University of California  Los Angeles

Fund Manager

Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Proficient with PC, Excel, and Word for Windows.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills.
  • Experience with BruinBuy Plus and UCPATH system preferred.
  • Database design and maintenance using Microsoft Access required.
  • Ability to generate computer reports for tracking and analysis.
  • Experience in budget analysis and expenditure monitoring required.
  • Familiarity with university accounting practices preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Provide analytical and fiscal support to Principal Investigators.
  • Administer the full spectrum of sponsored research from pre-award to post-award.
  • Manage approximately $13M in state, federal, and private contracts and grants.
  • Develop and maintain databases to track accounts and train users.
  • Prepare and analyze budgets and financial projections.
  • Collaborate with staff to process proposals adhering to fiscal policies.
  • Use AIS systems to review accounting, payroll, and personnel entries.

Benefits

  • Benefits start on day one of employment.
  • UC Benefit package includes various comprehensive offerings.
  • Access to UC Total Compensation Estimator for benefits calculations.
Full Job Description
Position Summary

Under the direction of the MSO & Sr. Administrative Analyst-Supervisor, provide analytical and fiscal support to Principal Investigators through the full spectrum of sponsored research activities. Major duties include, but are not limited to, pre-award to post-award administration and fund management of approximately$13M of highly complex state, federal, and private contracts and grants.

Salary & Compensation

*UCLA provides a full pay range. Actual salary offers consider factors, including budget, prior experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, and other business considerations. Salary offers at the top of the range are not common. Visit UC Benefit package to discover benefits that start on day one, and UC Total Compensation Estimator to calculate the total compensation value with benefits.
Qualifications

  • Proficient in the operation of a PC, and in using Excel and Word for Windows. (Required)
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills to convey and obtain information. (Required)
  • Proficient in the use of the BruinBuy Plus and UCPATH system. (Preferred)
  • Experience in designing, executing, and maintaining databases to track accounts assigned using Microsoft Access and to train others in their use. (Required)
  • Ability to write computer reports for expenses in tracking, financial projections, and variance analysis. (Required)
  • Experience in budgetary analysis and control which includes reconciling ledgers, monitoring expenditures based on existing revenue and cost data. (Required)
  • Working knowledge of university accounting and other administrative policies and procedures (Preferred)
  • Excellent analytical skills to access financial information, anticipate problems, develop alternative solutions, make recommendations and implement changes. (Required)
  • Skill in organizing a complex workload and ability to plan and prioritize the work (Required)
  • Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal direction. (Required)
  • Ability to organize and perform a variety of tasks that need to be carried out simultaneously with frequent interruptions. (Required)
  • Demonstrated interpersonal skills to interact with students, staff, and faculty (Required)
  • Ability to understand, interpret, process, and review online entries for the campus AIS systems for accounting, payroll, personnel, and other, as required. (Required)
  • Knowledge of payroll/personnel systems as it relates to contract and grant payroll to work in conjunction with the Payroll/Personnel Analyst; Ability to access and use Web-based systems such as QDB, PPP, and others. (Preferred)
  • Ability to create and maintain individualized Excel spreadsheets to track funding at the request of one or many PI's. (Required)
  • Ability to work cooperatively with co-workers and to assist in areas outside of assigned duties occasionally to help ensure that the mission of the department is completed. (Required)
  • Demonstrated skill in preparing budgets and projections using spreadsheet and database personal computer software. (Required)
  • Working knowledge of agency on-line systems to process proposals-federal and state contract and grant fiscal policies and procedures. (Required)

  • Education, Licenses, Certifications & Personal Affiliations

  • Bachelor's Degree in related area and /or equivalent combination of education and experience/ training (Required)

  • Schedule

    8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m
    Union/Policy Covered

    CX-Clerical & Allied Services
    Complete Position Description

    https://universityofcalifornia.marketpayjobs.com/ShowJob.aspx?EntityID=38&JDName=Research%20Administrator%202%20CX%20(41020270)

    About University of California Los Angeles

    The University of California, Los Angeles is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California State Normal School. This school was absorbed with the official founding of UCLA as the Southern Branch of the University of California in 1919, making it the second-oldest of the 10-campus University of California system. UCLA offers 337 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of disciplines, enrolling about 31,600 undergraduate and 14,300 graduate and professional students. UCLA received 174,914 undergraduate applications for Fall 2022, including transfers, making the school the most applied-to university in the United States. The university is organized into the College of Letters and Science and 12 professional schools. Six of the schools offer undergraduate degree programs: the School of the Arts and Architecture, Samueli School of Engineering, Herb Alpert School of Music, School of Nursing, Luskin School of Public Affairs and School of Theater, Film and Television. Three others are graduate-level professional health science schools: the David Geffen School of Medicine, School of Dentistry and Fielding School of Public Health. The School of Education & Information Studies, Anderson School of Management and School of Law round out the university.
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