Grants & Development Post-Award Manager

Louisiana State University; United States; On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge invites applications for the Coordinator of Grants and Development 2 to oversee post-award financial and administrative activities within the College of Engineering. The role requires strong accounting skills, attention to detail, and experience with sponsored programs.

You will monitor grants, prepare budget revisions, support investigators, and ensure compliance with sponsor requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business administration or closely related field and 1 year of related work experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business administration or public administration and 5 years of related work experience in Sponsored Programs Administration or closely related field.
• Experience in higher education research administration.
• Knowledge of effort reporting, cost sharing, subrecipient monitoring, and audit processes.
• Experience with enterprise research administration and financial systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide full post-award financial and administrative management for designated departments within the College.
• Monitor grant accounts following award acceptance. Manage award budgets, expenditures, payroll accounting corrections, cost transfers, effort commitments, and financial reconciliations.
• Conduct regular financial reviews to ensure expenditures are allowable, allocable, reasonable, and compliant with sponsor requirements.
• Monitor spending rates and project balances and provide projections to principal investigators and department leadership.
• Prepare and coordinate budget revisions, no-cost extensions, carryforward requests, and other post-award actions.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for assigned departments on all post-award matters.
• Develop and implement standardized post-award management practices across the College.
• Monitor grant management activities to ensure consistency and compliance with applicable regulations and policies.
• Coordinate responses to internal and external audits involving sponsored projects.
• Serve as a resource for interpreting sponsor guidelines, institutional policies, and regulatory requirements.
• Develop financial reports and dashboards for investigators, department leadership, and college administration.
• Analyze grant expenditures, projections, commitments, and cost-sharing obligations.
• Monitor portfolio performance and identify financial risks or compliance issues.
• Prepare executive-level summaries regarding grant activity and funding trends.
• 5% Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Budget Management

Communication

Critical Thinking

Customer-Focused

Data Accuracy

Detail-Oriented

Financial Analysis

Policy Interpretation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business administration or closely related field

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business administration or public administration

Job description

Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge invites applications for the Coordinator of Grants and Development 2 to oversee post-award financial and administrative activities within the College of Engineering. The role requires strong accounting skills, attention to detail, and experience with sponsored programs.

You will monitor grants, prepare budget revisions, support investigators, and ensure compliance with sponsor requirements.