Research Finance Manager

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Research Finance Manager, Research Financial Management (RFM)

Exciting Opportunity at MSK: Join our team as a Research Finance Manager in the Research Financial Management (RFM) unit. We're looking for a dynamic research administration professional eager to showcase financial management and collaboration skills and make a meaningful impact in our research enterprise.

Role Overview:

· Assume financial control of assigned departments and review funding expenditures by the investigators. Monitor cost allowability, administrative reasonableness, appropriate award applicability, and funding availability.

· Establish management and administrative controls for all grants, contracts, and other research funding mechanisms. Advise investigators and department administration about funding availability and potential issues.

· Ensure rules for grants management are understood, disseminated, and followed. This includes supervising federal sources, voluntary agencies, industrial contracts, philanthropic sources, and MSK institutional policy.

· In collaboration with the investigator, establish and maintain annual budgets for research awards. Act as a resource for research investigators supporting financial award management. Be a point of contact between the investigator and the awarding agencies.

· Maintain discretion for confidential information and appropriately handle critical information and sensitive situations.

Key Qualifications:

· 2-4 years of experience in a related field; preferably an administration environment performing duties similar to the above.

· Knowledge of federal agency regulations, policies and procedures, circulars, laws, and federal acquisition regulations applicable to sponsored programs.

· Mid to sophisticated level skills in Microsoft Office and business intelligence products such as Tableau or Cognos.

Core Skills:

· Outstanding communication and self-awareness, able to effectively interact with faculty and administrators.

· Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines while maintaining professional and courteous service to our customers.

· Proactive and resilient to adapt to change and innovations

· Maintain high work standards and integrity of financial principles and stewardship with minimum supervision.

· Collaborative and comfortable working as part of a team to interpret policies and procedures.

· Critical thinking and problem solving, exercising good judgment to solve problems and complete work efficiently.

· Accurate in developing and managing budgets, projecting expenditures, and managing recommended solutions.

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Additional Information:

· Location: Remote, with option for individual requests for hybrid option to allow some travel to campus.

· Schedule: 5 x 8s

· Reporting to Manager, Research Financial Management.

Pay Range: $88,800.00 - $142,200.00.

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Learn more about Research Financial Management at MSK: Our experienced and skilled team of Research Finance Managers include over 30 positions that work directly with investigators and labs as a key partner for financial advice and management. This position is key to the institution’s ability to maintain an internal control environment that meets the needs of sponsor regulations and expectations for funding we receive to advance the research enterprise. Research Financial Management is dedicated to highest levels of service to our innovative investigators in order to contribute to the vision and mission of the institution, and we firmly believe that MSK’s institutional values are integral to our success, particularly with regard to how important stewardship, integrity, and innovation are to successful research administration

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