Staff Consultant - Houston, United States - EisnerAmper Gulf Coast

EisnerAmper Gulf Coast

Verified Company

Houston, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

EisnerAmper is one of the largest accounting, tax, and business advisory firms, with nearly 4,000 employees and more than 350 partners across the world.

We combine responsiveness with a long-range perspective; to help clients meet the pressing issues they face today, and position them for success tomorrow.

Our clients are enterprises as diverse as sophisticated financial institutions and start-ups, global public firms and middle-market companies, as well as high net worth individuals, family offices, not-for-profit organizations, and entrepreneurial ventures across a variety of industries.

We are also engaged by the attorneys, financial professionals, bankers and investors who serve these clients.

Our reach extends globally, with offices in the United Kingdom, Israel, India, the Cayman Islands, Singapore, and Ireland.

EisnerAmper is seeking a Staff Consultant - Grants Management to assist with federal, state, and local government grants management, construction management, housing and infrastructure compliance and delivery of services.

Provides client support with monitoring state and federal grants including project eligibility, reporting and recipient and subrecipient monitoring.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in accounting, business, public administration, construction management, emergency management, or a related field, or equivalent combination is preferred.
Project Management Institute's (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, Certified Grants Management Specialist (CGMS), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), or grants management professional certifications preferred.
2+ years of demonstrated experience in grants management, policy analysis, project management, and previous experience in consulting and advisory services.
Demonstrated experience working on federally funded projects related to infrastructure, transit, Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), Infrastructure, Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the United States Department of Transportation (US DOT) as well as other funding programs is preferred.
Maintains understanding of applicable policies, requirements, and evaluation protocols for federally funded programs for eligible grant recipients at the state and local levels.
Experience with the full grant lifecycle from preaward, postaward through closeout on federally funded programs
Research and review relevant regulations and policies that support grant programs
Ability to perform effectively, efficiently and with quality under tight deadlines and manage multiple priorities
Experience with federally funded grants management and reporting, including FEMA, HUD, Broadband, IIJA, and ARPA, is desired.
Critical thinking skills capabilities are essential.
Ability to assume ownership of significant portions of tasks while collaborating with a closeknit team
Project management skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and tasks with a strong attention to detail and accuracy.
Capacity for quickly understanding new concepts, workflows, and systems.
Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
Demonstrates a positive attitude and proactive nature.
Exhibits a high degree of professionalism and maintains the highest level of confidentiality.
Works in a highly organized manner, independently or within a team, in a fastpaced, innovative, and continuously changing environment with mínimal supervision.
Technically proficient to perform at an intermediate or advanced level with respect to the Microsoft Office Suite of products (specifically PowerPoint, Excel, and Word, SharePoint).

Responsibilities:

Participates in grants management projects, and multidisciplinary tasks within scope of program or project.
Develops competency in federal and state policy, specifically federal funding requirements under 2 CFR 200
Assists the team through all phases of a program including work planning, mobilization, execution, and closeout consistent with established program delivery processes to meet the scope, schedule, budget and other contract requirements.
Assists with the development and monitoring of proper grants management procedures required in all phases of the grant lifecycle.
Delivers client services including, but not limited to:
Monitoring grants, including uniform guidance recipient monitoring, and sub-recipient monitoring.
Analyze applicants or recipient's budgets to ensure costs are reasonable, necessary, allocable, and otherwise allowable, and within expenditure limits.
Consult with award recipients and program officials on financial, program, administrative, or policy matters.
Evaluate award recipient amendment requests (e.g., budget modifications, budget period extensions, changes in scope, changes in contact) to ensure proposed changes comply with the award terms and conditions.
Monitor all phases of grants