• Grants Manager

    Aston Carter (New York, NY)


    Immediately Hiring: Grants Manager

    Summary:

    This job is about making sure a transportation agency follows federal rules and stays compliant. You’ll create a system to monitor compliance, check current processes, identify risks, and fix issues. You’ll also handle audits and requests from federal agencies, write reports, and coordinate documents across departments to meet deadlines.

    Description

    Role Accountabilities:

    + Establish a Compliance Oversight and Monitoring Program Plan and framework for internal oversight of federal compliance. The plan will, at a minimum, (a) evaluate existing procedures for adherence to federal requirements, (b) spot check adherence to following existing policies and procedures.

    + Collaborate with GDC departments to identify risks(s) and establish a methodology for selecting and ranking compliance risks by priority and impact to the HTP.

    + Evaluate the highest-ranked risks for adherence to federal rules, regulations, and guidelines.

    + Produce reports and recommendations for corrective action to GDC leadership, while monitoring the implementation to ensure compliance with federal requirements.

    + Tracking letters, audit requests, and reviews initiated by USDOT, FTA, or FRA.

    + Lead the drafting of responses while providing strategic direction to GDC leadership.

    + Manage the request and receipt of supporting documents from relevant departments to ensure submittals in advance of deadlines.

     

    Additional Skills & Qualifications

     

    + Bachelor’s degree in related discipline

    + 7-10 years of prior experience leading an oversight program that measures compliance with FTA experience, including prior experience working as a grant recipient.

    + Strong experience developing and operationalizing new Programs within a fast-paced environment.

     

    Job Type & Location

     

    This is a Permanent position based out of New York, NY.

    Pay and Benefits

    The pay range for this position is $128000.00 - $195000.00/yr.

     

    Medical, Dental, Vision, EAP, 401k, STD, LTD, AD&D, Life insurance, Paid Parental Leave, Reward & Recognition program, Paid Holidays, 20 days PTO

     

    Workplace Type

     

    This is a fully onsite position in New York,NY.

     

    Application Deadline

     

    This position is anticipated to close on Jan 23, 2026.

    About Aston Carter:

    Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® double diamond winner for both client and talent service.

     

    The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

     

    If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email [email protected] (%[email protected]) for other accommodation options.