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Hussman Institute has an exciting opportunity for a Sponsored Programs Specialist position.
The incumbent monitors, supports, and evaluates grant activities within the assigned department to ensure compliance with applicable guidelines, rules, and regulations.
CORE JOB FUNCTIONS
Monitors sponsored accounts for problem expenditures and compliance issues including follow-up with departmental and sponsoring agency personnel.
Resolves expenditure issues, including discrepancies and overdrafts.
Analyzes information on sponsored awarded accounts, researches the accounting system, and contacts departmental administrators to solve issues.
Requests additional information and approves or denies the following HR transactions as they relate to the impact to sponsored accounts: new hires, account changes, overload payments, and other HR transactions.
Approves or denies payroll journal entries and non-payroll transactions affecting sponsored accounts.
Works with the awarded amount and approved agency budget to set up account budgets.
Interprets regulations and assists department administrators in understanding sponsored programs requirements.
Prepares sponsored accounts for transmittal to the financial section of sponsored programs, account closing, upon award termination.
Ensures the release of unobligated funds on purchase orders.
Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.
This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.
CORE QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s degree in relevant field
Minimum 1 year of relevant experience
Department Specific Functions
This individual will be responsible for a portfolio of sponsored awards possibly spanning more than one Principal Investigator.
He/she will reconcile their awards on a monthly basis utilizing University of Miami financial systems and departmental based reconciliation practices for post-award management.
He/she will also be responsible for pre-award activities for their assigned Principal Investigators, including but not limited to budget and budget justification preparation, usage of the UM proposal system, communication with outside collaborators and their contacts in preparation of required documents, and adherence to sponsor guidelines.
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Job Status:
Full time
Employee Type:
Staff
Pay Grade:
c104