University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus 

Department: Cancer Center

Job Title: Finance Manager

Position #: 709257 – Requisition #: 38012

Job Summary:

The Cancer Center is looking to hire a full-time Post-Award Manger to provide financial oversight of a broad portfolio of grants, contracts and gift funds. The Post-Award Manager leads the post-award administration for sponsored research in the Cancer Center, overseeing financial stewardship, compliance, reporting, and closeout activities. This role supervises a team of post-award specialists and collaborates with faculty investigators, departmental administrative offices, and central research administration to ensure effective and compliant management of grant and contract funding. This position is also expected to work collaboratively with the direct supervisor while also working autonomously and must have the ability to balance both as the situation dictates. This position will manage three (3-4) Staff Accountants and will report to the Cancer Center Finance Program Director.

• Professional Field:  Accounting, Finance, Fiscal Management, Compliance, Business Services
  Supervision Received:  This position reports to Cancer Center Finance Program Director.
  Supervision Exercised:  This position supervises 3-4 accountants.

Examples of Work Performed:

Managerial - 33%

• Supervise, mentor, and develop a team of post-award analysts, ensuring timely and accurate performance management, training, and professional growth.

• Maintain existing tools in Smartsheet and Excel and develop new tools/process improvements as needed.

• Backup for all post-award duties.

Compliance – 33%

• Ensure awards have been set up accurately, including award attributes, payroll distributions, effort allocations, and budget allocations.

• Manage subawards and subrecipient monitoring—setup, invoicing, approvals, and documentation—to ensure sponsor compliance and timely billing.

• Ensure compliance with federal regulations (Uniform Guidance 2 CFR 200, FAR), state, and sponsor-specific requirements; support internal and external audits.

Budget Management – 34%

• Prepare and submit financial status reports; monitor award budgets; forecast expenditures; process no-cost extensions; and perform award closeouts in alignment with sponsor and institutional policies.

• Serve as the primary liaison among principal investigators, departmental administrators, the Office of Research Administration, and external sponsors to troubleshoot and resolve post-award issues.

Work Location:

Remote – this role is eligible for a fully remote schedule