Sr Financial Analyst

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Organization:

IMPH Administration

Job Summary:

This position is part of the Institute for Medicine and Public Health (IMPH) administrative team, which provides support to multiple academic departments, centers and institutes. As part of our research administration team, this role is responsible for pre- and post-award accounting and financial management functions for multiple units within the IMPH.

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Responsibilities will include but are not limited to the following:

• Serve as a member of the research administration team
• Manage pre- and post-award accounting functions for assigned areas in compliance with sponsor, institution, and federal guidelines and deadlines
• Monitor compliance for research activities

• Analyze and develop budgets, prepare financial projections, and coordinate allocation of project effort among multiple funding sources
• Coordinate with team to develop and facilitate contract agreements with industry and sub-recipient partners
• Serve as a resource to faculty and institute leadership on matters related to grants management and clinical trials administration

The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

This position requires a Bachelor’s degree and four years of related experience. Extensive experience in research administration is needed.

Preferred experience and skills:

• Strong experience in pre- and post-award research administration
• Experience with clinical trials administration

• Strong experience with accounting and financial responsibilities
• Knowledge of spreadsheets and database applications
• Professional work style with high level of problem solving skills
• Communication skills reflecting a composed and experienced demeanor
• Additionally, successful candidates will possess and demonstrate extraordinary attention to detail, the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously while remaining helpful and courteous, be extremely organized, efficient, team player and self-starter. 

Additional Information:
This is a full-time, salaried position. 

Salary is commensurate upon years of education and experience.

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES
• Communication of Results (Advanced): Communicates results and recommendations to customers in a concise and non-technical format. Clearly states implications and potential next steps. Presents analysis, ideas, and findings using the appropriate data visualization and presentation tools [such as Word, Excel, Tableau, and PowerPoint].
• Written Communication (Advanced): Demonstrates the ability to write clear, detailed, and comprehensive status reports, memos and documentation. Demonstrates an understanding of effective composition, such as having first line in a paragraph state the subject.
• Financial Analysis (Advanced): The process of evaluating businesses, projects, budgets, etc. to determine their performance, stability and profitability.
• Problem Solving (Advanced): Uses critical thinking and process improvement i.e. coaches and mentors development of problem statement, describes current state, identifies root causes, creates future state, coaches and mentors development of solutions and action plans with a sustainability plan. Applies appropriate tools to address issues.
• Project Management (Advanced): Planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives.
• Peer Leadership (Novice): The ability to show leadership and influence people of equal rank in an effort to accomplish team goals.

Our professional administrative functions include critical supporting roles in information technology and informatics, finance