Essential Functions: Assist the Director of Finance with the day-to-day, monthly and year-end operations of the Accounting / Finance Department including grant management and budget review and analysis Drive the month-end closing process by timely and accurately reconciling balance sheet accounts and material income statement accounts Prepare monthly management reports and provide analysis of significant variances Manage fixed asset accounting, including monthly entries, appropriate spreadsheets and original documentation Prepare journal entries and adjusting entries for monthly and year-end closings Review and post sub-ledger entries made by other department staff Maintain payroll allocations and record payroll transactions Prepares monthly, quarterly, and annual grant reports with supporting documents Assist with reviewing, analyzing, and evaluating the grants budget process Monitor and reconcile grant revenues and expenditures Monitor and reconcile the cash collections to the Accounts Receivable system, prepares journal entries to record daily receipts to GL, reconciles the cash recorded per bank to the accounts receivable subsidiary and prepares the monthly collection report for the Director of Finance. Collaborate with internal stakeholders in financial transaction research, analysis, and reporting to support decision making and to support company objectives Develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls Assist the Controller in preparing the Center's billing to various granting agencies and private entities when requested.