UCLA Health

Finance & Grant Principal - Pediatrics

UCLA Health$90K — $194K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Finance or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 1-3 years of complex research administration.
  • 8+ years of research experience.
  • Strong ability to build effective relationships with diverse stakeholders.
  • Meticulous attention to detail in a fast-paced environment.
  • Proficient in Adobe and Microsoft Office, especially Excel.
  • Experience with various award mechanisms such as grants and contracts.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee the department's pre- and post-award administration for research projects.
  • Manage clinical finance and post-award fund activities for Principal Investigators (PIs).
  • Prepare financial and grant reports while monitoring budgets.
  • Process salary entries in UCPath and manage salary funding for faculty and staff.
  • Review and reconcile the general ledger, performing necessary corrections.
  • Serve as a liaison with external departments, funding agencies, and subawardees.

Benefits

  • Flexible hybrid work arrangement.
  • Standard Monday to Friday work schedule from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.
  • Career staff position with indefinite duration.
Full Job Description
General Information

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Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA

Onsite or Remote

Flexible Hybrid

Work Schedule

Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm

Posted Date

08/12/2026

Salary Range: $90720 - 194040 Annually

Employment Type

2 - Staff: Career

Duration

indefinite

Job #

32405

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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Under the general direction of the Department Chair, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and direct supervision of one of our Contract & Grant Supervisors-and in coordination with research administrative staff-this role is primarily responsible for overseeing and supervising the department's pre- and post-award administration for both intra- and extramurally funded research projects supporting departmental Principal Investigators (PIs).

Key responsibilities include managing active clinical finance and post-award fund activities for assigned divisions and PIs. The position also involves preparing financial and grant reports, developing and monitoring budgets, and managing salary funding for faculty and staff, including processing entries in UCPath. Additional duties include reviewing and reconciling the general ledger, performing corrections such as salary cost transfers, retros, NPEARs, and TOFs, and serving as a liaison with external departments, funding agencies, and subawardees.

Salary Range: $90,720.00 - $194,040.00

Job Qualifications

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Required:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Finance or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 1-3 years of complex research administration.
  • 8 + years of research experience
  • Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with students, staff, faculty, external collaborators, and administration.
  • High School Diploma
  • Ability to work as a member of the team.
  • Advanced ability to set priorities and complete ongoing tasks with competing deadlines with frequent interruptions to meet programmatic and financial needs.
  • Meticulous attention to detail in a fast-paced, fluctuating, workload environment.
  • Demonstrated proficiency with Adobe and Microsoft suite software, especially Excel.
  • Experience will all types of award mechanisms, including grants, contracts, subcontracts, and cooperative agreements.
  • Ability to interpret policy for others.
  • Advance knowledge of effective grant funding processes, procedures, and techniques


Preferred:
  • Exceptional organizational skills to create and maintain administrative and financial files effectively
  • Strong organizational skills, ability to prioritize job functions and handle multiple tasks with multiple proposal submission systems.
  • Experience preparing, managing, and projecting budgets


As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.

About UCLA Health

UCLA Health is a world-renowned academic medical center located in Los Angeles, California. It comprises four hospitals, including Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, and more than 200 primary and specialty care clinics. UCLA Health is affiliated with the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and is consistently ranked among the top hospitals in the United States. The health system employs over 20,000 people and serves as a major center for patient care, medical education, and research.
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