Award Compliance & Subawards Manager (Effort)

University of Tennessee; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 62,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Tennessee in Memphis seeks a Manager, Award Compliance to lead subrecipient monitoring, effort certification, and payroll reconciliation processes. The role directs transactional support to ensure accurate, timely, and compliant financial operations.

This position requires a Bachelor's in a related field and several years in sponsored programs, grants accounting, or research compliance. It involves coordinating with research administration, supporting audits, maintaining SOPs, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; transcript is required.
• Four years of experience in sponsored programs administration or grants accounting; or Master's + two years.

Responsibilities

• Owns the subrecipient monitoring framework with risk assessment and monitoring plans.
• Coordinates with Research Administration to set conditions before funds release.
• Manages the full effort certification cycle including notifications and tracking.
• Reconciles certified effort to payroll distributions and fixes discrepancies.
• Oversees invoice submission, receivables, and records management.
• Supports audits by producing documentation and explaining practices.
• Maintains SOPs for the transactional cycle and drives automation with systems.
• Monitors cost transfer volume, age, and documentation quality; reports trends.
• Escalates monitoring exceptions and unresolved findings to the Executive Director.
• Delivers training to departmental admins and investigators on requirements.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
• This role may require occasional weekend/evening work.

Skills

Subrecipient monitoring

Effort certification

Payroll reconciliation

Internal controls

Staff supervision

Audit support

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance/Business Administration

Job description

University of Tennessee in Memphis seeks a Manager, Award Compliance to lead subrecipient monitoring, effort certification, and payroll reconciliation processes. The role directs transactional support to ensure accurate, timely, and compliant financial operations.

This position requires a Bachelor's in a related field and several years in sponsored programs, grants accounting, or research compliance. It involves coordinating with research administration, supporting audits, maintaining SOPs, and