Grants Compliance Manager

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Grants Compliance Manager
Work location is 17 Columbia Cir Albany New York 12203
Client is looking for and will consider contractor anywhere in NY or adjacent states
1 year (with opportunity for extension)
Hourly rate 50.00 on 37.50 work week with Experis benefits.

On-site in Albany HQ for initial orientation, but primarily remote thereafter (perhaps once per quarter or once per six months onsite).
Two rounds of interviews anticipated.
Client notes:
Required: About 5 years of experience working with federal grant compliance and audit or risk management experience.
Potentially helpful background: Could be someone who has working from the grant issuing agency side (e.g., US Department of Transportation).
Required: Intimately familiar with federal grant codes, requirements. and compliance including OMB Uniform Guidance and Code of Federal Regulations (e.g., ability to string together different federal codes and regulations, ability to look at an invoice and understand the nuances to quickly assess its legitimacy).
Required: Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
Resource would be handling less than 20 grants across several different issuing agencies (manageable load).
Ensuring there are periodic checks and balances in place that are systemic and easy to follow.
Proactive role - proactively monitor updates relative to specific grants, changes in federal grant reporting requirements and processes, etc.
Translate different updates from federal government in a way that the project teams will be able to digest.
IT Systems To Be Used: Microsoft Office Suite, NEIS, SharePoint, Teams

Department: Office of the CFO / Treasurer
Initiative: Grants Compliance Management
Provide analysis, pre-award and post-award support services, and oversight to ensure compliance with applicable federal and NYS regulations and grant-specific requirements and serve as a resource for staff regarding grant-funded programs for fiscal and programmatic compliance matters.

Mandatory Qualifications:
5+ years of experience working in a function responsible for federal grant compliance oversight.
5+ years of complex project and process management for work scope spanning multiple teams and with multiple time-bounded deadlines to manage concurrently.
2+ years of collective experience working in an audit oversight, risk management, or similar capacity.
Intimately familiar with federal grant requirements and compliance including OMB Uniform Guidance and Code of Federal Regulations; expert-level knowledge a plus.
Detail-oriented; demonstrating a high degree of focus on reporting quality, timeliness, and record-keeping that establishes a strong, auditable indicators of compliance with grant terms and conditions.
Track record of effectively establishing, executing, and enforcing processes, schedules, work structures, and other measures to ensure regulatory compliance.
Must demonstrate effective collaboration with and influence of staff at all levels to ensure adherence to grant requirements.
Excellent organizational, project management, and process management skills.
Excellent communication skills both written and verbal including nuanced negotiations.
Good research, data management, and statistical analysis skills.
Microsoft Office Applications, proficiency in Excel and Word.
Multi-year track record of ensuring entity-wide compliance with federal grant terms and regulations for entities with multiple complex concurrent grants.