Location
Remote, US
Scheduled Hours
40
Position Summary
Performs post-award activities with moderate supervision. May assist with pre- award activities with supervision/oversight.
Job Description
Primary Duties & Responsibilities:
Act as liaison to accounting departments to resolve accounting issues and manage year-end process.
- Tracks and maintains online database of grants submitted, awarded, rejected, etc.
- Works with PIs to provide fund management and make any necessary budgetary changes.
- Approves purchasing documents and provides guidance to purchasing staff on appropriate expenditures according to specific grant policies.
- Updates and forecasts grant expenditures for faculty grant portfolios.
- Ensures timely implementation of contracts and subcontracts by managing processes, examining information and complying with necessary requirements of OSRS.
- Creates, addresses, and processes correspondence of moderate to high complexity with granting agencies (i.e. inquiries, carry forward requests, change in effort requests, no cost extensions, equipment purchase, and budget reallocation requests).
- Obtains signatures and forwards grant financial status reports to PI and senior leadership.
- Monitors invoices for outgoing subawards.
- Coordinates the necessary support with internal and external requests for grant-related information (i.e. current biosketches, trainee information, human/animal protocol approvals, and other support).
- Responsible for closure of grant accounts. Submits final progress report and final invention statement (if applicable) to the appropriate agency.
- Assists with the day-to-day management of departmental grant financial operations, including but not limited to accounts payable, accounts receivable, program budgets, revenue reconciliation, financial reporting and analysis.
- May assist with pre-award activities including:
- Coordination of proposal submission, including gathering of all materials from collaborating researchers and teams
- Coordination and development of proposal budgets and justifications
- Monitoring and adjusting Other Support documents
- Tracking report due dates and coordinating on-time submission of all materials needed
- Maintaining knowledge of regulatory compliance and agency/university guidelines
- Recording and reporting on proposal and award history
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Working Conditions:
Job Location/Working Conditions