Grants & Finance Coordinator – Research (Pre/Post)

Cornell University; New York (NY); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Cornell University in New York seeks a Grants and Financial Administrator to oversee pre- and post-award activities for research grants. The role focuses on budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting to support research staff.

You will coordinate all grants management activities, ensure policy compliance, maintain records, and assist investigators with budget development and sponsor negotiations where needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a related field.
• Approximately 2 years of experience with nonprofit financial activity.
• Full knowledge of federal and non-federal research regulations and policies.

Responsibilities

• Oversees grants management and financial management in support of research staff; serves as the point of contact for all research grant activities for pre- and post-award.
• Oversees post-award activities including tracking funds, forecasting expenditures and preparing reports.
• Manages grants and contracts processing; ensures timely routing of documents and records.
• Oversees pre-award activities; submission of grant applications and organization of components of grant submissions.
• Maintains effort tracking to ensure compliance with time and effort policies.
• Assists investigators with budgeting, general budget development, and implementation.
• Manages purchasing, payments for services, and expense reimbursements; monitors funding allocations.
• Assists with standard and ad-hoc financial reports and variance analyses.
• Ensures compliance with institutional policies for access to systems and training for human subjects research.

Skills

Grants management

Budgeting

Financial analysis

Pre-award / post-award

Budget forecasting

Communication

MS Office

Database systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

MS Excel

eRA Commons

Grants management system

Job description

Cornell University in New York seeks a Grants and Financial Administrator to oversee pre- and post-award activities for research grants. The role focuses on budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting to support research staff.

You will coordinate all grants management activities, ensure policy compliance, maintain records, and assist investigators with budget development and sponsor negotiations where needed.