The University of New Mexico · 1 day ago
Financial Analyst
Albuquerque, NM
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
$5,926.27/mo - $6,976.67/mo
3+ years expThe University of New Mexico is seeking an experienced Financial Analyst to join its College of Pharmacy's research administration team. The role involves managing post-award financial activities, analyzing research budgets, and providing guidance on financial planning and compliance with funding policies.
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Responsibilities
Leads post-award financial management, accurate and current labor allocations, and providing data to support sponsor-requested financial reporting
Monitors and analyzes research budgets (including research pilot project budgets) and cost shares, works to resolve issues with attention to detail
Meets regularly with College PIs to monitor grant spending (both internal and subawards), interpret budget reports for PIs, and oversees budget projections
Collaborates to provide compliance assurance with university policy, federal regulations, and other codified governance in the conduct and administration of research. Provides advice to faculty and administrators regarding funding policies, rules, and regulations
Primary liaison with contract and grant accounting office and fiscal monitor for the College of Pharmacy and its management office
Primary liaison with sponsored project subawardees, facilitating financial status updates to the College PIs on balances and progress within invoicing and payment. Regularly follows up with subawardees and/or core office fiscal monitor(s) on the status of invoicing, maintaining subaward invoice logs. Drives subaward invoicing as needed
Calculates accounting figures for carry-forward obligations, no-cost extensions, facilitates effort certifications
Maintains reports on potential losses on sponsored projects with unrealized bad debt expenses
Continuous improvement in institutional, regulatory knowledge and subject matter expertise that facilitates faculty and staff mentoring specific to NIH requirements
Provides dotted line supervision, mentoring, and training to program managers and senior research staff in support of faculty investigators
Coordinates internal onboarding and training in post-award research administration, research tracking and funding usage, and special project outreach
Assists with the College’s annual Research & Scholarship Day event and other research events as needed
Duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree; at least 3 years of experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified
Completed degree(s) from an accredited institution that are above the minimum education requirement may be substituted for experience on a year for year basis
Preferred
Experience with sponsored projects at an institution of higher learning or a national laboratory
Demonstrated experience with modern accounting platforms
Experience with generating complex financial statements
Skilled in building, utilizing, and reporting custom spreadsheets
Served in a senior administrative role with financial reporting responsibilities
Experience with generating interdepartmental salary agreements and MOUs
Experience with monitoring for compliance and federal regulation particularly the National Institutes of Health
Experience with coordinating invoicing and collections with external business partners
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life insurance
Educational benefits through the tuition remission and dependent education programs
Company
The University of New Mexico
Founded in 1889, The University of New Mexico now occupies 600 acres along old Route 66 in the heart of Albuquerque, a city of more than 700,000 people.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1.94MKey Investors
National Science Foundation
2017-08-16Grant· $0.44M
2013-11-27Grant· $1.5M
Leadership Team
Assata Zerai
Vice President for Equity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer
Alex Rankin, MD, MBA
Associate Chief Medical Officer
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