Grant Administrator - Post Award

University of Kansas Medical Center • Kansas City, MO

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About The Position

The Post Award Grant Administrator is responsible for allocating grant monies and providing the administrative and financial oversight of the grant monies to ensure their proper use. The Post Award Grant Administrator will work with the principal investigators and their respective support staff on post-award administration; and function as a liaison to federal, states and private grantor agencies and subcontractor entities. Timely coordination and communication with involved parties regarding grant management issues must be maintained. This individual will be expected to work collaboratively with faculty and research administrators to accomplish the goals of the department.

Requirements

• Five years of related experience with one of the following in a large corporation or university setting: accounting, financial management of grants, budgeting, financial recordkeeping.
• Experience may be substituted for education on a year for year basis.
• Experience with MS Excel for financial reporting and spreadsheet development.
• Written and oral communication skills.
• Customer service skills.
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Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in a relevant field of study (accounting, business or life sciences).
• Experience reading and interpreting funding opportunity announcements and demonstrated knowledge of pre-award grant submission process.
• Knowledge of NIH application requirements and policy regulations and a familiarity with web-based submission software (eg: Cayuse, Altum proposal Central).

Responsibilities

• Set-up of grant account awards in the Workday Financial systems.
• Review and monitor expenses charged to the grant accounts in accordance with the budget approved by the funding agency and their guidelines.
• Monitor grant accounts to ensure cost principles are adhered to.
• Effectively and professionally interface with principal investigators, administrators, and research staff regarding issues relating to budgets, reporting, and interpretation of the funding agency rules and regulations.
• Preparation and submission of monthly or quarterly billings on cost reimbursement sub-contracts/subaward agreements.
• Monthly monitoring of receivables status
• Preparation and submission of annual or quarterly financial reporting to funding agencies.
• Serves as the point of contact for the funding agency on award administration issues.
• Prepare account closing documents required by funding sources.
• Review and process requests for no-cost extensions and carry-over requests.
• Serve as the point of contact for the funding agency on award administration issues.
• Maintain current in-depth knowledge of NIH and other sponsor’s policies for award administration.

Benefits

• Coverage begins on day one for health, dental, and vision insurance and includes health expense accounts with generous employer contributions if the employee participates in a qualifying health plan.
• Employer-paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and various additional voluntary insurance plans are available.
• Paid time off, including vacation and sick, begins accruing upon hire, plus ten paid holidays.
• One paid discretionary day is available after six months of employment, and paid time off for bereavement, jury duty, military service, and parental leave is available after 12 months of employment.
• A retirement program with a generous employer contribution and additional voluntary retirement programs (457 or 403b) are available.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level