"Grants Expenses Senior Coordinator"

Position Overview

The Grants Expenses Senior Coordinator position will provide technical level expense fiscal and compliance support to the Grants Compliance Teams. The primary responsibility of this position includes:

• Reviewing assigned transactions for compliance in accordance with university policy and federal, state, and sponsor guidelines.
• Serving as central administrative point of contact and proactively communicating with a broad range of stakeholders to resolve variety of issues for faculty, investigators, college administrators for assigned transactions/spend categories for grant related expenditures associated with their sponsor program funding.
• Exercising sound judgement in independently managing and administering routine workload within assigned transactions/spend categories.
• Responding to a broad variety of customer questions related to the expenditure policy and procedure and informs in matters of compliance.
• Interpreting and independently communicating sponsor guidelines, university policy and procedures, state and federal law, and industry best-practices to faculty, investigators, and college administrators.
• Providing assistance and cross training to less experienced team members.

When needed, this position will provide back-up support to other advanced members on the Grants Shared Services Center (GSSC) team.

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED is required.
• 2 years of experience in a professional capacity;
• 1 year of customer service and problem-solving experience;
• proficient in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and the internet.

Desired Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business administration or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 1 year of experience and knowledge of federal or private agency sponsors, contract and/or grant regulations, procurement, and/or budgeting, accounting, and financial management.
• Experience with electronic research tools and financial management systems (preferably Workday). Demonstrated experience reviewing financial transactions.
• Knowledge of, and experience with, federal or private agency sponsors, contract/grant regulations, and Ohio State University policy and procedures.

Application Materials

• A resume is required to be submitted
• A cover letter is strongly desired.

The hourly range for this position starts at $21.35. The offer for this position will fall within the position's range based on internal equity, the candidate's qualifications, and the unit's available budget.

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Function: Finance
Subfunction: Business Transactions and Services
Career Band and Level: T3