Dir Research Grants Financial Management

DIR RESEARCH GRANTS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Overview

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The Director Research Grants Financial Management is responsible for providing strategic oversight and guidance for the team of supervisors and Research Financial Analysts that manage sponsored and non-sponsored research and faculty support activities for 300+ research and clinical faculty across the Divisions to ensure financial and non-financial compliance with federal and sponsor regulations and institutional policies.

The Director’s staff leadership expectations include recruiting, training, employee development, performance management, evaluation, pay actions, and monitoring staffing levels.

The Director is responsible for continuous process improvement within the Grants Management Office (GMO) and as a key collaborator across the organization for process improvement initiatives in order to support a high level of customer service, efficiency, and compliance as well as development and consistent implementation of standard operating procedures (SOPs), performance metrics, and software solutions.

• Lead and develop a high-performing team, fostering a culture of accountability, continuous improvement and professional growth.
• Define and execute the strategic vision for post-aware financial operations, aligning with institutional goals and research priorities.
• Oversee organizational staff models, and succession planning to ensure long-term operational success.
• Develops and is accountable to service level standards; fosters and monitors faculty-facing customer service; serves as a resource to team members and faculty to resolve issues.
• Monitors workload and productivity metrics. Supports personnel with prioritization. Determines appropriate staffing levels and workload allocation.
• Builds engagement through staff recognition and team building opportunities. Reviews annual employee survey and develops and implements improvement action plans.
• Accountable for hiring, performance evaluations, resolving disputes, and managing pay budget and pay actions of staff.
• Directs written work instructions. Delegates to lower leadership as appropriate to create and execute.
• Oversee the development and delivery of training programs to build institutional capacity in research financial management - post awards.
• Collaborates on development and implementation of a comprehensive curriculum with Sponsored Research, Research Finance, and others, to ensure consistent practices across sponsored and non-sponsored research activities.
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