Staff Accountant

This role is critical in ensuring the accuracy and efficiency of our financial operations.

Responsibilities:

• Process and monitor grant-related expenditures, ensuring they are accurately coded and approved before payments are generated
• Invoice for reimbursement-based grant expenditures on a monthly basis, ensuring compliance with all relevant financial regulations
• Regularly review budget and grant spending activities, providing timely updates and analysis to the relevant stakeholders
• Conduct monthly reconciliations of grant-related accounts to the general ledger trial balance, contributing to the monthly financial closing process
• Initiate changes in grant-related employee full-time equivalent (FTE) allocations based on instructions from relevant stakeholders
• Perform periodic drawdowns of awarded grant funding from governmental Payment Management Systems database
• Collaborate with relevant teams to prepare invoices for reimbursement of expenditures, adjusting as necessary to ensure accuracy
• Assist in general accounting and other financial activities to support the preparation and completion of financial statements and reports for management review and decision making.

• Must possess a Bachelor's degree in Accounting or a related field.
• Proven experience in Accounts Payable (AP) and Accounts Receivable (AR) is essential.
• Must have experience performing Bank Reconciliations.
• Proficiency in handling General Ledger is a requirement.
• The candidate should be competent in making Journal Entries.
• Experience in Month End Close process is a must.
• Should possess strong computer skills, particularly in Excel and accounting software.