Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Arizona State University is a public research university with a finance department supporting sponsored and non-sponsored projects through its Biodesign Institute. The Finance Manager 2 manages financial operations, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, compliance, and post-award activities while providing financial guidance and customer service to faculty and staff involved in research projects.
Responsibilities
- Analyzes, reconciles, and prepares reports on financial information on sponsored, local and foundation accounts on a monthly basis
- Provides budgeting/forecasting support for all assigned accounts
- Assists with the Graduate Student hiring process
- Will maintain funding assignments for all payroll within assigned accounts, including payroll adjustments and corrections
- Maintains and audits unit-wide financial documentation and files and may be required to provide additional documentation for University level audits
- Reviews account expenditure requests in accordance with established financial guidelines and policies, which may include verifying accuracy for transactions of goods, services, and equipment
- Assist with annual and final NIH Research Performance Progress Reports
- Tracks effort of Faculty and research staff to ensure compliance with sponsor expectations
- Interacts regularly with and provides high quality customer service to faculty members conducting sponsored research, including scheduling recurring meetings with assigned faculty members
- Manage post-award actions including but not limited to no-cost extensions, re-budgets and ad-hoc sponsor requests
- Reviews and approves travel requests
- Expected to be responsive to customers, engaged in work production, resourceful, flexible, and respectful of others
Skills
- Bachelor's degree and five (5) years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field including two (2) years managerial experience; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved
- Regular use standard office equipment including but not limited to computer workstation/laptop (keyboard, monitor, mouse), printer, fax, calculator, copier, telephone, and associated computer/technology peripherals
- Both are subject to extended periods of being in a stationary position
- Experience in Higher Education
- Experience working in post-award management with sponsors such as NIH, DOD, NSF, and private foundations
- Experience with local and gift accounts
- Experience with Workday (for Financial and HR purposes), ERA, Concur, Microsoft Office programs and querying tools
- Experience working in a team environment with constantly changing priorities
- Strong critical thinking, problem-solving, and independent decision-making skills
- High level of attention to detail, communication and organizational skills
- Demonstrated ability to effectively navigate and respond to highly complex and competing situations involving multiple entities
- Skilled in defining tasks, responsibilities, and outcomes, with experience in resource planning to achieve project or department goals and timelines
- Demonstrated knowledge using online resources to retrieve or submit information
- Experience taking initiative, being diplomatic and pro-active, while effectively managing stressful situations
- Ability to clearly communicate and exchange accurate information to perform essential duties
Benefits
- Position is open for an in-person environment, hybrid work environment or fully remote work environment.
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