Business Manager

Job Description

Reporting to the School Administrator, the Business Manager coordinates and assists with pre- and post-award activities and provides cross-functional business support, including but not limited to finance, processes and operations, reporting, and procurement services to the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (HRS).

Responsibilities

Partners with the OSP and GMO to assist faculty with managing pre-award activities; assists with budgets for grant proposals and post-award monitoring of grants; manages overall appointment effort associated with total FTE, submits Costing Allocation and Payroll Accounting Adjustment entries; enters all tuition journal entries; serves as liaison between faculty, research groups and various constituents, including, but not limited to the OSP, GMO, Office of Research (OR) and administrative staff; manages and monitors the expenditures of funded research grants including coordination of personnel appointments, personnel expenditure transfers, procurement, travel, cost sharing, and release time; initiates, reconciles and resolves issues with financial discrepancies, procurement, cost transfers, journal entries and general ledger transactions related to grants; resolves contractual issues with PIs and OSP; audits research grant expenditures to ensure appropriate compliance is met; ensures compliance with University, College, School, and OR policies and procedures are followed and all supporting documentation conforms to University guidelines.

Manages business processes to ensure HRS operations efficiency; interacts with program directors to resolve operational issues; provides operational support for professional development programs; reviews, manages budgets, including but not limited to: operating funds, earning funds, endowment funds, grant funds, scholarships and gift funds; monitors and tracks the monthly school expenditures; analyzes and makes recommendations for the yearly school budgets; verifies actual expenses and reconciles against budget; tracks salaries and positions; initiates and processes journal entries and fund transfers; updates faculty and staff effort in Workday through costing allocation and payroll accounting adjustment entries; ensures compliance with policies, procedures and state/federal regulations; initiates one-time payment entries by established deadlines with detailed accuracy; oversees various financial processes including cost share, journals, earnings operations, and reconciliation; supports faculty and staff on travel and purchasing policies; reviews and addresses Workday transactions, and ensures supporting documentation conforms to university guidelines; provides high level customer service to faculty, staff, and students; and identifies and implements opportunities for business operations improvements.

Serves as a member of the Schools Administrative Team and performs other duties and special projects as assigned.

Minimum Education Required

Bachelors Degree in business, management, finance or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Qualifications

2 years of relevant experience required. Knowledge of sponsored projects and grants management preferred; experience with organizational budgets and financial systems; excellent oral/written communication skills; knowledge of Microsoft Office.

Working at Ohio State brings with it a robust package of total rewards, including market-based compensation, exceptional health benefits, retirement plans, tuition assistance, onsite childcare, campus athletic and cultural events, and many others. Please visit https://hr.osu.edu/benefits/ for detailed information.

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