Job description

Overview:

Our client, a Medical Center facility under the aegis of a California Public Ivy university and one of largest health delivery systems in California, seeks an accomplished Research Administrator / Fund Manager.

*** Candidate must be authorized to work in USA without requiring sponsorship ***

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*** Location: Los Angeles, CA 90024 (Remote acceptable)

*** Duration: 6 months contract w/ possibility of extension

Description:

· Looking for Research Administrators, not accountants, not CPAs.

· They will be managing research grants, proposal submissions, drafting budgets for research.

· They have doctors all throughout the program and the team does the research and applies for funding and manages the awards. This position will do the accounting for research funding specifically.

· Pre-award helping doctors submit proposal to receive the funding (not grant writers). Filling out the words, creating budgets, making sure guidelines are met.

· Post-award when funds get award then we manage the financials, stay within audit regulations.

· The Fund Manager will provide comprehensive analysis and manage all the extramural grant fund functions for the assigned Department of Medicine Division.

· Represent Research Faculty interests in all pre and post award areas.

· Contact funding agencies to clarify and bring to complete resolution on any issues, questions, or concerns of Research Faculty.

· Coordinate research activities, agency reports, special requests (i.e., re-budgeting; change of investigator effort) and financial close out on behalf of Research Faculty.

· Compose, edit, and prepare written correspondence as requested by Research Faculty.

· Assist Research Faculty in implementation of new and ongoing activities of research administration including identification of problems and providing operational solutions.

· Assist Research Faculty in meeting timelines required by funding agencies.

· Provide Division Administrator with expertise and management to facilitate completion of research administration assignments.

· Manage the preparation of grant proposals and budgets.

· Manage grant application submission process.

· Serve as divisional representative in all divisional, departmental, and campus contract and grant funding meetings.

· Provide financial analysis, projections, and long-range planning for all awards, to include faculty salaries, staff salaries, and related expenses.

· Oversee operations of post-award activation and administration.

· Review and recommend new administrative organizational policies and procedures to improve awards administration and overdraft minimization.

· Develop systemized accounting operations for division.

· Provide pro-active management to maintain accurate financial functioning and avoid overdrafts on Division controlled funds.

· Oversee the prompt resolution of financial management issues within the Division.

Qualifications:

· Research administration experience - pre-/post-award for intra/extramurally funded awards.

· Experience: Finance, Excel, Clerical/ Administration.

· Skills: Attention to detail, analytical, organized, interpersonal communication, algebra, multitasking.

· Need candidates with pre & post award experience.

· Interpersonal skills to effectively communicate information in a timely, professional manner and establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with students, staff, faculty, external collaborators, and administration and to work as a member of a team.

· Ability to set priorities and complete ongoing tasks with competing deadlines, with frequent interruptions, to meet the programmatic and financial needs of PIs and the department, while complying with company and funding agency policies and regulations.

· Analytical skills to assess financial information, define problems, formulate logical solutions, develop alternative solutions, make recommendations, and initiate corrective actions.

· Close attention to detail to ensure accuracy in a fast-paced, fluctuating workload environment.

· Organization skills to create and maintain administrative and financial files effectively as well as independently balance the various tasks to ensure deadlines are met.

· Demonstrated proficiency with Adobe and Microsoft suite software, especially Excel, to perform daily tasks efficiently and accurately.

· Strong organization skills, ability to prioritize job functions to meet deadlines and ensure smooth workflow, and to handle multiple tasks simultaneously with multiple proposal submission systems.

· Experience preparing, managing, and projecting budgets.

· Mathematical skills for the preparation of complex calculations and forecasts and to identify and resolve complicated financial scenarios.

· Knowledge of and experience working with a variety of external sponsors: federal and state sponsors, private foundations, industry sponsors, etc.

· Working knowledge of various financial concepts, research administration policies and procedures, and contract and grant funding agency guidelines.

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I'd love to talk to you if you think this position is right up your alley, and assure a prompt communication, whichever direction. If you're looking for rewarding employment and a company that puts its employees first, we'd like to work with you.

Satwinder “Sat” Singh

Lead Technical Recruiter

Company Overview:

Amerit Consulting is an extremely fast-growing staffing and consulting firm. Amerit Consulting was founded in 2002 to provide consulting, temporary staffing, direct hire, and payrolling services to Fortune 500 companies nationally, as well as small to mid-sized organizations on a local & regional level. Currently, Amerit has over 2,000 employees in 47 states. We develop and implement solutions that help our clients operate more efficiently, deliver greater customer satisfaction, and see a positive impact on their bottom line. We create value by bringing together the right people to achieve results. Our clients and employees say they choose to work with Amerit because of how we work with them - with service that exceeds their expectations and a personal commitment to their success. Our deep expertise in human capital management has fueled our expansion into direct hire placements, temporary staffing, contract placements, and additional staffing and consulting services that propel our clients’ businesses forward.

Amerit Consulting provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Applicants, with criminal histories, are considered in a manner that is consistent with local, state and federal laws.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Benefits:

• Health insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Research Administration: 1 year (Required)
• Pre Award: 1 year (Required)
• Post Award: 1 year (Required)
• Finance: 1 year (Required)
• Microsoft Excel: 1 year (Required)
• Clerical / Administration: 1 year (Required)

Work Location: Remote

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