Senior Research Grants Administrator

3 days ago

Pasadena, California, United States Kaiser Permanente Full time
Job Summary:

The incumbent of this position provides strategic leadership, direction, and mentoring of divisions or units financial activities and research projects in accordance with Kaiser Permanente Southern California (KPSC) and grant and contract funding agency policies and procedures.

This includes, but is not limited to, developing complex budgets for grant and contract applications, research business plans, reconciling expenditures, recharge rates, and projecting account balances.

This position will also prepare and/or review documents/electronic forms associated with budget maintenance, grant proposals, and financial issues such as purchasing, invoicing, travel reimbursements, payroll, and effort reporting.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Provides senior leadership, direction, and mentoring of the divisions or units financial activities and complex research projects in accordance with Kaiser Permanente Southern California (KPSC) and grant and contract funding agency policies and procedures.
  • Reconcile various project cost centers on a monthly basis or as needed.
  • Routinely provide training to research business administrators.
  • Assign medium to large-scale projects and proposals to the research business administrators.
  • Report budget line variances and identify expenditure trends.
  • Regularly conduct divisional/unit audits in order to assure expenditures are reasonable, allocable, and allowable.
  • Direct cost analysis and rate setting for recharge centers/core services.
  • Manage billing system and cost recovery for recharge centers/cores services.
  • Monitor financial activity for appropriateness of expenditures in relation to project goals and objectives ensuring adherence to budget limitations as well as adherence to Kaiser Permanente and funding agency guidelines.
  • Prepare account balance analysis and projections on various cost centers/projects.
  • Frequently complete or review grant close outs and review financial status reports and final contract invoices.
  • Correspond and follow up with principal investigators, research staff, R&E Sponsored Projects Administration (SPA) and Finance, other institutions, and grant and contract agencies to achieve compliance to project financial guidelines.
  • Provide support and guidance to investigators and research study staff on issues related to grants management, institutional policies related to handling funds from grants (i.e. travel regulations, re-budgeting, program reports, grant routing).
  • Review documents associated with grant projects for appropriateness and accuracy.
  • Monitor contract budgets, invoices, effective dates, and balances.
  • Attend conferences and regularly present grants administration topics in the division/unit and department meetings.
  • Advise PIs and research staff on financial and personnel decisions regarding their projects on a routine basis.
  • Lead the project kick-off meetings, including meetings with SPA/Finance.
  • Guide principal investigators and research staff in developing complex budgets and justifications for grant and contract applications and ongoing projects by compiling and analyzing expenditure data on a regular basis.
  • Prepare budget and all related documents/forms according to funding agency or industry guidelines.
  • Oversee grant submission process and ensure all application guidelines and rules have been followed by research business administrators.
  • Prepare and review invoices and reports, purchase requisitions, ITs, and OneLink purchases for division/unit and its grant accounts in a timely manner.
  • Prepare and review forms such as cost transfer forms to correct errors or to comply with budget changes and limitations.
  • Researches, gathers, analyzes & summarizes data for reports.
  • Pre-review, post-review, and initiate personnel effort changes in the effort reporting system.
  • Prepare and develop unit/division budgets.
  • Follow up with all financial transactions through the appropriate database systems and communication with other units/divisions/institutions.
  • Share any new information regarding Kaiser Permanente and funding agency policies and procedures with the DRA or manager and research business administrators.
  • Performs a variety of duties which may include program administration, organizational analysis, special assignments, budgets, contract and grant administration, facilities, systems and personnel.
  • Prepare Just-In
  • Time documents for grant and contract awards.
  • Implement time motion studies for division/unit projects/processes.
  • Delegate duties to administrative staff and research business administrators.
  • Directly or indirectly supervises junior staff including performance expectations, performance evaluations and feedback, hiring new staff, and other managerial duties as necessary.
  • Review correspondence for internal and external financial requests.
  • Utilize Endnote library.
  • Review manuscript preparation/submission; revisions; resubmissions; proofs.
  • Perform other related job duties or responsibilities as requested or required, whether or not specifically mentioned in this job description.
  • Work and communicate with principal investigators, research and administrative staff, collaborating stakeholders in a professional manner.
Requirements:
  • Experience Minimum six (6) years of experience in research business administration or related field.
  • Minimum two (2) years of experience with leading a project team.
  • Education Bachelors degree in business administration, economics, finance, accounting, operations, public health administration, or other related field OR four (4) years of experience in a directly related field.
  • High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) required.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience in research environment preferred.
  • Federal grant, contract and subcontract administration experience.
Notes:

Research Business Administrator IV (Durational), KPSC R&E Division of Clinician Research, (must live in or relocate to California) ERAP 2

Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from diverse candidates.

Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.

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