Financial Consulting Senior Associate - Finance as a Service

We are the leading provider of professional services to the middle market globally, our purpose is to instill confidence in a world of change, empowering our clients and people to realize their full potential. Our exceptional people are the key to our unrivaled, inclusive culture and talent experience and our ability to be compelling to our clients. You’ll find an environment that inspires and empowers you to thrive both personally and professionally. There’s no one like you and that’s why there’s nowhere like RSM. Job Description: Senior Associate – Grant Accounting KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Award set-up & maintenance. Set up and maintain awards in the client's system — award terms, period of performance, budget lines, funder codes, restriction classification and billing basis. Transaction processing. Process grant-coded transactions: allocations of payroll, fringe and shared costs; grant-specific AP/AR; journal entries; cost transfers with documented justification; and monthly reconciliation of grant receivables, deferred revenue and net asset balances. Reporting & billing. Prepare funder financial reports and invoices across federal, state, local, foundation and corporate templates. Prepare drawdown and reimbursement requests through the applicable funder portals and reconcile them to the general ledger. Compliance monitoring. Test costs against the allowable, allocable and reasonable standard, monitor budget versus actual by line, flag over-runs, expiring funds and unallowable costs, and track prior-approval and budget-modification triggers before they become findings. Indirect cost recovery. Apply the client's negotiated or de minimis indirect cost rate, calculate the applicable cost base correctly, and reconcile recovered indirect costs each period. Subrecipient support. Support subrecipient monitoring — invoice review, eligibility and exclusion checks, risk assessment documentation and the related transparency filings. Audit & filing support. Prepare grant-related audit schedules and supporting documentation, respond to auditor queries, and support annual regulatory and information-return filings. Cross-functional coordination. Act as the India-side point of contact for client programme managers, development and fundraising teams, HR-payroll and the US engagement team — chasing documentation, resolving coding queries, running status calls and escalating early. Process & review. Maintain grant trackers, close checklists and desktop procedures; identify automation and standardisation opportunities; review the work of Associates and support their on-the-job training. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS CA / CPA / CMA / MBA (Finance) or B.Com with equivalent depth; 4–7 years in accounting, of which at least 2–3 years must be in a not-for-profit environment. Not-for-profit experience is essential; it may have been gained with Indian or US organisations. Working command of of U.S.