Grant & Accounting Advisor-FRM

Job Description

Job Description

Announcement #Issue Date:10-05-26

Closing Date:10-16-26

Grant & Contract Accounting Advisor Fisheries Resource Management (FRM)
Department of Natural Resources Hourly Wage: $18.23-$20.52/Regular/Full
-Time

Is responsible for financial activities associated with processing, coordinating and managing various federal/state/tribal funded grants and contracts. Duties include contract and grant specialization in solicitation, negotiation, cost and price analysis, administration and termination of contracts/grants; cost accounting principles, theories, concepts, and practices in a variety of difficult and complex accounting problems associated with the grants and contracts funding administration. Coordinates activities associated with the preparation of various budgets for grant/contract proposals.

Plans, organizes accounting system. Make day-to-day decisions relative to the accounting treatment of financial transactions. Recommend solutions to complex accounting problems.

• Works with Accounting Specialist and Project Lead Bookkeeper to monitor grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and inter agency agreements for compliance with statement of work and production of deliverables.
• Assist in preparing a variety of financial statements for completeness, internal accuracy, and conformance with uniform accounting classification and specific accounting requirements; prepares schedules and reports for the tribal accounts and various funding agencies.
• Assist with grant and contract account management that includes the maintenance of accounts, reconciliation of reports and financial statements; determines account inconsistencies or errors; prepares corrections, verifies accuracy of financial reconciliations.
• Identifies project goals, sets priorities and tracks progress utilizing a tracking sheet and google docs for the Accounting Specialist.
• Reviews invoices to ensure contractor expenditures comply with contract requirements and ensure expenditures are within budget and allowable under all regulations for tribal and federal contracting.
• Review purchase orders, travel authorizations and close outs comply with YN procurement requirements and ensure expense are allowable and within the budget.
• Assists in the review and preparation of grant/contract budgets, modifications, amendments, subcontracts and addendums for necessary changes or decision as they relate to the funding source.

• Knowledge and experience with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP);
  Tribal Administrative Policies and Procedures for Accounting;
  Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles and Audit Requirement for Federal Awards 2 CFR 200 and audit requirements.
• Knowledge of current literature, developments, and trends in accounting.
• Knowledge of basic methods and techniques of governmental fund accounting.
• Ability to classify accounting transactions, maintain and reconcile accounts, close accounts, and prepare reports and statements.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, administrators, and the public.
• Ability to professionally communicate orally and in writing.

• Minimum of an Associate of Arts degree preferably in accounting or related field or (3) years of professional accounting work experience.
• Required to pass a pre-employment drug test.
• Knowledge and be skilled in the use of personal computers, software, i.e., Excel, MS Word, Quicken, general office machines, 10-key calculator.

• Prefer knowledge in Grants and Contracts Management, Procurement for Federal Program, Bookkeeping for Federal Programs and OMB Circulars A87-A102 knowledge.
• Enrolled Yakama Preference, but all qualified applicants are encouraged to apply.