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Huron helps its clients drive growth, enhance performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. We collaborate with education organizations to develop strategies and implement solutions that enable the transformative change our clients need to own their future. Together, we empower clients to drive innovation, create sustainable funding streams and deliver better student outcomes.
Today, leaders of higher education institutions and academic medical centers are spending too much time reacting to market forces, rather than focusing on the essential priorities that help students, faculty and staff thrive. The most productive path forward requires an intentional approach and innovative thinking, whereby stakeholders across the entire institution rally around a shared vision and embrace the hard work of effecting change.
You’ll help our clients to achieve organizational effectiveness, improve student outcomes, implement new technologies and align resources and investments to ensure long-term sustainability.
Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future.
Essential Duties:
Supports establishment of awards in the grant administration and/or financial system, managed award activity and monitors expenditures, ensures compliance with federal and sponsor guidelines and client policies.
Identifies and forecasts trends in spending that exceed current funding levels, clears all overdraft, re-budgets when necessary, completes project close outs, and performs general financial reconciliations.
Supports post-award regulatory compliance activities, including subaward monitoring, cost transfer review and administers cost-share and effort commitments.
Execute sponsored financial management transactions, including prepares invoices, manages receivables, and prepares and submits financial reports.
Coordinates sponsor communications and requests for prior approval, including re-budgeting and no cost extensions.
Excellent oral and written communication skills are critical, ability to learn quickly and high-level attention to detail.
Required Qualifications:
U.S. work authorization required.
Huron requires a bachelor’s degree to this position or equivalent work experience.
A minimum of 1 year of experience or equivalent education in post award administration.
Effective time management skills to meet deadlines.
Ability to multi-task, supporting multiple internal initiatives at one time.
Preferred Qualifications:
Proficiency in Excel and other applications of the Microsoft Office suite.
General knowledge of applicable federal, state, and other sponsor regulations related to sponsored programs, especially the OMB Uniform Guidance.
Experience working in payment portals such as PMS, ACMS, iRAPT, and other sponsored research payment systems.
Experience working with sponsored programs financial administration software applications such as Workday, Oracle Cloud, PeopleSoft, Lawson, SaaP, etc.
The estimated base salary for this job is $65,000 - $85,000. The actual salary paid to an individual will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to specific skills or certifications, years of experience, market changes, and required travel. This job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s annual incentive compensation program, which reflects Huron’s pay for performance philosophy. Inclusive of annual incentive compensation opportunity, the total estimated compensation range for this job is $71,500 - $93,5000. The job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s benefit plans which include medical, dental and vision coverage and other wellness programs.
