Grants & Financial Administrator Immunology & Genomic Medicine Job Denver area,Colorado USA,Finance & Banking

Grants And Financial Administrator Immunology And Genomic Medicine

National Jewish Health is seeking a Grants and Financial Administrator to support faculty and research teams by managing institutional, restricted, and grant funding from application to award closeout. This position oversees the full grant submission process, ensures compliance with sponsor and institutional requirements, and provides accurate, timely financial management for research projects, labs, and departmental funds.

The ideal candidate will:

Oversee accurate, compliant management of research funding, from budget development to financial reporting.
Coordinate and submit grant applications on time, ensuring all guidelines and requirements are met.
Provide clear financial projections, identify funding gaps, and recommend solutions to investigators and leadership.
Ensure institutional, restricted, and donation funds are accurately tracked and aligned with regulations and policies.
Collaborate effectively with researchers, staff, and external partners to support successful research operations.

Position Summary Responsible for the administration of faculty institutional, restricted and grant funding. This includes managing the application process for grant submissions, financial management of all research funds and administration of human resource related functions. May also be responsible for the management of division and department funds.

Essential Duties

Responsible for the financial management of externally funded research projects. Coordinates all aspects of the application process, ensuring they are submitted in an accurate and timely manner, consistent with sponsor and institutional requirements. Ensures awarded projects are properly managed within the budget and terms & conditions of the award.

Develops budgets for grant applications, labs, institutional, restricted fund projects and collaborations. Works closely with faculty and core facilities to ensure that proposed budgets accurately reflect research needs and meet all funding guidelines and restrictions.

Responsible for the financial management and compliance of institutional, Academic Enrichment Funds, and restricted donation funds. Manages transactions and costs to ensure accuracy and fund availability. Ensures expenditures are compliant with all relevant regulations and policies.

Prepares reports of actual and projected financial position for individual divisions, cores, projects and an investigator's complete portfolio. Identifies funding gaps and opportunities and makes recommendations to address. Meets regularly with investigators and/or core directors to review finances.

Assists faculty members with the administrative responsibilities of Human Resources and Payroll. Coordinates and submits new hire requisitions, affiliate placements, annual performance evaluations, merit increases, promotions and terminations. Edits time in KRONOS, the automated payroll system.

Responsible for completing time and effort reports for faculty and staff and obtaining the required approvals. Works with faculty and staff to resolve any issues concerning effort. Meets institutional deadlines for the submission of time and effort reports.

Works with faculty and external vendors with regard to capital equipment purchases, maintenance of equipment, and accounting issues. Ensures that purchase requisitions for capital equipment are routed appropriately for the required signatures.

Invoices and receives payments from external organizations for core services and restricted funding. Tracks and ensures payments are collected in a timely manner.

Other Duties

May be responsible for data entry of research chargebacks for research core facilities.

Competencies

Accountability:
Accepts full responsibility for self and contribution as a team member; displays honesty and truthfulness; confronts problems quickly; displays a strong commitment to organizational success and inspires others to commit to goals; demonstrates a commitment to National Jewish Health.

Attention to Detail:
Follows Procedures, ensures high quality output, takes action, sets standards for excellence, ensures high quality, takes…