Manager, Grant Accounting
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Manager, Grant Accounting
Salary
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Location
Suite 700, OR
Job Type
Non-Union Regular Full-Time
Job Number
25-00119
Department
Finance (Non Union)
Division
Finance Administration
Opening Date
07/11/2025
Closing Date
7/25/2025 5:00 PM Pacific
Description
Benefits
Description
TriMet is seeking a leader to manage our Grants Accounting team!
This is an excellent opportunity to lead a talented team of Senior Grant Accountants.
We're seeking a leader who can balance day-to-day technical responsibilities while thinking about the big picture and overseeing the accounting of a complex, multi-million dollar, federal, state and local grant portfolio. Strong candidates will be skilled people managers. Grants Accounting works to provide financial guidance for all of TriMet, and collaboration is key to the team's work.
The Grants team plays an essential role at TriMet, and works with almost all of our departments- from Information Technology to Transportation, and beyond! This role will be responsible for establishing/maintaining internal controls within responsible functional areas to ensure the accuracy of transactional processing and financial reporting related to Grants.
The Grants Accounting Manager will work to administer policies and directives for the District related to these areas. They lead and manage staff in processing, updating, recording, and work to review financial transactions related to Grants and assist in the preparation of Grant financial reports and related activities.
This role also oversees the preparation of the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) and leads the annual Single Audit of Federal awards. The Manager acts as the audit liaison and point of contact for all external audit requests regarding Grants.
Experience in government and public sector accounting is preferred, but not required. Join us at TriMet and lead a strong team of Grant Accountants!
This role requires being onsite a minimum of three (3) days per week.
Ensures a commitment to safety through consistent and professional behaviors in performance of job requirements. Safety is a fundamental value that guides all aspects of our work.
Serves as a good steward of TriMet and maintain a strong and current understanding of customers' experiences and of TriMet's product and service offerings.
Forbes Magazine recently ranked TriMet as one of the top five places to work in Oregon! TriMet is ranked the number one Oregon-based employer in the state, as well as the top "Transportation and Logistics" employer in the state.
Essential Functions
Supervises Grant Accounting staff through managing performance, individual workload, goal setting, providing ongoing training and maintaining strong employee relationships. Responsible for providing first line management support to staff in relation to day-to-day processing, developing procedures, and resolving policy issues. Manage functional areas to ensure that employees are properly cross-trained and that appropriate coverage of essential duties occurs when an employee is absent.
Lead and manage grant accounting staff responsible for processing, recording and analyzing grant related transactions. Oversee management of grants in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, government standards, federal regulations and District policy. Establish internal controls and accounting procedures necessary to ensure grant transactions are not only accurate, but in compliance of with state, federal and local grant accounting requirements. Responsible for performance of accounting control activities including reviewing journal entries for accuracy, labor allocations are completed timely and accurately, ensuring monthly closing deadlines are met and reconciling grant account transactions to Oracle Reports.
Assist in the District's financial reporting relating to grants, including monthly reviewing Grant Status Reports and updating reports as necessary, overseeing the preparation of quarterly and annual grant reports to the Federal, State and Local agencies. Prepare analysis and provide feedback on grant related financial information to both internal and external to users such as the Board of Directors, Tax Supervising & Conservation Commission (TSCC), the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), and other external organizations with regards to grants and federal awards.
Manage external audits related to Grants. Supervise staff in the preparation and coordination of workpapers, schedules and other data requested by auditors. Responsible for the completion of the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) and other schedules necessary for the annual Single Audit. Ensure compliance with federal regulations and deadlines. Ensure financial schedules are prepared in compliance with Governmental Accounting Standards Board pronouncements (GASB) and Office of Management and Budget guidelines.
Responsible for initiating the necessary interdepartmental meetings and communications to ensure grant awards are accurately set up in Oracle, labor tracking is properly established and that grant accounting issues are addressed in a timely manner. Create and establish necessary templates and training for other departments to properly manage and account for federal awards in the accounting system.
Position Requirements
A minimum of a bachelor's degree in business administration or accounting is required.
Six (6) years of total credited experience.*
Five (5) years of progressively responsible grant or project accounting experience, including preparing financial reports are required.
Three (3) years of experience utilizing Oracle Financial systems or a similar ERP and applications are required.
Three (3) years of transit, governmental, or federal accounting experience are preferred.
Three (3) years of experience supervising in a combined union and non-union environment are preferred.
Two (2) years of direct supervisory experience overseeing basic grant or project accounting groups.
A Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation or CPA Candidate is preferred.
Or any equivalent combination of experience and training.*
The amount of credit a candidate receives for prior years of experience is based on the relevancy of that experience to the required or preferred prerequisites of the job description. Experience is prorated based on hours worked. LRHR assigns and validates the "credited experience".
Selection Criteria
Type of Position / Grade / FLSA
Grade 17, Exempt, Non-Union, Full-Time.
Salary Range
Minimum: $110,957.00
Maximum: $166,434.00
Salary offers will be determined by a candidate's education, training and relevant experience. Any final offer of employment will fall within the range stated above. For transparency, we choose to list the full available grade range, however, TriMet's salary administration process will ultimately determine the final salary offered.
Selection Process
Candidates will be selected based at a minimum on the result of:
Application Review (please include: Cover Letter and Resume)
Panel Interviews
Reference Check
Supplemental Information
Make sure you describe in detail how your education, training and work experience fit with this role. You are encouraged to attach a resume, cover letter, training certificates and/or letters of recommendation with your application. You are permitted five attachments of less than 5MB each.
Internal applicants: Information in your personnel file will not be used in lieu of information requested on your application. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
If you are a qualified veteran and would like to apply for veterans' preference points, you will need to reflect your status on the application and attach supporting documentation at the time of application submission.
If you need accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act for any part of the application process, contact our Human Resources staff at 503-962-7505, or the TTY line at 7-1-1. Note that we require a minimum of two workdays' notice prior to the need for accommodation.
TriMet is an equal opportunity employer, committed to developing an organization that is reflective of and sensitive to the needs of the diverse community we serve, including veterans, the elderly, and individuals with disabilities.
ADA Statement
As applied to the workplace, applicants and employees must be qualified to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation. Essential functions may include required job functions performed infrequently as well as production standards related to the quality and quantity of work.
If a person with a disability could meet job qualifications with a reasonable accommodation, TriMet will work with the employee to accommodate the need. If TriMet's accommodation is effective in allowing the employee to perform the essential functions of the job, it need not be the employee's preferred accommodation.
