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Post-Award Grant Administrator

2121 Wisconsin Avenue🌐 Remote💼 Full-time💰 $47,586–$47,586🗓 2026-09-14 → 2026-09-26

Core

Manage financial and compliance aspects of externally funded research awards for faculty, ensuring accurate reporting and close-out.

Role type

Post-Award Grant Administrator

Builds

Financial and programmatic reports, reconciled expense reports, and accurate financial status reports for university research clusters.

Domain

Higher Education / Research Administration

Deliverable

dashboards & analysis

Required skills

Financial accounting, cost accounting standards, Excel proficiency, account reconciliation, financial report production, grant compliance management, multi-tasking under pressure

Preferred skills

Certified Research Administration (CRA), Certified PreAward Research Administration (CPRA), Certified Financial Research Administration (CFRA), Workday familiarity

Technologies

Workday, Financial systems

Responsibilities

Review and reconcile expenses on Center Status Reports for sponsor allowability and budget compliance; Review salary distributions and fringe benefits for accuracy; Process corrections and adjustments within 90 days; Complete Financial Status Report (FSR) worksheets; Review commitments of key personnel regarding level of effort; Process payments to subrecipients.

Seniority

Mid-level, hands-on IC

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