UCLA Health

Fund Manager

UCLA Health$73K — $111K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 1-3 years of financial, clerical, or administrative experience
  • Strong interpersonal skills for effective communication and relationship building
  • Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks with competing deadlines
  • Analytical skills for assessing financial data and resolving issues
  • Attention to detail for accuracy in a fast-paced environment
  • Organizational skills for maintaining comprehensive administrative files
  • Proficient in Adobe and Microsoft Office, especially Excel

Responsibilities

  • Oversee pre- and post-award management of research grants
  • Collaborate with Principal Investigators and research teams to ensure financial compliance
  • Monitor and analyze budgetary performance of research awards
  • Prepare accurate financial reports for departmental leadership
  • Assist in creating and maintaining financial documentation and files
  • Support the Division Administrator in financial affairs management
  • Help advance the department's mission by ensuring effective use of grant funds

Benefits

  • Hybrid work flexibility between onsite and remote
  • Collaborative environment fostering teamwork
  • Chance to contribute to impactful research in Pulmonary Medicine
  • Indefinite employment duration providing job security
  • Monday-Friday work schedule for work-life balance
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

03/10/2026

Salary Range: $35.23 - 53.67 Hourly

Employment Type

2 - Staff: Career

Duration

Indefinite

Job #

29366

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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The Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, is seeking a highly organized and analytical Fund Manager to support the financial administration of a diverse portfolio of research awards. Working closely with the Division Administrator, Financial Affairs Manager, and departmental leadership, this role will oversee all phases of pre- and post-award management for intramural and extramural grants. The Fund Manager will partner with Principal Investigators and research administration teams to ensure accurate budgeting, financial monitoring, and compliance, helping advance the department's mission of supporting impactful research.

Hourly range: $35.23-$53.67

Job Qualifications

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Required:
  • 1-3 years of Financial, clerical or administrative experience
  • Interpersonal skills to effectively communicate information in a timely, professional manner and establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with students, staff, faculty, external collaborators, and administration and to work as a member of a team.
  • Ability to set priorities and complete ongoing tasks with competing deadlines, with frequent
  • interruptions, to meet the programmatic and financial needs of PIs and the department, while complying with university and funding agency policies and regulations.
  • Analytical skills to assess financial information, define problems, formulate logical solutions, develop alternative solutions, make recommendations, and initiate corrective actions
  • Close attention to detail to ensure accuracy in a fast-paced, fluctuating workload environment
  • Organization skills to create and maintain administrative and financial files effectively as well as independently balance the various tasks to ensure deadlines are met
  • Demonstrated proficiency with Adobe and Microsoft suite software, especially Excel, to perform daily tasks efficiently and accurately

Preferred:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Finance/administration or experience equivalent
  • 1-2 years of Research Administration experience


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.

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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