Coordinator, CELS Financial Operations
POSITION SUMMARY
Manage administrative support functions for the College of the Environment and Life Sciences (CELS) academic units (state, overhead, and research funds); including: budget monitoring, compliance and forecasting, development of on-line reporting, and office management.
Assist the Dean/Director, Associate Deans/Directors, and the Associate Director, Finance with the programmatic, administrative, and operational functions of CELS' academic units, Land Grant programs (Rhode Island Cooperative Extension (RICE) and RI Agricultural Experiment Station (RIAES)) and other related research and outreach programs. Prepare and submit state and federal reports, both budgetary and programmatic.
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Provide the Dean/Director, Associate Deans/Directors, and Associate Director, Finance with financial administrative support; including, but not limited to: preparation of annual unit budget requests, analyzing financial data and budget performance reports.
Daily management of CELS' academic unit budgets (state, overhead, fee for service, and cost center accounts). Work with unit department chairs to develop annual budget request and justification. Prepare and present financial statements for state and academic funding. Oversee and supervise the daily spending activity.
Monitor grants, both pre- and post-award. Advise faculty/staff in the fiscal administration of their program awards. Analyze financial data and present financial statements for grant funds and indirect cost returns.
Assist the Dean/Director, Associate Deans/Directors, and Associate Director, Finance in the management of federal budgets (RICE and RIAES capacity grants) and externally funded competitive awards.
Assist the Dean/Director, Associate Deans/Directors and Associate Director, Finance in the preparation and submission of federal, state, and internal programmatic reports as directed; including, but not limited to: Stakeholder input reports, RICE and RIAES Plans of Work, and RICE and RIAES Annual Reports.
Manage compliance monitoring, state offset monitoring, and other business and operations functions.
Produce statistical analyses as directed.
Supervise administrative staff and students as required.
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