Grant Specialist

Grant Specialist to become part of our team and play a key role in supporting critical initiatives! In this role, you will provide expert guidance on the procedural, legal, and operational requirements for terminating grants, ensuring compliance with agency and U.S. Government regulations. This is a hybrid, full-time role working closely with Contracting Officers (COs), legal counsel, technical offices, and partners.

• Maintain a high level of commitment while tending to multiple tasks and priorities with attention to detail.
• Perform financial administration functions including expenditure review, and reimbursement processing.
• Coordinate with the AO when problems or conflicts occur that might impact the timely completion of work.
• Collaborate with grant recipients and AO to ensure all closeout actions are completed.
• Compose closeout letters (as applicable) for dissemination to grant recipients.
• Review and process actions necessary for proper closeout of Federal awards.
• Process actions in required grants and financial management system.
• Request and review final indirect cost rate agreements, as necessary.
• Perform final review of completed awards and required reports and make recommendations to the AO.
• Review financial reports submitted by grant recipients and verify accuracy of financial report; recommend follow-up actions to the AO as applicable.
• Ensure completeness of grants file and track closeout actions.
• Monitor the status of the de-obligation of Federal funds.

• Position requires US citizenship and ability to successfully pass a government background investigation.
• Must be able to support/work core hours of  Washington DC time regardless of hybrid location.
• Education:
  
  Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Experience:
  
  5 years' experience in USG grant management with at least 1 year of experience terminating grants and final award budgets.
• Capability to quickly assimilate new information and develop proficiency with unfamiliar subject areas, e.g. Government to Government, Title II, Interagency Awards, and Public International Organizations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with the ability to work independently in a virtual team environment.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite to include Teams or similar workplace chat and videoconferencing tools.