Research Administrator, Post-Award I - School of Medicine

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manages post-award activities within a Research Administration Services (RAS) unit in support of an assigned portfolio of grants and contracts.
• Regularly reviews, reconciles, and projects award finances, prepares adjustments and corrections to award budgets, prepares financial reports, and ensures all financial requirements are met at the end of the award.
• Provides high quality customer service to faculty members conducting sponsored research, ensuring adherence to quality standards and all policies and award regulations.
• Creates high quality written documents, sets up award in financial system, distributes award information, coordinates payroll adjustments, reconciles award expenditures and budgets, projects and forecasts future award expenditures, manages budget, reporting and compliance timelines, communicates with PIs on budget and expense adjustments, completes financial reports, monitors compliance with agency and University regulations, assists PIs with non-financial report submissions, coordinates and submits requests for No Cost Extensions, Carryover, rebudgeting requests, changes in scope, and other changes to the award, facilitates the approval of invoices to pay subcontractors, reviews effort reports, manages quarterly effort certification process, applies federal and university rules to management of effort allocation, assists in transferring awards out of the university, closes out all funded projects consistent with university process and timelines.
• Follows and adheres to SOPs related to post-award functions.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree OR an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite software.