Goodwill NYNJ

Financial Analyst – Grants and Contracts

Position Summary

Come join a growing team with opportunities to drive transformative change!

Reporting to the Senior Fiscal Officer, the Financial Analyst is a key role within the Financial Planning and Reporting team which goes beyond the transactional aspects of grant and contract management. In addition to supporting the Organization’s grant and contract management responsibilities, you will also continually look for ways to help our team become more efficient and effective while helping to advocate and lead the implementation of best practices.

About the candidate

Are you an energetic, collaborative, and proactive problem solver, with a powerful sense of ownership over your work? Do you know what an efficient grant and contract administration process looks like and how to lead others there? Are you successful in your career because you leverage your analytical personality to look beyond the transaction and interpret the relationship between data?

If so, we'd love to meet you!

What You’ll Do:

• Continuously identify, support and lead opportunities which strengthen capabilities of our Reporting and Planning team.
• Prepare and/or present financial reporting, dashboard and forecasts, which provide leading indicators of operational and financial performance.
• Prepare and/or review budgets, financial analyses, revenue claims/submissions and other required reporting.
• Contract receivable management and reporting.
• Perform grant and contract related accounting, including monthly close reconciliations and schedules required to support the internal/external reporting process and external audits.
• Lead, motivate, and mentor the junior staff while building culture of planning & analysis.
• Stay abreast of fiscal and programmatic requirements and other topics impacting Grants and Contracts administration.

Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience as a self-starter, with a record of effectively taking initiative.
• Dynamic, fast learner who is highly organized, analytical and a creative problem solver.
• A team player with effective communication and interpersonal skills, able to build trust internally and externally.
• BS/BA Accounting, with 3+ years' experience in an NYS/NYC Grants and Contracts administration role.