Senior Financial Analyst - Grants

Job Summary

The Senior Financial Analyst- Grants provides financial and compliance analysis along with post-award administrative support to College of Science principal investigators (PIs). The College of Science is comprised of six academic departments and is home to 7 institutes and 17 research centers.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

Financial Analysis

• Analyze principal investigators research funding portfolio, including discretionary funding sources, to assist principal investigators in resource and personnel allocation planning
• Generate monthly financial and payroll reports for PI reconciliation
• Partner with PIs to develop comprehensive financial projections of future expenditures including burn rate and personnel forecasts
• Make recommendations to PIs as necessary based on analysis of budget and current expenditures
• Analyze financial and payroll discrepancies to ensure timely corrections

Compliance Analysis

• Analyze PIs' research funding portfolio to ensure continued compliance with uniform guidance, sponsor, and university regulations
• Provide guidance to PIs on cost allowability based on analysis of award terms and conditions
• Review project expenditures, cost transfers, and payroll expenses to ensure proper allocation in accordance with all applicable regulations
• Analyze project budget and actual expenditures for compliance with sponsor specific regulations and make necessary recommendations to PI based on findings
• Analyze student effort allocations on a semester basis to ensure compliance with terms & conditions of the award and budget

Project / Award Administration

• Ensure that the project records (NOGA, Amendments, correspondence, etc.) are kept in good order and filed electronically readily available for review and audit
• Assist PIs with submitting all grant related transactions including but not limited to no-cost extensions, rebudgets, effort reductions, carryovers, advance account requests, closeouts and ad hoc financial reports to sponsors
• Assist PIs with all administrative aspects of an award
• Ensure grant transactions are routed through the appropriate offices and processed in a timely manner
• Work with NU-RES to ensure new awards are properly set up in Banner and added to the PI's portfolio
• Work with PI and Department Business Manager to clear the deficit accounts

Ad hoc Projects/ Reporting

• Assist supervisor with analyzing processes to improve workflow and work efficiencies
• Assist in developing new financial analysis and reporting capabilities for faculty portfolios

Mentorship

• Assist less experienced analysts with complex post award scenarios
• Lead team trainings and utilize expertise to mentor new analysts

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required (Finance or similar major preferred)
• Minimum of 4 years of professional work experience in higher education and/or business setting
• Accounting and finance knowledge and ability to work with budgets required
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; strong organizational, prioritization and time management skills, including the ability to manage multiple projects and complete tasks for a number of principal investigators and administrators. Strong attention to detail, customer service skills, initiative, flexibility, and the ability to work independently and as a member of a team are required.
• Familiarity with overall federal grant administration is desired