Grants & Contracts Analyst - 100% Remote
Overview
Position Overview: The Grants & Contracts Analyst will provide dedicated professional level sponsored funds management to the International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials Group (IMPAACT), for more than 80% of time with specific responsibility for pre-award and post-award functions that include, but may not be limited to: proposal preparation, budget development, account maintenance and oversight, billing/invoicing, reporting, compliance, and closeout. The primary goal of this position is to ensure timely, effective and efficient functioning of sponsored funding. This is an exempt position.
Job Scope/Complexity: Will work independently the majority of the time, with support from Sr. Financial Manager and/or other department staff. General proficiency with grant/contract preparation and management is expected. May interact with internal and external research/administrative professionals, IMPAACT Operations Center and Data Management Center.
This role functions at an intermediate level, with responsibility for independent management of simple to moderately complex grants/contracts, including Subaward agreements. These grants, contracts and awards may involve detailed budgets, Subawards, Federal and Pharmaceutical company clinical trials.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
- Understand and utilize institutional policies for pre-award and post-award grant process and sponsor guidelines.
- Conduct complex award management activities, including monitoring and reconciling accounts, audits, and evaluations and reporting.
- Assist in preparation of grant materials for competitive renewals, progress reports, carryover requests and administrative supplements to include, but is not limited to creation and/or review of budgets, justifications and communicating necessary corrections to subrecipient. Review involves accuracy, content, adherence to all relevant guidelines.
- Review budgets and related justification for appropriateness and completeness of content. Ensures that all applicable and indirect costs have been applied. May also provide groundwork for subcontract negotiations.
- Ensure compliance in all other areas related to grant and contract management, including sponsoring organization guidelines, internal protocols, accurate protocol information within grant documents, conflicts of interest, etc.
- Setup Subagreement documentation including significant financial interest form, Subagreement information sheet and collating multiple Subagreement documents.
- Manage, monitor and review Subagreement invoices to match approved budget and scope of work, following established processing procedures. Conduct Subrecipient audits as required. Apply a working knowledge of applicable laws and regulations; verifies documents for completeness and compliance with government and private agencies.
- Sustain complex database/excel spreadsheets and filing system in order to ensure balance purchase orders, accounts and consortium expenditures.
- Create and maintain Subagreement files after fully executed agreements are sent to Subrecipients.
- Maintain IMPAACT finance e-mail box. Answer budgetary and invoicing questions in a timely manner.
- Monitor monthly expenditures through reconciliation of monthly financial statements. Assist in oversight of the expenditure of funds; ensure that funds are expended according to sponsoring organization’s stipulations and appropriate university guidelines.
- Provide information and direct assistance required to complete contract and Subaward closeouts.
Note: This position is 100% remote