Fin Pro 4 - St. Anthony Falls Laboratory - Military Veterans

This position will be hybrid and will require at least two days in the laboratory. We are located approximately one mile from campus, and have no-cost parking available.

Post-Award Grant Manager (50%)
This position is responsible for independently managing post-award and account closeout transactions for over 70 sponsored projects at any given time. Serving as the Certified Approver for the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, this role will provide spending reports and assist PI's with managing and re-budgeting their accounts. Finally, this position will coordinate the effort certification process for faculty, students and researchers, in which payroll detail is reconciled to appropriate projects. This position will be given the latitude to make decisions independently and in conjunction with leadership.
Manage grants for the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, providing post-award and occasional pre-award support
Serve as primary certified approver for qualified transactions within the laboratory as well as backup for department-level approvals.
Perform budget-to-actual analysis of assigned sponsored and non-sponsored accounts. Analyze financial data for anomalies, identify gaps in revenue and/or expenses, investigate and recommend solutions.
Serve as a Subject-Matter Expert regarding post award account spending.
Develop financial reports for faculty grants and non-sponsored, discretionary chartstrings. Create a communication schedule and distribute reports to faculty, accordingly.
Regularly meet with faculty to review status of accounts and develop individualized financial plans, as needed.
Assist PI's with re-budgeting.
Setup Combination Codes for Sponsored Accounts
Coordinate effort certification for faculty, students, and researchers, including managing and monitoring payroll distributions, effort, salary commitments, salary cap issues, and budgetary implications. Communicate regularly with PI's regarding necessary distribution changes; process necessary corrections and setup required cost-share as needed.
Work with Sponsored Financial Reporting on invoicing tasks and ensure that research grants are properly closed out.

Accounting Support â" 20%
This position will also provide full accounting support and fiscal oversight for the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, advising faculty, staff and students on University accounting policies and best practices, as well as processing the myriad of accounting transactions that occur in our lab everyday (purchase orders, deposits, participant payments, Chrome River account navigation, managing the purchasing card program for the laboratory, and assisting with year-end budget entry).
Advise faculty, staff and students on University accounting policies, procedures and best practices.
Prepare complex, comprehensive, customized, routine, and ad hoc reporting from a variety of sources for University, college, and unit leadership, and PIs, as needed. Consult with stakeholders to interpret data and to make recommendations and observations.
Process deposits, departmental vouchers (to include participant payments and non-employee reimbursements), purchase orders, contracts for services, and reconcile purchasing card expenses for SAFL faculty, staff and students.
Audit and approve/deny expenditures on assigned sponsored accounts based on administrative requirements of the University and the sponsor.
Serve as Chrome River Navigator for the department faculty, staff and students.
Serve as Departmental PCard Administrator (DCA).
Review and approve all purchases and travel on nonâ sponsored and sponsored funds for policy compliance and budgetary impact in PeopleSoft and Chrome River.
Communicate changes regarding University, College, and departmental financial policies and procedures.
Coordinate fiscal year-end closing procedures.
Assist with year-end budget entry.
Collaborate with Administrative Manager on financial and budgetary strategies

Payroll Support â" 20%
This Financial Professional 4 position will also provide payroll support, processing timesheets, graduate student appointment entry, faculty summer salary entry, visa documents and serving as SAFL's time and unit administrator.
Process SAFL internal timesheets and enter retro distributions as needed.
Compute and enter distribution changes (including retro distributions).
Coordinate fall, spring and summer graduate student appointment entry with SAFL faculty members.
Coordinate summer faculty appointment entry.
Ensure accuracy of entered personnel and payroll transactions via payroll accounting reports and abstracts, including consistency with appointment documentation.
Identify and resolve various payroll issues, working with employees, faculty, staff and College payroll cluster as needed.
Serve as Unit Time and Absence Administrator.
Interpret and advise faculty, students and staff with questions regarding University payroll policies and procedures.
Process visa documents for employees and visitors

Other duties as assigned â" 10%
It is imperative that this role stay current on financial policies and procedures by attending collegiate finance and payroll meetings, as well as participating in training and development opportunities to maintain Certified Approver status.
Attend collegiate finance and payroll meetings.
Participate in training and professional development opportunities to maintain Certified Approver status

Required Qualifications:
BA/BS plus at least five years of professional work experience or a combination of related education and work experience to equal nine years.