Grants and Compliance Manager, NA

• You have experience setting up and managing government grant compliance monitoring systems and developing and implementing relevant tools
  
• You have excellent financial skills relating to budgeting and financial reporting
• You are comfortable working remotely and with team members in different time zones
  
• You have to ability to coordinate with other CDP entities across the globe

Your day-to-day

• Interpret granting agency regulations and policies for the departments, monitor funded projects to prevent over-expenditure of funds, ineligible expenditures and ensure awards are fully expended.
• Review policies and recommend changes as needed to maintain compliance with granting agencies requirements.
• Assist in development of grant budgets.
• Provide oversight of assigned grant portfolio, including review of proposals, award negotiation, compliance monitoring, administration, and closeout to ensure these are in line with donor requirements.
• Negotiate, draft and issue new awards and amendments as requirement over the life of the assigned agreements and prepare other correspondence as necessary.
  
• Identify training and tool needs on agreement management within the various teams, provide trainings as appropriate, and develop tools as needed.
  
• Provide support on any financial/donor audits or internal reviews, and conduct desk top reviews of agreement deliverables and site visits, ensuring proper documentation and coordination as appropriate.
  
• Serve as administrative contact for grants management, donor regulations, and required reporting.
  
• Help with donor regulations on sourcing and procurement procedures for goods and services in addition to internal organizational procurement procedures, including partners.
  
• Assist with projects related to personnel on-boarding, agreement compliance, sub-agreement activities, agreement templates, and organizational policies and procedures.
  
• Responsible for compliance as to each CDP jurisdiction.

Bonus points

• Generous PTO. Tackling the world’s biggest environmental challenges is no easy feat – we offer a generous 20 days of annual leave to keep our employees energized.
  
• Paid holidays. We recognize 15 paid holidays, including winter break, and pay homage to our diversity by offering one additional floating holiday of your choice for religious or cultural celebrations, per year.
  
• Health and wellness. We strive to ensure the health and wellbeing of our staff –employees receive excellent health, dental and vision benefits and paid sick leave.
  
• Learning and career growth. We are committed to the growth and development of each individual team member. We offer continuous learning opportunities and training for personal development.
  
• Future planning: We know it is important to plan for the future. We provide our employees with both a non-contributory 401K, and an optional additional contributory 401K. We also offer life insurance.
  
• Commuter benefits: We know commuting can be a pain – we offer commuter benefits and a Citibike membership to employees to make life a little easier.
• Fun. We take our work seriously, but we don’t take ourselves (too) seriously. We regularly take time out for fun and festivities, from all-staff retreats, to happy hours, to summer outings and an end-of-year holiday celebration!

CDP North America is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of justice, equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility both within our workplace and across our larger organizational impact. Candidates of color and/or from marginalized backgrounds are highly encouraged to apply for this role.