Post Award Financial Business Manager

Overview

Post Award Financial Business Manager

Location: Open Date:

Description

Clemson is calling...are you ready to answer the call? One of the most productive public research universities in the nation, Clemson University attracts and powerfully unites students, faculty and staff whose greatest desire is to make a difference in the lives of others. Clemson has recently been named a top 25 public college in the country by the Wall Street Journal, a top South Carolina employer by Forbes and a Military Friendly Employer for five years running.

Through our research, outreach and entrepreneurial projects, Clemson University and its employees are driving economic development and improving quality of life in South Carolina and beyond. So,... are you ready?

JOB SUMMARY:

Manages all aspects of sponsored projects in assigned units for CECAS during an award's life cycle. Provides high level customer service to faculty, researchers and department administrators and serves as an administrative liaison for PI's and Central units (i.e., GCA and OSP). Performs other duties as assigned.

• 40% - Essential - Project Administration:
  Provide technical assistance, guidance and oversight to researchers and University constituents in the awarding of sponsored funds. Monitor sponsored budgets, cost sharing, subaward encumbrances. Serves as an approver in buyWays and Concur to ensure allowability and compliance. Serves as an administrative college-liaison for PI's and central units in the requests for changes in budget revisions, changes in scope, effort commitments, or no cost extensions.
  
  Assists PI's as necessary with administrative and financial post awards matters, and analyze and resolve problems related to financial compliance or availability of funds.
• 20% - Essential - Fiscal Support:
  Monitors sponsored project for financial related issues and compliance related matters. Responsible for managing cost-share projects, preparing internal budgets, budget amendments, and status corrections when needed. Prepares monthly reconciliation for all sponsored projects and contracts. Advises PI on current balances and corrections necessary for compliance. Looks for proactive ways to ensure charges are appropriately charged and allocated to grant projects.
  
  Clears month-end errors and approves summer pay forms for faculty charging sponsored research projects.
• 15% - Essential - Program support and compliance:
  Communicates routinely with PI(s), departmental personnel, college personnel, GCA and OSP. Reviews and resolves project journal and voucher errors, including all cost-share accounts. Works with CECAS PPS and FBM to ensure expenses and payroll are posted correctly and are allowable. Stays abreast of Federal, State, and University regulations related to research issues by reading materials, attending workshops, and other methods.
  
  Participates in the preparation of training materials and delivery of workshops for faculty and staff in their assigned units on implementation and changes. Devises and implements tracking reports of compliance-related issues for internal control purposes. Reviews expenditure documentation. Completes monthly reconciliation.
• 15% - Essential - Sponsored Reporting and Special Reporting:
  Responsible for providing financial and budget information, including cost share, to PI's for sponsor monthly, quarterly, and yearly reporting. Responsible for certifying cost share expenses for SF-425 reports to GCA for quarterly reporting. Prepares budget workbooks for PIs with budget, actual expenditures, and forecasting of sponsored projects, including related cost-share and indirect costs. Completes audit requests as needed.
• 10% - Essential - Project Setup, Review and Close-out:
  Review and interpret award terms and conditions and provide guidance to PI's. Seeks guidance from GCA related to unique or problematic award terms. Works with PI to develop updated budgets for modifications and submits sponsor and internal budgets forms to GCA. Verifies final closeout expenditures, cost sharing and revenues and provides to GCA certifying project is ready to close.

• Education - 1st Bachelor's Degree - accounting, finance, business or related field and professional experience directly related, such as
• Work Experience - 2+ years

• Education - 1st Master's Degree - Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field
• Work Experience - 3+ years

JOB KNOWLEDGE

• Fundamental Job Knowledge - Fundamental working knowledge of concepts, practices and procedures and ability to apply in varied situations

• No Supervisory Duties - Not responsible for supervising employees.

• No Budget Responsibilities - No fiscal responsibility for the department's budget.

• 90% - Sit (stationary position) for prolonged period
• 100% - Communicate, converse, give direction, express oneself

Standard

Hours:

37.5

Expected Salary…