Post Award Administrator

• →Serves as a primary account administrator for faculty.  Portfolio may include sponsored awards, gifts, internal funding.
• →Allocates, authorizes, monitors, and controls expenses.
• →Maintains, oversees, reconciles, and corrects errors in accounts.
• →Works with other administrators on the procurement process including purchasing, internal requisitioning, and personal and travel reimbursements.
• →Works with central office to manage financial and non-financial aspects of post-award grants management.
• →Advises and assists in most relations and communications with funding agencies, subcontractors, and others.
• →Proposes solutions to discovered problems and fixes according to proper policy and procedure.
• →Compares actual spending to original budget and identifies any variances with particular attention being paid to faculty salary.
• →Develops a working knowledge of University policies and procedures as well as a working knowledge of policies and procedures of various funding agencies.
• →Works closely with the department to effectively manage faculty accounts and ensure proper spending.
• →Handles straightforward post-award activities including account creations, regulatory and compliance monitoring, salary allocations, effort reporting, grant projections, cost allocations, cost center charges, equipment inventory, invoice preparation, grant closing process, and account closing.
• →Prepares summaries of grants and effort allocations for Principal Investigators, meets with them and responds to their questions. Coordinates with other departments/units/divisions regarding multi investigator grants. Serves as department contact for annual audits and agency site visits.
• →Performs other related work as needed. 

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in accounting, business administration, or science.

• Administrative, accounting, or grant and contract administration experience.
• Budgets, ledgers, invoices, and fiscal reporting.

• One or more aspects of sponsored program administration in a research environment.

• Accounting systems.

• Strong analytical and organizational skills.
• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Work closely with senior University officials.
• Independently complete projects on time and accurately with minimal supervision.

• Work non-traditional hours.

• Resume (required)

• Cover Letter (required)

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Pay Range

The included pay rate or range represents the University’s good faith estimate of the possible compensation offer for this role at the time of posting.

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