Post-Award Grants Finance Consultant — Remote Contract

Alphahire; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Part time

Job summary

AlphaGov is seeking a Grants & Uniform Guidance Finance Consultant to support post-award research finance work with universities, research institutes, and public agencies managing federal awards.

You will bring hands-on sponsored-projects accounting experience to strengthen compliance, close out awards, and prepare for audits, with engagements that are remote-first and occasional client travel.

Qualifications

• Experience in university or research-institution post-award or sponsored-projects accounting.
• Working knowledge of 2 CFR 200 Uniform Guidance, including cost principles.
• Hands-on experience with award closeouts, cost transfers, and federal sponsor financial reporting.
• Comfortable as a 1099 project-based consultant, remote-first with occasional client travel.
• Nice to have Single Audit experience and grants management systems familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Review post-award financial processes against 2 CFR 200 cost principles and documentation standards.
• Assess effort reporting and certification practices, including cost sharing.
• Analyze F&A rate applications, negotiated rate agreements, and cost allocations.
• Reconcile sponsored-project ledgers, cost transfers, draws, and sponsor reports.
• Lead or support award closeouts and final financial reporting.
• Contribute qualifications and past-performance narratives to proposals when named.

Skills

Post-award accounting

2 CFR 200 knowledge

F&A application

Award closeouts

Internal controls

Education

CPA

CRA

Tools

Workday

Kuali

Huron

PeopleSoft Grants

Job description

AlphaGov is seeking a Grants & Uniform Guidance Finance Consultant to support post-award research finance work with universities, research institutes, and public agencies managing federal awards.

You will bring hands-on sponsored-projects accounting experience to strengthen compliance, close out awards, and prepare for audits, with engagements that are remote-first and occasional client travel.