Staff Consultant

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 pre-award, post-award 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. Proven ability to review and validate project applications, supporting documentation, and inspection reports to ensure completeness, eligibility, and compliance with applicable policies. Experience with federally funded grants management and reporting, including FEMA, HUD, Broadband, IIJA, and ARPA, is desired. Ability to identify and research funding opportunities and interpret and understand grant application guidelines and requirements. Critical thinking skills capabilities are essential. Ability to assume ownership of significant portions of tasks while collaborating with a close-knit 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 fast-paced, innovative, and continuously changing environment with minimal 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 multi-disciplinary 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 and agreements for the award life cycle. Monitor award recipients for compliance with award terms and conditions. Provide guidance to award recipients and program officials on the proper application of Federal regulations and agency policies and processes. Respond to award applicant inquiries on administrative, financial, or programmatic issues related to pre-award and post-award activities (e.g., risk analysis, grant monitoring). Review applicable award documents to ensure compliance with administrative, financial, programmatic, policy, and legal regulations and requirements. Ensures compliance with applicable policies and procedures, laws and regulations, and keeps current on compliance-related areas. Assists with the implementation of and ensures adherence to proper workflow, processes, and procedures. Ensures engagements and special assignments are accomplished within the approved budget and on time, along with managing team resources in an efficient and effective manner to meet productivity and realization goals, along with scheduling internal and external activities. Maintains working knowledge of eligible reimbursements for agencies at the local, state, and federal levels. Ensures that the scope of work is completed to the satisfaction of the client and key stakeholders, while simultaneously ensuring that quality, financial, risk management, business and policy expectations are met. Communicates and works with the team on a variety of issues potentially including progress and status, scope, schedule and budget as well as progress of deliverables, client reviews, technical input, and comment resolution. Participates in the collaboration with external agencies, if required, and other stakeholders as needed to enable successful development and implementation of complex project workflow and processes. Participates in the preparation of deliverables/reports for review by the Manager or Team Lead that include any noted issues, trends and other micro/macro level risks identified through the execution of projects activities. Provides support on other consulting projects, not related to grants management, as necessary. Other Duties: Provides courteous and prompt service to all internal and external parties. Prioritizes and addresses requests and assignments in a professional and cooperative manner. Identifies opportunities and recommends methods to improve service, and work processes. Assists in the implementation of quality improvement initiatives. May assist co-workers in the completion of tasks and assignments to ensure continuity of service and demonstrating team work skills. Actively supports teamwork throughout the organization. Perform other services as assigned. Other Considerations: May periodically travel and work from different company locations. May be required to work overtime, and/or on weekends as needed. Must arrive at EisnerAmper offices or client locations in a timely manner and be ready to perform job responsibilities. Work Environment: Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully with or without reasonable accommodations. The work environment is considered to be that of a typical business/office operation. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. BENEFITS: Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance 401(k) Retirement Plan Flexible Spending & Health Savings Account Paid holidays, vacation, and sick time Employee assistance program and other firm benefits. Join our team of professionals and take a firm step forward in your career. With an established mentor program and defined career paths for a range of specialties and skill sets, EisnerAmper is a place where professionals of all experience levels thrive. Our Lifelong Learning program, combined with technical training opportunities for staff, ensure that this is a place where our employees can grow — and with a rich office culture and a strong commitment to work/life balance, EisnerAmper is a place where you'll be happy to do so. EisnerAmper is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. #J-18808-Ljbffr