Post Award Grants Administrator

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

1d • Remote

About The Position

Join MSK as a Post Award Grants Administrator 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 significant 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.

Requirements

• Post‑award experience supporting industry‑sponsored clinical trials in a healthcare or academic research setting.
• Strong knowledge of clinical trial budgets, milestone payments, pass‑through costs, and billing compliance.
• Familiarity with CTAs, federal regulations, GCP, and sponsor requirements.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office; experience with BI tools (Tableau/Cognos preferred).
• Effective communicator with demonstrated success partnering with investigators and study teams.
• 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 leading budgets, projecting expenditures, and leading recommended solutions.

Responsibilities

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees