Post Award Manager
CFS
New Haven, CT
Title: Post Award Manager
Work Model: Hybrid 2-3 days, New Haven County
Compensation: $90,000 – $120,000, commensurate with experience and scope of portfolio and a comprehensive benefits package, including retirement contributions, generous time off, and access to professional development resources
Overview
The Post Award Manager provides strategic financial oversight for a large, complex portfolio of externally funded research within a highly respected academic research environment. Reporting to senior research administration leadership, this role partners closely with faculty and administrators to ensure strong financial stewardship, compliance, and informed decision-making across the full research lifecycle.
What Makes this Opportunity Standout?
This role offers meaningful responsibility at the intersection of research, finance, and strategy in an environment that values expertise, integrity, and long-term commitment. It is ideal for professionals seeking impactful work, professional respect, and sustainable career growth.
It also offers…
- Stewardship of a high-impact sponsored research portfolio
- Trusted partnership with faculty and research leadership
- Exposure across post-award management, compliance, reporting, and pre-award planning
- Opportunity to influence outcomes through data-driven financial insight
- Collegial, well-resourced environment with a sustainable pace and long-term outlook
Key Responsibilities
- Lead post-award financial management, analysis, and reporting for a large and complex sponsored research portfolio
- Provide strategic recommendations to faculty and leadership based on financial trends, funding activity, and risk assessment
- Ensure compliance with institutional policies and sponsor regulations; review and approve expenditures
- Interpret sponsor terms and conditions; manage award setup, modifications, extensions, and closeout
- Support proposal development through financial planning and coordination with pre-award partners
- Collaborate with internal offices, external institutions, and sponsoring agencies to ensure effective fund management
- Prepare research administration data, reports, and presentations for senior leadership
- Represent the organization at internal and external research administration meetings and professional forums
- Oversee financial and administrative aspects of specialized research initiatives and donor-funded programs
Qualifications
- Demonstrated grant accounting experience, ideally in post-award research administration or sponsored research finance
- Ability to manage multiple, complex awards with varying funding structures and sponsor requirements
- Strong understanding of compliance, policy interpretation, and financial controls
- Highly analytical, detail-oriented, and comfortable advising senior stakeholders
- Excellent leadership and communication skills with a collaborative approach
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MaxSalary: USD125000
MinSalary: USD115000
About the Company
CFS
Founded by CPA firms in 1994, Creative Financial Staffing has spent over 30 years helping job seekers and employers succeed. In fall 2025, we rebranded as CFS—a name that reflects our full range of expertise while staying true to the trusted company you know.
CFS is the industry’s leading employee-owned staffing firm, connecting top talent in accounting, finance, technology, and human resources. We provide skilled professionals on both a temporary and permanent basis across diverse industries, leveraging our extensive network to match the right people with the right opportunities.
Our dedication to excellence extends to our award-winning culture, recognized repeatedly for growth, recruiting, workplace environment, and employee support. Honors include Forbes’ “America’s Best Recruiting and Temporary Staffing Firms,” Staffing Industry Analysts’ top U.S. staffing rankings, FlexJobs’ Top 100 Companies for Remote and Hybrid Work, Top Workplaces USA, Newsweek’s Best Practices awards, and more.