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Role Description

Join MSK as a Post Award Grants Administrator in the Research Financial Management (RFM) unit! We're looking for a dynamic research administration professional eager to showcase financial management and collaboration skills and make a significant impact in our research enterprise.

  • Assume financial control of assigned departments and review funding expenditures by the investigators.
  • Monitor cost allowability, administrative reasonableness, appropriate award applicability, and funding availability.
  • Establish management and administrative controls for all grants, contracts, and other research funding mechanisms.
  • Advise investigators and department administration about funding availability and potential issues.
  • Ensure rules for grants management are understood, disseminated, and followed.
  • Collaborate with the investigator to establish and maintain annual budgets for research awards.
  • Act as a resource for research investigators supporting financial award management.
  • Be a point of contact between the investigator and the awarding agencies.
  • Maintain discretion for confidential information and appropriately handle critical information and sensitive situations.

Qualifications

  • Post-award experience supporting industry-sponsored clinical trials in a healthcare or academic research setting.
  • Strong knowledge of clinical trial budgets, milestone payments, pass-through costs, and billing compliance.
  • Familiarity with CTAs, federal regulations, GCP, and sponsor requirements.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office; experience with BI tools (Tableau/Cognos preferred).
  • Effective communicator with demonstrated success partnering with investigators and study teams.

Requirements

  • Outstanding communication and self-awareness, able to effectively interact with faculty and administrators.
  • Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines while maintaining professional and courteous service to our customers.
  • Proactive and resilient to adapt to change and innovations.
  • Maintain high work standards and integrity of financial principles and stewardship with minimum supervision.
  • Collaborative and comfortable working as part of a team to interpret policies and procedures.
  • Critical thinking and problem solving, exercising good judgment to solve problems and complete work efficiently.
  • Accurate in developing and leading budgets, projecting expenditures, and leading recommended solutions.

Benefits

  • Location: Remote
  • Schedule: Monday-Friday, 37.5 hrs.
  • Reporting to Manager, Research Financial Management.
  • Pay Range: $90,700.00 - $145,300.00
  • FSLA Status: Exempt
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