Posting Description

FISCAL OFFICER, MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), to serve as a key member of the finance team. Will report directly to the Manager of Financial Operations who handles sponsored research grants and non-standard complex contracts as well as overall financial activities for the Initiative; prepare research proposal submissions to industrial, federal, and non-profit sponsors, and oversee financial review and control activities for research and faculty discretionary cost objects; manage a portfolio of key industrial sponsors; and assist the Manager of Financial Operations in preparing financial reports and appropriate accompanying analysis for the MITEI senior management, perform financial analysis on assigned portfolios, including regular tracking of revenue and expenses, allocating salaries of staff to appropriate accounts, preparing budget projections and conducting related analysis, and making decisions on future spending with inputs from the project teams.