Senior Lead, Grant Compliance, Reporting and Audit Readiness

Brightspeed•Charlotte, NC

13d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Lead, Grant Compliance, Reporting and Audit Readiness leads the execution and quality control of grant reporting, compliance documentation, evidence management, audit readiness, and closeout support for broadband grant programs. This role ensures reporting submissions, supporting records, and compliance controls are complete, accurate, timely, and defensible. The position partners closely with Construction, Engineering, Legal/Regulatory, Procurement, and reimbursement stakeholders to support compliant program execution and readiness for agency inquiries, audits, and closeout activities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required.
5–7 years of experience in grant compliance, regulatory reporting, audit support, risk management, program controls, or related compliance-focused functions.
Experience supporting high-volume, deadline-driven work in a regulated environment required.
Strong knowledge of grant reporting, compliance documentation, audit readiness, and records management practices.
Ability to interpret external program requirements and operationalize them into repeatable internal processes and controls.
Strong documentation discipline, quality control, and attention to detail.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, especially Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, and Adobe.
Strong organizational and project coordination skills, with the ability to manage multiple deadlines and priorities.
Effective cross-functional collaboration skills and the ability to drive accountability across operational partners.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and issue escalation skills.
Ability to review detailed supporting records and determine documentation sufficiency, accuracy, and completeness.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to remain calm, organized, and effective under recurring deadline pressure.

Nice To Haves

Compliance-related certifications are strongly preferred.
Experience in broadband, telecommunications, infrastructure, or government-funded program environments.
Experience with state or federal broadband grant programs, including reporting, compliance, and audit requirements.
Experience with ARPA, BEAD, or similar public funding programs.
Experience designing and implementing SOPs, templates, checklists, and documentation controls for recurring compliance processes.
Experience supporting closeout activities, agency reviews, or audit response coordination.

Responsibilities

Manage recurring grant reporting activities across active broadband grant programs, including reporting calendars, submission checklists, templates, and internal deadlines.
Review, validate, and organize supporting documentation, performance metrics, milestone evidence, and records required for grant reporting and compliance submissions.
Lead audit readiness activities, including evidence retention standards, documentation controls, organized file structures, response support, and corrective action tracking.
Interpret grant reporting and compliance requirements and translate them into practical internal procedures, workflows, and control checks.
Serve as the primary cross-functional interface with Construction and related operating teams for build status, milestone support, and other documentation required to satisfy reporting and compliance obligations.
Partner with the reimbursement Senior Lead on ARPA closeout deliverables, BEAD startup requirements, and other activities where reporting and reimbursement obligations intersect.
Direct contractor work supporting reporting preparation, documentation gathering, record management, compliance file organization, and related compliance support activities, including NEPA documentation support.
Identify reporting, compliance, and audit risks, and escalate issues requiring leadership awareness or intervention.
Develop, maintain, and improve standard operating procedures, templates, checklists, and documentation controls for recurring compliance work.
Support responses to agency inquiries, audits, monitoring requests, and closeout requirements by ensuring records are complete, accessible, and well organized.
Monitor deadlines and deliverables across multiple grant programs to ensure timely and accurate completion of reporting and compliance obligations.
May perform other duties as assigned.