Senior Research Financial Analyst - School of Medicine, Department of Medicine

Emory University - Atlanta, GA

Remote - Atlanta, GA

Educational Services

About the position

Emory University is a leading research university that fosters excellence and attracts world-class talent to innovate today and prepare leaders for the future. We welcome candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of our academic community. The position serves as a lead contact for post-award administration and processing of grants and contracts for a department, division or school. Responsibilities include account management, reconciliation, and resolution for principal investigators and research support personnel, advising on research funding awards, and monitoring accounting and procurement expenditures. The role also involves preparing reports, reviewing contracts, and ensuring compliance with contract regulations.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a lead contact for post-award administration and processing of grants and contracts.
• Provides account management, reconciliation, and resolution for principal investigators and research support personnel.
• Advises and interprets research funding awards.
• Approves and/or monitors accounting and procurement expenditures.
• Provides direct support with accounts payable/receivable processes.
• Routinely provides policy and procedure interpretation to academic departments.
• Assists in the preparation of reports to federal and sponsoring agencies.
• Reviews contracts, updates database records, and creates and maintains grant and contract files.
• Prepares invoices and monitors accounts receivable and deliverable reports.
• Develops queries and reports on the financial system.
• Works with division business managers to resolve contractual issues.
• Communicates with sponsors and ensures compliance with contract regulations.
• Closes out contracts.
• May supervise professional staff.
• Manages faculty and staff effort and reviews RST submissions.
• Assists in interdepartmental labor workflows for faculty and research personnel.
• Reviews and audits cost share speedtypes.
• Assists in the bi-annual effort certification process.
• Coordinates pre-award activities and ensures EPEX submissions route properly.
• Creates budget shells to submit to RAS.
• Gathers documents with help of different groups.
• Attends all RAS meetings with Faculty and project leaders.
• Assembles and reviews financial data and award budgets.
• Maintains close relationships with assigned PIs and personnel.
• Proactively identifies areas for process improvement.
• Collaborates with relevant University offices.
• Develops administrative approaches for financial resource allocation in clinical trials.
• Assists PI and research coordinators with OnCore study setup.
• Coordinates with OCR for new trials setup in OnCore.
• Monitors clinical trials balances and informs PI.
• Serves as backup for general ordering and expense report submission.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting or Finance.
• Four years of professional accounting experience, preferably in post-award administration.
• Extensive knowledge of regulatory requirements regarding post-award administration.
• Familiarity with NIH grant policies, procurement, accounts payable/receivable, and general business practices.
• Knowledge of computers including experience with Microsoft Office software.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Customer service experience with MD/PhD research population.

Nice-to-haves

• Previous supervisory experience.

Benefits

• Opportunity to work from home regularly.
• Flexible weekly schedule based upon business needs.