Grants Financial Analyst

Carle Health•Champaign, IL

2d•$27 - $44•Onsite

About The Position

As part of the Office of Grants Management, the Financial Analyst supports Carle Health System's externally funded programs by providing post-award sponsored project support to ensure compliance with OMB 2 CFR 200 Uniform Guidance as well as compliance with grant and institution specific requirements. This individual is primarily responsible for administration of various activities associated with the acceptance, monitoring, and reporting of externally sponsored awards in collaboration with funding agencies, grantee departments, program directors, and leadership. This position will utilize professional judgment, independence, and discretion to serve as a grants point of contact for Carle under guidance from the Director of Grants Administration.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree: Related Field
Work Experience: Related field

Nice To Haves

Certifications

Responsibilities

Collaborating with departments to establish and financially manage their grants in the Grants module of Workday.
Working with Research and Accounting to develop and roll out OMB compliant accounting and procurement guidance and processes as needed.
Designing and maintaining various reports to effectively monitor and analyze financial data for grant accounts to ensure that all financial activity complies with internal and external policies and that all transactions comply with project budgets and agreements.
Ensuring expenditures are allowable and appropriate.
Reconciling and ensuring expenditures charged to grant worktags are accurate.
Monitoring budgets, account balances, and expenditures, including ad-hoc analyses of appropriateness of expenditures on grant funds and initiation of transfers when necessary.
Preparing financial reports and analyses to assist program directors with the administration and development of their sponsored programs.
Alerting program directors when budget revisions are needed and advising on the financial aspects of hiring decisions and major spending decisions.
Preparing invoices and managing receivables related to subaward agreements from other institutions.
Monitoring and ensuring compliance of personnel effort and compensation on sponsored projects so that obligations are tracked and met.
Assisting program directors in meeting various internal and external reporting requirements by deadlines.
Completing sponsored project close-out reviews and working with Accounting to close completed project accounts in a timely manner.
Representing Carle Health during internal and external audits, in collaboration with Carle’s Accounting and Compliance units.
Tracking and monitoring costs of internally funded projects.