Research Administrator; RSCH ADM CX

Under general supervision of the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), provide extramural planning and budgetary analysis; serve as one of the compliance officers for department contract and grant activity and act as a resource to the Private Investigators (PIs), department manager, and chair. Gather and apply financial data and University financial management mechanisms to ensure comprehensive and accurate budget construction. Working closely with assigned PIs responsibilities include pre- and post-award processes, budget preparation, analysis, and forecasting, and informing management of moderate budgets.

Conduct financial analysis and effort reporting and participate in financial planning for a wide variety of federal, state, and private grants. Work with Principal Investigators and engineers to understand new proposals, analyze programmatic needs, and make recommendations. Serve as a member of Civil Environmental Engineering (CEE) Contracts and Grants analyst team, providing resources to CEE investigators and research personnel.

• Bachelor’s degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training.
• Experience and knowledge of accounting, mathematics, and financial skills and controls, including financial analysis, assessment and forecasting, auditing, cost accounting and project management.
• Experience to research, mine, create, elicit, analyze, and summarize information from a variety of sources to prepare intricate budgets and accounting and forecasting reports using spreadsheets.
• Experience to coordinate and support completion of assigned projects requiring presenting and managing statistical and financial information in user-friendly formats.
• Computer knowledge and experience to apply various programs (word processing, spreadsheets, databases) and enterprise software to accomplish assignments.
• Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) for preparation of all fiscal responsibilities.
• Strong planning and analytical skills to anticipate challenges and analyze problems, ensure compliance, recognize financial discrepancies and implement corrections.
• Interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills to clearly, effectively, and professionally interact with many internal parties in a large organizational structure to provide information, clarify situations, resolve issues and offer innovative solutions.

• Experience with UC Davis accounting, purchasing, entertainment, travel, and business management practices.
• Knowledge of UC, State, and Federal policies and procedures as it pertains to Fiscal Management and Reporting, Budget and Accounting, Federal Charging Practices, Purchasing, Vendor Relations, Business Contracts, and Uniform Guidance preferred.
• Knowledge of University accounting policies and procedures pertaining to personnel and finance, including cost recovery, cost sharing, effort reporting, and ledger review.
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills to analyze data and develop meaningful solutions to specific problems.
• Analytical skills to assume responsibility for coordination and completion of projects requiring interactions with many internal parties in a large organizational structure.

• 60% - EXTRAMURAL PLANNING/BUDGETARY ANALYSIS
• 30% - ACCOUNTS MANAGEMENT
• 10% - Policy Compliance

The Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering is a large, complex academic department in the College of Engineering and provides instruction and research in five specialty areas of engineering. The Department has 39 faculty, 2 adjunct professors, 5 professional research engineers, 10 Professional Scientists and 11 administrative and technical staff. The department administers…