Sponsored Research Budget & Compliance Lead

The City University of New York; New York (NY); On-site; USD 87,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plans

Tuition waivers

Paid time off

Job summary

John Jay College of Criminal Justice, part of the City University of New York (CUNY), seeks a senior fiscal professional to lead the research budgeting for the Office for the Advancement of Research. The role oversees sponsored projects, ensuring compliance, accurate financial reporting and long-range planning across departments.

Responsibilities include post-award administration, budget forecasting, training investigators, and coordinating audits with the Research Foundation and college

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and six years' related experience required.
• Familiarity with Grants.gov, Research.gov, ASSIST and other sponsor portals for award administration.
• Familiarity with Electronic Research Administration (eRA) software, such as Cayuse and Workday.
• Expertise with budget preparation, budget management, and budget reporting.
• Knowledge of grant administration principles and Federal Uniform Guidance.
• Ability to analyze data to prepare reports, manuscripts for publication, newsletters, web sites, and other communications.
• Plan, design and coordinate interdisciplinary information and research planning sessions and professional development activities.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the lead research budget specialist for the Office for the Advancement of Research (OAR), overseeing the financial administration of sponsored research activities across John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
• Manage post-award financial activities throughout the grant lifecycle, ensuring compliance with sponsor, Research Foundation, and College requirements.
• Conduct financial analyses of sponsored research accounts, monitor expenditures, and provide recommendations to support effective budget management and compliance.
• Monitor forward funding, cash guarantees, receivables, research cash flow, and working capital; reconcile accounts and resolve financial discrepancies.
• Coordinate indirect cost and release-time recovery distributions, including the analysis, reconciliation, and transfer of recovery funds.
• Develop budget forecasts, revenue and expenditure projections, financial reports, and research administration metrics to support operational and strategic decision-making.
• Develop and deliver training programs for Principal Investigators (PIs) and research staff on grant stewardship, financial management, sponsor requirements, and Research Foundation policies.
• Coordinate audit activities, develop internal audit procedures, support proposal and budget development, and serve as a liaison among PIs, College offices, and the Research Foundation on research administration matters.

Skills

Grants.gov familiarity

Research.gov familiarity

ASSIST

JustGrants

Workday familiarity

Budget management

Budget reporting

Grant administration

Data analysis

Planning sessions

Report writing

Education

Bachelor's degree

Six years' related experience

Advanced degree in Finance or Business Administration may substitute

Tools

Cayuse

Workday

MS Office

Excel

Job description

John Jay College of Criminal Justice, part of the City University of New York (CUNY), seeks a senior fiscal professional to lead the research budgeting for the Office for the Advancement of Research. The role oversees sponsored projects, ensuring compliance, accurate financial reporting and long-range planning across departments.

Responsibilities include post-award administration, budget forecasting, training investigators, and coordinating audits with the Research Foundation and college