Project Manager - grants management - Must be local to Richmond, VA

Hybrid/Local VA Govt (must) grants management PM (15+) with accounting/budgeting/reporting, change/contract management, WebGrants, Salesforce, Cardinal experience

Requirement/Must Have:

• Expertise in grants management process life cycle - 10+ years.
• Extensive experience implementing and managing enterprise-grade grants management software - 10+ years.
• Experience in or working with public sector/government (local, federal or state) - 5+ years.
• Experience in grant accounting, budgeting, and reporting - 10+ years.
• Detailed experience in process improvement, change management, and project management - 15+ years.
• Capacity to apply industry best practices impacting policies and procedures - 10+ years.
• Demonstrated ability to adapt to new systems and procedures rapidly - 10+ years.
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented professional - 10+ years.
• Effective oral and written communication skills - 15+ years.

Responsibilities:

• Provide strong expertise and guidance in order to support the organization in implementing a pilot Grant Management platform with the aim of migrating all grant activity into the new platform early next calendar year.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in grant management practices and federal uniform guidance standards.
• Work with dedicated SMEs to assess current work processes as it relates to the entire grant life cycle and illustrate how to best integrate those processes into the software platform.
• Develop and implement processes within grants management software.
• Assess and advise the agency on common/best practices and identify operational efficiencies as they relate to grant applications, review and contract agreements.
• Assess and advise the agency on common/best practices as it relates to paying grantee invoices (claims), grant accounting and reporting and how to best capture these practices using software platforms.
• Assess and advise the agency on monitoring grant expenditures (including identifying inactivity), and the grant close-out/de-programming process.
• Work closely with agency staff and system vendors to improve workflows and processes.
• Develop materials to support system changes, policy and procedures changes, training, etc. (including developing process workflow diagrams and field dictionaries).
• Document all decision points and obtain approvals. Update and/or provide oversight with developing policies and procedures on revised workflows.
• Provide weekly status updates and communicate issues and/or risks identified.

Nice to Have:

Specific experience with WebGrants and/or Salesforce, or similar grant applications - 5+ years.

Knowledge of Virginia specific platforms (e.g. Cardinal) and procurement requirements - 5+ years.

Experience working with federal grant requirements and multi-year capital improvement programs - 5+ years.

Background collaborating with cross functional project teams within the public sector - 5+ years.