"Senior Financial Research Administrator"

Senior Financial Research Administrator

Posted: 23-Dec-25

Location: Remote - Pullman, WA

Type: Full-time

Categories: Grants Management, Staff/Administrative

Internal Number: 6815956

Online applications must be received before 11:59pm on: January 12, 2026

Available Title(s): 143L-NN_CS_NPS - Fiscal Analyst 4, 143L-YN_CS_NPS - Fiscal Analyst 4

Business Title: Senior Financial Research Administrator

Employee Type: Classified

Position Details:

The Opportunity:

You'll take the lead in post-award grant and contract accounting-making sure every dollar is spent in line with GAAP standards and sponsor requirements. Your mission is to ensure expenses are allowable, allocable, reasonable, and consistent so research projects run smoothly and compliantly.

As a senior specialist, you'll manage a complex portfolio of awards that keeps things interesting. You'll work with:

• Sponsors with unique terms and conditions
• Intricate budgets, including significant cost share
• Cross-functional collaborations, Centers, and Institutes
• Programs with high audit visibility or special compliance rules (think Salary Cap)
• Departments with a broad mix of awards

You'll bring your advanced knowledge and experience to solve tough problems independently. You'll design processes, create solutions, and make decisions that have a broad impact across teams. In short, you'll be the go-to expert when things get complex.

Additional Information:

This is a full time (100% FTE), permanent position. This position is overtime eligible.

Monthly Salary: $5,398 to $7,254 | Range 57 | Successful candidates are typically hired at the beginning of the salary range and receive scheduled salary increment increases in accordance with WAC 357-28.

In accordance with RCW 49.58.110, the above salary reflects the full salary range for this position. Individual placement within the range is based on the candidate's current experience, education, skills, and abilities related to the position.

Benefits: WSU offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes paid sick and vacation leave; paid holidays; medical, dental, life and disability insurance package for employees and dependents; retirement; deferred compensation, optional supplemental retirement accounts; training and development; and employee tuition waiver. For additional information, please review the detailed Summary of Benefits offered by WSU for Classified staff and Total Compensation.

Required Qualifications:

• A Bachelor's degree, which includes 18 quarter or 12 semester hours in accounting, auditing, or budgeting and two (2) years of relevant professional experience, or equivalent education/experience.
• Intermediate to advanced proficiency level with Microsoft software programs such as Outlook, Excel, Access, Word and PowerPoint to create spreadsheets, graphs, charts and reports, prepare presentations, conduct data analysis and manage information efficiently.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with the enterprise resource planning system Workday.
• Knowledge of or experience with OFM accounting regulations (i.e. Uniform Guidance).
• Knowledge of or experience with the WSU UPPM.
• Possess advanced computer skills, specifically working in a Microsoft Windows environment with an emphasis on Excel.
• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting.
• Experience with research grants and contracts.
• Experience auditing and reconciling complex financial data.
• Experience leading the work of others.

About Department/College/Area/Campus - https://sps.wsu.edu/

Area/College: Financial and Business Services

Department Name: Sponsored Program Services

Location: Remote - Pullman, WA

Application Instructions: Applicants must upload the following required documents to their online application. Application materials should clearly communicate how the applicant meets all required qualifications and additional requirements.

1. Resume
2. Cover Letter

External candidates, upload all documents in the 'Application Document' section of your application.

Current WSU Employees (internal candidates), before starting your Workday application, please use these instructions to update your education and experience in your worker profile in Workday. Internal candidates, upload all documents in the 'Resume/Cover Letter' section of your application.

Documents may be submitted as one file or separate files. Applicants are encouraged to upload as a PDF, if possible.

Reference contact information will be requested later in the recruitment process through Workday.