Job summary
The Synergy Evaluation Institute (Synergy) Business Manager performs diverse activities requiring analysis and judgment in alignment with broad principles, practices, and professional standards.The Business Manager's work is guided by objectives and expected outcomes with limited direction.The Business Manager analyzes and interprets data, identifies areas of concern, and recognizes when there is a problem.
Job seniority: mid-to-senior level
Responsibilities
• Oversight and management of business operations and data entry activities• Executes electronic approval authority working in conjunction with Director on financial, budget, and administrative duties• Responsible for monthly ledger reconciliation, including tracking expenses, entering corrections• Assists and provides direction to the Director in budget development, planning and submission of external sponsored research proposals• Assists and provides direction to the Principal Investigators on grant and contract policies• Ensures cost accounting principles on sponsored research agreements are compliant with Federal Office of managements' Uniform Guidance Budget Circular• Works with Office of Sponsored Programs and Sponsored Projects Accounting Office to process award documents and establish new accounts on awarded sponsored projects• Monitors and manages financial activity and budget on awarded sponsored research agreements• Tracks and maintains salary expenditures and benefits costs for employees paid from awarded sponsored research accounts and ensures timely execution of required changes or transfer in order to comply with UT cost transfer policies• Provides information to Principal Investigators regarding funded research projects
Requirements
• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting/Finance with five years' fiscal management experience in large system• Knowledge and ability to implement standard accounting practices, post-award management of grants and contracts, forecasting, budgeting, planning• Ability to develop and implement financial accounting systems and solutions for a high-volume of complex projects using the UT Financial accounting systems (IRIS/SAP/Cayuse/Market Place/Contract Management System)• Ability to use standard office technologies (MS Office products)• Excellent problem-solving, analytical and interpersonal skills and ability to prioritize, organize, manage, multi-task, work with minimal supervision• Excellent oral and written communication skills, ability to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization• Dependable and able to work in a team/diverse environment.• Knowledge of financial, operational, and administrative policies, procedures, and regulations.• Ability to align administrative, financial, human resources, and operations of a department, with overarching goals and vision.
Key Skills Needed
• Standard accounting practices• Post-award management of grants and contracts• Forecasting• Budgeting• Planning• Financial accounting systems (IRIS/SAP/Cayuse/Market Place/Contract Management System)• MS Office products• Problem-solving• Analytical• Interpersonal skills• Prioritization• Organization• Multi-tasking• Excellent oral and written communication• Teamwork• Knowledge of financial, operational, and administrative policies, procedures, and regulations• Alignment of administrative, financial, human resources, and operations
