Senior Specialist, Grant Compliance and Operations

Location: New York

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** About Audubon
** The National Audubon Society is a leading nonprofit conservation organization with 120 years of science-based, community-driven impact, dedicated to protecting birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow. Birds are powerful indicators of our planet’s health, acting as sentinels that warn us of environmental change and inspire action. Audubon works across the Western Hemisphere, driven by the understanding that what is good for birds is good for the planet.

Through a collaborative, bipartisan approach across habitats, borders, and the political spectrum, Audubon drives meaningful and lasting conservation outcomes. With 800 staff and over 1.9 million supporters, Audubon is a dynamic and ever-growing force committed to ensuring a better planet for both birds and people for generations to come. Learn more at  and on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @audubonsociety.
** Position Summary**:

The Senior Specialist, Grant Compliance and Operations will work closely with the Senior Director, Grants Management as a thought partner and subject matter expert to assess Audubon’s grant compliance adherence and operations across the organization. The Senior Specialist, Grants Compliance and Operations will assist the Senior Director to institute functional process improvements, staff training, and performance measures to meet the ambitious goals of Flight Plan.

The Senior Specialist, Grant Compliance and Operations will develop processes, procedures, policies and trainings to ensure the efficient and effective new ways of working align with the Finance Systems Implementation Project as well as Audubon’s growth ambitions. The Senior Specialist will be responsible for reviewing all grant agreements, assessing internal control and regulatory compliance requirements. The Senior Specialist will advise on international expansion efforts via a grant compliance and operations lens.

The Senior Specialist will oversee staff responsible for a portfolio of low value and lightly donor restricted funding.

This position will be hybrid out of our New York, NY or Washington, DC office. We will also consider candidates who are remote within the US.Compensation:

Salary range based on geo-differentials:* $92,000 - $103,000 / year = National* $103,000 - $116,000 / year = Alaska, CA (not San Francisco), Connecticut, D.C., Chicago, Oyster Bay, NY* $115,000 - $129,000 / year = NYC (not Oyster Bay), San Francisco, Seattle
** Additional

Job Description
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* Essential Functions:

*** Ensure all contract and grant agreement documents are reviewed, assessed for risk, and signed in accordance with Audubon’s policy and procedures. Ensure proper grant set-up in financial and grant management systems.
* With the support of the Senior Director, lead the design and documentation of the grant management processes manual/RACI, standard operating procedures and policies in alignment with compliance requirements, organizational structure as well as Audubon’s internal policies. Ensure resources are updated on an annual basis and/or when regulatory requirements change.
* Evaluate opportunities to streamline procedures and increase efficiency and effectiveness with key stakeholders such as Conservation, Public Funding, Institutional Giving as well as other departments within Finance.
* In consultation with the Senior Director, develop and regularly deliver a grants management training curriculum to ensure staff understand internal procedures and regulatory compliance requirements in relation to day-to-day grant management.
* Assist the Senior Director in the development and implementation of Risk Based Grant Management policy and procedures inclusive of categorization criteria and minimum monitoring standards for low, medium. and high-risk awards.
* Act as functional expert on compliance and regulatory standards including, 2

CFR
200, state, local or agency regulations and requirements.  Ensure policies and…