Working at MIT offers opportunities that just aren’t found anywhere else, including generous and unique benefits that help to ensure that MIT employees are healthy, supported, and enjoy a fulfilling work/life balance. Discover more about what it's like to work at MIT.

We welcome people from all walks of life to bring their talent, ideas, and experience to our community. We value diversity and strongly encourage applications from individuals from all identities and backgrounds – like yours. If you want to be part of our exceptional, multicultural, collaborative, and inclusive community, then take a look at this opportunity.

Financial Officer (pre-award)

Job Number: 24249
Functional Area: Grants Administration/Management
Department: Comp Sci & Artificial Intel Lab HQ
School Area: Schwarzman College of Computing

Employment Type: Full-time (Hybrid)
Employment Category: Exempt
Visa Sponsorship Available: No
Schedule: M-F

Posting Description

FINANCIAL OFFICER (PRE-AWARD), Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), to perform comprehensive pre- and post-award financial research management of CSAIL’s sponsored activities. Will advise principal investigators (PIs) and project leaders on all aspects of pre-award research administration and implement their decisions; coordinate the preparation, review, and submission of government/industrial/foundation/other organizational proposals; and ensure compliance with agency program announcement requirements and MIT’s policies and procedures.

Full description available here.

Job Requirements

REQUIRED: B.A./B.S.; five years’ grants management experience in a nonprofit research administrative function (including with federal contracts, administrative rules, cost principals and regulations under OMB guidelines; pre-award research administration/sponsored programs; budgeting, requirements, and procedures related to federal/state/other related grants; cost accounting; government accounting and auditing; grants, contracts, and applications; electronic research administration requirements from a variety of sponsoring agencies; portals such as Grants.gov, Research.gov, and SciENcv; budget preparation and administration; financial recordkeeping; and reporting, analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of contractual terminology); experience with financial management/forecasting and interpreting financial data; discretion with confidential information; strong interpersonal, customer service, organizational, analytical, problem-solving, and verbal and written communication skills; attention to detail; proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and internet search tools; knowledge of enterprise financial systems, proposal application/submission and grants management tools, and multidimensional databases; and comfort learning new procedures/systems. Must be able to multitask, prioritize, manage numerous complex proposals, and meet strict deadlines in a fast-changing environment; cultivate the trust of constituents; create, improve, and streamline complex work processes as part of a team; and make independent judgments. PREFERRED: pre-award administration experience in a university/hospital/nonprofit; experience working with federal sponsors, including NSF, DoD, and NIH; and knowledge of general accounting principles. Job #24249-8

7/24/24