Account Manager - Grants

Legacy Staffing Llc; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Affordable healthcare plans

401(k) with 4% company match

Weekly pay

Temp-to-hire opportunities across Ohio

Job summary

Legacy Staffing has partnered with a university in Cleveland, OH to hire a Grants Account Manager. This first shift role supports pre-award and post-award grant administration for sponsored research, collaborating with faculty, researchers, and leadership to manage complex portfolios and ensure sponsor compliance.

The role involves leading proposal development, budgeting, and financial reporting, with emphasis on accuracy, timelines, and cross-functional coordination.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 5+ years related experience or Associate's degree with 7+ years.
• Experience in sponsored research administration, grant management, or related field.
• Strong knowledge of federal and non-federal sponsored research regulations and requirements.
• Experience with NIH, NSF, DoD, DoE, foundations, or similar sponsors.
• Experience developing, monitoring, and managing complex grant budgets.
• Knowledge of pre-award and/or post-award research administration.
• Strong understanding of grant compliance, financial management, and sponsored research regulations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex grant proposal development and submission activities with Principal Investigators (PIs).
• Develop and review proposal budgets, narratives, and supporting documentation.
• Interpret sponsor guidelines and ensure compliance with institutional and sponsor requirements.
• Manage a high-volume workload, potentially 100+ submissions annually.
• Oversee an assigned sponsored research portfolio, typically $5M+ in active awards.
• Monitor grant expenditures, budgets, effort allocations, and account reconciliations.
• Provide financial reporting, forecasting, and budgeting guidance to faculty and researchers.
• Review expenditures for allowability and compliance with requirements.
• Coordinate award setup and transitions between pre-award and post-award.

Skills

Grant administration

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Communication

Problem solving

Multi-tasking

Education

Bachelor's degree

Associate's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

PeopleSoft

Oracle

Job description

Legacy Staffing has partnered with a well-established university in Cleveland, OH to hire a Grants Account Manager. This is afirst shift opportunity with a competitive salary based on experience, education, and grant administrationexpertise.This role focuses on supporting sponsored research activities through pre-award and post-award grant administration.The Grants Account Manager will partner with faculty, researchers, and university leadership to manage complex grant portfolios, ensure compliance with sponsor requirements, oversee financial reporting, and support successful research funding initiatives throughout the grant lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead complex grant proposal development and submission activities in collaboration with Principal Investigators (PIs).
• Develop and review proposal budgets, budget narratives, and supporting documentation.
• Interpret sponsor guidelines and ensure proposalscomply withinstitutional and funding agency requirements.
• Manage a high-volume proposal workload that may exceed 100 submissions annually.
• Oversee an assigned sponsored research portfolio, typically valued at $5M+ in active awards.
• Monitor grant expenditures, budgets, effort allocations, and account reconciliations.
• Provide financial reporting, forecasting, and budgeting guidance to faculty and research teams.
• Review expenditures for allowability and compliance with university and sponsor requirements.
• Coordinate awardsetupand transitions between pre-award and post-award administration.
• Manage subawards, subrecipient monitoring, modifications, and expense approvals.
• Prepare interim and final financial and administrative reports for sponsors.
• Support project closeouts, effort certification,continuationfunding, budget revisions, and no-cost extensions.
• Maintain documentation to support internal and external audits.
• Assistwith process improvements, training initiatives, and best practices for grant administration.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 5 years of relatedexperienceORAssociate'sdegree and a minimum of 7 years of related experience.
• Experience in sponsored research administration, grant management, research finance, ora relatedfield.
• Strong knowledge of federal and non-federal sponsored research regulations and requirements.
• Experience working with funding agencies such as NIH, NSF, DoD, DoE, foundations, or similar sponsors.
• Demonstrated experience developing,monitoring, and managing complex grant budgets.
• Knowledge of pre-award and/or post-award research administration.
• Strong understanding of grant compliance,financial management, and sponsored research regulations.
• Exceptional analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiencywith Microsoft Office and research administration/financial managementsystems.
• Experience with PeopleSoft and/or Oracle is a plus.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with faculty, administrators, researchers, and sponsors.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in a university, academic research, healthcare, medical research, or nonprofit environment.
• Experience supporting complex research portfolios and high-volume proposal activity.

Benefits Include:

• Affordable healthcare plans available for eligible employees
• 401(k) with 4% company match after qualifying period and participation requirements are met
• Weekly pay
• Temp-to-hire opportunities with top companies across Ohio

Legacy Staffing is an Equal Opportunity Employer.