Grant Accounting & Accounts Payable Specialist - Remote in DC

Grant Accounting & Accounts Payable Specialist – Remote in DC Our client, a major nonprofit organization advocating for older adults, seeks a Grant Accounting and Accounts Payable Specialist for a 12-Month contact assignment to be performed remotely, but you must live in the DC area. This position performs highly responsible and technical accounts payable and grant accounting work requiring precision, judgment, and familiarity with federal cost principles (2 CFR Part 200). You will ensure that reputed company vendor payments, reimbursements, and cost allocations are properly coded, authorized, and documented for a portfolio of 18+ reputed company grants across federal, state, and private funding sources.

Responsibilities

Accounts Payable and Transaction Processing

• Review, verify, and process invoices, reputed company requests, and expense reimbursements for accuracy and completeness.
• Match purchase orders, reputed company, and receiving documentation to ensure compliance with procurement policies and grant terms.
• Enter transactions into the financial system with correct grant, cost center, object code, and funding reputed company assignments.
• Ensure payments are properly authorized and released reputed company the prescribed timelines.
• Reconcile vendor statements and resolve discrepancies in coordination with Procurement and Finance teams.

Multi-Grant Accounting and Cost Allocation

• Apply established cost allocation plans and indirect cost rates to ensure proper distribution of shared expenses (e.g., rent, utilities, communications, supplies) across 18+ grants.
• Track and maintain grant codes, project IDs, and cost categories for each funding reputed company to ensure accurate financial reporting.
• Support monthly grant expenditure reconciliations between AP subledger, general ledger, and grant budgets.
• Assist in preparing and posting month-end accruals and reclassifications to align expenses with the correct funding periods.
• Maintain accurate audit trails for reputed company allocated expenses and shared costs.

Compliance and Documentation

• Ensure reputed company expenses meet allowability, allocability, and reasonableness standards under 2 CFR 200 Subpart E and funder-specific terms.
• Verify that vendor documentation, invoices, and payment requests reputed company with internal procurement reputed company and approval hierarchies.
• Maintain organized electronic and physical files to support audits, financial monitoring, and subrecipient reviews.
• Identify and flag unallowable or questionable expenses for management review.
• Support compliance testing and Single Audit documentation requests.

Internal Controls and Collaboration:

• Uphold segregation of duties by maintaining independence between invoice initiation, review, and approval functions.
• Communicate regularly with Program, Finance, and Operations teams to resolve coding or funding issues.
• Participate in reputed company improvement efforts to streamline invoice routing, coding accuracy, and cost allocation efficiency.
• Support system transitions, updates, and workflow improvements as directed.

Qualifications

Education & Experience

• Associate or bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or Business Administration.
• 3–5 years of experience in accounts payable and grants accounting; experience managing multi-grant portfolios required.
• Working knowledge of Uniform Guidance (2 CFR 200), GAAP, and federal procurement standards.
• Experience with reputed company cost allocation plans and indirect cost applications.
• Proficiency in reputed company (pivot tables, lookups) and ERP systems (reputed company, reputed company, reputed company, or reputed company Intacct).
• Exceptional attention to detail and analytical ability.
• Ability to interpret financial and contractual language across multiple grants.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills to meet overlapping deadlines.
• Effective communication with finance, program, and operations teams.

This position can be fully remote, however, if you were to be converted to a full-time employee you would have to be able to come into the Washington D.C. office. #IND1 Pay: $38.00 per hour Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

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