Financial Analyst, Grants Administration

denverhealth; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Denver Health is seeking a mission-driven Financial Analyst, Grants Administration to support pre-award and post-award activities within the Department Sponsored Programs & Research. The role focuses on budgeting, budget development, and ensuring compliance with sponsor guidelines.

Responsibilities include grant budgeting, review of proposals and awards, and coordination with clinical and ancillary departments to ensure accurate cost capture and timely reporting.

Qualifications

• Reviews and analyzes funded proposals and awards for budgetary and administrative concerns.
• Develops budgets in coordination with program staff and sponsor guidelines.
• Assists investigators with sponsored program administration and grant processes.

Responsibilities

• Pre-Award: review proposals, develop/verify complex budgets, coordinate with ancillary departments.
• Post-Award: monitor budget compliance, review financial transactions, address spendings and reporting.
• Contractual Agreements: route and monitor contracts, ensure compliance with sponsor terms.

Skills

Budget analysis

Grant administration

Financial reporting

Regulatory compliance

Budget coordination

Job description

We are recruiting for a mission-driven Financial Analyst, Grants Administration to join our team! We're with you for life's journey. At Denver Health, purpose isn't just something we believe in-it's something we live every day, for life's journey.

Our Values Respect | Belonging | Accountability | Transparency

Department Sponsored Programs & Research

Job Summary

Under general supervision, uses institutional, federal and sponsor-defined guidelines to review and analyze sponsored program and research proposals and awards for budgetary and administrative concerns in a central research and sponsored programs office. May also use guidelines to assist investigators in preparation of sponsored program and research project proposals. Grant Analyst is responsible for development of budget in coordination with program staff and in accordance with sponsor guidelines. Will also serve as support resource to department and Investigator as related to sponsored program administration.

Essential Functions :

Pre-Award

• Reviews and analyzes proposals and applications for sponsored programs and research, develops and/or reviews complex budgets for sponsored programs applications and continuing renewals, including clinical trials, for accuracy and compliance with program-specific requirements.
• Works with ancillary departments (pharmacy, laboratory, nursing, etc.) to ensure their respective costs/charges are captured within internal and sponsor budgets.
• Obtains budget and study approval from ancillary departments as needed.
• Prepares and/or reviews administrative sections of funding proposals and applications, following federal, sponsor and DH instructions and guidelines, with minimal or no errors.
• Reviews all sections or adherence to formatting, page limits, and overall presentation and completion prior to grant submission.
• Develops and communicates timelines for internal pre-submission process and routes proposal documents for appropriate institutional approvals; assists with electronic submission process (20%)

Post-Award

• Monitors awards for budget compliance and appropriate accounting transactions.
• Reviews and approves financial transactions, including purchase and payment requests, patient stipends, and purchase order releases for accuracy and compliance with sponsor regulations and DH policies and procedures.
• Reviews transactions for allowability, allocability, reasonableness, and consistency
• Reviews and analyzes awards of sponsored programs and research
• Reviews notices of awards (NOA) or final contracts and communicates terms to investigators/project teams
• Interprets and communicates sponsor guidance and requirements
• Achieves and then communicates a thorough understanding of the grant process once it has been awarded, including approval of expenses, and reporting requirements.
• Coordinates and assist in the preparation of reports for timely submission.
• Analyzes and addresses all budgetary, spending, billing and payment concerns, in collaboration with Grant Accountant.
• Researches, analyzes and reconciles accounts on a timely basis, maintaining supporting documentation.
• Reconciliations can be complex in nature requiring strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
• Provides spending projections and status updates and facilitates monthly departmental meetings
• Assists Grant Accountant to reconcile and adjust general ledger accounts. (20%)

Contractual Agreements

• Responsible for routing clinical trials agreements appropriately.
• Ensuring that contractual terms and provisions are in compliance with sponsor's terms and conditions, federal provisions, and DHHA's internal terms and conditions.
• Determine potential needs for contract amendments and manage amendment execution.
• Assign, log contract numbers, and route contracts timely and in appropriate systems.
• Identify and escalation subrecipient in need of subrecipient monitoring.
• Cooperates in the development of high-risk risk management plans.
• Assists with subrecipient monitoring and adherence to contract terms on executed agreements. (20%)

Human Subjects

Reviews IRB Applications for compliance with COMIRB and Denver Health requirements before submission. Responsibilities include (but are