Assistant Financial Compliance Manager

Commonwealth of VA Careers; Blacksburg (VA); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Virginia Tech’s Office of Sponsored Programs seeks an Assistant Financial Compliance Manager to lead the Financial Compliance Team, overseeing post-award financial activity, policy adherence, and regulatory reporting for a large sponsored program portfolio. The role emphasizes staff development, internal controls, and proactive risk mitigation.

The position requires a Bachelor's in a related field and strong experience in post-award administration, with familiarity with OMB Uniform Guidance and

Qualifications

• Experience in post-award research administration and financial management.
• Experience with audits and compliance reviews.
• Knowledge of the OMB Uniform Guidance and sponsor requirements.
• Ability to interpret sponsor requirements.
• Strong communication and analytical skills.
• Ability to manage priorities and deadlines, and delegate tasks.

Responsibilities

• Fostering a high-performing and collaborative team culture while ensuring accountability, continuous improvement, and exceptional customer service.
• Reviewing expenditures and cost transfers for compliance and allowability.
• Coordinating responses to internal and external audits by providing information and support documentation.
• Managing the university’s Effort Reporting process.
• Providing expert financial compliance guidance to faculty, staff, and OSP colleagues.
• Reviewing and updating financial compliance policies and procedures.
• Developing and delivering research administration and financial compliance training.

Skills

Post-award administration

Financial compliance

Audit support

Policy interpretation

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Task prioritization

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business administration, public administration, or related field

Job description

Job Description

Reporting to the Director of Financial Management and Compliance – Post Award, the Assistant Financial Compliance Manager leads the Financial Compliance Team within Virginia Tech’s Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP). This position oversees daily operations, staff development, financial compliance reviews, audit support, data validation, and regulatory reporting for a large and complex sponsored research portfolio in conjunction with the Director for Financial Management and Compliance. Virginia Tech administers more than 3,000 active sponsored research projects with over $460 million of expenditures reported in fiscal year 2026, funded by federal, state, industry, foundation, and international sponsors.

The Financial Compliance Team safeguards the university’s research funds by monitoring post-award financial activity and ensuring compliance with applicable federal and state regulations, Uniform Guidance sponsor requirements, university policies and procedures, and the specific terms and conditions of awarded sponsored agreements. Through proactive oversight, the team promotes fiscal stewardship, strengthens internal controls, and mitigates institutional risk.

• Fostering a high-performing and collaborative team culture while ensuring accountability, continuous improvement, and exceptional customer service.
• Reviewing expenditures and cost transfers for compliance and allowability.
• Coordinating responses to internal and external audits by providing requested information, explanations, and support documentation to the auditors.
• Managing the university’s Effort Reporting process.
• Providing expert financial compliance guidance to faculty, staff, and OSP colleagues.
• Reviewing and updating financial compliance policies and procedures. internal OSP policies and procedures.
• Developing and delivering research administration and financial compliance training to university-wide stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, public administration, or related field.
• Demonstrated experience in post-award research administration, financial management, grant administration, or financial compliance in a similarly regulated environment.
• Financial management experience with sponsored programs (state, federal, university).
• Demonstrated knowledge of the OMB Uniform Guidance, Federal Acquisition Regulations, federal cost principles, and sponsor requirements.
• Experience reviewing and analyzing financial transactions and identifying compliance risks.
• Experience responding to audits, monitoring activities, or compliance reviews.
• Strong communication skills for interaction with faculty, staff, sponsors, and auditors. Able to interpret and communicate sponsor’s requirements.
• Strong personal integrity, exhibits good judgment, attention to detail; critical thinking and strong analytical skills; proactive problem-solving abilities; able to manage task priorities and deadlines, and delegate tasks.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in sponsored projects in higher education.
• Certified Research Administrator (CRA) or CFRA.
• Sponsored projects-related audit experience
• Demonstrated supervisory experience, including leading, training, and evaluating direct reports.

Overtime Status

Exempt: Not eligible for overtime

Appointment Type

Regular

Salary Information

$70,000-$76,000

Hours per week

40 hrs per week

Review Date

October 12, 2026

Additional Information

The position is hybrid with a weekly on-campus presence and will require the completion of a telework agreement in accordance with Policy 4325, Alternative Work Site and Telework Policy. The hybrid work schedule will be confirmed following an onsite training period.

The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check.

About Virginia Tech

Dedicated to its motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on, transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problem-solvers. A comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world, Virginia Tech is an inclusive community dedicated to knowledge, discovery, and creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students in eight undergraduate colleges, a school of medicine, a veterinary medicine college, Graduate School, and Honors College. The university has a significant presence across Virginia, including Blacksburg, the greater Washington, D.C. area, the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke, sites in Newport News and Richmond, and numerous Extension offices and research institutes. A leading global research institution, Virginia Tech conducts more than $650 million in research annually.

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