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.