Grant Development Specialist Ii
• Assisted tracking of grants. Aided faculty in interpreting award terms and conditions. Serves as a resource to administration, and faculty in preparing, developing, reviewing, and submitting grant and contract proposals and applications. Primary contact with pre-award on grant. Advises faculty on strategic budget development. Prepared progress, renewals, revisions, & grant close-out reports. Worked in federal and private research systems such as ASSIST, Workspace, and Proposal Central. Ensured compliance with federal, state, and agency regulations regarding pre-and post-award administration • Managed budgets for grants, research incentives, & startup accounts. Approved expenditures. reconciled accounts monthly and took action to correct errors. Prepared documentation related to cost transfers, budget revisions, and fund statements. Ensured payments for invoices, check requests, and deposits were applied in the financial system and reflected in financial reports• Assigned personnel to accounts by budgets and award terms and worked closely with the Department Administrator to ensure personnel actions were submitted; reviewed effort monthly via the pre-payroll report and indicated corrections needed. Worked in the Effort Reporting System to ensure cost-sharing is applied to the grant/s and that faculty and staff certify their effort. Assisted program personnel in the development of program budgets and monitored budgets • Interpreted data to determine past financial performance to develop and prepare financial reports for financial analysis, forecasting, and trending. Reviewed and analyzed data to solve sponsored research problems; escalated issues so that appropriate action could be taken. Serves as primary contact with post award on grant-related matters and with the Research Institute for incentive-related issues. Authorizes and reviews purchase orders, ensuring all required documentation is secured and on file• Processes P-card allocations & approved monthly