Senior Grants & Finance Advisor

About this role

AC Disaster Consulting (ACDC) offers full-spectrum emergency management services to public and private clients. Our experienced professionals have been a part of the growth and modernization of emergency management for nearly 30 years, proudly supporting programs for some of the most challenging natural disasters and catastrophic events under our mission of staying competent, caring, and connected.
MISSION
Driven by compassion. Defined by expertise. Strengthened by collaboration. We empower communities to improve disaster outcomes and build lasting resilience.
VISION
In the true spirit of emergency management – ACDC seeks to solve crises, both for the communities and individuals affected by disasters as well as for the clients we serve. Our team brings a whole community approach, compassionate guidance and decades of hands-on experience to best embody our core values: competent, caring, and connected.
The position will be guided by ACDC’s Corporate Values Platform in all activities.
Position Summary:

• Job Title: Senior Grants & Finance Advisor

• Full Time/Part Time/PRN: Full Time

• Exempt/Non-Exempt: Non-Exempt

• Temporary/Seasonal/Regular: Temporary

• Hourly/Salary: Hourly

• Compensation: $43-48/hour

• Travel/Location: Travel periodically to the Houston client site as required

Mission of Role/Position Summary:
We are seeking an experienced Senior Grants & Finance Advisor to provide full-time support to the Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) Finance Department, Project Grant Accounting section.
This is a senior advisory and process-improvement role for an individual with a strong background in grant financial management, accounting, or both. The ideal candidate should have meaningful experience across grants and finance, with deeper expertise in at least one of those areas.
Tasks, Duties, and Responsibilities:
Reasonable accommodation will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the following essential functions:

• Review grant accounting policies, procedures, workflows, internal controls, and financial management practices.

• Identify gaps, inefficiencies, compliance risks, manual processes, and opportunities for improvement.

• Develop and improve SOPs, desk procedures, internal controls, reconciliation processes, reimbursement procedures, reporting practices, and QA/QC tools.

• Provide guidance on grant accounting, allowable costs, documentation, reconciliations, reimbursements, financial reporting, audit readiness, and compliance.

• Assess practices against federal grant requirements, including 2 CFR Part 200, where applicable.

• Work with leadership and staff to develop practical recommendations and implementation plans.

• Facilitate meetings and working sessions with leadership, finance staff, auditors, consultants, and other stakeholders.

• Support implementation through procedures, templates, training materials, tools, and staff guidance.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of both grant management and accounting/financial management principles.

• Experience evaluating or improving financial policies, procedures, internal controls, workflows, or business processes.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, facilitation, and organizational skills.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel.

Expected Hours of Work:
Schedule may vary. Work on evenings and weekends may be required. Dependability and punctuality are paramount.
Travel Requirements:

• Up to 10% travel is expected for this position.

• Must be willing to travel and deploy to client sites for extended periods of time.
Physical Demands:

• Mobility required on-site with clients.

• Sitting or standing for hours at a time.

• Ability to work at a computer for extended periods of time if needed.

• Ability to manipulate up to 15 lbs. repetitively throughout the day and as needed.
Working Environment:

• Emergency management personnel may work in an office or home environment or be deployed to the field which may require working outdoors in adverse weather conditions.

• Work may be on-site with clients ex: EOC, hospital, debris sites or local government buildings.

• All AC Disaster Consulting (ACDC) positions are remote work site positions with the home location agreed upon at time of hire.

• If the remote work site locations change, ACDC Human Resources must be made aware, and leadership needs to approve any site changes for business registration and payroll tax purposes.
Workplace Health & Safety:
We are committed to fostering a safe and healthy workplace. Employees are expected to champion a culture of safety by complying with all health and safety policies and procedures, completing required training, identifying and reporting hazards, exercising sound judgment, and taking reasonable care to protect the health and safety of themselves, their colleagues, clients, and the communities we serve.
Requirements
Experience/Education Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Public Administration, Management, or related field.

• 5+ years of relevant experience in governmental/grant accounting, federal grant administration, financial compliance, or related advisory/consulting work.

• 5+ years demonstrated experience in both grant financial management and accounting/financial management principles.

• 5+ years of experience evaluating or improving financial policies, procedures, internal controls, workflows, or business processes.

• Proficiency in both MS Word and Excel.
Experience/Education Preferred:

• 7+ years experience with Federal, state, or local government grant funds.

• 7+ years experience with CDBG-DR/CDBG-MIT, disaster recovery, mitigation, or federally funded infrastructure programs.

• 7+ years experience with governmental finance, project accounting, reimbursement, or grant accounting.

• 7+ years experience with audit readiness and compliance monitoring.

• 7+ years experience with development of…