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Job Summary:

The Grants Administrator will be responsible for planning, coordination, and execution of the pre- and post-administration of research grants/awards for Charleston Innovation Center. The position will perform financial management of the internally and externally awarded grants at Charleston Innovation Center. Provides high-level customer service to faculty, researchers, and department administrators and serves as an administrative liaison for PI's and Central units. Performs other duties as assigned.

Key Responsibilities:

• Grant submission and reports: Assist with grant submission by working with faculty, staff, and students with components of the grants applications, including pre-award logistics, forms, subcontract agreements, letters, budgets, budget justifications, etc. in conjunction with Department of Grants and Contract Administration and Department of Research. Assist with reviewing, formatting, and editing sections of the proposals as needed. Recognize impacts of policies, procedures, and legal regulations related to proposals and make recommendations based on these factors.

• Project Administration: Provide technical assistance, guidance, and oversight to researchers and University constituents in the awarding of sponsored funds. Monitor sponsored budgets, cost-sharing, sub-award encumbrances. Serves as an approver in BuyWays and Concur to ensure allowability and compliance. Serves as an administrative College-liaison for PI's and central units in the requests for changes in budget revisions, changes in scope, effort commitments, or no-cost extensions. Assists PI's as necessary, with administrative and financial post-award matters and analyze and resolve problems related to financial compliance or availability of funds.

• Fiscal Support: Monitors sponsored project for financial-related issues and compliance-related matters. Responsible for managing cost-share projects, preparing internal budgets, budget amendments, and status corrections when needed. Prepares monthly reconciliation for all sponsored projects and contracts. Advises PI on current balances and corrections necessary for compliance. Looks for proactive ways to ensure charges are appropriately charged and allocated to grant projects. Clears month-end errors and approves summer pay forms for faculty charging sponsored research projects.

• Program Support and Compliance: Communicates routinely with PI(s), departmental personnel, CIC personnel, GCA, and OSP. Reviews and resolves project journal and voucher errors, including all cost-share accounts. Works with CIC personnel to ensure expenses and payroll are posted correctly and allowable. Stays abreast of Federal, State, and University regulations related to research issues by preparation of training materials and delivery of workshops for faculty and staff in their assigned units on implementation and changes. Devises and implements tracking reports of compliance-related issues for internal control purposes. Reviews expenditure documentation. Completes monthly reconciliation.

• Sponsored and Special Reporting/Project Setup Review and Close-Out: Responsible for providing financial and budget information, including cost share, to PI's for sponsor monthly, quarterly, and yearly reporting. Responsible for certifying cost-share expenses for SF-425 reports to GCA for quarterly reporting. Prepares budget workbooks for PI's with budget, actual expenditures, and forecasting of sponsored projects, including related cost share and indirect cost. Completes audit requests as needed. Reviews and interprets award terms and conditions and provides guidance to PI's. Works with the PI to develop updated budgets for modifications and submits sponsor and internal budget forms to GCA. Verifies final closeout expenditures, cost sharing, and revenues and provides to GCA certifying project is ready to close.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Grants Accounting, Business, or a related field
• 3+ years of relevant experience

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