Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 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:

• Interpersonal skills to effectively communicate information in a timely, professional manner.
• Exceptional organizational skills to create and maintain administrative and financial files effectively.
• Strong organization skills, ability to prioritize job functions, and handle multiple tasks simultaneously with multiple proposal submission systems.
• In-depth knowledge of various research administration policies and procedures, and contract and grant funding agency guidelines.