Sr. Grants Auditor (Full-time, Remote)

About the role

We are now seeking a Sr. Grants Auditor to join our team. In this role, the Sr. Grants Auditor will oversee and perform administrative and financial assessment activities related to pre-award and post-award monitoring of the agency’s award portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Reviews audit reports issued by the agency, Single Audits, and others to determine management decisions.
• Evaluates audit findings, questioned costs, corrective action plans, and supporting documentation to develop management decisions consistent with federal regulations and agency policy, including determining whether audit findings should be resolved, closed, or require additional corrective action.
• Conducts comprehensive evaluations of awardee institutions' business, financial, management, and administrative systems, policies, and practices to determine their capacity to carry out the terms of proposed awards.
• Conducts advanced analyses and negotiations in support of both pre- and post-award cost analysis.
• Provides advice and consultation to the agency staff to ensure federal funds are expended appropriately.
• Provides cost analysis expertise to the agency management and staff across the full range of funding mechanisms (i.e., grants, cooperative agreements, contracts) to ensure expended costs are reasonable, allocable, and allowable.
• Reviews and provides edits to work papers related to numerous administrative and financial policies and procedures.
• Participates in conference calls with awardees to walk-through the collected policies and procedures and provide in-the-moment technical assistance.
• Reviews and edits draft reports summarizing the final analysis and incorporate feedback before submission.
• Recommend new work processes or improvements to existing work processes on the project.
• Assists with updating work templates and standard operating procedures.
• Assists in developing and delivering training to project staff on grants management subject matter or project-specific tasks.
• Attends meetings with and interacts with agency (client) staff as needed.

Requirements

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in accounting, financial management, business, history, English, or a related discipline, or in another relevant field.
• Experience reviewing awardee policies, procedures, and accounting records for compliance with common grants management regulations (e.g., 2 CFR 200 Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards [Uniform Guidance]) and industry best practices.
• Experience performing federal grants accounting or federal grants management functions for at least 3 years, including experience with federal agency grant compliance, auditing, and reporting.
• Familiarity with the organizational structure, sponsored research administration, and grant management operations of institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, and other federal financial assistance recipients.
• Strong understanding of federal grant accounting principles, including cost allowability, allocability, reasonableness, indirect costs, cash management, cost transfers, financial reporting, and internal controls over federal awards.
• Skilled in Adobe Acrobat and MS Office 2016 software or higher version: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Must be a team player.
• Excellent quality assurance and attention to detail.
• Experience as a Management Consultant to federal clients.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, strong interpersonal skills, and superior organizational abilities.
• Ability to take initiative, to maintain confidentiality, to meet deadlines, and to work in a team environment.
• Ability to report work activity on a timely basis.
• Ability to work independently and as a member of a team to deliver high quality work.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize assignments while meeting deadlines.
• Passion and alignment with IntegrityM’s mission, vision, values and operating principles.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree or coursework.
• Relevant certification such as a Management Concepts Grants Management Certificate (CGMS), National Grants Management Association Certified Grants Management Specialist (CGMS), Certified Public Account (CPA), Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) or other related certification.
• Experience working with institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, or research institutions receiving federal financial assistance.
• Experience working in Adobe Acrobat Pro.

Additional Requirements

• Must pass post hire background screening checks.
• Able to obtain a security clearance, if required by Client/Contract.