Department:

TransitAbout Our Job

Are you experienced in asset management and skilled in bettering your finance team? Our Breeze Transit department is in need of a Grants & Fiscal Coordinator, capable of the management and oversight for grants, tracking revenue/expenditures, quarterly reporting and grant compliance . This position starts out paying $57,577.60 and benefits begin within 60 days of hire! Apply today and join the team that's known for bettering our employee culture, ensuring long-term satisfaction and career advancement opportunities.

Job Description:

About the Position

In this role you will:

• Coordinate grant research, plan and develop the grant application, as well as grant tracking and administration.

• Interpret County and Transit financials, policies and procedures.

• Identify, coordinate and resolve moderately complex financial and operational issues and reports.

• Operate with minimal supervision exercising a high degree of independent judgement in resolving problems.

• Manage the fixed assets inventory list.

• Serve as one-half of dual control finance team for processing of vault revenues collected, management of pass inventory and other dual control functions.

• Support Transit fiscal and grant operations including grant reporting, planning, coordination, and project management for Federal Transit Administration (FTA), the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), Commission for Transportation Disadvantaged and other related compliance responsibilities.

Work Hours:

• Full-Time, 40 hours Per Week

• Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | No weekends!

• This position is e-work eligible for 1 day/week (after serving a probationary period of 6 months).

About You

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university required in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Public Administration, or a related field.

• Two (2) years job-related professional experience.

• -OR- Six (6) years professional job-related experience can be substituted at management discretion for the required experience.

• -OR- Related professional experience or certifications may substitute for the required education.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience working with transit grant applications, reporting within the State of Florida, or p rior government experience.

About Everything Else

Starting Pay Range: $57,577.60 - $60,000.00 based upon experience.

Employee Type:Regular (Budgeted)

Benefits:

• Enjoy great benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, Flexible Spending Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Florida Retirement System (FRS) and many, many more!

• For more information about employee benefits, please click this link or visit SCGov.net (https://www.scgov.net/government/human-resources/employee-health-and-benefits) for additional information.

• Utilize our award-winning wellness program including free gyms and classes at multiple Sarasota County Government locations.

• Enjoy 11 paid holidays, 3 personal days and 16 paid vacation days in the first year of full-time employment with increasing accrual rates with years of service. (That adds up to a possible 30 days off in your 1st year!)

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