Senior Lead, Grant Compliance, Reporting and Audit Readiness

Responsibilities

• Lead the execution and quality control of grant reporting, compliance documentation, evidence management, audit readiness, and closeout support for broadband grant programs.
• Ensure reporting submissions, supporting records, and compliance controls are complete, accurate, timely, and defensible.
• Manage recurring grant reporting activities across active broadband grant programs, including reporting calendars, submission checklists, templates, and internal deadlines.
• Review, validate, and organize supporting documentation, performance metrics, milestone evidence, and records required for grant reporting and compliance submissions.
• Lead audit readiness activities, including evidence retention standards, documentation controls, organized file structures, response support, and corrective action tracking.
• Interpret grant reporting and compliance requirements and translate them into practical internal procedures, workflows, and control checks.
• Partner with the reimbursement Senior Lead on ARPA closeout deliverables, BEAD startup requirements, and other activities where reporting and reimbursement obligations intersect.

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 5–7 years of experience in grant compliance, regulatory reporting, audit support, risk management, program controls, or related compliance-focused functions
• Experience supporting high-volume, deadline-driven work in a regulated environment required
• Compliance-related certifications are strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of grant reporting, compliance documentation, audit readiness, and records management practices.
• Ability to interpret external program requirements and operationalize them into repeatable internal processes and controls.
• Strong documentation discipline, quality control, and attention to detail.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, especially Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, and Adobe.
• Strong organizational and project coordination skills, with the ability to manage multiple deadlines and priorities.
• Effective cross-functional collaboration skills and the ability to drive accountability across operational partners.

• grant compliance
• regulatory reporting
• audit support
• risk management
• program controls
• grant reporting
• compliance documentation
• records management
• quality control
• documentation discipline

• attention to detail
• organizational skills
• project coordination
• cross-functional collaboration
• accountability
• ability to manage multiple deadlines
• interpretation of requirements
• operationalization of processes
• communication skills
• problem-solving

• compliance-related certifications

• broadband grant programs
• evidence management
• audit readiness
• submission checklists
• performance metrics
• milestone evidence
• ARPA closeout
• BEAD startup requirements

• Microsoft Office
• Excel
• Word
• Power Point
• Teams
• Adobe