Description We are offering a long-term contract employment opportunity for a Staff Accountant in Baltimore, Maryland. Responsibilities: • Managing and maintaining accurate budget data, ensuring compliance with budget limits. • Conducting thorough reviews of grant invoices to ensure accuracy and completeness. • Allocating funds to various budget accounts as per requirements. • Generating and distributing financial reports. • Preparing detailed reports of grant expenditures and conducting cost analyses on new programs. • Performing complex mathematical calculations to determine salaries, adjustments, and deductions. • Participating in meetings involving financial matters such as budget expenditures, material and equipment purchases. • Verifying and approving purchase orders, requisitions, personnel action requests, and other forms for sufficient funding. • Preparing correspondence and financial reports as required. • Utilizing Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel, to manage data and perform financial analyses. • Ensuring accurate accounting functions within an automated system. Requirements • Minimum of 2 years of experience in a Staff Accountant role or similar • Proficiency in using spreadsheets and Microsoft Excel • Demonstrated experience with budget management, including creating, managing, and adjusting budgets • Familiarity with government grants and their financial implications • Experience in monitoring and controlling expenditures • Ability to handle invoices, including creation, tracking, and reconciliation • Proven ability to prepare financial reports, including monthly financial reports • Strong skills in cost analysis and financial forecasting • Experience with payroll reconciliation • Proficiency in ledger account reconciliation • Experience with journal entries, including creation, tracking, and reconciliation • Ability to handle purchase orders, from creation to payment • Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to prepare clear and concise correspondence. Robert Half is the world’s first and largest specialized talent solutions firm that connects highly qualified job seekers to opportunities at great companies. We offer contract, temporary and permanent placement solutions for finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, and administrative and customer support roles. Robert Half works to put you in the best position to succeed. We provide access to top jobs, competitive compensation and benefits, and free online training. Stay on top of every opportunity - whenever you choose - even on the go. Download the Robert Half app (https://www.roberthalf.com/us/en/mobile-app) and get 1-tap apply, notifications of AI-matched jobs, and much more. All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Benefits are available to contract/temporary professionals, including medical, vision, dental, and life and disability insurance. Hired contract/temporary professionals are also eligible to enroll in our company 401(k) plan. Visit roberthalf.gobenefits.net for more information. © 2025 Robert Half. An Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/Disability/Veterans. By clicking “Apply Now,” you’re agreeing to Robert Half’s Terms of Use (https://www.roberthalf.com/us/en/terms) .