportunity

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