University of California  Los Angeles

Senior Fund Manager

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

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience managing complex grants and contracts from federal, state, and private entities.
  • Advanced financial analysis skills with expertise in spreadsheet and database technologies.
  • Proficiency in preparing budgets following university and funding agency guidelines.
  • Ability to accurately reconcile and report on financial statuses in a timely manner.
  • In-depth knowledge of contract and grant policies, including compliance with different funding sources.
  • Experience with UCLA online systems and tools relevant for grant management.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, essential for reporting and mentorship.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee advanced financial analysis and compliance monitoring for a diverse range of funding sources.
  • Manage the entire grant lifecycle from pre-award to post-award, ensuring adherence to regulations.
  • Prepare and submit detailed research proposals and budgets for external funding.
  • Monitor funds monthly and produce quarterly financial reports for principal investigators.
  • Build and maintain strong working relationships with faculty, staff, and students across departments.
  • Conduct special projects related to finance and grant management.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits starting on the first day of employment.
  • Access to the UC Total Compensation Estimator for personalized compensation calculations.
  • Opportunities for ongoing professional development and training.
Full Job Description
Serve as Senior Contracts and Grants Manager for the Department of Mathematics/Program in Computing with a total of $15 million in expenditures and 157 accounts. Primary responsibilities include advanced financial analysis, compliance monitoring and accounting of federal, state, and private contract/grant funding sources. Administer grants from pre-award through post-award with proactive adherence to compliance with Agency regulations and University policies. Prepare and submit extramurally funded research proposals and budgets. Actively monitor funds on a monthly basis, and produce quarterly financial reports to deliver coherent and concise financial information to principal investigators. Interpersonal skills needed to establish and maintain a dynamic and effective working relationship with faculty, staff, students, other campus units. Conduct special projects. Serve as Senior Contracts and Grants Manager for the Department of Mathematics/Program in Computing with a total of $15 million in expenditures and 157 accounts. Primary responsibilities include advanced financial analysis, compliance monitoring and accounting of federal, state, and private contract/grant funding sources. Administer grants from pre-award through post-award with proactive adherence to compliance with Agency regulations and University policies. Prepare and submit extramurally funded research proposals and budgets. Actively monitor funds on a monthly basis, and produce quarterly financial reports to deliver coherent and concise financial information to principal investigators. Interpersonal skills needed to establish and maintain a dynamic and effective working relationship with faculty, staff, students, other campus units. Conduct special projects. *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
  • Demonstrated ability to manage a high volume of pre- and post-award extramural activity from federal and state funded grants and private foundation awards. (Required)
  • Demonstrated ability to apply advanced financial and accounting principles to develop and monitor accounts using spreadsheet and database technology. (Required)
  • Demonstrated ability to prepare budgets for extramural funds in accordance with University and funding agency guidelines and policies. (Required)
  • Demonstrated skill to accurately reconcile, analyze, project and report financial status. (Required)
  • Advanced knowledge of contract and grant policies, procedures and practices. Demonstrated knowledge of federal, state and private funding policies and procedures. (Required)
  • Working knowledge of personnel recruitment, hiring, payroll and personnel policies and procedures. (Required)
  • Demonstrated skill in the use of UCLA on-line systems including, UCPath, EDB, Bruin Buy, Travel Express, QDB, TOF, NPEAR, OFSR, Fastlane, S2S, EFM Close Out Tool, ERAS, and others. (Required)
  • Demonstrated skill in compiling and organizing information and statistics for reports and reviews. (Required)
  • Demonstrated skill in writing concise, logical and grammatically correct correspondence and reports for a variety of uses. (Required)
  • Excellent communication skills to provide or obtain information, explain policies and procedures, and to persuade others to accept proposed actions or ideas. (Required)
  • Skill in analyzing information, problems, situations, practices or procedures to define the problem or objective; identify relevant concerns or factors; identify patterns, tendencies and relations; formulate logical and objective conclusions; and recognize alternatives and their implications. (Required)
  • Demonstrated ability to supervise support personnel including organizing objectives, delegating responsibility, training, evaluating subordinate effectiveness and administering necessary discipline. (Required)
  • Education, Licenses, Certifications & Personal Affiliations
  • Bachelor's Degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training (Required)
  • Schedule 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Union/Policy Covered 99-Policy Covered Complete Position Description https://universityofcalifornia.marketpayjobs.com/ShowJob.aspx?EntityID=38&JDName=Research%20Administrator%203%20(40047148)

    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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