Essential Job Duties

As a Post Award Specialist, you will serve as a vital partner to our visionary researchers. You will independently manage a varied portfolio of sponsored programs, taking the lead on the day to day financial actions that keep groundbreaking projects moving forward. You are not just managing accounts, you are the strategic guide who ensures our innovators can focus on their discoveries while you navigate the administrative landscape.

The Impact You Will Have

Expert Portfolio Management You will take full ownership of your assigned portfolios, providing timely follow up and proactive financial management. By interpreting complex requirements and policies, you will become a trusted advisor to your partners, offering clarity on funding increments, reporting deadlines, and fiscal health.

Strategic Compliance and Stewardship You will act as the guardian of project integrity. By monitoring accounts with a keen eye, you will ensure every action aligns with Federal Cost Accounting Standards as well as state and university guidelines. Your expertise ensures that our funding is handled with the highest level of precision.

Independent Decision Making From the initial pre award phase to the final project extension, you will have the authority to make critical decisions. You will independently authorize actions and determine the allowability of expenditures, ensuring that every project remains on a steady and compliant path throughout its entire lifecycle.

Your Professional Journey In this role, your ability to provide expert support on compliance and fiscal issues will be the key to our collective success. You will join a collaborative environment that values independent thinking and professional excellence, where your work directly contributes to the advancement of knowledge and innovation.