Financial Grant Manager
Core
Manage financial and compliance aspects of externally funded awards for faculty, serving as a liaison between faculty and university offices.
Role type
Senior grants management specialist (post-award finance)
Builds
Auditable financial records, budget forecasts, and compliance reports for sponsored research awards
Domain
Higher education + federal research funding
Deliverable
dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Grants management, federal funding guidelines (2 CFR 200, FAR), cost accounting, budgeting, Excel, financial reporting, stakeholder coordination
Preferred skills
ARPA-H/DARPA/BARDA award experience, milestone-based payments, multi-year forecasting, consortium financial coordination, Workday, dashboard creation
Technologies
Excel, Adobe Professional, DocuSign, Workday
Responsibilities
Prepare monthly financial reports and reconciliations; track commitments, expenditures, and burn rates; coordinate financial reporting across consortium partners; guide faculty on sponsor progress reports and effort adjustments; maintain auditable records for cost transfers and procurements; apply financial change control and support award modifications; re-forecast budgets in response to shifting program priorities.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC