Grant Program Associate
• Maintained a grant portfolio of ~65 grants, both domestic and foreign, totaling ~$60M.• Reviewed submitted proposals for charter compliance, including budgets and budget narratives, worked through revisions with applicants, both foreign and domestic.• Provided assistance for principal investigators (PI) and project staff throughout life cycle of grant. • Facilitated grant agreements and post-approval grant revisions, reviewed periodic grant requirements and reports, assisted with grant closures, and tracked deadlines. • Generated change requests, financial reports, and expenditure responsibility reports. • Closed out 21 change requests, 31 financial reports, and 33 expenditure responsibility reports in 2022.• Closed out 30 grants and ran point on 2 complex grant transfers in 2022.• Tracked and reviewed 74 payments totaling ~$14.1M in 2022.• Created and maintained reporting schedules, deadlines, and requirements to ensure consistent grant processing.• Collaborated with quality assurance department to ensure all expenditure responsibility requirements were addressed and resolved. • Collaborated with P&T department and operations staff to maintain JTF charter compliance with all grants and grantmaking activities.• Consulted with operations staff to devise grant process improvements, e.g., grant monitoring and maintenance manual guidelines and budget process systems.• Coordinated with legal department in generating contracts for attendees of overseas planning meetings.• Prepared documents for review by Foundation President, Board of Trustees, and Program Director.• Ensured that IRS and OFAC guidelines were adhered to. • Provided administrative support to department, including internally developed funding initiatives and requests for proposals (RFP), and participated in process improvement working group.• Assisted with organizing planning meetings, both domestic and overseas.• Tracked and submitted department expense reports.
