Accountant III - Post-Grant; part-time

Department:
Administration and Finance-Central Office

Locations:
Fall River, MA

Posted:
Apr 29, 2026

Closes:
Open Until Filled

Type:
Part Time Non Benefited

Position ID: 200004

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POSITION TITLE: Post-Grant - Accountant Ill (part-time)
DEPARTMENT: Grants/ Administration & Finance
REPORTS TO: Director, Post Grant Administration
POSITION STATUS: This is a part-time, non-benefited position not to exceed 18.5 hours per week.
LOCATION: Fall River
SALARY: $32.31/hr

STATEMENT OF DUTIES:

The Post-Grant Assistant performs grant accounting functions for federal, state, local, and private grants received by Bristol Community College. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, assisting supervisors in monitoring compliance and spending, running required reports, analyzing budgets, and forecasting grants.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS, DUTIES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Monitor and track the status of each grant through its life cycle.
• Review incoming awards, prepare financial reports, and identify variances within the grant award.
• Analyze, review, and process accounting reports, expenditure requests, time sheets, and other related fiscal reports and forms.
• Maintain grant documentation, including regular filing and physical record retention.
• Prepare expenditure documentation for internal approval, including printing, collating and packaging of documents.
• Provide monthly progress reports and spending forecast to grant managers.
• Assist with the preparation of external reports for federal, state, and private grants.
• Evaluate requests for additional allotments and/or transfers of funds within grant account budget lines.
• Gather information and assist with fiscal reporting and analysis for annual audit and A-133 audit.
• Assist in the preparation of meeting with agency monitors and auditors as needed.
• Assist and support supervisor in the preparation of year‑end grant management reports (i.e., auditor's reports, indirect costs, and division summaries) for submission to college leadership.
• Assist in mainlining and regularly updating informational reports, including but not limited to, grant listing, employee salary, and payroll contract reports.
• Interpret state and federal laws, regulations, guidelines, and procedures for financial operations and accounting systems.
• Assist in reviewing policies and procures of grant agencies with cost center directors to ensure adherence to applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
• Confer with cost center directors and grant agency accountants to explain state/agency rules, polices and accounting procedures governing payment, invoicing, and related financial transactions.
• Prepare complex general ledger entries and account reconciliations.
• Exercise independent judgement in performing accounting transactions.
• Prepare adjusting journal entries and payroll funding adjustments.
• Prepare grant set up and maintain grant portfolio.
• Apply best practices for grant accounting throughout all job functions.
• Demonstrate a sense of professionalism and consistently reflect Bristol's core values while interacting with members of the Bristol community.
• Focus on the Commonwealth's Equity Agenda by applying related best practices throughout all job functions.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Applicants must have at least (A) three years of full‑time, or equivalent part‑time, professional experience in accounting or auditing, of which at least (B) one year must have been in a supervisory, administrative or managerial capacity, or (C) any equivalent combination of the required experience and the substitutions below.

I. An Associate's degree with a major in accounting, business administration or business management may be substituted for a maximum of one year of the required (A) experience.*

II. A Bachelor's degree with a major in accounting, business administration or business management may be substituted for a maximum of two years of the required (A)…