What are the responsibilities and job description for the Grant Analyst position at Brightpoint?
Brightpoint (formerly known as Children’s Home & Aid) invites you to join our team of mission-driven staff who share a common vision: an equitable world where all children and families thrive in strong communities. As a leader in the human services sector for 140 years, we aim to advance the well-being of children by investing in families and strengthening communities through data-informed, collaborative, and preventative solutions.
The Grant Analyst is a finance professional who supports program leadership with budget preparation, financial reporting, and fiscal review and analysis for a variety of programs statewide. As the Grant Analyst, you will prepare monthly and quarterly reports for various government funding grants and contracts, apply your subject matter expertise and discretion to assess and determine expense allowability, reconcile account receivable details to the general ledger and recommend adjustments needed to clear open discrepancies, ensure timely submission of program vouchers to funders as well as the finance office via financial software. The Grant Analyst also serves as the primary contact for program staff for matters related to grant funding and financial reporting.
Candidate qualifications:
- Associate’s degree or higher in accounting or finance required; Bachelor’s degree preferred.
- At least two years’ relevant business experience required.
- Experience with budget preparation and financial analysis preferred.
- Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles preferred.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office required; experience with Great Plains software a plus.
Job details:
- Compensation: Range starts at $52,000, commensurate with experience
- Benefits: Medical/dental/vision insurance, 3 weeks paid time off in the first year including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day (PTO increases with tenure); 11 paid holidays, supplemental insurance options, 401(k) with match (more benefits details here)
- Location: Must be within reasonable driving distance to Chicago and available to work from home office at 200 West Monroe Street (downtown Chicago loop) 2x/week.
- Schedule: Full-time, salaried; regular business hours.
- Student Loan Forgiveness: Brightpoint is an approved agency for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF).
Where you work matters.
We believe that by building diverse and inclusive teams of passionate advocates for youth and families, we can continue to show up for Illinois families, putting those families at the center of every decision, and strengthening the communities where we all work, play, and live together. (More about who we are here.)
We invite you to become an active member of a team that supports, inspires, and challenges each other, and grow your career in an organization that celebrates emerging leaders and provides development and learning opportunities aligned with your individual goals and aspirations. If you are looking for an opportunity to do meaningful work, including raising your unique and authentic voice to disrupt the systemic inequality impacting children and families, we encourage you to apply today.
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Brightpoint is committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action. All employment activities are conducted in an equal and equitable fashion. The Agency prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, age, religion, disability, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, parental status, veteran status, source of income, and any other legally protected category in the recruitment, selection, hiring, determination of salary level and benefits, promotion, demotion, layoff, termination, and other terms and conditions of employment.
Salary : $52,000
