Post Award Senior Specialist

About Us Are you ready to join a community leading in innovative teaching and learning? Kennesaw State University is one of the 50 largest public institutions in the country. With our growing enrollment and global reach, we are enjoying increased prominence among Georgia s colleges. We offer more than 150 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees to over 43,000 students. Our entrepreneurial spirit, high-impact research, and Division I athletics also draw students from throughout the region and from 92 countries across the globe. Our university s vibrant culture, career opportunities, and rich benefits make us an employer of choice. We are searching for talented people to join our mission. Come to KSU and find your passion. Location Our Kennesaw campus is located at 1000 Chastain Road NW, Kennesaw, GA 30144. Job Summary Responsible for the administration and daily oversight of post award grant actives for sponsored programs portfolios. Creates financial reports, statements, and analyzes expenditures for compliance with budget, policies, and guidelines. Responsible for ensuring compliance based on KSU policy, sponsor guidelines, and state and federal regulations and identifying deviations as well as account management problems. Coordinates the correction and adjustment of entries through cost transfers. Reviews and approves entries and reconciles accounting information to the approved budget. Assists PI's with generalized or specialized post award support Builds and maintains partnering relationships with internal stakeholders and other operational departments while acting as a liaison with sponsors. Responsibilities KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 1. Manages and assists faculty in all phases award management, reporting and compliance through the lifecycle of the sponsored program 2. Advises on and contributes to applicable policies and procedures for grant related expenditures, procurement, human resources, travel, and compliance 3. Reviews and approves procurement, travel reimbursements and GRA hiring requests 4. Reconciles grants and monitors rate of expenditures 5. Advise on allowable expenditures per award terms and conditions 6. Provides timely budget reports and assists with rebudgets 7. Obtains prior approval from sponsor when necessary 8. Coordinates with faculty and Grants Accounting to submit sponsor required reporting 9. Responsible for effort reporting system management, effort reviews, and salary savings estimations 10. Interacts regularly with and provides high quality customer service to faculty members conducting sponsored research 11. Assists with team and faculty training 12. Serves as primary intermediary with all pertinent sponsors, faculty, staff and campus entities 13. Ensures adherence to quality standards, all policies, and award regulations Required Qualifications Educational Requirements Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution of higher education. Required Experience Three (3) years of experience in the management and/or administration of externally sponsored activity within a university, non-profit institutions or academic medical center setting Experience with