Required Education:
Bachelor's Degree Accounting, Finance, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Preferred Education:
Master's Degree
Required Experience:
3+ years of related work experience. Must have some prior experience with federal grants and post-award administration, analysis and reconciliation of grants accounts, and facilitate developing financial report/analysis.
Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
Extensive knowledge of grants administration, including Uniform Guidance regulations, as well as Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Advanced knowledge of MS Excel and Word software and accounting applications; comfort working with and learning new and complicated computer systems; proficiency with spreadsheet, database, word processing, and query tool software. The ability to do Macros in Excel. The ability to communicate complex information (mostly financial, legal, and regulatory) to a diverse population, both verbally and in writing. The ability to understand long-term goals, and decipher financial implications of programmatic models, and the ability to frame results of financial and policy analysis in a clear, cogent and concise manner. Must possess diplomacy, confidentiality, and strong relationship building skills. Excellent planning, analytical and problem solving skills; strong quantitative and statistical modeling skills. The ability to work in a high paced, fast-moving, intellectually rigorous environment.
Preferred Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
Background in complex forms of financial analysis (such as forecasting) and forensic accounting. Proficiency in a second language such as Arabic or Mandarin.
