Sr Manager, Finance/Res Admin

About the role

Reporting to the Senior Director of Finance and Research Administration for the Department of Neurology and Sergievsky Center, the Senior Manager, Finance and Research Administration will oversee research administration processes and overall financial management services supporting Principal Investigators (PIs) in the department. The Senior Manager, Finance and Research Administration will jointly manage with the Senior Director, a team of financial and grants analysts to support these functions.

Responsibilities

• Assists PIs in the development, review, submission and renewal of various types of sponsored project proposals from a variety of sponsors including NIH, private foundations and industry; directly manages timelines and the overall progression of work undertaken by analyst’s teams to ensure the on-time completion of high quality, responsive, and compliant proposal applications
• For awarded proposals, liaises with Sponsored Projects Administration (SPA) office to ensure timely setup of award, pre award compliance requirements are met and all subawards are established
• Ensures that all award reporting requirements (quarterly and/or annual progress and financial reports) are completed according to sponsor and institutional requirements and timeframes
• Maintains complete electronic filing of award documents, including original grant proposal, financial and programmatic reporting, and records that will assist with ongoing grant proposal and reporting requirements (i.e. facilities and resources documents, other support pages)
• Ensures departmental adherence to internal sponsored project compliance requirements (i.e. PI expense attestations, cost transfer audit documentation)
• Manages sponsored project effort reporting and certification process; advises and assists PIs in the effort certification process as needed
• Management of timely cyclical budget vs. actual reconciliation of sponsored and non-sponsored funding sources and salary allocations of faculty and staff
• Maintains funding overviews/forecasts for faculty in assigned divisions and meets with faculty to review on a regular basis
• Supervises above financial management processes for analysts
• Participates in creation of financial reporting (division and faculty P&Ls) and reviews with faculty to identify opportunities for improvement
• Coordinate and manage personnel capacity and