Senior Department Administrator IIVice President for Research

Location: New Orleans, LA

Summary

Works in partnership with the Vice President for Research (VPR), Assistant Vice President for Research (AVPR), and Unit Directors in the Office of Research to develop and oversee budgets and finances of all Office of Research units.  Monitors and tracks expenditures and cost recoveries, compiling data for decision making.  Serves as the business/financial officer for the Office of Research, providing oversight of financial aspects of research units, including, but not limited to, analyzing unit budgets, preparing overall Office of Research annual budget, ensuring  adequate ledger/account reconciliation, preparing monthly financial reports and reviewing those reports with the VPR.  Provides departmental Human Resource administrative actions, as well as departmental administration, including financial management by reviewing and approving reports and other submissions by unit directors of p-card/T&E card purchases, Concur entries, SciQuest transactions, and other university financial expenditure systems. 

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and five years experience related to financial administration, to include preparation of budgets, costs projections, and tracking and analysis of expenditures

 

Or

 

• High school diploma/equivalenet and eleven years experience related to financial administration, to include preparation of budgets, costs projections, and tracking and analysis of expenditures

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA preferred