Overview
Senior Research Administrator II – Remote Jobs in Atlanta – Georgia – USA at Actalent
Description:
Pre-Award Support
Responsibilities
Work directly with investigators on assigned proposal submissions to ensure proposals meet technical, administrative and financial requirements; as well as ensuring deadlines are met and established policies and requirements of sponsoring agencies are met.
Create a management plan and communicate clearly with the Principal Investigators on submission requirements and assignments; ensuring roles, responsibilities and timelines are clear for each proposal assigned.
Prepare non-technical components of submissions seeking PI input where needed: budget, budget narrative, coordinating administrative requirements for sub recipients, preparing RAMSSPOT submissions, completing sponsor forms, etc.
Prepare cost share authorizations and advance index requests seeking department approvals as needed
Review terms and conditions of awards and communicate special terms to Investigators and department administration as needed.
Provide data and assist supervisor as needed to prepare department level pre-award reporting for areas assigned.
Post-Award Research Administration and Compliance Monitoring
Responsibilities
Provide financial and administrative management of program sponsored research portfolios as assigned to include: grants, cooperative agreements and contracts including industry clinical trials.
Work with investigators to establish new awards and initiate spending; ensures award financial record and budget are accurate in university systems.
Provide financial and administrative management including monthly reviews of: expenditures, projections, personnel allocations and cost share indexes. Ensure expenses allocated to project are allowable, reasonable and allocable. Compliance concerns should be brought to supervisor and primary investigators immediately.
Meet with investigators of projects assigned no less than quarterly to review project status and financial projections. Potential issues should be reported to supervisor immediately.
Ensures accurate labor distributions on sponsored and cost share indexes are maintained.
Manage sub awards: initiate sub award administrative actions, receive invoices, monitor finances, and obtain PI approval for invoice payment, process payments
Risk Management
Responsibilities
Demonstrate a commitment torisk assessment(considering cost, benefit and impact)
Utilize identified internal control mechanism
Practices routine verification of the accuracy of data
Qualifications:
Must have at least 4-5 years of experience in pre and post award research administration, have to have a background in contract negotiation, budget negotiation
Havingdiverseexperience when it comes to industry sponsored/grant funded trials will be important as well
Must be high functioning and highly independent – knows how to function independently
Must be familiar with working remotely and autonomously
About Actalent
Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale,
innovation
and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.
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Title: Senior Research Administrator II – Remote
Company: Actalent
Location: Atlanta – Georgia – USA
Category: Administrative/Clerical
