Senior Lead – Grant Reimbursement and Closeout

Brightspeed

Senior Lead overseeing reimbursement execution and compliance for broadband grant programs. Collaborating with Finance and Accounting to ensure accuracy and timely submissions.

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

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Manage the end-to-end reimbursement workflow across active broadband grant programs
Validate expenditure support, financial backup, and related reimbursement documentation for completeness, consistency, accuracy, and compliance with grant requirements
Maintain reimbursement trackers, closeout schedules, and visibility into submission timing, outstanding items, expected receipts, and reimbursement status
Serve as the primary cross-functional interface with Finance and Accounting for cost support, expenditure validation, receivables follow-up, and financial closeout documentation
Lead reimbursement-related support for ARPA closeout, including final package readiness, issue resolution, and follow-up on incomplete, disputed, or missing support
Build, maintain, and improve templates, standard operating procedures, and controls for reimbursement and closeout work
Direct contractor work supporting reimbursement activities, file organization, documentation gathering, and closeout package preparation
Identify reimbursement, documentation, financial compliance, and closeout risks
Coordinate with the reporting and compliance Senior Lead
Support responses to financial documentation requests, audit inquiries, closeout reviews, and related agency or stakeholder requests
Monitor recurring deadlines and deliverables across multiple grant programs to ensure timely completion of reimbursement and closeout obligations

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree required
5–7 years of experience in grant compliance, financial operations, reimbursement processing, regulatory reporting, audit support, program controls, or related financial compliance functions
Strong experience in grant reimbursement, grant financial operations, closeout support, or a comparable documentation-intensive financial compliance role required
Financial-related certifications or directly relevant financial operations experience strongly preferred
Experience working in a deadline-driven, regulated, or audit-sensitive environment required

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401K plan with company match
Paid time off
Employee assistance program
Comprehensive benefit program

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Hard Skills & Tools

grant compliancefinancial operationsreimbursement processingregulatory reportingaudit supportprogram controlsdocumentation managementfinancial compliancerisk identificationdeadline management

Soft Skills

cross-functional collaborationissue resolutionorganizational skillsattention to detailcommunication skillsproblem-solvingleadershiptime managementadaptabilitystakeholder engagement

Certifications

financial-related certifications