Senior Research Administrator (Research Finance)

Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States; hybrid with 2–3 days onsite per week

Salary: $89,000–$101,100 per year

Company

hirify.global conducts cancer research, provides patient care, educates physician-researchers, and advances public health programs.

What you will do

• Manage complex research funding portfolios for multiple laboratories, including federal, industry, foundation, donor, institutional, chargeback, and clinical trial funds.
• Coordinate sponsored research applications, including eligibility reviews, proposal materials, deadlines, institutional review, submissions, and just-in-time responses.
• Manage post-award finances, prepare sponsor reports and projections, monitor spending, and ensure compliance with sponsor and institute requirements.
• Support procurement, billing, receivables, pricing, and revenue management for cores, centers, chargebacks, and clinical trials.
• Support researcher onboarding, salary allocations, promotions, visa application processing, and offboarding activities.
• Advise faculty and researchers on compliance, grants policies, time and effort reporting, agreements, and complex operational issues.

Requirements

• Five years of relevant experience.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Advanced budgeting, financial analysis, projections, and grant data analysis skills.
• Knowledge of NIH and other federal, state, and foundation regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Expert computer literacy, with Excel or Google Sheets expertise preferred.
• Strong organization, communication, critical thinking, problem-solving, collaboration, and project leadership skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement with 2–3 onsite days per week.
• Inclusive, diverse, and equitable work environment.
• Opportunities to lead training, mentor colleagues, and participate in institute committees and workgroups.
• Collaboration with research finance, grants and contracts, clinical trials, legal, procurement, and innovation offices.