Grants and Gifts Manager

The Philanthropy Grants and Gifts Manager leads post-award grant management (non-research) for Cone Health. In partnership with departmental leaders, grant administrators, and Grants Accounting, the responsibilities include overseeing grant budgets, tracking expenses, and ensuring compliance with grant terms. In addition, the position facilitates movement of gift funds from the Philanthropic Foundation to Cone Health.

Essential Job Function

• External Grants Management: In partnership with the grant administrators, ensure use of grant funds comply with grant agreements and Cone Health policies.
• Process grant award agreements and prepare grant awards, budgets and associated workflows for Workday then monitor and approve expenditures ensuring alignment with grant terms.
• Regularly review project progress and actual versus budget and identify situations that may require changes in grant agreement.
• Provide regular grant progress reports for grant administrators and other Cone Health stakeholders, including the Philanthropic Foundation Board and Cone Health finance leadership.
• Facilitate movement of gifts from the Foundation to Cone Health and provide routine reports for Foundation and Cone Health leadership.

Education

• Required: Bachelor's degree.
• Preferred: Bachelor's (or Master's) degree in business administration, finance, accounting, or a related field.

Experience

• Required: 3 years of relevant experience, preferably in a healthcare or nonprofit setting.
• Working knowledge of accounting principles, experience in financial reporting and budgeting, and grants processes and strong reconciliation skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint), Workday and grants management software.
• Preferred: 5 years of relevant experience.

Licensure/Certification/Listing