Director – Grant Administration Services

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🏈 Alabama, Louisiana, +4 more states – Remote

🏈 Alabama – Remote ⚜️ Louisiana – Remote 🌪️ Oklahoma – Remote 🎸 Mississippi – Remote 🎸 Tennessee – Remote 🤠 Texas – Remote

💵 $80k - $84k / year

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Communities Unlimited

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2014

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

💰 $92.5k Grant - Communities Unlimited on 2024-08

Non-profit • Social Impact

Communities Unlimited is a nonprofit organization that builds rural capacity to create stronger economies, local agency, and prosperous communities across a seven-state service area. It provides technical assistance, training, and innovative lending for small businesses and water/wastewater systems, and supports housing, broadband, healthy foods, and community sustainability initiatives. Communities Unlimited focuses on eliminating persistent poverty in rural America through human-centered economic development, blended financing, and partnership-driven programs.

📋 Description

• Lead the financial and compliance side of a portfolio of roughly $50 million in federal, state, local, philanthropic, and fee-for-service grants and contracts • Report to the Chief Financial Officer • Ensure awards are managed responsibly, remain compliant with Davis-Bacon and Build America, Buy America requirements, and are audit-ready from start to finish • Serve as a subject-matter expert on federal grant requirements • Work closely with funders, clients, contractors, and sub-recipients • Manage grants awarded to municipalities, nonprofits, and contractors through requirements, budget changes, reimbursements, and closeout • Verify domestic content and prevailing wage compliance by reviewing sourcing records and certified payroll, coordinating corrective actions, and training partners • Monitor budgets, expenditures, and financial risk; partner with finance staff on reconciliations, funding reports, and audits • Serve as the main contact for grant administration clients and lead fee-for-service engagements from contract to closeout • Grow fee-based services by building relationships, developing proposals, and meeting revenue and retention goals

🎯 Requirements

• Education Option A: Masters degree with preference for degrees in public administration, accounting, and business administration finance • Minimum of five (5) years of experience administering, monitoring, or managing Davis-Bacon and/or BABA in relation to federal or state grant programs • Education Option B: Bachelor's degree with preference for degrees in public administration, accounting, and business administration finance • Minimum of seven (7) years of experience administering, monitoring, or managing Davis-Bacon and/or BABA in relation to federal or state grant programs • Education Option C: High school degree or equivalent is required and 11 years of relevant experience in public administration, accounting or business administration, including seven (7) years of experience with Davis Bacon and/or BABA • Senior-level oversight of a grant and contract portfolio of approximately $50 million or more, ideally within a nonprofit, public-sector, community development, or consulting environment • Advanced knowledge of 2 CFR Part 200 (Uniform Guidance), including cost principles, procurement, subrecipient monitoring, and audit requirements • Experience managing federally funded infrastructure or capital projects, including Build America, Buy America (BABA) and Davis-Bacon compliance • Strong financial and risk management skills, including budgeting, reimbursement reviews, forecasting, reconciliations, internal controls, and audit readiness • Proven leadership experience managing teams or consultants and developing scalable processes • Strong client-facing, communication, and writing skills, including preparing proposals, scopes of work, budgets, and reports • A related professional certification is preferred, such as CGMS, GPC, or CGFM • Must maintain a valid driver's license, reliable transportation, an acceptable driving record, and at least the state-required minimum personal auto liability insurance coverage • Must be authorized to work in the United States • Must currently reside in Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas, Oklahoma, or Louisiana • Approximately 40% travel required

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance • Health Savings Account with annual employer contributions • Flexible Spending Accounts • Company-paid Short-Term & Long-Term Disability and Basic Life Insurance • Employer 401k Match • Paid holiday, vacation and sick time • Work from home