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Grants and Finance Specialist

Option 1 Staffing Services, Inc.
Palo Alto, CA Contractor
POSTED ON 10/5/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/2/2025

Grants and Finance Specialist

Palo Alto, Ca – Hybrid

$40 - $48/hour


Our client is seeking a professional and polished Financial Specialist with Research and Grants experience to join their team. In this opportunity, you will be responsible for overseeing the grant submission process, reviewing documents for completeness and compliance, budgeting, and designing financial reports.


Responsibilities:

  • Participate with the principal investigator(s) in the preparation of the administrative components of proposals within the parameters of sponsored and non-sponsored research guidelines.
  • Oversee and communicate submission process, both paper and electronic; review documents for completeness and compliance.
  • Develop, prepare, and finalize project budgets, and provide budget justification.
  • Ensure awards are set up properly and cost-sharing requirements are fulfilled; initiate cost transfers.
  • Review and approve expenditures, advise on post-award spending and commitment activity, and oversee compliance related to funds and revenue.
  • Develop and communicate reports supporting project status.
  • Create effective forecasting and decision aides.
  • Participate in contract closeout process; submit final reports and certificates.
  • Compile information and documents needed for audit inquiries.


Qualifications:

  • Minimum 3 years of directly related work experience
  • Research and Grants experience is required
  • Bachelor’s degree
  • Experience using Oracle is a plus!


Interested in learning more? Apply now and we are happy to share more details with you!


Option 1 Staffing is an award-winning, statewide, recognized leader in staffing and recruiting, specializing in placing the highest caliber of Non-Clinical Healthcare, Information Technology, Supply Chain, Administrative/Office, and Accounting/Finance professionals in contract and direct-hire opportunities. We work with top and emerging companies in the Technology and Healthcare industry.


We Offer:

  • Excellent opportunity to work for an outstanding, large, and growing company!
  • Awesome Benefits!
  • Excellent salary!
  • Medical Insurance
  • 401K


“Best of Staffing Award”

Best of Staffing Award is the only award in the U.S. that recognizes staffing agencies that have proven superior service quality based entirely on ratings provided by their clients and job candidates. Award winners make up less than 2% of all staffing agencies in North America.

“Top Performer Award”

Top Performer Award by Workforce Logiq highlights high-performing staffing companies who are chosen based on a variety of criteria critical to our clients’ satisfaction, including customers serviced, cycle time, submittals per requisition, percentage of submittals hired, program compliance, fill ratio, and more.

Member American Staffing Association Since 1991.

Salary : $40 - $48

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