STAR Post Award Manager
Core
Leads post-award operations for a portfolio of complex sponsored awards, ensuring financial compliance, reporting, and audit readiness for university research grants.
Role type
Senior IC research administration manager (post-award)
Builds
Compliant financial reports, audit-ready records, and optimized grant management processes for university faculty and sponsors
Domain
Higher education + sponsored research administration
Deliverable
dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Grant and contract management, financial compliance, federal regulations (Uniform Guidance), staff leadership, process improvement, audit response, labor distribution, budget forecasting
Preferred skills
Certified Research Administrator (CRA) credential, training development
Technologies
Spreadsheets, databases
Responsibilities
Supervise post-award administrators and manage workload distribution; Interpret policies and review business processes for financial compliance, reporting, and audit; Monitor grant accounts, review financial reports, and forecast spending trends; Prepare labor distributions and oversee quarterly financial reviews; Respond to internal and external audits; Coordinate with pre-award and finance teams to align processes
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with team leadership