Grants and Financial Specialist

Job Opening:
Grants and Financial Specialist

Grants and Financial Specialist independently manages all matters pertaining to grants administration, both financial and administrative, and has financial oversight and administrative responsibility for the sponsored projects. This position provides high-level comprehensive post‑award management, subcontract administration, and financial analysis. This position is the administrative liaison between the administrative core, the Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP), collaborating institutions, sponsoring agencies, and principal investigators (PIs).

The incumbent has a broad scope and is knowledgeable of research administration and financial matters.

• Education:
  
  Bachelor’s degree required. A degree in Accounting, Finance or related field is preferred.
• Experience:
  
  2-4 years of experience in research administration or accounting/financial/budgeting experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Proposal preparation experience with federal and non-federal grants and using grants management system.
• Familiarity with eRA Commons, NSF Fastlane, Research.gov and/or Grants.gov preferred. Higher‑Education or non‑profit work experience preferred, or equivalent combination of education/experience.

• Excellent financial analytical ability.
• Knowledge of OMB circulars preferred.
• Willingness and interest in assuming increasing levels of responsibilities, networking, leadership, and training opportunities.
• Highly proficient in Excel applications (data manipulations); MS Excel and Google Docs preferred.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with the ability to work independently.
• Excellent communication skills (both oral and written) to elicit and disperse information; to present information (including data) and communications in a clear and concise manner.
• Strong organizational, administrative, time management and critical thinking skills.
• Ability to analyze and reconcile accounts.
• Ability to work with a diverse population and handle confidential information with discretion.
• Ability to meet deadlines in a fast‑paced, multi‑faceted work environment.
• Ability to organize and prioritize workload in a multi‑tasking environment while maintaining careful attention to detail.

Information on the Benefits of Working at Brown can be found here.

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