Sr. Grants and Contracts Analyst

The Department of International Health, Human Nutrition is seeking a Sr. Grants & Contracts Analyst. This position will coordinate and manage financial and administrative activities in the development of sponsored and some non-sponsored project submissions for assigned faculty in the Human Nutrition Program within the Department of International Health. Primary duties include development and support with grants and proposal preparation, submission, budget development including narrative and financial aspects of submissions. This will also include account maintenance and oversight, billing/invoicing, reporting, compliance, and closeout. Develop financial reports for forecasting and results analysis and ensures compliance with university and/or agency and foundation regulations and restrictions. This position reports directly to the Financial Manager in Human Nutrition to ensure smooth and efficient functioning for the related proposals and awards.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Partner with and act as liaison and final point of contact with departmental faculty and/or staff and the Office of Research Administration (JHURA) toward the planning and development of assigned application submissions to various private agencies/foundations, commercial companies and some federal offices.
  
• Understand and utilize institutional policies for pre-award grant process and sponsor guidelines.
  
• Submit and review all grant proposals for assigned faculty. Process review involves checking for accuracy, content, and adherence to all relevant guidelines and compliance with the University and/or agency regulations and restrictions.
  
• Manage all assigned grant proposal submissions to ensure timeliness and accuracy for assigned Faculty/Principal Investigator (PI) review.
  
• Manage related post-award processes, including award setup, review, account setup verification, and ensuring that faculty/staff payroll is setup appropriately.
  
• Monitor receipt of payments/revenue from sponsors. May participate in the development of payment schedules.
  
• Reviews and assists Sponsored Projects Shared Services with preparation and submission of all progress reports and Financial Status Reports (FSR’s)
  
• Work with domestic and international sites in terms of compliance, sub awards, invoicing, vendor payments.
  
• Administer the expenditure of funds, ensuring that funds are expended according to sponsoring organizations stipulations and appropriate university guidelines.
  
• Recommend and implement changes to ensure balanced accounts.
  
• Analyze budget patterns, project expenditures and develop financial reports for forecasting, trending, and results analysis for assigned PI’s.
  
• Directly works with out of country field offices to report and reconcile foreign expenses on a monthly basis, via Imprest Accounts. In conjunction with foreign offices ensures field project budgets are spent properly and reported according to Johns Hopkins policies.
  
• Participates in regular meetings with foreign offices to ensure compliance to these policies and troubleshoot any areas of concerns.
  
• Monitors employment contracts, agreements, and everyday expenses of field offices and uses them in budget development, expense tracking and projections.
  
• Develop and submit requests for new subaward agreements, independent contractors, and service agreements. See requests through from start to finish.
  
• Monitor sub-recipients invoicing, payment and assists in sub-recipient desk reviews and audits.
  
• Complete the monthly reconciliation process to monitor expenditures on assigned accounts.
  
• Monitor, identify and communicate over expenditures directly to PIs including the Financial Manager and resolves funding shortfalls or surpluses.
  
• Prepare non-payroll cost transfers to fix any erroneous charges as needed.
  
• Submit EFORMS in SAP to allocate salary distributions for assigned faculty/support staff.
  
• Meet regularly with assigned Faculty to review accounts, forecast spending for future grant submissions.
  
• Update salary shortfall reports for review by Financial Manager and related faculty.
  
• Remain updated on changes in policy and sponsors’ requirements.
  
• Identify budget issues, provide alternative solutions and resolve problems
  
• Use various software applications, such as spreadsheets, relational databases, statistical packages and graphics packages to assemble, manipulate and/or format data and/or reports.
  
• As needed, assist in training other budget staff with financial processes, policies and procedures.
  
• Work independently with minimal supervision, manage administrative and financial activities for assigned faculty as they relate to