Children’s Home & Aid invites you to join our team of mission-driven staff who share a common vision: an equitable world where all children and families thrive in strong communities. As a leading child and family service agency with more than 20 locations across Illinois, our mission is to advance the well-being of children by investing in families to disrupt the systemic and multi-generational cycle of racial, social and economic inequality.

Our full-time staff receive competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, including a paid leave accrual rate that starts at two weeks annually and grows to more than five weeks of paid time off each year, as well as a paid winter break that occurs the week between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. We strive to hold ourselves and each other accountable for fostering an inclusive work culture where we can be our authentic selves, where we create and have equitable opportunities, and where our voices are supported and encouraged.

The Senior Grant Analyst is a critical member of the Finance team, completing grant funding reporting functions for a variety of service areas which includes early childhood education and intervention and youth-serving programs. As the Senior Grant Analyst, you will serve as the primary contract contact for both internal program leadership and external governmental grant monitors, and you will provide fiscal review and analysis, budget preparation, and financial reporting for assigned programs. The Senior Grant Analyst reports to the Associate Director of Contract Management.

What you’ll do:

• Prepare, review, and monitor monthly and quarterly financial reports for assigned grant-funded programs.
• Conduct detailed budget analyses and projections, estimating current and future year costs.
• Serve as the primary fiscal contact for assigned government funders and agency program leadership.
• Reconcile accounts receivables detail to general ledger and proposes adjustments needed to clear open discrepancies.
• Assist program staff with annual budget preparation and analysis of funder and internal agency budgets.

Who you are:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance required.
• You have at least 5 years of relevant business experience, preferably in budget preparation and financial analysis.
• You are knowledgeable about accounting principles.
• You’re highly proficient with Microsoft Office products and accounting systems; having Great Plains experience is a plus.
• You are able to effectively communicate technical information with non-technical audiences.
• You have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and a desire to provide high quality, supportive service to agency staff and leadership.
• You’re comfortable working autonomously but also value collaborating with a team to reach shared goals.
• You have an eye for detail, and strong analytical skills, which make you a creative and effective problem-solver.

The details:

• Location: Office based position at 200 West Monroe Street
• Schedule: Full-time, salaried; general business hours with some flexibility for special projects.
• Staff are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and to submit proof of their vaccination status before their start date unless they have an agency approved medical or religious exemption.

Compensation & Benefits:

• Salary: Range is $70K-$75; offers are commensurate with experience.
• Noncash benefits: Medical/dental/vision insurance, paid time off plus 11 paid holidays, supplemental insurance options, 401(k) with match (more benefits details here)
• Winter Break: The agency is closed between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. This paid break allows staff to spend time with their families around the holidays without using their accrued time off balances.
• Student Loan Forgiveness: Children's Home & Aid is an approved agency for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)

Where you work matters.

You’re considering a new position, so no one knows better than you that where you work matters. We believe that by building diverse teams of passionate advocates for youth and families, we can continue to show up for Illinois families, putting those families at the center of every decision, and strengthening the communities where we all work, play, and live together. (More about who we are here.)

We invite you to become an active member of a team that supports, inspires, and challenges each other, and grow your career in an organization that celebrates emerging leaders and provides development and training opportunities aligned with your individual goals and aspirations. If you are looking for an opportunity to do meaningful work, including raising your voice to disrupt the status quo, we encourage you to apply today.

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Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)