Sr. Research Administration Systems Analyst - financial system (Workday grants)

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago provides superior pediatric care in a setting that offers the latest benefits and innovations in medical technology, research and family-friendly design. As the largest pediatric provider in the region with a 140-year legacy of excellence, kids and their families are at the center of all we do. Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago is ranked in all 10 specialties by the U.S. News & World Report.

Location

Simpson Querrey Biomedical Research Center

Job Description

   

The Research Administration System team is responsible for supporting the management and administration of the SMCRI technology solutions for research administration including systems that support proposal routing and submission, related compliance requirements, post-award accounting and effort reporting. The Sr. Research Administration Systems Analyst will focus on Workday Grants, Reporting and Employee Compensation Compliance (effort reporting).

Essential Job Functions:

• Supports the management and administration of Workday Grants, including monitoring support cases, assigning security roles, developing Workday reports for the research community and ad-hoc data requests.
• Understands payroll accounting and serves as a liaison for Research Business Office inquiries into payroll expenses on grants.  This includes central monitoring of payroll costing allocations, payroll accounting adjustments and salary over the cap.
• Serves as the system administrator for Employee Compensation Compliance.
• Serves as the system administrator for Huron Research Suite and Employee Compensation Compliance.
• Monitors and supports integrations between research administration systems, including the setup and ongoing maintenance of award data between Huron Research Suite and Workday Grants.
• Collaborates with Research Business Office users regarding research administration system enhancements, inquiries, error resolution data issues, and governance.
• Collaborates with Finance on all Workday Grant related reporting and integrations needs, including the management of current reports and integrations as well as the development and implementation of future reports and integrations.
• Supports system upgrades and modifications, including identifying requirements, configuration, testing, and deployment (including change and release management), and communication related to Workday Grants and ancillary Finance and Human Capital Management business processes.
• Assists the Director with supporting the Research Business Office with management of the research administration systems configuration and data governance.
• Collaborates with external and internal stakeholders on the organization’s application and reporting requirements for research administration, while eyeing continuous process improvement, efficiency, and optimization. Provides strategic direction on development and implementation of process improvements and innovative or alternative solutions.
• Provides advice and options on the best way to automate processes in the system.
• Partners with the organization to refine business process maps to bring efficiencies to the overall business processes and visibility to the end-to-end process.
• Supports the Director in overall guidance for various research administration systems and integrations including, but not limited to, researching, and resolving problems with Workday and/ or issues with business processes plus recommendations of alternative solutions.
• Maximizes effectiveness of standard and advanced reports utilizing appropriate reporting tools.
• Monitors Brainstorms on Workday Community and communicates the information with the impacted Research Business Office units.
• Supports the Director in preparing management reports, KPI’s and audit schedules as directed by management.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Bachelor’s degree and three years of professional experience in research administration systems or seven years of professional experience in research administration systems.
• Experience with Workday Grants and Huron Research Suite grants and agreements modules is preferred.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications is required.
• Ability to communicate, both orally and in writing, complex technical issues in a clear, concise matter, to individuals with little or no technical background required.
• Attention to detail and the ability to multitask required.
• Prioritizing, organizing and assessing work in order to meet aggressive deadlines and cope in fast-paced environment required