Research Grant Manager, SEAS Research Team

• Manages day-to-day post-award administration and financial compliance for a complex portfolio of grants and contracts from award setup to closeout.
• Serves as a sponsored projects financial compliance resource using subject matter expertise in this area and advanced knowledge of sponsored projects and GW guidelines to review and approve requests, transactions and financial compliance matters.
• Provides guidance and make recommendations to SRAs and administrative staff on sponsored projects regarding allocation and allowability of expenses and advises on corrective action.
• Works collaboratively with principal investigators (PIs) to monitor award expenditures ensuring allocation and allowability with sponsor and GW policies and preventing overspending.
• Reviews and approves expenditures, allocates effort on sponsored projects and pre-reviews effort reports; ensuring corrective action is taken as needed including processing cost transfers, labor redistributions and re-budgets.
• Understands, applies, and advises on university and funder policies and supports award modification (no-cost extensions, change in personnel, scope revision, budget reallocation requests.)
• Coordinates with the office of sponsored projects on award and budget setup, subrecipient and subcontract agreement processing, encumbers funds and participates in subrecipient financial monitoring.
• Puts together budgets and expenditure forecasts; supports PIs with financial aspects of progress reports and sponsor requests; and facilitates financial closeout of awards in a timely manner.
• Meets with faculty to discuss their awards, liaises with key offices including Grants and Contracts Accounting; and problem solves award issues.
  • Provides pre-award support to PIs including budget preparation, current & pending, bio-sketch and conflict of interest forms.
  • Will provide running documents of current lab personal effort sources.
  • Provides assistance with student support.
  • Uses university p-card to purchase materials, supplies and travel.
  • Prepares and submits expense reports.
  • Assists with submitting purchase orders for equipment.

Qualified candidates will hold a Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate area of specialization plus 5 years of relevant professional experience, or, a Master’s degree or higher in a relevant area of study plus 3 years of relevant professional experience. Degree must be conferred by the start date of the position. Degree requirements may be substituted with an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Management, or related field.
• Strong Experience managing post-award activities including financial research administration and compliance.
• Advanced Knowledge of sponsored research regulations and cost principles including Uniform Guidance and ability to interpret and apply, sponsor guidelines; and university policies and procedures.
• Strong budgeting experience, including ability to review, monitor and analyze budgets.
• Excellent communication, organizational skills with strong attention to detail.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (particularly Excel) and experience with grant management and enterprise accounting systems.

The university is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer that does not unlawfully discriminate in any of its programs or activities on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or on any other basis prohibited by applicable law.