Job Description

FINANCIAL ASSISTANT 3, Architecture, will perform complex and diverse financial duties related to management of research, grant, and faculty-controlled discretionary funds for approximately 10 - 15 faculty and research staff members across the department; work as liaison between Principal Investigators(PI) and senior financial staff in development and submission of complex research grants submitted to Research Administration Services(RAS); prepare budgets for internal awards independently; approve purchases according to grant guidelines; monitor expenditures against total available funds; track account end-dates and receipt of funds; track salary expenditures; serve as first point of review on PI’s monthly and quarterly Distribution by Accounts(DACCA) and advise PIs accordingly; notify Fiscal Officer of changes to be made in the Salary Distribution System (ESDS); monitor all payroll transactions and set up MITemps payroll hires; reconcile monthly statements; track all expenditures; other duties as required.

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