Grant Accountant

August 15

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National Audubon Society

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Charity • Non-profit • Social Impact

National Audubon Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats across the Americas. The organization uses science, advocacy, and education to protect birds and the ecosystems they rely on. It focuses on various conservation efforts including protecting bird habitats, climate solutions, and policy advocacy. The society engages communities through chapters and centers, inspires improvements for bird-friendly environments, and supports critical initiatives like the Migratory Bird Initiative. Audubon also offers educational programs and resources to promote bird awareness and conservation action.

501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1905

🤲 Charity

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

📋 Description

• Position Summary: National Audubon Society seeks a Grant Accountant to monitor Audubon’s assigned portfolio of government and foundation grants. • The successful candidate will partner with program staff to analyze spending levels and to facilitate timely close-out of grants. • This is a remote position within the United States. • Compensation: Salary range based on geo-differentials: $62,500 - $67,000 / year = National; $65,000 - $72,000 / year = Alaska, CA (not San Francisco), Connecticut, D.C., Chicago, Oyster Bay, NY; $73,000 - $80,000 / year = NYC (not Oyster Bay), San Francisco, Seattle. • Essential Functions include monitoring awards, preparing financial reports and variance analysis, review results with program staff, prepare budget modifications as needed, perform federal drawdowns, reconcile all billings to general ledger, maintain receivable schedule for all government grants, review coding from departments for compliance, ensuring that direct expenses coded to grants/contracts are allowable under contract/grant provision, review and process journal entries for the month-end close, verify that match shares are correctly calculated and identified in the general ledger, review documentation for in-kind support, create grant codes for new grant awards, enter and maintain budgets and other grant data in Audubon’s proprietary grant tracking system, provide financial data to development staff for grant proposals, interact with Grant Specialists and FP&A team to ensure audit compliance, assist with year-end close and the Uniform Guidance Single Audit, assist the Manager, Grant Accounting with other grant audits and preparation of schedules for Audubon’s year-end audit, as needed, assist with annual preparation of federal indirect cost proposal, attend trainings and informational sessions to stay apprised of funders’ requirements, assist with Audubon staff to ensure that equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging principles are incorporated and followed in all aspects of our work, other job-related duties as assigned by supervisor.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor''s degree in accounting and/or finance required. • 3-5 years relevant professional experience. • An equivalent combination of education and work experience will also be considered. • Thorough understanding of government grant accounting guidelines and donor-restricted funds preferred. • Strong Excel skills and knowledge of Financial Edge NXT software preferred. • Experience working for nonprofit organizations highly desired.