Associate Director of Finance & Research Administration

Position Title Associate Director of Finance & Research Administration

Reporting to the Director of the Primary Care Research Institute ( PCRI ), the Associate Director of Finance & Research Administration is a key player within the Department of Family Medicine, Primary Care Research Institute ( PCRI ). The Associate Director of Finance & Research Administration will work collaboratively with the Chair of Family Medicine, the Director of PCRI , the Associate Director of Research Development, and the Department Administrator in a variety of complex strategic, fiscal, budgetary, and research administrative activities and processes including: development of the PCRI operational budget, monitoring overall PCRI research performance and capacity, managing and tracking of resource and research commitments, and assisting faculty members and researchers in the full life cycle of sponsored activity from pre- to post-award administration to consistently provide timely, high-quality, and compliant sponsored research administrative services.

• Monitor and advise departmental and PCRI leadership on research capacity, staffing, resource integrity, and IFR revenue generation, providing expert advice to accommodate changes in the research and funding landscape.
• Manage and monitor expenditures to ensure compliance with sponsor requirements, award terms and conditions, and the PCRI operational budget, and recommend corrective actions when variances occur.
• Serve and support faculty as the primary liaison with Sponsored Project Services.
• Collaborate with the Associate Director of Research Development and Principal Investigators (PIs) to identify funding opportunities, monitor sponsor announcements and forecasts, prepare proposals and budgets, respond to financial inquiries, and ensure compliance with sponsor and University requirements for proposal submission.
• Support PIs to provide guidance on budget development, grant submissions, and fiscal management of their awards.
• Review and maintain compliance with federal, state, local, sponsor, and University policies, procedures, and submission requirements.
• Develop the PCRI Annual Operational Budget for approval and assist in developing and presenting the Family Medicine annual budget to the Dean of Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences.

• Assistance with planning, organizing, and supporting staff work.
• Assistance with modifying and maintaining comprehensive files and record-keeping systems, both computerized and non-computerized.
• Assistance with internal auditing, sponsor site auditing, financial transactions (payroll, travel, purchasing, etc.), and ensuring compliance.

• Support project reporting, budget projections, and other ad hoc analyses for departmental leadership.
• Assist faculty with sponsor and University reporting requirements, including annual progress reports (e.g., NIH RPPRs) and Other Support documentation.
• Provide post-award grant management support, including financial monitoring, reconciliation, compliance, effort reporting, and related financial transactions.
• Ensure timely completion of project deliverables in accordance with sponsor deadlines and University policies.

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The Research Foundation of SUNY is an EOE and welcomes all to apply including veterans and individuals with a disability.

• Bachelor’s degree in a field appropriate to the function managed and 5 plus years of pre- and post-award experience in a university or hospital environment.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, project management, and organizational…