SENIOR BUSINESS OPERATIONS ASSOCIATE (PRE-AWARD)

Position Summary

The Senior Business Operations Associate performs work critical to the administration of contracts and grants from federal, state, and local government, non-profit, and foundation sponsors. Responsibilities include reviewing, analyzing, and negotiating contracts; maintaining knowledge of policies, procedures, and regulations; monitoring compliance; manages and mitigates organizational risk and issues related to compliance with rules and regulations related to an assigned program; and providing exceptional customer service to stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Review and negotiate contracts and grants from federal, state, and local government, non-profit, and foundation sponsors
• Read and analyze research grants and contracts; conduct contract negotiations to include CDAs, MTAs, industry contracts, and foreign contracts
• Recognize unacceptable contract language; work with legal and sponsor to achieve acceptable contractual clauses
• Keep abreast of new developments in university policies and procedures, as well as federal and state regulations
• Provides compliance support services (e.g., audits and evaluates compliance programs to mitigate risk)
• Interpret and communicate sponsor guidelines, University policy and procedures, state and federal law, and industry best practices to PIs, and department/college administrators to ensure compliance with sponsor and University policies
• Manage the preparation and submission of proposals, including large, complex proposals to funding agencies
• Analyze, interpret, and develop recommendations to research faculty for proposal submissions based upon sponsor and university requirements