Business Manager

The Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET), a campus of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES), seeks to hire a Business Manager to support scientists engaged in cutting edge environmental research. IMET, is located in Baltimore's Inner Harbor at the Rita Rossi Colwell Center, 701 E Pratt Street Baltimore, MD 21202.

This position will provide financial services which include account reconciliation, budget monitoring, procurement, travel services support and various compliance monitoring in accordance with federal and state regulations as well as University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences policies and procedures.

The department seeks a positive, collaborative, self-motivated and very organized person who can work productively and cooperatively with a wide variety of individuals.

The primary duties of this position include, but are not limited to the following:

• Reconcile financial transactions regularly to ensure financial compliance per federal, state and university policies are applied.

• Process a wide range of procurement requests in a timely manner.

• Manage salary funding source changes, making sure people are paid from correct accounts at the correct level of effort.

• Advise and assist faculty and GRAs with travel arrangements.

• Invoice vendors for lab services in a timely manner and track payments received.

• Assist the Assistant Director and faculty with preparation of various financial reports requested by sponsoring institutions.

More information on IMET can be found at "http://www.imet.usmd.edu/">www.imet.usmd.edu.