Grants Accounting Specialist (CDBG-DR)

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

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