Brightspeed

Senior Lead, Grant Reimbursement and Closeout

Location:: Charlotte, NC
Opened:: Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Full-time
Remote

Job Summary

Key Responsibilities:
Manage the end-to-end reimbursement workflow across active broadband grant programs, including calendars, package preparation standards, review checkpoints, and submission readiness.
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, including preparation for BEAD reimbursement operations.
Direct contractor work supporting reimbursement activities, file organization, documentation gathering, and closeout package preparation.
Identify reimbursement, documentation, financial compliance, and closeout risks, and escalate issues requiring leadership awareness or intervention.
Coordinate with the reporting and compliance Senior Lead to align on shared deadlines, submission requirements, documentation dependencies, and closeout readiness activities.
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.
May perform other duties as assigned. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities,…

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Job Summary

Key Responsibilities:
Manage the end-to-end reimbursement workflow across active broadband grant programs, including calendars, package preparation standards, review checkpoints, and submission readiness.
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, including preparation for BEAD reimbursement operations.
Direct contractor work supporting reimbursement activities, file organization, documentation gathering, and closeout package preparation.
Identify reimbursement, documentation, financial compliance, and closeout risks, and escalate issues requiring leadership awareness or intervention.
Coordinate with the reporting and compliance Senior Lead to align on shared deadlines, submission requirements, documentation dependencies, and closeout readiness activities.
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.
May perform other duties as assigned. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities,…

View the full job description on Brightspeed's careers site.