Grants and Contract Accountant

American Bird Conservancy

Grants and Contract Accountant at American Bird Conservancy managing financial reporting and analysis for grants. Ensuring compliance and delivering financial insights for effective funding management.

Posted 4/21/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $60,000 - $75,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Verify financial data in NetSuite for legitimacy, accuracy and allowability of charges
Create financial performance reports using data from our systems for multiple grants from Federal, State and other bodies
Rely on knowledge of and experience with 2 CFR 200 Federal Grant rules and regulations
Evaluate data from a wide range of ABC systems to resolve discrepancies, gain insight and make forecasts and recommendations
Apply donor restrictions to funding to ensure compliance and track funding release when funds received upfront
Review and analyze financial performance v budgetary line items for material deviation
Use knowledge gained to guide overall strategy and tactics to support ABC’s goals and objectives
Work with Program and development teams to understand financial performance and understand key trends
Explain trends and factors that drive variances
Assist with using such insight to shape programmatic strategy
Prepare and submit Financial Reports for federal, other governmental, and privately sponsored projects
Create invoices to be sent to donors
Manage various processes for receipt of funds from donors
Ensure compliance with all federal and state grant regulations
Coordinate across divisions and review submitted documents and submission of timely reports in accordance with sponsor financial reporting specifications
Manage timelines, deliverables and requests in order to stay in compliance with financial reporting requirements
Use judgement and deep knowledge of applicable regulations to support ABC objectives within the framework of required reporting
Review critical award information set up in the financial system
Identify areas of information that need to be updated and modified
Develop a level of technical expertise of ABC systems that leads to an understanding of the level of effort required to make these changes
Monitor subawards and the financial performance of partners
Ensure payments are made in accordance with agreement
Assist with external audit reviews and provide financial and project information for awards within assigned areas
Rely on knowledge of audit procedures to review and compile data for audit requests
Understand both financial statement audit and Uniform Guidance audit regulations and requirements
Assist in the preparation of annual budgets
Other duties as assigned

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business or related field
At least five years of work experience in finance and grants management
Experience extracting data from accounting ledgers
Experience managing financial reporting for grants and contracts
Knowledge of measuring financial performance with Actual v Budget monitoring
Knowledge of federal and non-federal regulations, Uniform guidance, agreement types, and the terms and conditions of sub-awards is an advantage
Proficiency with all Microsoft Office programs
Above average understanding of Microsoft Excel with the ability to create simple, effective spreadsheets
Ability to work independently, efficiently, accurately, and within deadlines
Ability to work with a wide range of people at all levels
Good organizational, communication and administrative skills

Benefits

Comp & perks

ABC offers strong benefits
35-hour work week
Generous leave policies
Flexible, remote-friendly work arrangements
Medical, dental, and flexible spending accounts
Employer-matched retirement savings
Paid vacation days (starting at 15 days annually and increasing to 20 days after 1 year of employment)
Paid holidays (including both US holidays and additional ABC holidays)
Sick leave
Lodging, meals, and transportation covered for work-related travel away from home
Rental vehicle or personal mileage reimbursement where applicable
Pre-approved forestry equipment, office expenses, and professional training/workshop expenses covered

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Hard Skills & Tools

financial data verificationfinancial performance reportingdata analysisbudget monitoringgrant managementaudit proceduresannual budget preparationinvoice creationcompliance trackingdata extraction

Soft Skills

independent workorganizational skillscommunication skillsadministrative skillsefficiencyaccuracyjudgmentcollaborationstrategic thinkingproblem-solving