at University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas, United States
Job Description
Administrative Officer - Cardiovascular Medicine
Department:
SOM KC Cardiovascular Medicine
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CCR
Position Title:
Administrative Officer - Cardiovascular Medicine
Job Family Group:
Professional Staff
Job Description Summary:
The Administrative Officer reports to the Assistant Director of Research. This role will oversee the financial and administrative functions that support the day-to-day operations of the Division of Cardiovascular and Cardiothoracic Research and the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine. The responsibilities will include budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting and analysis, accounts payable and accounts receivable functions, pre-award and post-award grant award management, and performing duties that contribute to the effective operation of the department and its divisions and programs. The position will also provide financial and administrative support to the Department of Cardiovascular Medicines in the absence of the Senior Administrator.
Job Description:
Key Roles and Responsibilities:
- Responsible for annual budget development, forecasting, and financial monitoring for the department and its divisions and programs.
- Responsible for maintaining sufficient cash flow for the department and its programs and divisions.
- Creates, analyzes, and presents monthly, quarterly, annual, and ad-hoc financial reports to department leadership, principal investigators, and research staff members.
- Leads monthly account reconciliations.
- Oversees accounts payable activities including supply ordering, purchase orders, procurement card transactions, spend authorizations, and expense reports.
- Responsible for all payroll duties for the department including salaries modifications, costing allocation changes, payroll accounting adjustments, one-time payments, and payroll audits.
- Assists with human resource activities such as initiating recruitment requests, creating job requisitions, hiring new employees, onboarding, training, coaching, performance evaluations, hourly employee time approval, approval of paid time off requests, job changes, and terminations.
- Oversees accounts receivable responsibilities. This includes invoicing, internal service delivery creation, revenue collection, payment collection, and customer relationship management.
- Involved in the management of KU endowment activities. This includes check requests, financial reporting, accounts payable activities, and monthly and quarterly invoicing for salaries covered hospital endowment accounts.
- Reviews and updates insurance coverage analyses for new clinical trials and amendments.
- Develops budgets and assists with budget negotiation and contracting for new clinical trials and clinical trial amendments in collaboration with the Assistant Director of Research, Office of Clinical Trial Administration, the Study Coordinator, and the Principal Investigator.
- Oversees the clinical trial effort tracking process and allocation.
- Leads all financial activities associated with activating new clinical trials and closing out studies that have ended.
- Develops new grant proposal budgets in collaboration with the Sponsored Programs Administration and the Principal Investigator and completes any new grant proposal submissions.
- Oversees all post-award financial grant management activities.
- Facilities all administrative tasks for the department including but not limited to meeting scheduling, records management, work order execution, and asset management.
- Communicates new and updated policies, procedures, and training activities to the department.
- Serves as a backup for administrative, human resource, and financial tasks for the Assistant Director of Research and Senior Administrator.
Required Qualifications:
Education:
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, accounting, finance, or other related field. Years of experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree.
Work Experience:
- 2 years of related accounting, finance, and/or business management experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
Education:
- Master's degree in business administration, accounting, finance, or other related field.
Work Experience:
- 5 years of related accounting, finance, and/or business management experience. Experience working in an academic health system setting. 1 year of supervisory experience.
Skills:
- Advanced knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Knowledge of Workday, Adaptive, and/or Qlik Cloud.
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. It is only a summary of the typical functions of the job, not an exhaustive list of all possible job responsibilities, tasks, duties, and assignments. Furthermore, job duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Required Documents:
- Resume/CV
- Cover Letter
Comprehensive Benefits Package:
Coverage begins on day one for health, dental, and vision insurance and includes health expense accounts with generous employer contributions if the employee participates in a qualifying health plan. Employer-paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and various additional voluntary insurance plans are available. Paid time off, including vacation and sick, begins accruing upon hire, plus ten paid holidays. One paid discretionary day is available after six months of employment, and paid time off for bereavement, jury duty, military service, and parental leave is available after 12 months of employment. A retirement program with a generous employer contribution and additional voluntary retirement programs (457 or 403b) are available. https://www.kumc.edu/human-resources/benefits.html
Employee Type:
Regular
Time Type:
Full time
Rate Type:
Salary
Compensation Statement:
The pay range listed for this position is determined by our compensation program using market data and salary benchmarking. A combination of factors is considered in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, education, experience and training, qualifications relative to the requirements of the position, and funding. At the University of Kansas Medical Center, a reasonable estimate for the starting pay range will be the minimum to midpoint of the posted range, taking into account the combination of factors listed above.
Pay Range:
$58,656.00 - $86,000.00
Minimum
$58,656.00
Midpoint
$72,328.00
Maximum
$86,000.00
Application Instructions:
To learn more and apply online, please visit https://kumc.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/kumc-jobs/job/Kansas-City-Metro-Area/Administrative-Office--Cardiovascular-Medicine_JR008363 or go to https://careers.kumc.edu/ and search for position number JR008363.
Applications must be submitted directly through the KU Medical Center website to be considered for this position. Any applications submitted via email or this website will NOT be reviewed or considered.
About KU Medical Center:
The University of Kansas Medical Centers mission is to educate exceptional health care professionals through a full range of undergraduate, graduate, professional, postdoctoral and continuing education programs in the schools of Medicine, Nursing and Health Professions. KU Medical Center also advances the health sciences through world-class research programs; provides compassionate and state-of-the-art patient care in an academic medical center environment; and works with communities in every Kansas county to improve the health of Kansans. Learn more at www.kumc.edu.
Benefits:
KUMC offers a range of great benefits that support employees and eligible family members. Our health insurance benefits begin on hire date and KUMC offers other exciting benefits such as paid parental leave, generous employer retirement contributions and other resources to improve health and well-being. For more information, please visit https://www.kumc.edu/human-resources/benefits.html
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
The University of Kansas Medical Center is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ethnicity, ancestry, age, protected veteran or disability status, marital status, parental status, or genetic information. http://policy.ku.edu/IOA/nondiscrimination
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