Staff Consultant - Grants Management
Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
Req #: 754
Date: Friday, October 18, 2024
EisnerAmper is one of the largest accounting, tax, and business advisory firms, with approximately 450 partners and 4,500 employees across the world. We combine responsiveness with a long-range perspective to help clients meet the pressing issues they face today and position them for success tomorrow.
Our clients are enterprises as diverse as sophisticated financial institutions and start-ups, global public firms, middle-market companies, high net worth individuals, family offices, not-for-profit organizations, and entrepreneurial ventures across a variety of industries.
Should you need any accommodations to complete this application please email: talentacquisition@eisneramper.com.
What Work You Will be Responsible For:
- Participates in grants management projects and multi-disciplinary tasks within the scope of the program or project.
- Develops competency in federal and state policy, specifically federal funding requirements under 2 CFR 200.
- Assists with the development and monitoring of proper grants management procedures required in all phases of the grant lifecycle.
- Delivers client services including, but not limited to monitoring grants, including uniform guidance recipient monitoring and sub-recipient monitoring.
- Analyzes applicants or recipient's budgets to ensure costs are reasonable, necessary, allocable, and otherwise allowable, and within expenditure limits.
- Monitors all phases of grants and agreements for the award life cycle.
- Monitors award recipients for compliance with award terms and conditions.
- Provides guidance to award recipients and program officials on the proper application of Federal regulations and agency policies and processes.
- Reviews applicable award documents to ensure compliance with administrative, financial, programmatic, policy, and legal regulations and requirements.
- Assists with the implementation of and ensures adherence to proper workflow, processes, and procedures.
- Ensures that the scope of work is completed to the satisfaction of the client and key stakeholders, while simultaneously ensuring that quality, financial, risk management, business, and policy expectations are met.
- Communicates and works with the team on a variety of issues potentially including progress and status, scope, schedule and budget as well as progress of deliverables, client reviews, technical input, and comment resolution.
- Provides support on other consulting projects, not related to grants management, as necessary.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, business, public administration, construction management, emergency management, or a related field, or equivalent combination is preferred.
- 2+ years of demonstrated experience in grants management, policy analysis, project management, and previous experience in consulting and advisory services.
- Demonstrated experience working on federally funded projects related to infrastructure, transit, Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), Infrastructure, Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the United States Department of Transportation (US DOT) as well as other funding programs is preferred.
- Experience with the full grant lifecycle from pre-award, post-award through closeout on federally funded programs.
- Proven ability to review and validate project applications, supporting documentation, and inspection reports to ensure completeness, eligibility, and compliance with applicable policies.
- Ability to identify and research funding opportunities and interpret and understand grant application guidelines and requirements.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Public Administration, or a related field.
- Project Management Institute's (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, Certified Grants Management Specialist (CGMS), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), or grants management professional certifications preferred.
Other Duties:
- May assist co-workers in the completion of tasks and assignments to ensure continuity of service and demonstrating teamwork skills. Actively supports teamwork throughout the organization.
- May periodically travel and work from different company locations.
- May be required to work overtime, and/or on weekends as needed.
Work Environment:
Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully with or without reasonable accommodations. The work environment is considered to be that of a typical business/office operation. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Benefits:
- Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Flexible Spending & Health Savings Account
- Paid holidays, vacation, and sick time
- Employee assistance program and other firm benefits.
Join our team of professionals and take a firm step forward in your career. With an established mentor program and defined career paths for a range of specialties and skill sets, EisnerAmper is a place where professionals of all experience levels thrive. Our Lifelong Learning program, combined with technical training opportunities for staff, ensure that this is a place where our employees can grow - and with a rich office culture and a strong commitment to work/life balance, EisnerAmper is a place where you'll be happy to do so.
To be considered for employment, visit www.careers.eisneramper.com, complete an employment application and Explore Your Next Opportunity with EisnerAmper.
EisnerAmper is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
Other Details:
- Job Family: Staff
- Pay Type: Salary
