Business Manager, Research Services - Post Award - Penn Engineering

University Overview

The University of Pennsylvania, the largest private employer in Philadelphia, is a world-renowned leader in education, research, and innovation. This historic, Ivy League school consistently ranks among the top 10 universities in the annual U.S. News & World Report survey. Penn has 12 highly-regarded schools that provide opportunities for undergraduate, graduate and continuing education, all influenced by Penn’s distinctive interdisciplinary approach to scholarship and learning. As an employer Penn has been ranked nationally on many occasions with the most recent award from Forbes who named Penn one of America’s Best Large Employers in 2023.

Penn offers a unique working environment within the city of Philadelphia. The University is situated on a beautiful urban campus, with easy access to a range of educational, cultural, and recreational activities. With its historical significance and landmarks, lively cultural offerings, and wide variety of atmospheres, Philadelphia is the perfect place to call home for work and play.

The University offers a competitive benefits package that includes excellent healthcare and tuition benefits for employees and their families, generous retirement benefits, a wide variety of professional development opportunities, supportive work and family benefits, a wealth of health and wellness programs and resources, and much more.

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Business Manager, Research Services - Post Award - Penn Engineering

Job Profile Title

Business Manager B

Job Description Summary

Penn Engineering’s world-acclaimed faculty, state-of-the-art research laboratories and highly interdisciplinary curricula offer an experience that is unparalleled. Innovation and technology drive every program and transform the fundamentals of what future engineers are learning. http://www.seas.upenn.edu/

Under the general direction of the Director of Research Services, Post Award, serve as a post award grants manager in Engineering Post-Award Research Services, in support of a portfolio of SEAS PIs, responsible for the financial reporting of grant awards including oversight of award budgeting, oversight of the subcontracting process. Manage funds, reporting and expenditure rates, meet individually with faculty to manage expenditure projections and maintain client experience/customer service consistency. Approve and oversee subcontracts expenditures, allocate payroll for PI and research group members including PhD students’ payroll, tuition in grad funding, payroll for post-docs. Advise PIs of allowability issues for planned expenditures. Oversee close-out processes and respond to audit questions involving research expenditures. In support of Research Services leadership, help develop and establish research services post award policies and expectations for both the internal research services team and SEAS faculty and staff. Provide support and decision-making authority when needed in all areas of Post-Award research services responsibilities, compliance and reporting, Effort Reporting. Provide ad hoc reporting as needed, in response to sponsor requests, School requests. Oversee and manage PIs’ unrestricted funds, including start-up funding, research discretionary and gift funds.

Job Description

Job Responsibilities

• Meet regularly with PIs to ensure initiation and completion of Grant/Award set-ups from incep