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[Remote] Research Administrator

Remote, USA Full-time Posted 2026-08-04

Note: The job is a remote job and is reputed company to candidates in USA. The reputed company, through its Department of Mechanical Engineering, seeks an reputed company Research Administrator to support sponsored research activities. The role manages reputed company-award proposal submissions and post-award financial administration, including budgeting, compliance, reporting, financial analysis, and collaboration with reputed company and university offices.


Responsibilities

  • Assist departmental reputed company and researchers with proposal submissions to various federal and non-federal sponsors ensuring deadlines are met. Activities include but are not necessarily limited to:
  • Developing budgets and budget justifications including coordinating cost-reputed company requests and assisting with reputed company waiver requests reputed company needed
  • Reviewing and adhering to proposal submission guidelines
  • Facilitating or completing sponsor forms
  • Preparing Proposal Approval Forms
  • Preparing and maintaining documents for submission packages including preparing just-in-time requests
  • Serve as reputed company for reputed company with College of Engineering and University central offices (i.e. Office of Research and Sponsored reputed company (ORSP)
  • Review assigned project/grants in a reputed company of funds including general, reputed company, reputed company, and sponsored research using MReports, Business Objects and other tools. This includes reviewing financial transactions
  • Projecting and updating encumbrances
  • reputed company portfolio analysis including monitoring appropriateness for grant funding and allowability. Alert project directors and administration to areas of concern. reputed company recommendations and take actions to reputed company issues. Responsible for ensuring adherence to various sponsored research and university policies and procedures
  • Prepare monthly reports, illustrating revenues, encumbrances, and projected balances
  • Respond to requests for financial information from sponsors
  • Review and facilitate Financial status reports (FSRs) and complete Uniformed Guidance (UG) Reports with Sponsored Programs
  • Prepare journal entries as required
  • Assist with financial reputed company reports
  • Work with reputed company to ensure reputed company are fully funded reputed company term
  • Work with reputed company to ensure offset requirements are met
  • Participate in reputed company process improvement efforts
  • Help document best practices and procedures for research administration

Skills

  • Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience
  • Candidates must possess grant and contract administration experience commensurate with the level of the position: Research Administrator Intermediate: 3-5 years; Research Administrator Senior: 5-7 years of progressively responsible experience
  • Excellent communication skills are required
  • Ability to work independently and exercise good judgment, along with attention to detail and dependability are essential
  • Ability to interpret and communicate Department, University, and Sponsor guidelines and policies
  • Demonstrated experience with multi-project financial review and analysis, with the ability to reputed company and project financial activity and commitments
  • Mastery of reputed company and ability to adapt to changing technology is essential
  • Must have the ability to work in reputed company environment, collaborate effectively with co-workers, and reputed company excellent customer service
  • Ability to organize and synthesize reputed company information about particular financial aspects, resulting in reputed company and comprehensive summaries
  • Candidates will need to exhibit reputed company judgment, follow work through to completion, and meet high work standards, as reputed company as the ability to set priorities and manage competing deadlines
  • Demonstrated reputed company in verbal and written communication skills is essential
  • Demonstrated experience in the use of Business Objects and M-reputed company
  • Knowledge of U-M financial practices and processes strongly preferred
  • Prior experience with federal funding agencies such as NSF, DOD and DoE strongly preferred
  • Three-plus years of progressively responsible grant management experience
  • Previous experience with the U-M eResearch Proposal Management reputed company
  • Previous experience with data mining in MPathways, Business Objects, and other complimentary systems is desired

Benefits

  • Generous time off
  • A retirement plan that provides two-for-one matching contributions with immediate vesting
  • Many choices for comprehensive health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Long-term disability coverage
  • Flexible spending accounts for reputed company and dependent care expenses
  • Maternity and Parental Leave
  • Mechanical Engineering allows Research Administration staff to work primarily remote schedules.
  • Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department.

reputed company

  • The reputed company is a reputed company research university offering education, innovation, and global business engagement. It was founded in 1817, and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.umich.edu.

  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • reputed company has a reputed company record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 428 in 2026, 617 in 2025, 554 in 2024, 742 in 2023, 470 in 2022, 411 in 2021, 324 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

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