75175BR

Medicine-Genetics

Under the general direction of the Chief or Manager/Director, provides overall management of the Department/Division/Program research portfolio in partnership with Principal Investigators to ensure compliance and successful completion of research activities. Performs complex pre-award and post-award functions for all federal and/or state grant funds, private foundation grants, subcontracts, discretionary and endowment funds, and/or any other sponsored funds.
Principal Duties & Responsibilities

• Participates in strategic planning for Department/Division/Program, including overall financial analysis and long term projections.
• Serves as an advisor to Principal Investigators regarding proposal and budget preparation, interpretation of sponsor guidelines and regulations, and problem resolution.
• Manages and oversees the grant application process
• Assist in budget development.
• Establishes departmental policies, systems and procedures to monitor research purchases and day-to-day spending.
• Performs financial analysis on grants including but not limited to forecasting and communicating results to Principal Investigators.
• May oversee departmental administration of effort classification and reporting, as well as ensure timely submission of completed effort reports.
• Collaborates with Department Administrator and appropriate Boston Children’s central administration offices to represent the needs of the Research Faculty.
• This position has signature authority on restricted funds.
• Supervises staff ; including hiring, training, performance management, goal setting, and salary administration, work priorities and quality.
• Coordinates departmental research effort reporting and ensures timely submission certified effort reports, may approve purchase requisitions in compliance with sponsor and institutional guidelines.
• Uses institutional resources to maintain department records of grant awards and agreements.
• May help research staff identify sources of funding by maintaining knowledge of agency programs.
• Partners with appropriate institutional central offices to represent the needs of the research faculty and resolve complex problems.
• Analyzes monthly expenses and overall status of each grant, processing necessary corrections through appropriate channels.
• Reviews departmental processes and procedures to ensure compliance.
• Conducts spot checks or audits as appropriate to ensure departmental systems are adequate. Works with the Department Administrators and Principal Investigators to develop annual budgets and forecasts.
• Reconcile monthly expense variances between Hospital financial systems and budgets.
• Forecast funds over/under expenditures and provide monthly status reports to Principal Investigators. Performs other financial analysis as needed.
• Ensures timely renewal of grant and subcontracts and/or orderly closeout of completed sponsored activities.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Public Health or relatable field
• Master’s degree preferred
• 7 years of research administrative experience required
• Demonstrated understanding of federal cost allocation principles in order to ensure the proper stewardship of sponsored funds.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office and database applications.
• Ability to independently seek out answers from the appropriate federal compliance and regulatory resource.

Benefits
Consistent with our belief that our employees are our most valuable resource, Boston Children’s Hospital offers a competitive and inclusive benefits package.

Full-Time

Regular

40

Boston

Administration

Part Remote/Hybrid