Accountant

NOBEL Women; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Knowledge Builders Inc. (KBI) in Albany, NY is seeking an Accountant 1 to support contract administration, grant compliance, and financial processes. The role includes reviewing awardee forms, tracking submissions, and assisting with contracts in the NYS SFS system.

The successful candidate will work with external stakeholders, ensure audit readiness, and handle amendments in SFS for no-cost extensions, carryovers, and additional funding, with a focus on accuracy and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with at least 2 years relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Review grant awardee certification and attestation forms; track receipt and file; provide technical assistance to external stakeholders.
• Assist with build-out and review of contracts in the NYS Statewide Financial System (SFS); ensure insurance certificates, budgets, and project scopes conform for audit-readiness and award implementation.
• Coordinate with external stakeholders to provide technical assistance and ensure proper completion of processes.
• Facilitate workflow handoffs between departments for expense reporting review and regulatory oversight.
• Provide technical assistance to execute contract amendments in SFS for no-cost extensions, carryover requests, and additional funding on multi-year contracts.

Education

Bachelor's Degree with 2 years relevant experience

Tools

NYS SFS (Statewide Financial System)

Job description

Job DescriptionJob Description

JOB-20901 Accountant 1 - 26-02997

Job Duties:

Reviewing grant awardee certification and attestation forms to ensure they are signed and completed properly. The selected candidate will also track receipt of submitted forms and ensure they are filed accordingly, providing technical assistance to external stakeholders;

Assist with the build-out and review of contracts in the NYS Statewide Financial System (SFS) module, ensuring all awardee insurance certificates and properly presented, and all budgets and project scopes conform to the award type for audit-readiness and award implementation.

The selected candidate will work with external stakeholders, providing technical assistance on this process to ensure proper completion;

Working with stakeholders and communicating warm hand off of workflow from the federal unit grants administration team to the federal unit compliance team for expense reporting review and federal regulatory oversight;

Provide technical assistance on working with external stakeholders to execute contract amendments in SFS for award no cost extensions, prior year carryover requests, and for additional funding tied to multi-year contracts.

Minimum staffing requirements, including licenses and certifications:

Bachelors Degree and 2 years relevant experience.

Schedule and anticipate length of assignment:

24 months

Background check requirements:

Yes

Vaccination requirements:

No

OMH required training (This training will be provided by OMH):

Yes

Company Description

Established in 2005, Knowledge Builders Inc. (KBI) offers a wide range of services, including Information Technology Consulting, Administrative and Health Care Staffing solutions, Payrolling, and Call Center services to organizations of all sizes, including both private companies and governmental entities. KBI is a certified Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE) recognized by New York State, New York City, and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Our extensive consultant placements cover a variety of roles, from Technical Architects and Specialists to Developers, Project Managers, Analysts, Executive Secretaries, Nurses, Dietitians, Paralegals, Computer Operators, Food Preparation Workers, and many other occupations. To date, KBI has successfully placed over 1,000 consultants across more than 100 private sector companies and public sector agencies in New York State and throughout the country.

We are dedicated to recruiting candidates who consistently exceed our customers’ expectations.

We provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees regardless of race, color, sex, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, medical condition, family care status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military/veteran status, or any other protected basis.

Company Description

Established in 2005, Knowledge Builders Inc. (KBI) offers a wide range of services, including Information Technology Consulting, Administrative and Health Care Staffing solutions, Payrolling, and Call Center services to organizations of all sizes, including both private companies and governmental entities. KBI is a certified Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE) recognized by New York State, New York City, and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Our extensive consultant placements cover a variety of roles, from Technical Architects and Specialists to Developers, Project Managers, Analysts, Executive Secretaries, Nurses, Dietitians, Paralegals, Computer Operators, Food Preparation Workers, and many other occupations. To date, KBI has successfully placed over 1,000 consultants across more than 100 private sector companies and public sector agencies in New York State and throughout the country.

We are dedicated to recruiting candidates who consistently exceed our customers’ expectations.

We provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees regardless of race, color, sex, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, medical condition, family care status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military/veteran status, or any other protected basis.