Grant Administrator Sr, College of Medicine, Department of Accounting & Finance

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UC is a mission-driven organization where we are committed to student success and positively transforming the community through scholarship and service. We thrive on innovation, making an impact, and fostering an environment where staff and faculty are key contributors to UC's success.

The Department of Accounting and Finance, College of Medicine is recruiting a Post-Award Senior Grant Administrator.

Using established procedures with detailed instructions, this Post-Award Grant Administrator will engage in the day-to-day administration of proposal budget development and grant proposal preparation, provide recommendations and advice to management or other groups on process related topics, and conduct or carry out work procedures and activities in accordance with local, state, and federal regulations as well as university financial and administrative policies.

Major duties will include reading, understanding, and communicating to key individuals (such as the applicant and business staff) various sponsor guidelines and properly assembling grant proposal materials and project budgets in a high-volume environment with overlapping deadlines and competing priorities. Sponsors may include both federal and non-federal sources. It is expected that the Senior Grant Administrator will be sufficiently experienced to operate on a day-to-day basis with minimal input, direction, assistance, or oversight required from management.

Applicants at this level are expected to be largely independent and self-sufficient.

This team-oriented position will offer flexibility for a fully remote schedule for applicants with a residence within OH/IN/KY once training is complete. Applicants outside of the OH/IN/KY area are also eligible to apply. Remote work arrangements are subject to change in accordance with university policies.

• Responsible for new grant award setup, including participation in the award hand-off meeting with pre-award, reviewing the Notice of Award (NOA) and adjusting budget as needed for financial and regulatory compliance, creating new award setup cases in Salesforce, and determining if advance spending accounts are needed in consultation with Principal Investigators (PI), department business administrators, general accountants, and Sponsored Research Services (SRS).
• Submit subcontract requests to SRS, including budget adjustments and carryover requests. Consult with general accountants regarding post-award financial and regulatory compliance, meeting with PIs, accountants, department business administrators, and pre-award grant administrators for expense reporting and projects, and processing reports and transactions, including subcontract activity for the full lifecycle of the award.
• Process Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPRs), including creating RPPR cases in Salesforce, obtaining required administrative and…