Accountant II

Mississippi; Mississippi; On-site; USD 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

The Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) is seeking an Accountant II on a full-time basis to support the administration, monitoring, and financial oversight of Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds. You will maintain financial records, assist with drawdowns, reconciliations, and grant reporting.

This is a time-limited professional accounting role. The position requires attention to detail, knowledge of state and federal fiscal requirements, and the ability to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university and two to four years of related accounting, budgeting, fiscal monitoring, or grant financial management experience.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate accounting records for CDBG-DR expenditures, obligations, encumbrances, and related financial activity.
• Monitor budget-to-actual expenditures for salaries, travel, contractual services, and other applicable cost categories.
• Monitor grant-related financial activity to ensure expenditures are properly recorded, supported, and aligned with approved program activities and budget authority.
• Assist with federal drawdowns, cash management, and monthly or quarterly reconciliations between internal accounting systems and federal reporting records.
• Review invoices, payment packages, coding, and supporting documentation for accuracy, completeness, allowability, and compliance with applicable requirements.
• Coordinate with program staff to ensure financial transactions are properly documented and aligned with approved program activities, budget authority, and monitoring requirements.
• Support preparation of grant reports, financial summaries, audit responses, monitoring documentation, and other records required for federal and state oversight.
• Track administrative and program delivery costs to support compliance with CDBG-DR funding requirements, monitoring expectations, and applicable grant limits.
• Identify expenditure variances, documentation gaps, monitoring concerns, or compliance issues and recommend corrective actions as appropriate.
• Maintain organized records to substantiate the allowability, allocability, and reasonableness of costs charged to the grant and to support monitoring, audit, and closeout activities.
• Perform related duties as assigned to support effective financial management, monitoring, compliance, and timely implementation of disaster recovery activities.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or related field

Tools

MAGIC

Job description

Accountant II

Full-Time

Agency Minimum Salary

$45,684.77

$52,500.00

About the Agency

The Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) is the state's lead economic and community development agency. MDA recruits new companies to Mississippi, helps existing companies expand and provides support to foster growth and new opportunities in a variety of areas, including energy, small and minority business, trade, film, retiree recruitment, and more. Additionally, MDA attracts millions of visitors to the state each year through Visit Mississippi, the tourism division of the agency. MDA also supports pass-through funding and provides support for a variety of grant programs and non-profits, such as Innovate Mississippi and Mississippi Main Street Association.

This is a Time-Limited position. This is professional accounting work supporting the administration, monitoring, and financial oversight of Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds. The incumbent will maintain financial records, monitor expenditures, assist with drawdowns and reconciliations, support grant reporting, and help ensure compliance with applicable state and federal fiscal requirements. Work includes monitoring budget activity, reviewing supporting documentation, coordinating with program staff to verify allowable costs, tracking financial and program-related transactions, and supporting audit readiness for disaster recovery activities.

Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Maintain accurate accounting records for CDBG-DR expenditures, obligations, encumbrances, and related financial activity.
• Monitor budget-to-actual expenditures for salaries, travel, contractual services, and other applicable cost categories.
• Monitor grant-related financial activity to ensure expenditures are properly recorded, supported, and aligned with approved program activities and budget authority.
• Assist with federal drawdowns, cash management, and monthly or quarterly reconciliations between internal accounting systems and federal reporting records.
• Review invoices, payment packages, coding, and supporting documentation for accuracy, completeness, allowability, and compliance with applicable requirements.
• Coordinate with program staff to ensure financial transactions are properly documented and aligned with approved program activities, budget authority, and monitoring requirements.
• Support preparation of grant reports, financial summaries, audit responses, monitoring documentation, and other records required for federal and state oversight.
• Track administrative and program delivery costs to support compliance with CDBG-DR funding requirements, monitoring expectations, and applicable grant limits.
• Identify expenditure variances, documentation gaps, monitoring concerns, or compliance issues and recommend corrective actions as appropriate.
• Maintain organized records to substantiate the allowability, allocability, and reasonableness of costs charged to the grant and to support monitoring, audit, and closeout activities.
• Perform related duties as assigned to support effective financial management, monitoring, compliance, and timely implementation of disaster recovery activities.

What you'll need to be Successful

To be successful in this position, the candidate must be able to manage detailed accounting records, review and reconcile financial information, interpret grant and fiscal requirements, and ensure expenditures are accurate, allowable, properly documented, and aligned with approved CDBG-DR program activities. The candidate must also be able to communicate effectively with fiscal and program staff.

Preferred Qualifications

Typically requires a Bachelor’s Degree and 2-4 years of experience and/or appropriate certification.— Hiring Agency Preferred Education and Experience Requirements:Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university and two (2) to four (4) years of related accounting, budgeting, fiscal monitoring, or grant financial management experience.Preferred experience includes accounting, budgeting, grant financial management, or fiscal monitoring experience in a governmental or federally funded program environment. Experience using Mississippi’s Accountability System for Government Information and Collaboration (MAGIC), the State of Mississippi’s system used for government financial, budgeting, procurement, reporting, and related administrative transactions, is preferred.

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Jackson, Mississippi, 39201