Research Financial Administrator Associate

Research Financial Administrator Associate

A cover letter is required for consideration for this position and should be attached as the first page of your resume. The cover letter should address your specific interest in the position and outline skills and experience that directly relate to this position.

Michigan Medicine improves the health of patients, populations and communities through excellence in education, patient care, community service, research and technology development, and through leadership activities in Michigan, nationally and internationally. Our mission is guided by our Strategic Principles and has three critical components; patient care, education and research that together enhance our contribution to society.

Michigan Medicine is one of the largest health care complexes in the world and has been the site of many groundbreaking medical and technological advancements since the opening of the U-M Medical School in 1850. Michigan Medicine is comprised of over 30,000 employees and our vision is to attract, inspire, and develop outstanding people in medicine, sciences, and healthcare to become one of the world’s most distinguished academic health systems.

In some way, great or small, every person here helps to advance this world-class institution. Work at Michigan Medicine and become a victor for the greater good.

What Benefits can you Look Forward to?

• Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage effective on your very first day
• 2:1 Match on retirement savings

Provide high level financial forecasting and management support to assigned faculty, predominantly sponsored basic science research and training grants but also including gift and discretionary funds. This support includes, but is not limited to proactively advising faculty on proper management of funds through monthly reconciling and analysis; proactively alerting faculty to budget deviations and suggesting alternative appropriate courses of action to insure projects are managed on budget;

insuring proper accounting of funds; budgeting funds consistent with sponsor/donor intent with direction from faculty; insuring encumbrances are properly accounted for; insuring funds are managed consistent with sponsor and institutional policies, or donor intent; establishing and monitoring sub-contract awards and sub-contracts to other institutions; advising administrative and lab staff on allowability and allocability for procurement, including initiation of P-Card and expense reports and troubleshooting issues;

reviewing receivables and invoicing for sponsored activity as appropriate; serving as a liaison for faculty with Sponsored Programs and ORSP staff as appropriate to insure projects are set-up and closed out consistent with expectations as well as sponsor and institutional policies; insure backup documentation is compiled and appropriately filed as needed; and managing post-award change requests, budget allocations to sub-projects, UG Monitoring reports, and other related sponsored program and research related activities.

This person will work closely and proactively with PIs to develop budgets, forecasts, and reports for their entire funding portfolio, monitor burn rates, and analyze and explain variances, while keeping the department administrator apprised. This position reports to the Research Administration Manager and will work closely with other departmental staff to coordinate the workflow of financial activities.

Other departmental duties, as assigned.

• A Bachelor's degree in business or related field or equivalent combination of education and work experience
• A minimum of 1 year of related experience including, but not limited to, interpreting sponsor guidelines, completing sponsor forms, and/or budgets and budget justifications
• Strong accounting background especially in the area of sponsored programs and federal requirements
• Managing sponsored, general, auxiliary, and/or gift funds
• Demonstrated attention to detail, analytical and customer service skills
• Demonstrated ability to work with a wide variety of customers
• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to set priorities and manage multiple tasks
• Proven ability to work effectively and efficiently, both as a member of a team and independently
• This position requires a motivated person who works well under deadline pressure and can operate responsibly and independently.
• A successful candidate will work to cultivate trust and rapport with a variety of constituents including departmental faculty and staff, medical school and university administration, and sponsors.

To be considered for this position the applicant must have met or will have met all the required qualifications prior to the start date of employment.

• A working knowledge of the University including eRPM, M-Pathways, M-Reports, Business Objects, eResearch, FINPROD, NIH eRA Commons, and completing…