Post-Award Finance Manager — Hybrid Leader

Baylor University; Waco (TX); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work eligibility

Job summary

Baylor University in Waco, Texas, is seeking a Post-Central Manager to oversee Baylor's post-award research financial administration team. The Manager supervises the grant financial analysts, manages workload and performance, and ensures timely, accurate execution of core processes.

The role collaborates with the Team Lead on complex processes and escalates operational issues. The position supports hybrid work, requires a Bachelor's degree and eight years of relevant experience; a Master's and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and eight years of relevant work experience are required.
• A Master's degree and supervisory experience in a research administration position are preferred.
• CRA and/or CPA credentials are desirable but not required.
• All applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Responsibilities

• Directly supervise the post-award grant financial analysts through regular one-on-one meetings, clear expectations, timely feedback, coaching, and documented follow-through.
• Assign and rebalance portfolios and operational duties; monitor capacity, timeliness, quality, and completion against established service standards and key performance indicators.
• Manage critical processes and develop staff through structured training, cross-training, mentoring, and progressively challenging assignments.
• Manage the end-to-end IGNITE (Oracle Cloud PPM) invoicing process and expanded monthly close activities, ensuring timely completion, documentation, review, and resolution of exceptions.
• Provide management review and approval for new awards and award modifications in CARA (Huron Research Suite) and IGNITE in accordance with delegated authority and established controls.
• Manage and approve cost transfers and oversee deliverable tracking and completion, including timely escalation of overdue or unresolved items.
• Monitor accounts receivable, advance accounts, project statuses, closeouts, and other portfolio risks; assign corrective action and verify completion.
• Maintain a limited portfolio or other direct operational workload as assigned to preserve current process knowledge without displacing the Manager's primary supervisory responsibilities.
• Maintain Post-Central standard operating procedures, control points, approval paths, documentation standards, and escalation requirements.
• Perform and direct targeted quality-control reviews; identify recurring errors, determine root causes, assign remediation, and confirm that corrective actions are sustained.
• Use operational metrics and exception reporting to evaluate timeliness, aging, accuracy, workload, and risk.
• Support the business validation and adoption of AI-enabled quality-control tools for award setup, modifications, portfolio review, cost share, invoicing, closeout, and data-quality exceptions.
• Contribute to discussions regarding system changes and integrations and communicate their operational and financial impacts to the Senior Director and Director of Research Administration Systems.

Skills

Staff supervision

Financial administration

Operational leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Oracle Cloud PPM

CARA (Huron)

IGNITE

Job description

Baylor University in Waco, Texas, is seeking a Post-Central Manager to oversee Baylor's post-award research financial administration team. The Manager supervises the grant financial analysts, manages workload and performance, and ensures timely, accurate execution of core processes.

The role collaborates with the Team Lead on complex processes and escalates operational issues. The position supports hybrid work, requires a Bachelor's degree and eight years of relevant experience; a Master's and