Northwest HERC

Job Description:

• Lead monthly financial projections, burn-rate analyses, and reconciliations across the portfolio. Identify gaps in current expenditure and grant financial management practices and develop tools/templates that enhance grant performance.
• Maintain accurate, audit-ready documentation and ensure that financial practices follow internal controls, procurement standards, and award/subaward terms and conditions. Prepare timely, accurate, and compliant financial reports for internal leadership and external funders.
• Partner with the Program Director to design and launch a microgrants mechanism capable of issuing seventy plus (70+) awards annually. Select and configure appropriate software and establish processes in collaboration with University stakeholders to handle efficient disbursements and compliance tracking.
• Provide financial and compliance oversight and monitoring of subgrantees, microgrant recipients, and key vendors; identify and track emerging risks; and work with the Program Director to manage risks and resolve issues.
• Manage documentation and accounting for all leverage commitments across the portfolio ($2M). Document and verify matches in real-time to ensure institutional compliance.
• Offer targeted training to seminary staff, partners, and microgrant recipients on compliance expectations and financial best practices.
• Serve as a key partner to the Program Director in portfolio-wide planning, risk identification and management, and scenario modeling. Manage key relationships with University stakeholders and external partners.
  
  

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Three plus (3+) years of direct experience in grants financial management or nonprofit financial management.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail, with proven ability to maintain comprehensive oversight while effectively triaging emerging issues to determine which require immediate leadership attention.
• Demonstrated experience building or improving fit-for-purpose financial systems and workflows.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel. Direct experience configuring grant management, accounting, or business analytics software is highly preferred.
• Demonstrated commitment to the ATS mission and the ability to work effectively and deliver results in a collaborative and consensus-driven environment.
• Applicant must be currently authorized to work in the United States. Ashland University will not sponsor or take over sponsorship for an employment visa.

Applicant Portal URL: 8418

About Ashland University

Ashland University, ranked in the top tier of colleges and universities in U.S. News and World Report’s National Universities category for 2017, is a mid-sized, private university conveniently located a short distance from Akron, Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio. Ashland University places great emphasis on the importance of each individual. The phrase “Accent on the Individual” has been our motto for many years and, hopefully, characterizes well the nature and content of the campus environment. It means that our concern for the student extends beyond ensuring a quality education in the classroom and laboratory to include a commitment to provide a stimulating and supportive environment in every respect.Translating the ideas of our Mission Statement into the realities of everyday life is the responsibility of each Ashland University employee. These ideas must be evidenced daily in the classroom, residence halls, each teaching site, on the playing fields and in our interaction with others. It should be the goal of each Ashland University employee to ensure that our Mission Statement is not merely words on paper but a true reflection of who and what we actually are and intend to be in the future.

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