Grants Analyst III

State of Oklahoma • Oklahoma City, OK

2d • Onsite

About The Position

As a Grants Analyst III with OMES, you will support the Grants Management Office. This role involves administrative aspects of grant monitoring and auditing, reviewing proposals and documentation, providing oversight on grants accounts, and serving as a liaison between subrecipients and the Grants Management Office. You will also prepare and compile documentation, maintain records in specialized databases, monitor post-award grants, conduct audits, and assist with grant education sessions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business, political science, or related field; and Three years of prior grants administration, finance, or auditing work experience; or An equivalent combination of education and work‐related experience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience related to grants, finance and auditing backgrounds.
• Experience with Oklahoma Grants Exchange (OGX).

Responsibilities

• Interacts with agencies in the administrative aspects of grant monitoring and auditing.
• Reviews proposals and documentation of grant recipient entities in accordance with funding requirements for Oklahoma and the federal government.
• Provision of oversight on grants accounts and ensuring that grant account is meeting the grant intent, general and specific funding policies, regulations, and requirements.
• Serves as a liaison between subrecipient and Grants Management Office personnel.
• Prepares and compiles all documentation related to each grant account.
• Learns the specialized database’s function and maintains records for the grant accounts on the specialized databases and systems for recording and tracking grant proposals, awards, and related statistical information; creates and distributes standard and special reports, studies, summaries, and analyses, as required.
• Monitors and coordinates the administration of post-award grants to ensure that budgeting and administrative policies, procedures, and agency requirements are being followed; manages administrative problems and/or budget changes occurring during the awarded granting period.
• Schedules, plans, and conducts required audits, reviewing required accounting records or other business documents, evaluating financial controls and business processes, and identifies areas that need improvement.
• Assists with preparation and delivery of research grant education sessions for internal and external audience.
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Generous leave including 15 days of vacation, 15 days of sick leave and 11 paid holidays annually.
• A comprehensive Benefit Package with a generous benefit allowance to offset the cost of insurance premiums for employees and their eligible dependents.

What This Job Offers

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