Senior Grants Accountant

Title: Senior Grants Accountant
Reports to: Controller

Pay Range: $105,000 - $115,000
Location: San Francisco, CA.

This is a hybrid position, and candidates must be able to work three days per week in our San Francisco office.

Apply here: https://medasf.bamboohr.com/careers/210

JOIN OUR MEDA TEAM

Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA) is a dynamic & highly sustainable large Nonprofit, servicing the Mission District for over 50 years, with affordable housing, lending, education and economic development programs. We aim to achieve economic justice for San Francisco's low and moderate-income Latino families through asset development. MEDA’s work has centered on equity. We envision generations of Latino families choosing where to call home, thriving economically, succeeding in learning opportunities, and leading policy and social change toward a more equitable society.

YOUR CAREER OPPORTUNITY

The Senior Grants Accountant is responsible for ensuring accurate, consistent, and timely accounting and compliance of the organization’s grants, including but not limited to, post-award grant accounting, budget modification as well as ensuring compliance with funding source administrative guidelines, timely receipt of revenue, accurate submission of financial and other related reports and grant regulations.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Review and understand contracts for grant terms and conditions


• Oversee and monitor monthly project expenditures to ensure alignment with approved budgets and compliance with relevant federal state, and other regulations (i.e. 2 CFR Part 200) as well as Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)


• Prepare monthly billing allocations for each respective programs and trackers on each grant


• Onboarding and offboarding of grants which includes creation/purge of folders, schedules and trackers


• Monthly reconciliations of grant trackers and grant schedules to ERP system


• General ledger support for the Grants Managers including monthly entries and adjustments


• Prepare revenue journal entries including TRNA releases, deferred revenue recognition, grant/contract revenue accruals, & revenue


• Knowledge of temporarily restricted net asset and deferred revenue accounting recognition rules


• Prepare/update monthly payroll allocation entries in relation to grant activities


• Prepare various schedules including TRNA, Deferred Grant, AR Reconciliation, Grant Summary, SEFA and other audit schedules


• Maintain organized records and documentation to facilitate audit readiness


• Assist with compliance, fiscal and single audit requests, grants schedules, and open items lists and support for both MEDA and Single Audit


• Other duties as assigned

YOUR KEYS TO SUCCESS

To perform successfully in this role, you will need to leverage these key qualifications:

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or related field, or equivalent experience.

Core Competencies and Skills / Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in the Nonprofit sector; including general accounting, and compliance experience.


• 5+ years of experience in budget development and grants management.


• Excellent verbal communication, active listening, writing, and editing skills.


• Strong team collaborator is nimble & flexible, highly resourceful, able to wear many hats.

YOUR MEDA EXPERIENCE

Do meaningful work in an innovative workplace while being challenged for your professional growth.

Joining MEDA means having meaningful experiences that develop achievers – from across the Mission neighborhood and from within our organization. We find meaning and fulfillment in our work as we see our community thrive and are driven to achieve better outcomes by challenging ourselves to innovate in our ways of working.

We offer a market-leading benefits program that reflects MEDA's values and mission. We invest in people's lives and support our own people's health and financial well-being.

Our core benefits include:

• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental insurance for employees and their dependents – 100 percent covered by MEDA


• 401(k) plan for employees


• Generous paid time off - with a minimum of 20 days for new employees


• Employee Assistance Program that offers free financial or legal counseling to employees or their families


• Other forms of voluntary benefits

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.