Financial & Grants Analyst

St. Joseph Center is seeking an experienced Financial & Grants Analyst to support the financial management of our programs grants and contracts while contributing to budgeting forecasting financial analysis and organizational planning.

This role partners across Finance Programs Development Compliance and other teams to help ensure funding is accurately budgeted appropriately used properly reported and incorporated into financial decision-making.

Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer the ideal candidate combines strong financial and analytical skills with experience managing grants or government-funded programs and can translate financial information into practical insights for leaders across the organization.

What Youll Do

Grants & Contract Financial Management

• Manage and monitor budgets spending revenue receivables and projections across an assigned portfolio of grants contracts and restricted funding.
• Review funding requirements and support invoicing reimbursement requests fiscal reporting reconciliations and grant closeouts.
• Identify potential over- or underspending funding concerns and upcoming reporting or renewal requirements.

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Support program department grant and organizational budgeting forecasting and financial projections.
• Prepare budget-to-actual reporting and analyze variances financial trends staffing costs funding utilization and other key drivers.
• Provide financial analysis and scenario modeling to support planning and informed decision-making.

Program & Department Partnership

• Serve as a Finance partner to assigned programs and departments helping leaders understand budgets funding restrictions and financial performance.
• Participate in financial reviews and provide clear guidance on spending trends variances and emerging risks.
• Support financial planning for new programs contract renewals funding changes and other business needs.

Accounting & Reconciliation

• Partner with Accounting to ensure grants and contracts are accurately reflected in financial records.
• Prepare or support journal entries accruals reclassifications reconciliations and grant-related accounting activities.
• Research and resolve discrepancies across financial payroll grant and program data.

Compliance Audit & Monitoring

• Maintain accurate organized and audit-ready fiscal documentation.
• Support financial audits Single Audits funder monitoring and other fiscal reviews.
• Monitor compliance with funding requirements and financial policies and escalate significant risks or potential compliance concerns.

Reporting & Process Improvement

• Prepare financial reports dashboards and summaries for Finance and program leadership.
• Develop and maintain standardized tools trackers and documentation that strengthen financial and grant management.
• Identify opportunities to improve forecasting reimbursement reporting and integration of financial and program data.

Qualifications :

What Youll Bring

• Bachelors degree in Accounting Finance Business Administration Economics or a related field or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Approximately 35 years of relevant experience in nonprofit finance financial analysis grants accounting contract finance accounting or related work.
• Experience with budgets financial reporting reconciliations variance analysis grants government contracts restricted funding or program-based budgets.
• Strong Microsoft Excel analytical organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a complex environment.
• Ability to communicate financial information clearly to colleagues and leaders outside of Finance.

Preferred Experience

Experience in nonprofit human-services housing healthcare behavioral health or another government-funded environment is preferred. Familiarity with city county state or federal grants and contracts; reimbursement-based funding; nonprofit accounting; Uniform Guidance; or financial and grants-management systems is also helpful.

Additional Information :

Our Values

Dignity    Community    Integrity    Partnership    Social Justice    Radical Care

Work Environment

Regular use of a computer and HR technology platforms is required along with the ability to manage detailed records and sustained periods of screen-based work. The role follows a hybrid work arrangement with regular onsite presence and occasional travel among Los Angeles-area locations. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals to perform the essential functions of the role.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job the employee is frequently required to stand sit walk stoop talk hear reach above and below shoulders; use hand and finger dexterity keyboarding and making and receiving telephone calls. The employee may be required on occasion to lift and or carry up to 20 lbs.

EEO:

SJC (St. Joseph Center) provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability genetics or status as a addition to federal law requirements SJC complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.

Benefits:

Excellent Benefits package available.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time