Manager of Grants Compliance

Family Promise is the nation's leading nonprofit dedicated to preventing and ending family homelessness. Through our national federated network of nearly 180 locations, Family Promise mobilizes community stakeholders to provide prevention and shelter services, housing stabilization services, and affordable permanent housing to families with children in a housing crisis.

As the organization enters its next chapter of growth and national impact, we are seeking a Manager of Grants Compliance who will strengthen Family Promise's grant management and compliance infrastructure, ensure responsible stewardship of public and private funding, and support effective grant implementation across the national office and Affiliate network.

Family Promise National is seeking a Manager of Grants Compliance to join our Finance Team. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, this role is responsible for ensuring strong financial and administrative compliance across a portfolio of private, corporate, foundation, state, and federal grants throughout the full award lifecycle.

This is a hands‑on role that combines grants management, financial oversight, compliance monitoring, systems building, and partnership with Family Promise Affiliates and internal teams. The Manager will help ensure grant funds are used as intended, requirements and deadlines are met, risks are identified early, and strong processes are in place as Family Promise expands its grant portfolio, including government funding.

• Manage compliance for a portfolio of private, foundation, corporate, state, and federal grants from award through closeout.
• Review grant agreements and translate financial, reporting, programmatic, and compliance requirements into clear processes and expectations.
• Monitor grant expenditures for allowability, allocability, reasonableness, alignment with approved budgets, donor restrictions, organizational policies, and applicable regulations.
• Oversee grant budgets, spend-down, reporting, revenue reimbursement requests, and related financial activity to support timely and accurate execution.
• Coordinate grant setup and maintenance in Sage Intacct and build dashboards and tools to track spend-down, compliance status, and reporting deadlines.
• Develop and maintain cost-allocation methodologies and time-tracking systems in preparation for larger state and federal awards.
• Apply a risk‑based compliance approach appropriate to each funding source, including Uniform Guidance (2 CFR Part 200) and Single Audit requirements where applicable.

• Partner with other teams to proactively monitor grant implementation, spend-down, reporting, and compliance with our network of Affiliate locations
• Support the development and maintenance of MOUs that clearly define spend-down timelines, reporting requirements, performance thresholds, and other compliance expectations.
• Conduct periodic virtual and on‑site monitoring visits, including review of sample case records, receipts, eligibility documentation, and HMIS/Family Link data to confirm funds are being used as intended and reaching families.
• Lead quarterly and mid‑year check‑ins related to grant spend‑down and reporting, separate from the annual funding allocation process.
• Identify compliance concerns, follow up directly when expectations are not being met, and implement corrective actions and process improvements as needed.
• Build and maintain grant‑specific policies, procedures, monitoring checklists, and a scalable compliance playbook across the grant portfolio.

• Provide guidance and support for audits related to programmatic grant…