[Hiring] Grants & Uniform Guidance Finance Consultant @AlphaX

Role Description

AlphaGov is engaging a Grants & Uniform Guidance Finance Consultant for current post-award research finance work with universities, research institutes, and public agencies that manage federal awards. You will bring hands-on sponsored-projects accounting experience to strengthen compliance, close out awards cleanly, and prepare for audits.

What you'll do:

• Review post-award financial processes against 2 CFR 200 cost principles, allowability, allocability, and documentation standards
• Assess effort reporting and certification practices, including cost sharing and salary charged to awards
• Analyze F&A (indirect cost) rate application, negotiated rate agreements, and cost-allocation methods on sponsored projects
• Reconcile sponsored-project ledgers, cost transfers, drawdowns, and financial reports to sponsor requirements
• Lead or support award closeouts, including final financial reports, residual balances, and subaward closeout
• Strengthen subrecipient monitoring, internal controls, and written procedures ahead of Single Audit review
• Contribute qualifications and past-performance narrative to AlphaGov proposals when you authorize naming

Qualifications

• Experience in university or research-institution post-award or sponsored-projects accounting
• Working knowledge of 2 CFR 200 (Uniform Guidance), including cost principles, effort reporting, and F&A application
• Hands-on experience with award closeouts, cost transfers, and federal sponsor financial reporting
• Comfortable as a 1099 project-based consultant, remote-first with occasional client travel

Requirements

• Experience supporting Single Audit or federal agency audits and reviews
• Familiarity with research administration or grants accounting systems (for example Workday, Kuali, Huron, or PeopleSoft Grants)
• CRA, CPA, or a comparable certification