Senior Director, Research Administration

• Job Type: Officer of Administration
• Bargaining Unit:
• Regular/Temporary:
  Regular
• End Date if Temporary:
• Hours Per Week: 35
• Standard
  
  Work Schedule:
• Building:
• Salary Range: $165,000 - $175,000

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training. The above hiring range represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.

Reporting to the Department Administrator/COO for the Department of Neurology and the Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, the Senior Director, Research Administration will oversee all research administration and financial management in the Department of Neurology, the Sergievsky Center and the Taub Institute and play an integral role in the development of the department's operating budget, quarterly reforecasts, and year-end fiscal close processes.

The incumbent will also be a key member of the Department of Neurology and the Sergievsky Center's leadership team in developing strategic plans and participating in the faculty recruitment process.

The Senior Director will supervise a team in overseeing the following activities:

• Department Research Financial Management & Strategic Planning
  • Oversees process, timeline and resources required to complete annual budget and quarterly reforecast the Department and affiliated centers and institutes. Maintain back-up documents for budget assumptions. Explain trends, provide variance analysis and support documentation regarding research funds directly with the VP&S budget office. This includes all sponsored project funds, endowment, gifts, internal awards, startups and other designated funds used for research purposes
  • Supervises key components related to quarterly and annual fiscal close, including budget variance analysis, revenue tracking and reconciliation, oversight of clearing of payroll suspense, removal of project overruns and indirect revenue sharing with other departments
  • Ensures annual compliance of internal service center/core licensing and billing process
  • Assists with the development of business plans for new research faculty recruitments and identifies resources (both financial and operational) to support the recruitment of new faculty
  • Ensures Departmental financial sustainability across all divisions, centers and institutes, and develops strategies to mitigate losses and deficits.
  • Monitors budget projections and actuals, addressing variances in a timely manner.
  • Liaises with peers to improve administrative efficiency and processes across the department.
  • Support the development and implementation of strategic initiatives across the department and affiliated institutes and centers.
  • Develop and provide training and mentoring.

• Pre Award Research Administration Services
  • Assists principal investigators (PIs) in the identification of funding opportunities, development, review, submission and renewal of various types of sponsored project proposals from a variety of sponsors including NIH, private foundations and industry; directly manages timelines and the overall progression of work undertaken by analysts teams to ensure the on time completion of high quality, responsive, and compliant proposal applications
  • Facilitates grant transfers for NIH and others as needed; includes balance carry- forward funds from other institutions.
  • For awarded proposals, liaises with Sponsored Projects Administration (SPA) office to ensure timely setup of award, pre award compliance requirements are met and all subawards are established
  • Ensures all award reporting requirements (quarterly and/or annual progress and…