Senior Post-Award Grant Specialist (Hybrid)

University of Colorado; Aurora (CO); Hybrid; USD 59,000 - 91,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid schedule

On-site facilities

Job summary

University of Colorado Anschutz seeks a Post-Award Grant Specialist (Senior or Principal Professional) to oversee financial management of sponsored research from award setup through closeout. You will monitor budgets, reconcile expenditures, and ensure sponsor compliance while coordinating with PIs and research teams.

The role requires strong Excel, financial analysis, and regulatory skills; hybrid on-campus work is available with potential remote options for highly qualified candidates.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business administration, public administration, healthcare administration, research administration, or a directly related field.
• Two (2) years of professional experience in finance, accounting, budgeting, business operations, grant/research administration, contract management, clinical trial finance, or a related field.
• Substitution: education and related experience may substitute for bachelor’s degree on a year-for-year basis.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of sponsored projects from award setup through closeout in collaboration with the Program Manager and PIs.
• Monitor award budgets, expenditures, revenue, commitments, and projected balances; prepare reconciliations, forecasts, and budget variance analyses.
• Review expenditures for allowability, allocability, reasonableness, and compliance with sponsor requirements, University policies, and applicable federal regulations.
• Process and monitor financial transactions including funding distributions, JEs, PETs, procurement, travel, invoices, and other award-related expenditures.
• Coordinate award actions including rebudgeting, carryforward, no-cost extensions, amendments, funding changes, and closeout activities.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Financial analysis

Regulatory compliance

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting/finance/related field

Experience: 2 years finance/grant administration (Senior)

Experience: 3 years finance/grant administration (Principal)

Tools

InfoEd

CU Data/m-Fin

PeopleSoft Finance/HCM

Power BI

Concur

Job description

University of Colorado Anschutz seeks a Post-Award Grant Specialist (Senior or Principal Professional) to oversee financial management of sponsored research from award setup through closeout. You will monitor budgets, reconcile expenditures, and ensure sponsor compliance while coordinating with PIs and research teams.

The role requires strong Excel, financial analysis, and regulatory skills; hybrid on-campus work is available with potential remote options for highly qualified candidates.