Grants Administrator

A local philanthropic non-profit organization is seeking a Grant Administrator to join their growing team. Their mission is to assist those in need in Orange County with resources for food, shelter, and personalized supportive counsel and aid;

helping clients bridge the gap from dependency to self-sufficiency.

This position will be responsible for managing grants and contracts, overseeing fiscal planning, and handling accounts payable.

As a key member of the team, Grants Administrator will contribute to the overall financial procurement, monitoring, and reporting, ensuring oversight, and effective funds management.

This is a full time, temp to hire opportunity with pay starting at $30 / hour.

Grant Administrator Responsibilities :

• Oversee the financial tracking of grants from award setup to closeout.
• Utilize a database / spreadsheet system, track current grant cycles and renewal processes and ensure stewardship to maintain and increase future funding.
• Maintain schedule of grants reporting deadlines for monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports, including preparation, submission with accuracy of all applicable reports as required by the funders.
• Maintain current grant funder records, record notes, actions, contact updates, and gift information in appropriate database and / or donor management system.
• Review notice of awards and grant and agency documentation to ensure a clear understanding of the regulations and guidelines associated with grant funds.
• Meet regularly with finance and leadership to review grant expenditures for compliance with grant guidelines and grant budget, and process journal entries as appropriate.
• Ensure timely communication and knowledge transfer is executed with respective departments on all requirements.
• Collaborate with coworkers to proactively improve processes related to post-award administration of grants.
• Reconcile grant expenditures and update projections monthly.
• Research and resolve accounting issues related to grants.
• Lead implementation of streamlining to new billing system. Monitor and evaluate automation to address gaps.
• Collaborate with coworkers to forecast the timing of grant expenditures and revenue recognition.
• Contribute to process improvements on revising and updating internal grant reports.
• Support Finance Director in coordinating with the external auditors to support the single audit.
• Create and submit progress report to funders.
• Responsible for billing all grants in a timely manner.
• Prospect, research and identify new grant funding opportunities and identify demographic information required in order to obtain funds.
• Partner with departments to understand current program needs to stay current with data and trends for clients served to identify potential funding sources and complete compelling grant applications.
• Participate and support grant procurement efforts with proposals to foundations, government, corporations, and other funding sources.
• Pursue continuing professional education related to Uniform Guidance updates and, when needed, initiate updates to processes and policies appropriately.

Grant Administrator Qualifications :

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field required.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of professional nonprofit experience related to grant accounting, compliance, government contract billing, with a focus on post-award management.
• Experience with Cal AIM, CDBG, and PSH contract billing highly desired.
• Experience with Uniform Guidance Single Audits.
• Experience with grant writing desired, but not required.
• Knowledge or experience using automated billing systems.
• Proficiency with automated systems including MS Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)

Compensation / Pay Rate (Up to) : $28.00 - $30.00 Per Hour