Required:
· Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or related field, or equivalent experience.
· High School Diploma.
· 8+ years of extensive research administration experience.
· 1-3 years of complex research administration portfolio.
· Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with students, staff, faculty, external collaborators, and administration.
· Ability to work as a member of a team.
· Advanced ability to set priorities and complete ongoing tasks with competing deadlines, with frequent interruptions, to meet programmatic and financial needs.
· Meticulous attention to detail in a fast-paced, fluctuating workload environment.
· Demonstrated proficiency with Adobe and Microsoft suite software, especially Excel.
· Experience with all types of award mechanisms, including grants, contracts, subcontracts, and cooperative agreements.
· Ability to interpret policy for others.
· Advanced knowledge of effective grant funding processes, procedures and techniques
· Full knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulation, Code of Federal Regulations, sponsor-specific policies, intellectual property policy, conflict of interest requirements, publication rights, application of indirect cost rates and other complex concepts in research administration.
· Experience with all types of award mechanisms, including grants, contracts, subcontracts, and cooperative agreements.
· Ability to perform highly complex financial analysis and customized reporting.
Preferred:
· In-depth knowledge of various research administration policies and procedures, and contract and grant funding agency guidelines.
· Strong organization skills, ability to prioritize job functions, and handle multiple tasks simultaneously with multiple proposal submission systems.
· Experience preparing, managing, and projecting budgets.
· Mathematical skills for the preparation of complex calculations and forecasts and to identify and resolve complicated financial scenarios.
· In-depth knowledge of and experience working with a variety of external sponsors, federal and state sponsors, private foundations, industry sponsors, etc.
· Exceptional organizational skills to create and maintain administrative and financial files effectively.
· Interpersonal skills to effectively communicate information in a timely, professional manner.