Grants and Fiscal Manager (Finance)

Salary: $65,000–$75,000 annually, commensurate with experience, education, and qualifications.

Company

The Western Transportation Institute at hirify.global conducts applied research and technology transfer programs addressing transportation challenges in rural America.

What you will do

• Coordinate fiscal and human resources activities for the institute and support fiscal oversight of major transportation programs.
• Prepare grant proposal budgets, project amendments, subaward requests, contracts, procurement documents, and sole-source justifications.
• Monitor grant budgets, expenditures, cost share, invoices, payroll, timesheets, and salary allocations for accuracy and compliance.
• Process sponsor amendments and contracts and meet financial reporting requirements of funding agencies.
• Coordinate with Principal Investigators, Procurement, Sponsored Programs, Fiscal Shared Services, and Human Resources.
• Prepare financial projections and support budgeting for large, complex, multi-year grants.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business management, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Progressively responsible fiscal management experience, including budget preparation, monitoring, and financial reporting.
• Experience with computerized accounting systems, spreadsheets, databases, and word-processing software.
• Technical expertise in grants and contracts administration and reporting, including federal rules and regulations.
• Strong skills with Windows-based applications used for financial management, business operations, project management, communications, and productivity.
• Strong written and oral communication, organization, decision-making, adaptability, and ability to handle confidential information.

Nice to have

• Administrative and fiscal management experience in higher education.
• Experience managing large, complex, multidisciplinary grants and contracts.
• Knowledge of hirify.global and State of Montana policies and procedures.
• Working knowledge of CatBooks and Banner financial data systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time, benefits-eligible professional appointment.
• Work involves independent and team-based collaboration with internal and external constituents.
• Position is contingent upon continued grant funding.
• This position is not eligible for new sponsorship.

Hiring process

• Applications are reviewed continually until the position is filled.
• Required documents are a resume and cover letter.