Senior Grants Specialist - FEMA HMGP

Location: Hybrid, with several days per week onsite in Los Angeles County, California, and the remainder working from home within commuting distance

Salary: $85,000–$95,000 starting annual pay range

Company

hirify.global is an advisory and technology services provider helping clients address complex challenges and manage change.

What you will do

• Support daily financial and grants management activities for federally and state-funded programs.
• Track budgets, review expenditures, reconcile financial records, and support drawdowns and cash management.
• Prepare quarterly reports and reimbursement requests by reconciling expenditures to reported amounts.
• Maintain audit-ready files containing invoices, supporting documentation, and reconciliations.
• Review subrecipient and contractor invoices, participate in quality control, and support audit or monitoring responses.
• Report project milestones, risks, and deliverables while collaborating with clients, program staff, compliance staff, and subject matter experts.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of experience in grants management, financial management, or accounting within government or government consulting environments.
• At least 2 years of experience using Microsoft Office, including intermediate Excel skills with pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, formulas, and large datasets.
• Ability and willingness to work a hybrid schedule onsite several days per week in Los Angeles County, California, within commuting distance.
• Excellent communication, writing, presentation, organization, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
• Collaborative and proactive approach with the ability to communicate risks and issues quickly.

Nice to have

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Public Administration, or a related field.
• Experience with FEMA-funded projects, including Public Assistance, HMGP, or grants administration and compliance.
• Experience with governmental or fund accounting, invoice reviews, reimbursement requests, audits, monitoring, or compliance reviews.
• Familiarity with grant management and financial systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with multidisciplinary teams and senior project leadership.
• Opportunity to gain experience across the federal grant lifecycle.
• Focus on compliant execution, client service, and high-quality deliverables.
• Employment is full-time.