Funding Requests Specialist

Department:

BAR — Budget, Accounting, and Reporting

Reports To:

Chief Financial Officer (or designee within BAR leadership)

The Gulf Coast Protection District (GCPD) is a special-purpose district created by the Texas Legislature under S.B. 1160, 87th Regular Session, to serve as the non-federal sponsor for the Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay (S2G) and Coastal Texas (CTX) coastal storm risk management projects. Partnering with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on a 65/35 federal-to-local cost-share, GCPD is responsible for managing nearly $1 billion in state appropriations and coordinating one of the largest coastal infrastructure programs in the nation, protecting millions of people and billions of dollars of assets along the Texas Gulf Coast.

GCPD is a small, high-impact organization with a lean professional staff. Every team member plays a meaningful role in delivering a historically significant public infrastructure program.

GCPD seeks a detail-oriented Funding Requests Specialist to manage the District’s grant drawdown cycle, including preparation and submission of advance funding, reimbursement, and other funding request submissions under its cooperative funding agreements. This position ensures GCPD meets submittal deadlines and complies with applicable grant requirements governing eligible costs, supporting documentation, and reporting.

This is a highly deadline-driven role requiring precision, strong organizational discipline, and the judgment to flag documentation or eligibility issues before submission. The successful candidate will work closely with the CFO or designee to manage GCPD’s grant funding cash flow and maintain a strong compliance record across all of the District’s funding relationships.

• Prepare and submit requests for funds, advance funding requests, and reimbursement requests in accordance with applicable cooperative funding agreement terms and submittal deadlines.
• Compile and organize supporting documentation for each grant drawdown submission, ensuring expenditures are properly coded, eligible, and audit-ready.
• Track submittal deadlines across multiple funding cycles and maintain a master calendar of grant reporting and drawdown dates.
• Coordinate with the Accounts Payable Specialist and Grant Accounting Manager to ensure expenditure data is finalized in time for each grant drawdown cycle.

• Perform monthly reconciliation of advance funds received, costs incurred, and outstanding advance balances using GCPD’s reconciliation templates.
• Monitor the timing gap between expenditures and reimbursement receipt, alerting the CFO or designee to potential cash flow issues.
• Maintain funding request workbooks and supporting schedules, ensuring figures tie to the general ledger and approved budget.
• Prepare periodic reporting on grant drawdown status, aging, and outstanding reimbursement balances for the CFO or designee.
• Maintain current working knowledge of applicable grant requirements, funding methodology, and submittal standards under the District’s cooperative funding agreements.
• Monitor GCPD’s compliance with applicable federal cost principles (2 CFR 200) and other grant requirements affecting eligible costs.
• Flag documentation gaps, eligibility questions, or submittal deadline risks well in advance of due dates.
• Support preparation of responses to funding partner inquiries, monitoring visits, or requests for additional documentation.

• Maintain organized, audit-ready files for all grant drawdown submissions, reimbursements, and related correspondence.
• Support external auditors with documentation and reconciliations related to grant funding activity.
• Assist in preparing Board-level reporting on grant drawdown status and any compliance matters affecting cash flow.

• Associate’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience in grant accounting, grant drawdown processing, or governmental funding administration.
• Strong working knowledge…