Sr. Budget and Operations Administrator

Sr. Budget and Operations Administrator

Schneider Institutes for Health Policy and Research

Brandeis University

Hiring Range: $74600 - $79200

Help shape the future of health policy research.

Brandeis University is seeking a strategic and collaborative administrator to serve as the Sr. Budget and Operations Administrator for the Schneider Institutes for Health Policy and Research.

This is a unique opportunity to join one of the nations most respected health policy research organizations and play a pivotal leadership role in advancing research that informs healthcare policy improves systems of care and impacts lives across the country.

The Sr. Budget and Operations Administrator will play an important role in developing and strengthening the Schneider institute through closely managing all research and operational financial matters and overseeing effective and efficient administrative functioning for a research Institute with 60 personnel and approximately 8 million/year of expenditures.

This position is ideal for a professional who enjoys working at the intersection of research finance strategy and operations and who thrives in a mission-driven intellectually stimulating environment.

Why This Role Matters

You will serve as the Institutes financial administrator overseeing all budget and financial reporting serving as a liaison with centralized finance units and other Brandeis entities to develop a complete picture of grants gifts discretionary and endowment funds within Schneider to provide the director with timely financial information required for the long-term management of the institute.

What You Will Do

• Oversees Institute operations reporting to Director interfacing with faculty and staff
• Prepares monthly budget analyses of all grant gift endowment funds for review with leadership and interfacing with DISC Finance and other external stakeholders
• Oversees one FTE department coordinator to direct communications (web email social media); coordinates with other staff working on project and school related communications
• Develops agendas and tracks action items for key meetings in collaboration with leadership

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree required.
• Masters degree in Business Administration Healthcare Administration Public Administration or a related field preferred.
• 5 years experience in finance research administration sponsored research grants management or a related field.
• Strong analytical organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and build productive relationships across diverse stakeholder groups.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting sponsored research activities in higher education healthcare nonprofit or research environments.
• Familiarity with federal and private grant funding mechanisms.
• Experience preparing grant budgets and administrative proposal materials.
• Knowledge of research compliance post-award administration and financial reporting.
• Experience working with faculty investigators and research teams.

The Universitys pay ranges represent a good faith estimate of what Brandeis reasonably expects to pay for a position at the time of posting. The pay offered to a selected candidate during hiring will be based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position the candidates work experience and education/training internal peer equity and applicable legal requirements.

Brandeis University is an equal opportunity employer which does not discriminate against any applicant or employee on the basis of race color ancestry religious creed gender identity and expression national or ethnic origin sex sexual orientation pregnancy age genetic information disability caste military or veteran status or any other category protected by law (also known as membership in a protected class).