Posted: 21-Jun-25
Location: Los Angeles, California
Internal Number: 147949922
Are you ready to make a meaningful impact in academic research? The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine is seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Research Finance Administrator to support our dynamic research portfolio.
In this role, you will be instrumental in managing extramural funding, contracts, and grants while ensuring compliance and financial stewardship across all research activities. Primary duties include:
• Serve as the primary research administrator for assigned Principal Investigators (PIs), managing both pre-award and post-award activities.
• Process proposal submissions, develop grant, subaward, and subcontract budgets, and oversee financial management and reporting.
• Act as the subject matter expert for policy interpretation and compliance.
• Serves as a liaison between PIs, collaborating investigators/institutions, funding agencies, and University central offices
• Manage financial operations for indirect recovery funds, gifts, and endowment accounts.
• Prepare and present quarterly research metrics reports.
If you’re passionate about supporting groundbreaking research and thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment, we’d love to hear from you!
Salary Range: $68,800.00/year - $141,000.00/year. Please note - the department’s target pay range is $68,800.00/year - $100,000.00/year.
• Minimum of 5 years of research administration experience, with a comprehensive understanding of polices related to pre-award administration, proposal development, contracts, grant awards, and subcontracts.
• Proficiency in performing moderately complex financial analysis and generating customized reports.
• Strong communication skills to articulate policies and procedures.
• Bachelor's degree in related field and/or equivalent experience.
• Ability to work on-site in Westwood at least 3 days/week during the first six months for training purposes.
