Financial Professional; General and Projects

Job Summary

The Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering welcomes applications for a Financial Professional! This role is an integral part of the financial administration team, reporting to the Financial Manager. The position primarily involves providing financial management and faculty support, including contract and grant management, accounting and finance, procurement, and travel and expense reimbursement. The role communicates rules, provides training, corrects transactions, ensures records completion, evaluates reporting efficiency, and recommends revisions.

Supplemental support to the department is also provided.

CU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. We are committed to creating a workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity, and we encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

• Performs project budget oversight including monitoring, tracking and reconciliation of transactions, projections, variances, and payroll funding distributions; prepares and submits budget revisions and funding updates; provides financial spreadsheets, summaries, and reports; meets regularly with the Principal Investigator and/or Financial Manager.
• Provides proposal and award advisement including assisting with preparation of budgets and narratives for grant applications, resource and fund management, and offers procedural and regulatory advisement in alignment with sponsor, Federal, State, and university requirements to ensure compliance.
• Performs post-award tasks including purchasing goods and services; creating subcontract standing purchase orders; monitoring project end dates; requesting extensions and supplemental funding; requesting additional speed types and allocating the appropriate budget; and aiding in the award closeout process.
• Reviews award terms and conditions to create spreadsheets to track reporting timelines for financial management; communicates all timelines and award conditions with each PI and ensures all reporting timelines are met.
• Manages and maintains complete regulatory files, including approval and sponsor correspondence.
• Assists with sponsored project close‑out procedures; removes unallowable charges from projects; ensures projects are posted for close‑out; reviews closing projects 90, 60, and 30 days prior to project end date and completes close‑out tasks recommended by the University Controller’s Office.
• Ensures sponsored project charges are allowable, applicable, and allocable to the project based on the Code of Federal Regulations Uniform Guidance (UG) and University Department policies and procedures, under the direction of the Finance Manager.
• Works cooperatively with Principal Investigator (PI) and departmental staff, as well as other campus departments and personnel (such as Campus Controllers Office (CCO), Office of Grants and Contracts (OCG), and Procurement Service Center (PSC)).
• Participates in training in the area of business practices, university, and state regulations, and the use of data processing systems, as assigned.
• Creates department tools and resources to assist faculty and staff to streamline project management.
• Provides additional contract and grant management support to Mechanical Engineering faculty as needed.

• Performs standard accounting functions to support budget, accounts payable, accounts receivable, procurement, and travel and expense reimbursement activities including preparation of journal entries; verification of accounting codes and fund assignments; month‑ end, quarter‑ end and year‑ end closes; reconciliations and audits; data collection, analysis and retention; reporting and records management.
• Conducts research and provides resolution to complex accounting problems, including investigation and analysis of data to ensure accuracy and completeness and performs corrective actions.
• Ensures fiscal operations in accordance with Federal, State, and university fiscal policies and procedures.
• Support…