Senior Business Manager – Grants, Budgets & Operations

Rutgers University; Piscataway Township (NJ); On-site; USD 82,000 - 126,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, prescription drug, and dental

Paid vacation, holidays, and leave

Retirement benefits including defined;

Educational benefits for employee/dep

Life insurance

Employee discount programs

Job summary

Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Business Manager III Supervisor for the Department of Chemical Biology to oversee daily operations and supervise staff in a fully on-site arrangement.

Responsibilities include managing finance and budget, grant administration, procurement, space and facilities planning, and faculty recruitment. The role liaises with campus offices to ensure compliance and prepares department-wide reports for leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or related field.
• Minimum of five years of relevant professional experience in financial/accounting.

Responsibilities

• Provides administrative support to faculty, students and staff, organizing, coordinating and supervising daily operations and special projects.
• Oversees faculty appointments, reappointments, and promotions, and organizing department recruitment efforts.
• Manages and supervises departmental business activities including finance, budget, space and facilities planning, purchasing and academic support.
• Organizes and administrates faculty grants, including preparation of grant budgets and overseeing the preparation of applications and contracts; grant accounting, grant administration (pre-award, post-award and contracts).
• Liaisons with faculty, granting agencies, Research and Sponsored Programs, Research Financial Services, and external institutions and monitors fiscal compliance and enforces applicable regulations.
• Acts as a liaison to ensure the integration of department business activities with corresponding functions at the Departmental, School and University level, and supports in preparation of Departmental, School, and University-wide reports.
• Handles the hiring, training and supervising department staff.
• Manages the coordination of J-1, H-1B and other visa requests.

Skills

Excellent communication

Computer literacy

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting/finance/business

Job description

Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Business Manager III Supervisor for the Department of Chemical Biology to oversee daily operations and supervise staff in a fully on-site arrangement.

Responsibilities include managing finance and budget, grant administration, procurement, space and facilities planning, and faculty recruitment. The role liaises with campus offices to ensure compliance and prepares department-wide reports for leadership.