Grant Accountant

Priority 1: Equity and Inclusion

• Reflect and understand how identities could give advantages in the workplace-even if they are not asked for or earned-while others might experience disadvantages. Reflect on how our position and power may shift depending on the environment, the people, or the institutions at play. Build the awareness and compassion that is needed and expected to create an equitable and inclusive workplace.
• Create an inclusive environment and behave in a way that ensures that clients and employees feel embraced, no matter what their cultural orientations are, respected and valued, engaged, and connected to the community, and safe from abuse and harassment.

Priority 2: Grants

• Prepare budget vs actual grant summary reports and submit them to management monthly.
• Reconcile Accounts Receivable aging report with the general ledger monthly.
• Prepare state, local, and federal grant activity, including billing grantor monthly for expenses incurred, reconcile general ledger information with grantor information to ensure accurate billing, financial and quarterly reports, as required by federal, state or local regulations.
• Prepare reconciliation related journal entries to Accountant.
• File each completed grant billing in the appropriate grant binder on a minimum of monthly.
• Reconcile client assistance fund requests to the general ledger and distribute updates on a weekly basis to departments.
• Responsible for keeping track of all DVIS Grant contracts and filing in appropriate grant file cabinet.
• Review client assistance request for proper documentation, along with gathering any additional documents and supervisor approvals. Submit to Controller to approve for payment and forward to Accounting Assistant for processing.
• Works closely with Transitional Housing Rapid Rehousing program to ensure all grant balances are accurate and reconciled weekly and review with management.
• Run and distribute monthly financial statements to management monthly.
• Assist in the preparation of deposits and take them to the bank, as needed.
• Other Duties & Responsibilities

Other Duties/Responsibilities

• Other assistance to support the overall goals of the department and organization. DVIS retains the right to add or change duties and/or responsibilities at any time.
• Supervisory Responsibilities: None
• Budgetary/Fiscal Responsibilities: Acts as a good steward of DVIS's resources.
• Responsibility for Confidentiality: The nature of this work requires safeguarding against the release of confidential and proprietary information of DVIS and its clients.
• Contact with Others: This position will interact with managers at all levels and staff members across the organization, in addition to members of external organizations and the public.
• Documentation: Maintains up-to-date and accurate files according to agency guidelines and current professional standards.
• Meetings and Training: Attend meetings and training as requested by supervisor.

Requirements
Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent in accounting, finance, or a closely related field, or any equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
Experience: Requires a minimum of three years' experience in accounting or finance work; experience working with a nonprofit is strongly preferred, or any equivalent combination of experience, lived experience, and/or special skills. Strong management skills and excellent organizational skills.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite, are necessary. Knowledge of or experience working with social justice issues, specifically intimate partner and gender-based domestic and sexual violence, and racial, class, gender, sexual orientation issues, and intervention/prevention services strongly preferred. Requires dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion, excellent organizational skills, written and oral communication skills, attention to detail, and ability to prioritize work and tasks. Requires adaptability to produce and meet deadlines in a fast-paced, multi-task, and changing environment, with frequent pressure related to meeting deadlines and scheduling requirements. Must be able to work independently and as part of a team. Requires the ability to embrace, support, and integrate DVIS's philosophies to promote and demonstrate DVIS's commitment to diversity, inclusion, equity, and anti-racism. Experience applying an equitable analysis to all duties to achieve organizational goals and demonstrate DVIS's commitment to diversity, inclusion, equity, and anti-racism preferred. Diplomacy in confronting personal, individual, and internal discrimination requiring sharing and discussing personal identities relative to the work environment is strongly preferred.
Schedule Availability: Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.
Licenses/Certifications: Valid Oklahoma driver's license.
Physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made when requested to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Ability to communicate and understand in English effectively, in person, and in writing. Ability to hear adequately in person and by phone, in personal and group settings, and function with periodic distractions such as people, telephone calls, and noise.
Ability to work with, and process information from, a variety of individuals and media (e.g., computers, projected images, printed materials), and occasional sitting and/or standing for long periods of time.
Mobility is necessary to access various offices and a wide variety of settings. Mobility is necessary to perform a variety of tasks that involve intermittent standing, walking/traversing, sitting, stooping, kneeling, bending, and twisting, occasionally climbing stairs or using an elevator, and possibly reaching chest high and overhead for materials.
Ability to reach for, move, and/or lift up to 25 pounds and the use of hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls, including frequent repetitive movement such as extended periods of keyboarding.
Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, and 401k after 60 days of employment. Company Paid Disability and Life Insurance and generous PTO and holidays.
Salary Description
$50,000 - $53,000