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Exciting Opportunity at MSK: Join MSK as a Post Award Grants Administrator in the Research Financial Management (RFM) unit! We're looking for a dynamic research administration professional eager to showcase financial management and collaboration skills and make a significant impact in our research enterprise.

Role Overview:

• Assume financial control of assigned departments and review funding expenditures by the investigators. Monitor cost allowability, administrative reasonableness, appropriate award applicability, and funding availability.

• Establish management and administrative controls for all grants, contracts, and other research funding mechanisms. Advise investigators and department administration about funding availability and potential issues.

• Ensure rules for grants management are understood, disseminated, and followed. This includes supervising federal sources, voluntary agencies, industrial contracts, philanthropic sources, and MSK institutional policy.

• In collaboration with the investigator, establish and maintain annual budgets for research awards. Act as a resource for research investigators supporting financial award management. Be a point of contact between the investigator and the awarding agencies.

• Maintain discretion for confidential information and appropriately handle critical information and sensitive situations.

Key Qualifications:

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Core Skills:

• Outstanding communication and self-awareness, able to effectively interact with faculty and administrators.

• Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines while maintaining professional and courteous service to our customers.

• Proactive and resilient to adapt to change and innovations

• Maintain high work standards and integrity of financial principles and stewardship with minimum supervision.

• Collaborative and comfortable working as part of a team to interpret policies and procedures.

• Critical thinking and problem solving, exercising good judgment to solve problems and complete work efficiently.

• Accurate in developing and leading budgets, projecting expenditures, and leading recommended solutions.

Additional Information:

• Location: Remote

• Schedule: Monday-Friday, 37.5 hrs.

• Reporting to Manager, Research Financial Management.

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Pay Range: $90,700.00 - $145,300.00

 

FSLA Status: Exempt

 

Closing:

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