- Manage accurate and timely financial reporting of grant activities, including providing progress updates to sponsors, stakeholders, and institutional leadership.
- Evaluate and refine grant management processes, systems, and workflows to enhance efficiency, effectiveness, and compliance, fostering a culture of continuous improvement within the grants management team and across the institute.
- Ensure compliance with federal regulations, sponsor requirements, and institutional policies throughout the post-award grant lifecycle, including but not limited to Uniform Guidance.
- Identify and mitigate financial, administrative, and compliance risks associated with grant activities, working closely with other stakeholders to implement/improve controls and procedures to safeguard against potential issues.
- Provide training and support to principal investigators, research staff, and departmental administrators on grant management best practices, policies, and procedures.
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related field.
- 5+ years of related work experience with grants and/or program management in a biotech industry or related field.
- Ability to understand complex business drivers, develop insights utilizing a data-driven approach, and communicate succinctly to a range of different audiences (principal investigators, administration colleagues, and lab coordinators).
- Adaptable to changing priorities while effectively managing multiple commitments.
- Strategic mindset coupled with the desire to constantly improve the status quo.
- Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills with proven experience in cultivating cross-collaborative working relationships across an organization.
Grants Accounting Manager - Torrey Pines, United States - Transition Staffing Group
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Job Description
Job DescriptionTSG is excited to partner with a leader in the Life Sciences industry looking for a Grant Accounting Manager to join their team. The Grant Accounting Manager will ensure compliance with all grant regulations, policies, and guidelines, and will play a key role in supporting our research initiatives. This role is pivotal in managing and overseeing the financial aspects of both federal and non-federal grants. If you're looking to bring your knowledge of grant accounting to a mission-driven organization that has a proven 100 year history in the biotech space, apply below to be considered
Grants Accounting Manager
Direct-Hire, San Diego 92037
Pay: $90,000-$130,000
Position Summary
The Grants Accounting Manager will have a strong financial accounting background and will be a vital part in ensuring both the tactical management and stewardship of externally funded grants (federal and non-federal).
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