Supervisor - Senior Accountant- Grants

Frontier Behavioral Health's presence in Spokane is more than 100 years strong, allowing our non-profit organization to understand the varied needs of our clients and the larger community. Our programs are designed to provide evidence-based treatment to adults, youth and seniors who are dealing with a wide range of behavioral health issues. As a Trauma-Informed Care Organization, we firmly believe in recovery and that our clients can lead fulfilling and meaningful lives, and we consider it an honor and a privilege to assist them in their journey.

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WHY CHOOSE FRONTIER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH?

• At Frontier Behavioral Health, we value our employees and recognize the importance of EVERY employee's contribution to our mission.
• Our behavioral health services make a positive difference in the lives of those we serve and contribute to the health, safety, and quality of life for everyone in Spokane County.
• At FBH we have a variety of client services, including outpatient, inpatient, community outreach, crisis services, partnerships with schools, law enforcement and more.
• Our evidence-based, culturally appropriate, trauma informed behavioral health services address the diverse needs of those we serve.

The Supervisor/Sr. Accountant
- Grants will be responsible for overseeing accountants in performing accurate and timely accounting tasks primarily related to the management of grants provided to FBH, which tasks include grant billing preparation, reporting, contract compliance, revenue and expense tracking, and other related efforts. These responsibilities include making general ledger entries to record grant activity, preparing general ledger reconciliations, monitoring grant activity, completing federal, state and local reporting, and preparing and tracking grant billing.

This position is responsible for ensuring all transactions follow generally accepted accounting principles and single audit cost standards, creating and maintaining procedures, recommending policy and procedure updates to follow best practices, and complying with FASB and other regulatory and industry accounting standards. This role will oversee the assignment of tasks to achieve scheduled deadlines and perform regular performance evaluations.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES includes but are not limited to the following:

• Understand the various grant contract requirements and oversee their execution with the accounting team. Prepare contract summaries for use by the Finance team and other stakeholders.
• Work in conjunction with the Controller and Assistant Controller to review and analyze new or renewing grant agreements for changes, conflicts with existing agreements, billing requirements, reporting needs, process issues, or other matters that require attention to enable grant compliance. Coordinate with other departments to ensure contract requirement compliance. Train Finance staff to collect proper data and perform necessary change management tasks.
• Communicate with the Controller and Assistant Controller about grant updates, contract changes, new grant revenue and expense recognition, and other issues. Communicate with grantor agencies to resolve issues and manage the grant billing, compliance, and reporting processes. Communicate with other FBH teams (Compliance, Patient Accounts, IT, EMR, etc.) as a grant subject matter expert to address questions and issues.
• Prepare, assign, and oversee the billing, recording, and reporting of each grant. This includes maintaining and monitoring billing worksheets and obtaining appropriate statements of work and other reports from Clinical Program staff to ensure compliance with grant contract requirements.
• Manage collection efforts, grant AR aging, and review and recommend billing write-offs and adjustments. Perform and manage all grant close out activities. Monitor grant expenditures to ensure grant compliance.
• Develop and maintain cost allocation methodologies for blended and shared cost funding sources in coordination with the Controller and Assistant Controller.
• Prepare, review, and post regular journal entries and accruals.…