Finance Assistant Research Administrator, General Internal Medicine

4 weeks ago

Chicago, Illinois, United States Northwestern University Full time
Job ID49423
LocationChicago, Illinois

Department: MED-General Internal
Salary/Grade: NEX/11

Job Summary:

This role is part of the finance team, and manages the divisions payroll, as well as provides day-to-day financial and accounting support.

Completes clerical and administrative tasks in support of unit's sponsored programs and research mission. This may include coordinating pre-award &/or post-award processes; completing internal or external forms for any/all portions (including budget) of a proposal or award; collecting, distributing &/or archiving proposal and award related documents; using spreadsheets to calculate budgets and track data &/or data analysis.

Supervisor provides objectives, deadlines & specific instructions only for new, difficult, &/or unusual work. Work is reviewed upon completion & only occasionally to verify technical accuracy & compliance with practice, policy, & procedures. EE informs supervisor of on-going progress &/or potentially controversial matters.

EE uses an advanced knowledge of skills, methods & practices & some innovation, analysis, & reasoning to choose appropriate alternatives from among pre-defined policies & procedures to complete work that includes successive steps & involves some non-routine problems &/or decisions.

* As time and budget allows:

* New-"Brown Bag"-Interested in becoming an RA?

* Need more "How To:" sessions such as:

o Fill out internal & external paperwork

o Create & review budget

o Review sponsor guidelines

o Read a solicitation

* Five University Business Processes classes (HR700, HR705, HR715, HR725, HR740)

Specific Responsibilities:

Complexity

* Typically assists with research projects such as:

o Single Principal Investigator (PI) basic proposals, grants &/or contracts

o Components of multi-PI or multi-unit proposals, grants &/or contracts

o NIH RO1-approximately $250K/yr. over 5 yrs.

o NIH R21-approximately $150K/yr. over 2 yrs.

o Foundation grants

o NSF grants

Pre-Award

* Develops straightforward budgets using spreadsheets.

* Updates bio sketches.

* Formats & uploads files to electronic platforms.

* Collects &/or distributes information both internally &/or externally to/from faculty, staff, students, etc.

Post-Award

* Completes routine post-award administration of grant &/or contract activities.

* Processes purchase orders & cost transfers.

* Reconciles budget statements.

* Tracks expenses via spreadsheets.

* Monitors project balances and end dates.

* Provides data needed for the preparation of interim and final financial and technical progress reports.

* Processes account close-out activities.

Financial

* Completes day-to-day financial transactional activities for grants &/or contracts (obtaining approvals as necessary).

* Completes day-to-day financial transactional activities for department (obtaining approvals as necessary).

* Updates spreadsheets.

* Processes travel reimbursements.

* Assigns P-card expenses.

* Transfers expenses.

* Purchases lab &/or office equipment &/or supplies, etc.

* Monitors sponsored and non-sponsored budgets.

* Ensures timely payment of invoices.

* Reconciles accounts.

* Provides financial data, analysis &/or reports for inclusion within grant, contract &/or department budget.

Compliance

* Tracks, update, process, and submit required forms &/or reports related to compliance.

* Learns about compliance related issues & activities.

Miscellaneous

Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

* Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree; OR appropriate combination of education and experience.

Minimum Competencies: (Skills, knowledge, and abilities.)

* Organization, time management, detail oriented

Preferred Competencies: (Skills, knowledge, and abilities)

* Action oriented - Willing or likely to take practical action to deal with a problem or situation.

* Coachability - Receptive to feedback, willing to learn, embracing continuous improvement.

* Collaboration - Facilitates open and effective communication, cooperation and teamwork within and outside of one's own team.

* Collegiality - Helpful, respectful, approachable; builds strong working relationships and a positive work environment.

* Initiative - Exhibits energy and desire to achieve; sets ambitious goals and acts decisively; takes action that no one has requested to improve or enhance job results and avoid problems.

* Meets deadlines - Displays consistency and success in adhering to deadlines.

* Multi-tasking - Demonstrates ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.

* Organization - Plans, organizes and schedules in an efficient, productive manner; anticipates contingencies and pays attention to detail.

Target hiring range for this position will be between $19.31 to $27.16 per hour. Offered salary will be determined by the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

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