Remote Federal Grants Analyst – eRA & Grant Solutions

GovCIO; Olympia (WA); Remote; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

EAP

Corporate Discounts

Learning & Development

Certification Support

Referral Bonus

Internal Mobility

Pet Insurance

Flexible Work Arrangements

Job summary

GovCIO is hiring a remote Business Analyst for Federal Grants & eRA Systems to support EPA initiatives. The role focuses on mapping and improving grant workflows, documenting requirements, and coordinating with implementation teams across life-cycle phases.

You will analyze as-is vs to-be processes, address regulatory gaps, and help migrate to standardized to-be states while communicating with stakeholders and customers. Strong federal grants knowledge is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's with 12+ years of business analysis experience (or commensurate experience).
• Direct Experience: Demonstrated background supporting implementations, migrations, or modernizations of eRA or GrantSolutions in a federal agency environment (e.g., NIH, CDC, HHS, NSF, or USDA)
• Domain Expertise: Thorough understanding of federal grant policies, funding opportunity announcements (FOAs/NOFOs), peer review/application intake, award obligation, financial drawdown, and post-award monitoring
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and SharePoint
• Ability to work independently and as a team member in a hybrid-remote work environment
• Critical Thinking: Proven ability to take ambiguous, complex federal processes and decompose them into structured technical requirements and process maps
• Clearance Required: Ability to maintain a Public Trust clearance

Responsibilities

• Master all aspects of User Roles and Use Cases for the EPA Next Generation Grant System with focus on optimal workstreams for grant products, this includes KB articles, SOPs, and related training documentation
• Serve as an Analyst or Senior Analyst during the development, deployment, migration, or enhancement of enterprise systems such as eRA Commons/modules or GrantSolution
• Analyze and document "as-is" and "to-be" business processes across all phases of the federal grant lifecycle (Pre-Award, Award, Post-Award, Closeout, and Audit)
• Identify operational bottlenecks, regulatory compliance gaps, and opportunities for workflow automation. Leverage existing Kaizen and optimization artifacts for grants optimization, understand eRA platform offerings, and work with the end customer to either adjust or tailor processes to meet the future state
• Support the Gap Analysis, trade-off analysis, and recommendations development to migrate from the As-Is custom state to a standardized Line of Business To Be State
• Quickly understand the client’s business issues and data challenges
• Communicate both written and orally with the project team and the client about technical and end user issues
• Compare new requirements with prior Kaizen artifacts and identify opportunities with the To-Be state of the eRA platform
• As directed, coordinate with the implementation team on testing and clarification activities
• Support testing activities as needed (UAT, DR exercises, etc.)
• Support meetings with Customer and Business POCs

Skills

Business Analysis

Regulatory/compliance analysis

Stakeholder communication

Agile methodologies

Requirements documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

SharePoint

Job description

GovCIO is hiring a remote Business Analyst for Federal Grants & eRA Systems to support EPA initiatives. The role focuses on mapping and improving grant workflows, documenting requirements, and coordinating with implementation teams across life-cycle phases.

You will analyze as-is vs to-be processes, address regulatory gaps, and help migrate to standardized to-be states while communicating with stakeholders and customers. Strong federal grants knowledge is essential.