Jobs Board

The Atlanta University Center (AUC) Consortium invites applications for the position of the AUC Data Science Initiative Grants and Finance Manager beginning as early as March 15, 2024. The AUC Data Science Initiative (DSI) is located in Atlanta, GA, and was established in 2019 through an investment from UnitedHealth Group, and is launching HBCU-wide programs with a grant from Mastercard in 2023. The Initiative serves as a hub to catalyze data science education and research across all Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), stewarded by the AUC-member institutions, Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine, and Spelman College, as well as the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library.

As a core member of the AUC Data Science Initiative’s leadership team, the Grants and Finance Manager is responsible for managing a portfolio of grants and contracts from various entities, setting up organizational systems for close monitoring of expenditures, documenting payments, generating periodic financial reports as well as invoices, optimizing the grant administration process, preparing progress reports, ensuring compliance with grant requirements, managing grant databases, engaging with funding agencies, and defining and educating the team on financial processes and policies of the AUC Consortium.

To perform this job successfully, the Grants and Finance Manager must be able to handle fast-moving, competing priorities in a growing initiative by effectively leveraging resources to meet deadlines for numerous projects. To carry out these duties, the ideal candidate should demonstrate high integrity in financial matters and will work to build processes that are improved over a period of time.

The Grants and Finance Manager reports to the AUC Data Science Initiative’s Director and works closely with the AUC Data Science Initiative’s staff and the AUC Consortium’s operations and accounting staff.

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https://aucenter.edu/contact/auc-employment/

Contact Name* *

Talitha Washington

Contact Email* *

twashington@aucenter.edu