Responsibilities
- Confirm that financial controls align with accounting principles, budgetary standards, and institutional guidelines.
- Establish proper approval workflows, roles, and authorization levels according to access and control requirements.
- Administer budgets for all funding sources, including research grants, indirect costs, and service fees.
- Support the creation and refinement of annual and project-based budgets.
- Oversee the authorization of financial records, spending activities, procurement cards, travel expenses, and budget execution.
- Ensure adherence to laboratory, university, and federal financial regulations and procedural requirements.
- Offer expert guidance on effective budget administration, internal controls, and compliance protocols.
- Deliver training sessions to laboratory staff on financial policies and processes as necessary.
- Generate financial reports analyzing past and current trends, and project future funding needs, base funding, overhead usage, and service center performance.
- Manage and monitor sponsored research funding portfolios, including preparing Estimate to Complete (ETC) budget analyses.
Benefits
- Extensive health coverage including medical, dental, and vision plans.
- Strong retirement savings options with employer contributions.
- Generous paid leave policy encompassing vacation, sick time, and holidays.
- 75% tuition discount available for employees, spouses, and dependent children.
Work Arrangement
Hybrid
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
Current employees (faculty, staff, technical service, or student) must apply through Workday using the internal application process. Do not apply externally. Current Penn State students who have not previously held a university position and are seeking employment should also apply via Workday as students. External applicants who are not currently affiliated with the university should click 'Apply' to complete the external application process.
CAMPUS SECURITY CRIME STATISTICS
In compliance with the Jeanne Clery Act and Pennsylvania Act of 1988, the university publishes an Annual Security and Annual Fire Safety Report (ASR) containing crime data and campus safety policies related to crime reporting, substance use, sexual assault, and fire safety. The ASR is accessible online for public review.
EEO IS THE LAW
The university values equal opportunity and does not discriminate in employment based on race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Applicants with disabilities who need assistance applying may contact 814-865-1473. Required labor law posters and institutional policies are available for review.
Other
- Remote or hybrid work arrangements are subject to approval and not guaranteed.
- Additional details about remote work policies are available in the Notice to Out of State Applicants.
- Occasional travel to ARL facilities outside State College, Pennsylvania, may be required.
- All candidates must be eligible to obtain a government security clearance; applicants will be informed during interviews if a background investigation is required.
- Applicants must be U.S. citizens.
- Employment at the laboratory requires a successful pre-employment drug screening.
- University employment is contingent upon satisfactory completion of background checks per institutional policies.
