Wright State University
Director, Post Award
🇺🇸 Dayton, OH
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $91K
💻 Project Management
🗓️ September 17th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
Wright State University is hiring a Director, Post Award. The role leads all aspects of the university’s sponsored programs financial oversight, ensures internal controls for grant and contract management, oversees effort reporting, and supervises post-award staff by providing training and career development.
Highlights
- Leads financial oversight for sponsored programs, including grant and contract expenditure approvals and month-end closing coordination.
- Supervises post-award staff and manages all aspects of post-award administration from award setup to close-out.
- Oversees university-wide effort reporting and prepares financial reports using Banner accounting software.
- Responds to audit requests related to federal expenditures and sponsor audits.
- Provides training on grant expenditures and effort reporting; collaborates with Pre-Award staff for award transitions.
- Requires proficiency in Banner or similar accounting systems and strong analytical, organizational leadership, and communication skills.
- Minimum qualifications include a bachelor’s degree and 5-7 years of research administration experience with supervisory responsibilities.
- Preferred qualifications are a master’s degree in accounting, finance, or related fields and Certified Research Administrator (CRA) designation.
- Salary starts at $91,000 annually, classified under Salary Band S06.
- Position resides within the Research & Sponsored Programs department; status is full-time (100% FTE) and open until filled.
Director, Post Award Full Description
Director, Post Award
EEO Statement | Wright State University is an equal opportunity employer.
Faculty Rank or Job Title | Director, Post Award
Job Category: | Administrative (exempt/non-exempt)
Department | Research & Sponsored Programs
EEO number: | 26P038
Position FTE | 100%
Minimum Annual or Hourly Rate | $91,000
Salary Band: | S06
Job Summary/Basic Function: | Leads all aspects of WSU’s sponsored programs financial oversight operation; provides the appropriate internal controls that produce a sound financial environment for all grants and contracts awarded to the University; oversees the University’s effort reporting responsibilities; supervising post-award staff, providing training, coaching and career development.
Minimum Qualifications | Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 5-7 years of increasingly responsible experience, including serving in a supervisory role in an office of research administration, or its equivalent, in an institution of higher education, non-profit, or hospital setting. Experience with Banner or other accounting software system and ability to produce and analyze reports from that system. Excellent analytical, problem solving, decision making, organizational leadership and interpersonal skills and outstanding oral and written communication skills
Preferred Qualifications | Master’s degree in accounting, finance or a related field. Minimum of seven years of increasingly responsible experience, including serving in a supervisory role, in an office of research administration in an institution of higher education. Certified Research Administrator (CRA) designation.
Essential Functions and percent of time: | Grant Management (30%) Reviews and approves all expenditures on grant and contract accounts, including Personnel Action Forms (PAF) and e-PAFs, Chrome River transactions for supply and travel expenses, purchase requisitions submitted in the Wright Buy system, all journal vouchers for fund transfers, labor redistributions, and invoices from subcontractors. Receives, distributes, and approves contracts for externally supported Graduate Research Assistants (GRAs). The review process includes ensuring that funds are available, expenditures fall within the start and end dates of the relevant project, funds have been budgeted appropriately, and acceptable documentation has been provided by the initiator. Manages month-end closing with the Controller’s Office. Supervision of Staff (20%)Supervises the Post-Award staff members and oversees the post-award administration for all externally funded grants and contracts from award set-up to close-out. Steps include review and approval of subcontractor agreements and invoices, overall cash management, submission of fiscal reports and documentation of cost-share, and requests for no-cost extensions and budget revisions.University Reporting (20%)Oversees the University-wide effort reporting process.Financial Reporting (10%)Prepares financial reports from Banner for internal use by administration, fiscal services managers and Post-Award staff.Audit Responsibilities (10%) Responds to the Controller’s Office requests for documentation required for the University’s external annual audit of federal expenditures. Responsible for specific sponsor audit requests pertaining to externally funded projects Other Related Duties (10%)Other related duties include providing training for University personnel on matters related to grant and contract expenditures and effort reporting, serving on University committees, responding to requests for ad hoc reports for use by University administration, collaborating with Pre-Award staff to coordinate the transition of awards for set-up.
Essential Functions and percent of time (cont'd): |
Non-Essential Functions and percent of time: |
Working Conditions | Fast-paced office environment. To preserve the safety and security of the campus community and to maintain the integrity of university operations, it is the policy of Wright State University making an employment offer contingent on various background checks, such as a criminal record, credit history when job related and/or education verifications. Additionally, an administrative review shall be conducted whenever the university learns that an employee is charged with or convicted of a crime (except for minor vehicle violations). Frequently asked questions related to background checks may be found on the Human resources website at http://www.wright.edu/human-resources. Effective July 1, 2017, per Policy 7230 Wright State University is tobacco-free. Tobacco use, including the sale, advertising sampling and distribution of tobacco products and tobacco related items is prohibited in all university facilities, on all university owned or leased grounds, university owned or operated residence halls and apartments, and at all university sponsored events regardless of location. Tobacco use is also prohibited in all university vehicles or on any equipment owned, leased or operated by Wright State University. This policy applies to anyone on campus including students, faculty, staff, visitors, consultants, vendors, patients, volunteers, and contractor employees.
Special Instructions to Applicants |
Posting Date | 09/16/2025
First Consideration Date: | 09/25/2025
Closing Date |
Open Until Filled | Yes
Faculty Rank or Job Title | Director, Post Award
Job Category: | Administrative (exempt/non-exempt)
Department | Research & Sponsored Programs
EEO number: | 26P038
Position FTE | 100%
Minimum Annual or Hourly Rate | $91,000
Salary Band: | S06
Job Summary/Basic Function: | Leads all aspects of WSU’s sponsored programs financial oversight operation; provides the appropriate internal controls that produce a sound financial environment for all grants and contracts awarded to the University; oversees the University’s effort reporting responsibilities; supervising post-award staff, providing training, coaching and career development.
Minimum Qualifications | Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 5-7 years of increasingly responsible experience, including serving in a supervisory role in an office of research administration, or its equivalent, in an institution of higher education, non-profit, or hospital setting. Experience with Banner or other accounting software system and ability to produce and analyze reports from that system. Excellent analytical, problem solving, decision making, organizational leadership and interpersonal skills and outstanding oral and written communication skills
Preferred Qualifications | Master’s degree in accounting, finance or a related field. Minimum of seven years of increasingly responsible experience, including serving in a supervisory role, in an office of research administration in an institution of higher education. Certified Research Administrator (CRA) designation.
Essential Functions and percent of time: | Grant Management (30%) Reviews and approves all expenditures on grant and contract accounts, including Personnel Action Forms (PAF) and e-PAFs, Chrome River transactions for supply and travel expenses, purchase requisitions submitted in the Wright Buy system, all journal vouchers for fund transfers, labor redistributions, and invoices from subcontractors. Receives, distributes, and approves contracts for externally supported Graduate Research Assistants (GRAs). The review process includes ensuring that funds are available, expenditures fall within the start and end dates of the relevant project, funds have been budgeted appropriately, and acceptable documentation has been provided by the initiator. Manages month-end closing with the Controller’s Office. Supervision of Staff (20%)Supervises the Post-Award staff members and oversees the post-award administration for all externally funded grants and contracts from award set-up to close-out. Steps include review and approval of subcontractor agreements and invoices, overall cash management, submission of fiscal reports and documentation of cost-share, and requests for no-cost extensions and budget revisions.University Reporting (20%)Oversees the University-wide effort reporting process.Financial Reporting (10%)Prepares financial reports from Banner for internal use by administration, fiscal services managers and Post-Award staff.Audit Responsibilities (10%) Responds to the Controller’s Office requests for documentation required for the University’s external annual audit of federal expenditures. Responsible for specific sponsor audit requests pertaining to externally funded projects Other Related Duties (10%)Other related duties include providing training for University personnel on matters related to grant and contract expenditures and effort reporting, serving on University committees, responding to requests for ad hoc reports for use by University administration, collaborating with Pre-Award staff to coordinate the transition of awards for set-up.
Essential Functions and percent of time (cont'd): |
Non-Essential Functions and percent of time: |
Working Conditions | Fast-paced office environment. To preserve the safety and security of the campus community and to maintain the integrity of university operations, it is the policy of Wright State University making an employment offer contingent on various background checks, such as a criminal record, credit history when job related and/or education verifications. Additionally, an administrative review shall be conducted whenever the university learns that an employee is charged with or convicted of a crime (except for minor vehicle violations). Frequently asked questions related to background checks may be found on the Human resources website at http://www.wright.edu/human-resources. Effective July 1, 2017, per Policy 7230 Wright State University is tobacco-free. Tobacco use, including the sale, advertising sampling and distribution of tobacco products and tobacco related items is prohibited in all university facilities, on all university owned or leased grounds, university owned or operated residence halls and apartments, and at all university sponsored events regardless of location. Tobacco use is also prohibited in all university vehicles or on any equipment owned, leased or operated by Wright State University. This policy applies to anyone on campus including students, faculty, staff, visitors, consultants, vendors, patients, volunteers, and contractor employees.
Special Instructions to Applicants |
Posting Date | 09/16/2025
First Consideration Date: | 09/25/2025
Closing Date |
Open Until Filled | Yes
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