Required: 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• High School Diploma.
• 5+ years of research administration experience.
• Interpersonal skills to effectively communicate information in a timely, professional manner.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with various stakeholders.
• Ability to set priorities and complete ongoing tasks with competing deadlines, with frequent interruptions, to meet programmatic and financial needs.
• Close attention to detail in a fast-paced, fluctuating workload environment.
• Organization skills to create and maintain administrative and financial files effectively.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Adobe and Microsoft suite software, especially Excel.
• 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.
• Knowledge of and experience working with a variety of external sponsors, federal and state sponsors, private foundations, industry sponsors, etc.
• Strong writing skills in a variety of styles to draft persuasive text for a variety of audiences while ensuring adherence to funding sponsor’s guidelines.

•  Demonstrated knowledge of effective grant funding processes, procedures and techniques.
•  Ability to perform complex financial analysis and customized reporting.