Grants Manager

LOWELL COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER Job Description Job Title: Grants Manager Department: Finance Reports to: Controller SUMMARY: The Grants Manager is responsible for the financial oversight and management of Lowell CHC’s public grants.
This position will manage key deliverables throughout the grant life cycle and ensure funder requirements are met and will be the main liaison between Finance, Program Managers, and the Development Office.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Oversee grant spend, ensuring spend is timely, maximized, and in accordance with funding requirements, restrictions, and regulations.
Monitor spending and propose budget amendments as needed; ensure carryover requests and prior approvals are filed in a timely manner.
Acts as the lead in grant budget preparations, ensuring costs are properly captured, financially feasible and sustainable.
Stay abreast of public grant compliance requirements, advice and prepare grant budgets, track program spend, correspond with public funders as required, ensure timely and complete program updates to funders, and ensure that new and existing submission materials are complete.
Prepare updates and assist in forecasting grant activity, including preparing quarterly executive summaries.
Analyze financial data related to grants and contracts, providing Management with funding models and reports to assist in decision-making; make recommendations for future funding pursuits.
Establish key metrics for evaluating grant performance.
Prepare and maintain grant forecast and projections for the fiscal year.
Lead process improvement projects to streamline the grant life cycle and improve compliance.
Ensure grants are properly accounted for and tracked in the Financial Accounting and Reporting System and other grant software.
Tracks and analyzes actual vs.
budget results for all grant departments, ensuring related financial statements properly reflect grant revenue and expenditures.
Ensure the indirect cost rate on public and private grants is maximized.
Responsible for the timely preparation, completion, and filing of all financial reports related to grants and contracts which include, but are not limited to Progress Reports, Uniform Financial Report, PMS-272s, and Federal Financial Reports.
Assists in the preparation of the annual budget for all grant programs, working with program managers to ensure all grants are appropriately accounted for and expenditures have proper reimbursement.
Serves as the Finance liaison to both Lowell CHC program staff and external funding agencies, addressing all questions and concerns related to Health Center grants and contracts.
Works closely with program managers and leadership to ensure funding gaps are identified, and that budgets support program narratives.
Manage the federal reporting system (EHB) for Lowell CHC, tracking reporting requirements, tasks, and perform administrative oversight.
Act as project manager for the close out of expiring grants, coordinating final deliverables with program managers.
Assists in all agency wide, programmatic, and other financial audits as required.
Other duties, as needed and assigned.
Knowledge Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field required; combination of education and experience will be considered.
Experience Five years in an Accounting or Finance position with grants and contracts experience required.
Judgment Ability to make decisions in support of the job requirements.
Ability to analyze financial information in support of ensuring timely and accurate reporting and to identify and correct errors.
Evaluates the possibility of errors in financial information, the likelihood of detection and the potential effects of errors on a departmental and organizational level.