Financial Analyst at University of New Mexico – Albuquerque, New Mexico

Requisition ID: req35490

Working Title:
Financial Analyst

Position Grade:
14

Position Summary:
The College of Pharmacy (https://hsc.unm.edu/pharmacy/) is seeking a resourceful, dynamic, and experienced individual to join its research administration team. Since 1945, the College of Pharmacy has been educating students as the only College of Pharmacy in the state of New Mexico. We are a top 5 NIH research funded College of Pharmacy in the United States, empowering groundbreaking researchers to push the boundaries of our knowledge in environmental toxicology (human exposure to microplastics and heavy metals) and substance use disorder, producing innovators who drive real change at our healthcare frontiers.

This key position will be helping to pull and analyze our College of Pharmacy's grant financial statements. This position will coordinate post-award efforts and adjustments both internally and with other departments to ensure proper accounting of our extramural funding. They will monitor non-salary and labor expenses for accuracy. The successful candidate will provide direction, leadership, and advice in support of sponsored project financial planning, accrued and realized activities, assisting in development and training of faculty investigators, project managers, and research staff in collaboration with our staff accountants to improve financial proficiency.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Leads post-award financial management, accurate and current labor allocations, and providing data to support sponsor-requested financial reporting.
2. Monitors and analyzes research budgets (including research pilot project budgets) and cost shares, works to resolve issues with attention to detail.
3. Meets regularly with College PIs to monitor grant spending (both internal and subawards), interpret budget reports for PIs, and oversees budget projections.
4. Collaborates to provide compliance assurance with university policy, federal regulations, and other codified governance in the conduct and administration of research. Provides advice to faculty and administrators regarding funding policies, rules, and regulations.
5. Primary liaison with contract and grant accounting office and fiscal monitor for the College of Pharmacy and its management office.
6. Primary liaison with sponsored project subawardees, facilitating financial status updates to the College PIs on balances and progress within invoicing and payment. Regularly follows up with subawardees and/or core office fiscal monitor(s) on the status of invoicing, maintaining subaward invoice logs. Drives subaward invoicing as needed.
7. Calculates accounting figures for carry-forward obligations, no-cost extensions, facilitates effort certifications.
8. Maintains reports on potential losses on sponsored projects with unrealized bad debt expenses.
9. Continuous improvement in institutional, regulatory knowledge and subject matter expertise that facilitates faculty and staff mentoring specific to NIH requirements.
10. Provides dotted line supervision, mentoring, and training to program managers and senior research staff in support of faculty investigators.
11. Coordinates internal onboarding and training in post-award research administration, research tracking and funding usage, and special project outreach.
12. Assists with the College's annual Research & Scholarship Day event and other research events as needed.
13. Duties as assigned.

See the Position Description for additional information.
Campus:
Health Sciences Center (HSC) - Albuquerque, NM

Benefits Eligble:
This is a benefits eligible position. The University of New Mexico provides a comprehensive package of benefits including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance. In addition, UNM offers educational benefits through the tuition remission and dependent education programs. See the Benefits home page for a more information.

Department:
Pharmacy Deans Office (401A)

Employment Type:
Staff

Staff Type:
Regular - Full-Time
Status:
Exempt

Pay:
Monthly: $5,926.27-$6,976.67

Benefits Eligible:
This is a benefits eligible position. The University of New Mexico provides a comprehensive package of benefits including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance. In addition, UNM offers educational benefits through the tuition remission and dependent education programs. See the Benefits home page for a more information.

ERB Statement:
As a condition of employment, eligible employees working greater than .25 FTE as determined by the New Mexico Education Retirement Act must make mandatory retirement contributions. For more information, review the Benefits Eligibility at a Glance grid.

Background Check Required:
Yes
For Best Consideration Date:
1/20/2026

Application Instructions:
Only applications submitted throughthe official UNMJobs site will be accepted. If you are viewing this jobadvertisement on a 3rd party site, pleasevisit UNMJobs to submit an application.

A complete application will include:

1. Complete Online Application

2. Resume

3. Cover Letter

4. Provide phone and email contact information for three (current or previous) references. Supervisory references are preferred, but not required.

Applications that do not include a cover letter or are otherwise incomplete may not be considered for the position.Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree; at least 3 years of experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified.

Completed degree(s) from an accredited institution that are above the minimum education requirement may be substituted for experience on a year for year basis.

Preferred Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with sponsored projects at an institution of higher learning or a national laboratory
• Demonstrated experience with modern accounting platforms
• Experience with generating complex financial statements
• Skilled in building, utilizing, and reporting custom spreadsheets
• Served in a senior administrative role with financial reporting responsibilities
• Experience with generating interdepartmental salary agreements and MOUs
• Experience with monitoring for compliance and federal regulation particularly the National Institutes of Health
• Experience with coordinating invoicing and collections with external business partners.