Financial & Business Intelligence Analyst

UCSF•San Francisco, CA

23h

About The Position

Involves providing analytical, financial and training activities in support of contract and grant proposal development, grant-writing, funding, administration, and budget development. Activities may include pre-award proposal initiatives, management of funds post-award, and closeout activities for federal, state, local and private sponsors. Involves activities associated with analyzing research funding trends and sources, forecasting, planning, and managing of research portfolios by performing some or all of the following: coordinating and identifying and developing and / or presenting proposals, contracts and other agreements; reviewing proposals to ensure institutional compliance and program success; negotiating, administering and monitoring contract and grant awards, including compliance with regulations, terms and conditions; financial management and reporting; and sub award / subcontract issuance and administration. Recognized organization-wide expert. Has significant impact and influence on organizational policy and program development. Regularly leads projects of critical importance to the organization; these projects carry substantial consequences of success or failure. Directs programs with organization-wide impact (or may have impact beyond the University) that include formulating strategies and administering policies, processes, and resources. Significant barriers to entry exist at this level. Having wide-ranging experience, uses contracts and grants concepts and organization objectives to assess and resolve the most complex contracts and grants issues having organization-wide impact. Given scope and impact, this role only exists in a central research administration organization. Manages the most complex transactions. Advises on the most complex proposals, including those involving large collaborations, international collaborators, complex contracts. Reviews research / training contract and grant proposals to extramural sponsors to ensure the proper commitment of institutional resources and compliance with institutional and sponsor policies. Proposals and contracts have direct organization-wide impact. Eligible for full delegation of authority to submit proposals on behalf of the organization and to act on behalf of the organization with federal, state and non-profit sponsors of extramurally funded grants, contracts, cooperative agreements and subcontracts and in acceptance of same. Serves as signing authority for less experienced staff. May serve as a staff manager and oversee staff, or may serve as a subject matter expert and is often recognized as an expert for the organization in the industry in a particular area, such as federal contracts, state contracts, subcontracts or information systems, or sponsored project administration and compliance.

Requirements

Contracts and grants concepts
Organization objectives
Experience in a central research administration organization
Experience managing complex transactions
Experience advising on complex proposals (large collaborations, international collaborators, complex contracts)
Experience reviewing research/training contract and grant proposals to extramural sponsors
Experience ensuring proper commitment of institutional resources
Experience ensuring compliance with institutional and sponsor policies
Experience submitting proposals on behalf of the organization
Experience acting on behalf of the organization with federal, state and non-profit sponsors of extramurally funded grants, contracts, cooperative agreements and subcontracts and in acceptance of same.
Experience serving as signing authority for less experienced staff.
Experience serving as a staff manager and overseeing staff.
Experience serving as a subject matter expert and being recognized as an expert for the organization in the industry in a particular area, such as federal contracts, state contracts, subcontracts or information systems, or sponsored project administration and compliance.

Responsibilities

Providing analytical, financial and training activities in support of contract and grant proposal development, grant-writing, funding, administration, and budget development.
Managing funds post-award, and closeout activities for federal, state, local and private sponsors.
Analyzing research funding trends and sources, forecasting, planning, and managing of research portfolios.
Coordinating and identifying and developing and / or presenting proposals, contracts and other agreements.
Reviewing proposals to ensure institutional compliance and program success.
Negotiating, administering and monitoring contract and grant awards, including compliance with regulations, terms and conditions.
Financial management and reporting.
Sub award / subcontract issuance and administration.
Assessing and resolving the most complex contracts and grants issues having organization-wide impact.
Managing the most complex transactions.
Advising on the most complex proposals, including those involving large collaborations, international collaborators, complex contracts.
Reviewing research / training contract and grant proposals to extramural sponsors to ensure the proper commitment of institutional resources and compliance with institutional and sponsor policies.
Serving as signing authority for less experienced staff.
Serving as a staff manager and overseeing staff.
Serving as a subject matter expert and being recognized as an expert for the organization in the industry in a particular area, such as federal contracts, state contracts, subcontracts or information systems, or sponsored project administration and compliance.