The Manager - Grants Analytics, will monitor and analyze program services grant expenses to ensure program financial goal is met. In addition, the Manager will provide fiscal and compliance management oversight to a portfolio of CBO-School partnerships implementing United Way of New York City’s (UWNYC) NYC DOE AIDP Community School contract.
Areas of Responsibility:
Program Financial Analytics:
- Monitor and analyze program services expenses to ensure budget goal is met.
- Analyze government contracts expenses and alert the AVP, Assistant Controller, General Accounting of any budget impact, including administrative recovery.
- Coordinate with the Senior Manager, Grants & Accounting to ensure proper utility of restricted revenues as well as its impact on budget.
- Assists in expense analysis for grant proposals.
- Provide ad-hoc analysis on grant expenses and revenues.
- Perform other duties as directed by the AVP, Financial Planning & Analysis.
AIDP Budget Management:
- Provide ongoing contract monitoring and administrative/financial support to contract partners to assure consistent progress and reporting.
- Support grantee fiscal reporting process by reviewing and approving CBO budgets and expense reports through FMS system.
- Gain an understanding of information systems supporting programmatic work and act as administrator
- Provide fiscal management technical assistance to CBOs via phone calls, trainings, and email communication.
- Monitor CBO expenditures by identifying and analyzing variances between planned and actual expenditures. Support CBO staff to properly manage contract spending and documentation.
- Identify needs for mid-stream program and budgetary adjustments to achieve desired results.
- Provide accurate, timely summary and analysis reports, responses to inquiries, and contract histories according to reporting schedules and upon request.
- Provide spreadsheet analysis and maintains historical data.
- Manager, Grant Analytics
Contract Compliance Monitoring:
- Liaise between UWNYC and NYCDOE’s PETS Office to ensure quality control on compliance mandates across contracted CBOs.
- Update monthly PETS tracker sheet to confirm CBO’s monthly submissions.
- Reconcile quarterly expense reports against monthly PETS reports to ensure proper PETS compliance for CBO disbursements.
- Administer the submission and approval of all required compliance documents by CBO partners.
- Assess CBO challenges and provide technical assistance that enhances their understanding of compliance procedure, technological support, and policy updates. This may require in-person training and/or site visits.
- Liaise between UWNYC and NYCDOE’s PETS Office for all security clearance matters.
- Provide technical assistance via phone calls and email communication around fingerprinting compliance.
Educational Background:
Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance and at least 3 years of experience performing budgetary, administrative and operational support work.
Skills/Experience:
- Previous experience in and/or demonstrated knowledge of nonprofit finance and fund accounting;
- Experience with Government Contracts.
- Superior data management and analytics skills.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Superior financial and business acumen.
- Budgeting and modification experience.
- Able to prepare billing/expenditure reports, as well as variance reports.
- Able to develop and maintain relationships with multiple internal and external parties.
- Proven record of effective project management, ability to work independently and take initiative, manage multiple projects, and meet aggressive deadlines;
- Entrepreneurial, innovative approach.
- Highly motivated, self-directed team player.
- Proficiency with a variety of computer software applications including Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Outlook and Great Plains.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, a collaborative approach and willingness to work as part of a cohesive team;
- Demonstrated attention to detail.
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Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Mar 7 2019
Active Until:
Apr 7 2019
Hiring Organization:
United Way Worldwide
industry:
Nonprofit