Senior Lead, Grant Compliance, Reporting and Audit Readiness

Brightspeed

Senior Lead managing grant compliance and readiness at Brightspeed, focusing on broadband services. Leading reporting and audit activities to ensure accurate documentation and compliance.

Posted 5/20/2026full-timeRemote • North Carolina • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the execution and quality control of grant reporting, compliance documentation, evidence management, audit readiness, and closeout support for broadband grant programs.
Ensure reporting submissions, supporting records, and compliance controls are complete, accurate, timely, and defensible.
Manage recurring grant reporting activities across active broadband grant programs, including reporting calendars, submission checklists, templates, and internal deadlines.
Review, validate, and organize supporting documentation, performance metrics, milestone evidence, and records required for grant reporting and compliance submissions.
Lead audit readiness activities, including evidence retention standards, documentation controls, organized file structures, response support, and corrective action tracking.
Interpret grant reporting and compliance requirements and translate them into practical internal procedures, workflows, and control checks.
Partner with the reimbursement Senior Lead on ARPA closeout deliverables, BEAD startup requirements, and other activities where reporting and reimbursement obligations intersect.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree required
5–7 years of experience in grant compliance, regulatory reporting, audit support, risk management, program controls, or related compliance-focused functions
Experience supporting high-volume, deadline-driven work in a regulated environment required
Compliance-related certifications are strongly preferred.
Strong knowledge of grant reporting, compliance documentation, audit readiness, and records management practices.
Ability to interpret external program requirements and operationalize them into repeatable internal processes and controls.
Strong documentation discipline, quality control, and attention to detail.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, especially Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, and Adobe.
Strong organizational and project coordination skills, with the ability to manage multiple deadlines and priorities.
Effective cross-functional collaboration skills and the ability to drive accountability across operational partners.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
Employee assistance program
401K plan with company match
Paid time off
Comprehensive benefit program
Flexible work arrangements

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Hard Skills & Tools

grant complianceregulatory reportingaudit supportrisk managementprogram controlsgrant reportingcompliance documentationrecords managementquality controldocumentation discipline

Soft Skills

attention to detailorganizational skillsproject coordinationcross-functional collaborationaccountabilityability to manage multiple deadlinesinterpretation of requirementsoperationalization of processescommunication skillsproblem-solving

Certifications

compliance-related certifications