Research Administrator Sr

The Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology is looking for a committed, team‑orientated person to join our division. The successful candidate will provide financial forecasting expertise and management support to assigned faculty and funds, predominantly sponsored basic and clinical research grants. The successful candidate will also support the division and department financial infrastructure.

Faculty 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 ensure projects are managed on budget.
• Ensuring proper accounting of funds.
• Budgeting and managing of funds consistent with sponsor/donor intent, with direction from faculty.
• Ensuring encumbrances are properly accounted for.
• Establishing and monitoring subawards and subcontracts.
• Advising administrative and lab staff on allowability and allocability for procurement including review and approval of Pcard and expense reports.
• Reviewing receivables and invoicing for sponsored activity as appropriate.
• Serving as a liaison for faculty with Sponsored Programs and ORSP staff as appropriate to ensure projects are set up and closed out consistent with expectations as well as sponsor and institutional policies.
• Ensuring backup documentation is compiled and appropriately filed as needed.
• Providing divisional financial oversight and guidance to faculty regarding CTSU clinical trial management and accounting.
• Managing all post‑award responsibilities for the division's T32 training grant, working closely with the pre‑award lead and director.
• Managing post‑award change requests, Uniform Guidance reports, and other related sponsored program and research related activities.
• Assisting with sponsored progress reports and development use reporting.
• Managing DBEs and processing PARs for assigned faculty and their lab staff.
• Assisting with effort certification at fiscal year end and when terminations occur mid‑year.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Assisting with divisional all funds budget process.
• Monitoring and communicating faculty clinical performance metrics.
• Coordinating with divisional team to manage and improve internal control processes.

• 5–7 years previous sponsored research financial management, progressive grant and contract experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• BA/BS degree or higher.
• Reliable, motivated person who works well under pressure and can operate responsibly and independently.
• High level of multitasking and prioritizing, concurrently managing numerous awards with varying degrees of complexity.
• Vigorous work ethic cultivating trust and rapport with a variety of constituents including divisional faculty and staff, department, medical school and university administration, and sponsors.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Adelaide to learning new processes and systems as well as contributing to the team effort in creating or modifying them as needed.

• Pre‑award and sponsored programs experience a plus.
• Advanced degree preferred.

The University of Michigan is an equal employment opportunity employer.