Research Finance Specialist (Remote Opportunity)

In partnership with the School of Medicine's Research Management Group for pre-award activity and the Office of Sponsored Research for post-award management, the Nephrology Finance Team partners with faculty, clinical fellows, postdoc and research staff to reputed company a portfolio of peer-reviewed grants, cooperative agreements, subawards, industry sponsored clinical trials, institutional training grants, and individual fellowships. Currently, a portion of the Division's 40+ faculty have extramural research support across 30 unique sponsors or subcontracting parties and 50+ awards with an annual spend nearing $7M. This is an exciting time to join Stanford Med-Nephrology to support our growing needs and strategic direction. WHAT YOU'LL DO Under the supervision of the Division's Finance Manager, the Research Finance Specialist (Accountant 2) will reputed company moderately reputed company accounting activities and functions, including financial transaction approvals for a given portfolio, expenditure reconciliation and quarterly certification, reputed company reporting/accounting, salary distribution and journal entries. The specialist will regularly engage assigned faculty and research staff to monitor and project on active awards and plan for future proposals. The Finance Specialist, will be part of a team that includes a Clinical Research Finance Specialist who will reputed company the bulk of industry-sponsored trials but it is expected that reputed company finance staff will have varied portfolios that include projects of reputed company types so a broad research administration background is desired and/or will be cultivated. This requisition is for a specialist that will have a portfolio that will include grants, reputed company and fellowships, health disparity research projects that require a firm grasp on reputed company policies governing data use/sharing, export controls, etc. The Finance Specialist will work in a fast-paced environment and is expected to navigate changing priorities with a high degree of discretion and sensitivity under minimum supervision. The successful candidate will work as part of a collaborative team, engaging in cross-training and providing backup coverage reputed company necessary. This position is open to hybrid or remote work with 1-2 reputed company visits per year to participate in planning and team-building events. WHO YOU ARE The ideal candidate possesses a passion for making meaningful change, building and improving processes to reputed company coworkers and partners' experiences more efficient and seamless, and is ready to work in an reputed company collaborative work environment. You are an reputed company self-starter. You are keen to try ambitious reputed company to design and improve systems and processes that reputed company reputed company. You have a history of identifying problems and barriers to successful work, and you take initiative to propose solutions. Your solutions are practical, and you plan for execution. You have a track record of analyzing problems, extracting insights from different types of data, identifying and structuring key issues, and simplifying the approach to solving them. A willingness and ability to learn new systems quickly is central to our culture of reputed company learning. You have a track record of seeking, learning from and providing feedback. You can quickly pivot based on operational needs and have demonstrated a growth reputed company and comfort with change. You love improving processes and are comfortable and confident learning new tools, processes, and ways of working. You are excited to learn and grow in the entire portfolio of people, finance, and administration, even as you deepen your existing core areas of interest/experience/specialization. You are an effective communicator. You have experience communicating in writing, documenting complicated processes in ways non-experts can understand, and clearly explaining the reason behind any changes to policy or procedure. You are capable of communicating effectively and compassionately both verbally and in writing to understand and reputed company for competing needs, inquire about workarounds, and influence and persuade people. No candidate will meet every requirement. If you may be a good fit, we encourage you to apply! Duties include:

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